Ingredients:

Pastry dough for a single crust pie
2 cups pumpkin puree
3 eggs
2/3 cup maple syrup
1 can full fat organic coconut milk
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp nutmeg

 
 
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Place pastry dough in pie pan. Cover with foil and fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake at 425 for 15 minutes.
Remove foil [...]

I was experimenting with my bread machine recipes today to come up with a dairy free sandwich bread that uses rosemary and this one turned out to be delicious.
 
Ingredients:

3/4 cup of coconut milk (I used So Delicious unsweetened.)
1/4 cup of water
1 egg
3 cups of all purpose flour
2 tablespoons of olive oil
2 tablespoons of honey
3/4 tsp [...]

This Feingold Stage One dairy free chocolate cake is probably the BEST chocolate cake I have ever made. This started out as a test to see how it would turn out and it is now the final version. I love it when things work out the first time! The only downside is that I didn’t [...]

I made this cake yesterday for the Brenham Hospice fundraiser luncheon. It was absolutely delicious, but definitely not diet friendly. Save it for a day when you want to indulge. It is Stage One Feingold if you use approved milks.
 
Vanilla Bean Tres Leches Cake
from Latin Flavors, the Latin Women’s Initiative Houston cookbook
 
Cake
6 extra large [...]

 
I created this cookie recipe while trying to be a bit healthier with the goodies. We love our sweets around here, so it helps if we are getting some vitamins along with them. I liked the banana cinnamon taste, but I think they might be even better if I were to replace the banana with [...]

This tastes sinful, but it isn’t as bad for you as other coffee cakes you might try.
 

Blueberry Coffee Cake
 
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
3 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
¾ cup milk
2 eggs
½ cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 tbsp oil
1 cup blueberries
 
Crumble topping:
2 tbsp butter (at room temperature)
¼ cup brown sugar
¼ cup whole wheat [...]

This is a recipe that you start the night before. Plan ahead!
 
Yesterday I was inspired by a recipe posted on the Weight Watchers site. I changed it up a bit to fit our family, but the idea of cooking oatmeal in the crockpot overnight intrigued me. It turned out to be some of the best [...]

I didn’t take a picture, but I should have! This chicken turned out to be gorgeous, absolutely delicious and was so easy to make. Just start the chicken about 2 hours before you plan to eat dinner. 

1 whole fryer (preferably organic)
1 lemon
2 large springs of fresh rosemary
2 tbsp olive oil
tony chachere’s to taste

 
 
Rinse the chicken in running water [...]

We also had a yummy salmon egg scramble this morning with some leftover salmon from last night’s dinner. You can vary this recipe to use up any amount of leftover salmon you have, just adjust the amount of eggs to get the right mixture. This was enough for six people. I served this with peppered [...]

 
This morning Ellis raced the half marathon and got his personal best time ever! To celebrate, I cooked a huge breakfast that included these Italian Cream Cake Muffins. I created the recipe because he loves Italian Cream Cake so much.
 
Ingredients:

For the Muffins

1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup white wheat flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp [...]