Lemon pie

a variation of raw key lime pie from http://www.picklesnhoney.com/2015/10/28/raw-vegan-key-lime-pie-recipe/

Crust
Grind each separately in blender cup (unless it all fits) then put in pie pan to mix with hands

• 1/2 c almonds
• 1/2 c pecans
• 1 c dried dates
• 1/4 c flax seed meal

After mixing ground mixture with hands pour across ground mixture

• 1 T coconut oil

Then mix again, press against sides and bottom to make pie shell. Put in freezer while you make filling.

Filling
Grind in blender before adding rest of ingredients to blender

• 2 c cashews*

Then add and blend till smooth and creamy. Mixture may thicken.

• 3/4 c fresh lemon juice (about 3 lemons)
• 1/2 c maple syrup
• 1/3 c melted coconut oil
• 1 t vanilla extract

Pour filling into crust and freeze. Slightly thaw before cutting.
Makes 12 slices.

*Tried using garbanzo beans beans because cashews are very expensive. Worked OK but filling tasted like beans. Beans are probably better for cookies.

key lime pie, 1st experiment

I looked at several recipes

• http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2014/08/14/avocado-key-lime-pie/
•  http://healthyblenderrecipes.com/recipes/raw_key_lime_pie_from_choosing_raw#section-recipe_method
•  http://www.picklesnhoney.com/2015/10/28/raw-vegan-key-lime-pie-recipe/

I went with the recipe from picklesnhoney because I didn't want to use avocados. It used 3/4c lime juice and 2 cups of cashews for the filling. Cashews are very expensive. I may try to replace 1 cup of cashews with garbanzo beans and see what happens. However the blend of 2 c cashews, 1/3 cup melted coconut oil, 1/2 c maple syrup and 3/4 cup lime juices thickened up just like pudding. I don't know if garbanzo beans and/ or avocado will do the same thing. The flavor mimicked key lime pie very well. However I am out of maple syrup, another expensive ingredient, so may end up using honey next time.

I was able to cut 12 small pieces after freezing it over night and letting it partially thaw enough to cut. Then I wrapped the pieces and put them back into the freezer. It turned out light tan in color because I didn't have matcha powder. Maybe next time I'll try putting in a teaspoon or so of lime zest. Or maybe an avocado.

The crust was a good tasting sweet crust. I didn't have unsweetened shredded dried coconut so used ground flaxseed meal instead.

I made everything using my ninja blender it worked fine. I don't like using food processor for small portions as it has a lot more parts to clean than the blender.

I calculated out that 1/12 of the pie is 238 calories.

Raw Key Lime Pie
Crust	Calories	Fat	Carbs	Protein
1 c whole dried dates	502	0.69	133.55	4.36	1 c pitted chopped
1/2 c almonds	413	36.21	14.11	15.2
1/2 c pecans	377	39.22	7.55	5
1/4 c ground flax seed meal	194	15.28	10.47	6.63
1 T coconut oil	117	13.6	0	0
filling
2 c cashews	150	24	16	10
3/4 c lime juice	46	0.13	15.53	0.77
1/2 c maple syrup	420	0.32	108.01	0
1/3 c coconut oil	620	71.94	0	0
1 t vanilla extract	12	0	0.53	0
	2,851.00	201.39	305.75	41.96
divide by 12	238	17	25	3

Chocolate Glazed imitation uncooked cookie dough bars

Here's a variation of Katie's recipe
http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2016/05/23/unbaked-cookie-dough-bars-chocolate-chip/ . 
I cut the sweetener in half because I like less sweet and made it in a blender which worked fine.

Line an 8x8 pan with wax paper.

BAR MIXTURE
Put in blender and mix

• 1 can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
• 3/4 c oatmeal ground
• 3/4 ground flax seed meal

Pregrind in ninja cup and add to blender

• 2 T. walnuts - ground
• pinch salt
• 1/4 t. baking soda

Then add to blender and mix

• 2 T. coconut oil
• 1/4 c. maple syrup
• 2 t. vanilla

Scrape sides as needed and blend until everything is well blended to the consistency of raw cookie dough. Pat out into 8x8 pan and put in refrigerator to chill (I put it in the freezer for about an hour).

GLAZE TOPPING
Blend together

• 2 T melted coconut oil (softened worked fine.)
• 2 T maple syrup

Blend in and mix till smooth 

• 1/4 c cocoa powder 

Spread topping over bar mixture. Cut bars into squares.

Yummy Beef Jerky

A recipe from my husband

Dry Ingredients

• 1 t. celery seed
• 1 t. chili powder
• 1 t. garlic powder
• 1 t. brown sugar
• 1 t. cayenne pepper
• 1 t. black pepper - fresh ground - you can skip or change any of the peppers
• 1 t. white pepper - can substitute red pepper flakes
• 1 t. onion powder
• 2 t. salt - if you reduce or add amount of water you must change salt with it

Wet Ingredients

• 1 t. liquid smoke
• 6 t. worcestershire sauce
• 1 t. (tabasco habanero tabasco (optional)
• 1 t. Suchi Chef Mirin Sweetened Sake (optional)
• 1 1/4 c. Water

This is not baking, so you don't have to be real accurate with your measuring spoon. I just pour into measuring spoon over a bowl large enough to mix ingredients and meat in. Mix ingredients with your hand and taste mixture before adding meat. That is how your jerky will taste.
Slice meat real thin and you get real thin jerky. This is hard to do. I like it a little thicker like the stuff I gave you, like thick-cut bacon 1/8 - 3/16". The important part is that all the pieces are the same thickness when cut into strips so they dry at the same rate. Do this before putting meat into marinade. Less messy and meat seasons better. Thin jerky dries faster than thick jerky meat.

