Apple Pie Breakfast

Super Easy, Super Fast!

This would be a great a recipe for when you have guest in town. It makes the house smell amazing when you wake up.

Apple Pie Slow Cooker Recipe

What you need:
1 cup Steel cut oats
3 gala apples
1 cup of apple sauce
3 cups of water
cinnamon

Directions: put it all in your slow cooker, follow your slower directions, enjoy warm!

what you need

slow cooker

stir occasionally 

finished!

close up.

*** EXTRA's add raisins, white/brown sugar, nuts

Apple Pie Slow Cooker Recipe I found online then changed it to make it what I had available:
http://www.cookingwithjax.com/2011/01/apple-pie-breakfast.html

Stuffed Peppers

Here's one of my girl night finger foods, they look so colorful and taste great!


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Long red peppers, quinoa, balsamic vinger, corn (couldn't find any fresh so I had to use frozen)

This is an easy make a head dish, then place in fridge till ladies arrive :)

1. defrost/rinse corn

2. cut peppers to "boats" to hold stuffing

3. cook quinoa

4. mix with corn

5. fill pepper "boats"

Leave as is or...

6. add any random veggie in your fridge...mine happen to be zucchini 

7. keep chilled till ready to serve

Happy Friday!

Russet Nugget White Bean Burgers

I found this recipe and just made a few minor switches....the original creator nailed this one on the head!!!! Seriously YUM!

Russet Nugget White Bean Basil Burgers

Serves 4

Print this recipe!

• One 14 oz. can white beans (cannelini, white pinto, etc.), drained and rinsed
• 1/2 lb. russet nuggets, steamed
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 T. nutritional yeast
• 2 tsp. lemon juice
• 2 T. whole wheat pastry flour
• 4 GF buns, split or eat bun less

Here's the visual version:

Beans, nutritional yeast, flour

baby russets steamed

mix together

close up

mush together....if you have a fancy tool for this use it....if not rip off your hand mixer blade and go to town :)

make into patties

grill

add fixings

yes it's up side down....I took this picture FAST because I wanted to eat :)

Red and Blue Recipe

Here's a four of July inspired treat:

Vegan Blueberry Cherry Oat Bars

They kind of remind me of Starbuck's Crumble Berry cake. What do you think?                          

    

source

I can't take full credit for this recipe I found it here. It was a great idea and I just put my own spin on it.

Vegan Blueberry Cherry Oat Bars

Makes 12 bars

For the bar:

2 cups oat flour

1 cup rolled oats

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

6 T of light agave

1 large ripe banana

1/4 flax oil

1/4 almond milk

1 tsp vanilla

For the topping:

1/3 cup fresh blue berries

1/2 cup of cherry jam (I used my Door County, WI stash :)

3 T rolled oats

3 T natural sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350

2. Mix all dry  ingredients in food processor then add wet.

3. Spread in 8x8 dish

4. In food processor add topping ingredients and spread over first layer

5. Bake for 35-40 minutes

6. Cool and cut.

Here's the visual guide:

Happy July 4th!

Tempting Tempeh

Tempeh Lunch Idea

slice

lightly cook in pan till crispy

I used left over large leaves from my CSA as a wrap

Top with guacamole, tomato and tempeh 

For those fish eater readers...here's Justin's version 

Made in 10 minutes or less!

Granola

Inspiration: Natures Path  Organic Granola

This stuff is amazing!!!

Here's my way to re-create it!

KM's Granola

INGREDIENTS

• 3 cups oats
• ½ cup flax seeds
• ¾ cup sunflower seeds
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• ¾ cup maple syrup/light agave

METHOD

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees, gather ingredients

2.Put all dry ingredients in bowl then pour sweetener over dry ingredients and mix well

3.Spread on cookie sheet

4.Put in oven for 20 minutes, done when brown

5.Jar and keep in fridge