Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Almond Butter and Jelly Mochi



Recipe coming soon!

GFCF Vegan Pizza



Topping Ingredients
Tomato sauce
Broccoli
Shallots
Carrots
Grated Mochi (acts as the "cheese")
Olive oil and salt

Directions
Chop the vegetables very fine.
Sautee the vegetables in olive oil.
Grate the mochi with a cheese grater.
Put the mochi in a bowl and toss with a small amount of salt and olive oil.
Put toppings on pizza.
Bake at 400 degrees for 10-15 minutes.
Enjoy!

GFCF Vegan Pierogies


Ingredients
Potatoes
Margarine or olive oil
Salt
Shallots or onions (optional)
5" Asian rice wrappers (rice paper sheets)

Directions
Make mashed potatoes. :) Use margarine (or oil), sauteed shallots or onions and salt if desired.
Dip Asian rice wrappers in water for a few seconds each. Put them on a plate and put about a tablespoon of potatoes on top. Fold rice wrapper closed.
Fry in olive oil and a small amount of margarine.
Enjoy!

Tofu Peanut Butter Pie


Filling Ingredients
14 oz Soft Tofu
1 1/4 cups Peanut Butter
3/4 cup Sugar
1 tsp Salt
2 tsp Vanilla

Crust Ingredients
1 cup ground nuts of your choice (I used almond)
3-4 TBSP cocoa powder (I use Ghiradelli)
3-4 TBSP agave nectar or maple syrup
or use Babycakes Double Chocolate Chip Cookies crumbs(put in food processor)


Topping
1 cup GFCF chocolate
1/4 cup non dairy milk (I used rice milk)

Directions for the Filling
Melt the sugar and peanut butter over low heat in a pot and cool.
Put tofu, salt and vanilla in a food processor with an S-blade and mix until smooth for up to 3 minutes.
Add cooled peanut butter and sugar mixture to the food processor and combine.

Directions for the Crust
Put the ground nuts, the agave (or maple syrup) and cocoa powder in a bowl and mix. Press into a glass pie plate.
Or crush or food process Double Chocolate Chip cookies and press into pie plate

Directions for the Topping
Melt the chocolate over a double boiler or in the microwave. Add non-dairy milk and stir until glossy. This mixture will be very thin. Spread on top of the filling or drizzle on top.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Fruit "Hand Pies" Recipe

I remember that I mentioned my idea/recipe for "hand pies". A hand pie is a bit of pie filling usally totally enclosed in pie crust and closed up kind of like a large ravioli or pierogie.(but pie crust on the outside "dough" and fruit filling on the inside. Kind of like a fruit filled "egg roll". Will try to get a picture up soon...

I just made another one today...(cherries, raspberries, and strawberries are great also, pick any fruit you like in a pie)

Today's Recipe
1 Food For Life Rice Tortilla
approx 1/2 cup fruit in season (or frozen fruit) (today I used peaches and blueberries from the farm stand)
2 tsp oil of choice (today I used avocado oil)
all fruit jam or preserves or maple syrup to sweeten fruit- if desired (optional)
cinnamon sugar to sprinkle (optional)
small scoop of vanilla rice dream or soy milk "frozen dessert" (ice cream) (optional)

Heat up pan on medium, put in oil.

Saute tortilla on one side to soften and lightly brown about 2-3 minute. Flip tortilla and put raw fruit on the tortilla (if desired cook the fruit and make fruit filling in a separate pot then add to tortilla)

Let tortilla brown on other side for 2-3 minutes and fold like an egg roll, if you don't know how to do this just fold tortilla in half. Brown on both sides for another minute or 2 til you get the desired crispness you like.

Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar if desired and top with vanilla soy or rice "frozen dessert" Yummy! and gluten free, dairy free and egg free!
PS you can get all fruit preserves with no sugar added (make sure there is no artificial sweetener added also ! that is a "game" the manufacturer's play they'll say no sugar added but then they add splenda or something, STAY away from that artificial chemcal stuff, it's BAD, BAD BAD for our bodies!)