• Before adding meat to marinade cut into strips. Don't put meat into marinade until all strips are cut or it can get messy. Use about 4 lbs. non fatty beef under $4/lb. like sirloin tip roast or whatever is on sale.
• Put meat strips into marinade and mix well in bowl
• Dump into 2 gallon double ziplock baggie, get out air, and put in refrigerator for 6-24 hours (Longer marinating imparts more flavor.). Flip bag every time you go in fridge.
• After marinating 6-24 hours pull out only the meat that will fit in your drier. (It never all fits.) Keep extra meat in marinade until the first batch is dry. Put meat strips in strainer over a bowl to catch drips. (Messy!) Blot meat strips between paper towels before putting on drier racks.
• Run Drier on high. It will smell wonderful and take 6-12 hours depending on your drier and how dry you like your jerky. Start looking at the jerky at about 8 hours.

Split Pea and Ham Soup in Crockpot - makes about 8 pints

Layer in Crockpot

• 1 pound dried green split peas, sorted and rinsed
• 5 medium carrots, peeled and diced
• 4 medium celery stalks, diced
• 1 pound fresh mushrooms diced
• 1 large onion diced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 cup fresh parsley chopped
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/2 tsp. tyme
• about 1 pound smoked ham diced, or smoked ham bone, or 2 ham hocks
• cover  with water

Cook over night or during the day for about 6-8-10 hours on low. Pretty forgiving recipe.
Can drain off clear fat on top or mix it in.

Salt and Pepper to taste.

Dakota bread for bread machine

This is a chewy dense bread with a thick, crispy crust.

Basic bread 3 hour cycle setting for bread machine. Doesn't seem to need the french bread or whole wheat bread setting. I've only made this in winter up to this point so might need to modify for hot humid summer.

• 3/4 cup 8 grain hot cereal mix, put in bread maker pan
• 1 cup hot water (heated in microwave like for tea about 2') - pour over cereal, let stand for 10'
• 1 T oil, pour over paddle
• 1 T honey, pour around edges

Once 10 minutes are up and cereal is softened

• 1 3/4 cup bread flour to make floating mat over top of hot cereal mixture
• 1/2 t instant or fast rise yeast, make small divot center of flour mat and place it there
• 3/4 t + 1/8t salt put around edges 
• 2 Tablespoons buttermilk powder (optional)

Turn on bread maker. I use the basic cycle for my Regal Kitchen Pro collection Breadmaker Model No. K6725. It works really well. Takes about 3 hours to process.

I usually look at the dough while it's kneading. Last 2 batches looked wet so I added

• 1 tablespoon of bread flour.

In 40' the timer goes off and if you want you can add

• 1 T pepitas (raw, unsalted, pumpkin seeds)
• 1 T sunflower seeds

Then about 1 hour 15' before the end. if you want to, you can brush top off loaf with

• beaten egg so seeds stick (I keep forgetting this part and the seeds don't stick very well)

and sprinkle on a mixture of

• 1 1/2 t pepitas
• 1 1/2 t sunflower seeds
•  1/2 t sesame seeds
• 1/2 t poppy seeds

(Or you can skip the egg and try to add the seeds earlier so they sink into the dough)

Notes: Best if ingredients such as flour and cereal are at room temperature. I usually store mine in the fridge.

This recipe came from a TV show where it was made by hand. I tried it. Too much work!
So revised the recipe for bread machine. Could only get Bob's Red Mill 8 grain hot cereal so used that successfully. Probably could just use oatmeal or another hot cereal if you can't get a multiple grain hot cereal. I like buttermilk so I added that.

5/24/16 Tastes good even without the seeds. I make it quite a bit and many times I miss adding the seeds. I haven't been adding the 1 T of bread flour. I just start my bread machine and forget about looking at the dough.

Xmas cookies, rice krispie treats, pecan caramel meringues, pb cookies, chocolate covered pb balls

I give these to the young adults in our family. They really like them. Most of the cookies are too sweet for me and if I was to make them for myself I would experiment with cutting back the sugar a lot or maybe skipping the sugar.
All of these cookies can be gluten free if you use gluten free ingredients and work in a gluten free kitchen

Rice Krispie Treats  
13x9 pan, well buttered
Make in Very Large barely fits in the microwave safe bowl
(Rice Krispies are not gluten free so would need to substitute a gluten free puffed rice cereal)
note: 2 bags of marshmallows + 2 boxes cereal makes about 3 pans of cookies.

• melt 3 T butter in micro about 45 seconds
• 40 marshmallows, coat with melted butter, then microwave about 1'10" to melt. Stir till smooth.
• 6 cups cereal, mix into melted marshmallows. spread into 13x9 pan. allow to cool.

Pecan Caramel Meringues (Can use any nut actually)
Al foil or parchment
heavily buttered, cookie can be very sticky and hard to get off

• 4 egg whites, beat till stiff
• 1.25 cup brown sugar, slowly add to egg whites and mix till thickens
• 1.5 cups pecans ground with 1 T sugar, fold in gently to egg white/ sugar mixture

drop small spoonfuls, bake 10-15' at 325-350F till slightly browned.
Sometimes easier to peel off aluminum if cookie somewhat warm. Cookies might not stick if you butter heavily enough and the cookies don't flatten.

Peanut Butter Cookies 10-15' at 325-350F
mix together, little balls, flatten with fork

• 1 cup drier peanut butter (16oz jar is about 1.5c)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg

Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Balls
Mix together and form into balls

• 1 cup ground walnuts
• 1 cup ground dates
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 cup peanut butter

Dip in melted chocolate made from 1  bag of chocolate chips

I use my food processor to grind everything but in the past I used to just chop finely with knife.