dairy free pumpkin muffins

From a great website: www.eatbelive.wordpress.com

Moira says these are moist, low in sugar and make a great afternoon snack or breakfast addition. I made 12 and ate 6 :) alex and ava shared the others.

1/3 cup sugar

1/4 cup oil (canola or olive)

2 eggs

3/4 cup pumpkin puree (use 100% pure pumpkin puree- unsweetened)

1/4 cup water

1 1/2 cup flour (all purpose, whole-grain, whateva you want)

3/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon cloves

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon sea salt

1/3 cup finely chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)

1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (i used the nut,wheat,egg,dairy free)

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Lightly oil a 12-cup muffin pan or 24-cup mini muffin pan or use cups. Whisk together the first 5 ingredients in small bowl. Blend together flour, powder, soda, spices in med bowl. Add wet mixture and stir until just blended. Fold in nuts & chips. Spoon into pan. Bake 20-25 min Enjoy!

New fav smoothie

So my new fav smoothie is:

1 cup kale
1 orange peeled
1 cup another fruit
1 cup apple juice
1 cup ice

blend...
yummy

yummy smoothies

spinach

I've always loved the idea of spinach, but unless it is cooked and hidden inside of something, I have had a hard time eating it raw. My sister Erin gave me this recipe for a smoothie she & her roommate make almost every morning. Now I'm addicted. (Ava loves it too!- without the protein).

• 1 banana
• 1 cup of another fruit (fresh or frozen strawberries, blueberries, or raspberries)
• 1 serving protein powder of your choice (i have a few sugg if interested)
  
• 1 tbsp ground flax seed
• 1/4 cup of milk or water
  
• 4 or 5 icecubes to make cold
• BLEND
• then add 1 cup raw spinach
• Blend again! So YUMMY!

Strawberry/Banana Sorbet!

Even though I won't forget this, I wanted to post it for anyone who might read it.

Our new fav dessert is strawberry & banana sorbet.

2 frozen bananas
2 cups frozen strawberries?

blend in blender

yum

Yummy Salsa & Really Yummy Dip!

These are both from an awesome lady Lyn who is on our Young Life Committee. She's made these for numerous leader meetings and it allllll gets eaten!

Black Bean Salsa

1 can black beans rinsed and drained in a colander
1 can white corn drained
1 can rotel tomatoes drained
1 can black eyed peas rinsed and drained in a colander
---- 1/2 cup chopped sweet onion
1/2 cup red, yellow or orange pepper chopped (I think they all taste the same)
cucumber peeled and chop
Viva Italian (Kraft?) salad dressing is my favorite or any kind of Italian salad dressing

Chill. Serve with scoops. I add an extra can of black beans sometimes or whatever I feel like. It really doesn't matter. Sometimes I add an extra can of corn.Add more or less onion and pepper if you want too. More rotel tomatoes if you want it to be more like a salsa. It is fun to play with and you really can't mess it up.


Corn Dip


8 oz cream cheese
3/4 stick butter or margarine
frozen white corn
jalopeno peppers chopped several teaspoons (as hot as you like it)
1/8 teaspoon garlic salt ( if you have it)

Place in baking dish in oven at 350 degrees. Do not mix. As it heats every 15 or so minutes, stir. Heat until bubbly. Serve with corn chips or Tostitos. It seems so thick at first but it will soften and mix. I add a good bit of corn then I don't feel so bad eating all the cream cheese and butter. ENJOY!

susan's great trail mix bars

> Peanut Butter Trail Mix Bars-
>
> 6 cups of raw oats (just the regular oats- not quick ones)
> 1 1/2 cups of raisins (I use cranberries instead b/c i don't like raisins)
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> 1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds
* can add unsweetened coconut (optional- I did not)
* can add chocolate chips (1 & 1/2 cups- I added about 1/2 cup bc that's all I had- bc of adding to the heated honey, they will just be melted into the mix so you can't really taste them like in cookies. So I added less just bc of calories :))
> 1 cup of honey
> 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
> 1 1/2 cups of peanut butter
> 1 tsp vanilla
>
Can also add any- dried fruit, other chopped raw nuts, etc.

Combine first 5 ingredients (or all dry ingredients) in a large bowl. Combine honey and syrup in a pot on the stove. Bring to a boil. Add PB and vanilla. Stir until PB is melted. Pour over oat mixture. Then press into 9 x 13 casserole pan. Cool & cut into bars. You can put in freezer if after cooled it is too crumbly.

Enjoy!

Blackeyed Pea Salsa!!!

Mrs. Snell's super yummy and good for you!
Eat with tortilla chips!

2 cans blackeyed peas (rinse them!)

6 roma tomatoes

2 large cucumbers (cut up into small pieces)

3 ears of white corn (or reg corn, white is better- just wash and cut of pieces from ear)

1/2 cup of white wine vinegar

1/2 cup of olive oil

dash of salt and pepper

dash of sugar (I do this to taste)

dash of oregano

(mrs. snell puts garlic in hers but I've never done that)