IT'S THE SUPER POPULAR ALMOND BUTTER BREAD...BUT IN A MUG! I don't know if any of you have heard of this nifty little way to make a super quick, single serving of bread, but here's my take on it.
Almond Butter Bread
2T Almond Butter
1 egg
1-2 droppers of Nunaturals Vanilla Stevia
1/8t baking powder
any additions you'd like (such as chocolate chips or shredded coconut)
Mix egg well and then add the rest of the ingredients. Whisk (or stir) until you see a thick, well combined batter. Make sure you don't have any almond Butter chunks...unless you want that...I find it is quite tasty! "Bake" in microwave for 1-3 minutes or until mug bread has risen and is no longer wet. Enjoy!
Check out my page on Nunaturals to try some today. It is so tasty!
This Organic Cocoa is so tasty! I love especially love making Coconut Flour Mug Cakes/Bread with this great baking cocoa. It helps add a wonderful texture and depth of flavor while being gluten-free and Organic.
Did you know that chocolate can have lots of health benefits? Here is an article about it from NIH:Claims About Cocoa source
"Organic Bakers Cocoa - Non-Dairy - 8 OZ.
AH!LASKA cocoa was the first organic, fat-free and kosher cocoa on the market...and it‘s still the most delicious!
Ingredients
Organic cocoa powder ( non-alkaline).
ALLERGEN ALERT: This product is made in a facility that processes peanuts, sesame, dairy, eggs, fish, and soy. This product is wheat free and gluten free.
Attributes
Dairy Free
Gluten Free
Kosher
Natural or Organic Ingredients
Non-GMO Project Verified
Vegan
Wheat Free "-ahlaska.com
I love this unsweetened cocoa the best, but another family favorite is Chocolate Syrup. Ah!laska sells this great Organic Chocolate Syrup made with real cane juice and no HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup). I love how they use healthier, minimal ingredients. Perfect for making quick Chocolate Milk, drizzling over ice cream, or your favorite dessert.
Organic Snacks for kids 2-102
www.tastybrand.com
Tasty Bite has quickly risen to the top to become the clear winner all gummies in our house. Even my older brother (who doesn't usually like candy...at..all...)really liked these! After approx. 2 weeks (I think), all the boxes are gone! I'd say that is pretty strong evidence that something has proved quite tasty.
Made with all natural fruit juice (along with a few other ingredients), Tasty Brand manages to create a delicious gummy without any GMOs, artifical colors and flavors, or the big one...High Fructose Corn Syrup.
Please note that they do contain organic cane sugar (so be careful if you or your child is diabetic). But besides the sugar, these snacks are a great treat to have on hand for busy school days, long car rides, or for an everyday snack.
One the great things about these gummies is the fact that they are gluten-free. During this no-gluten for a month challenge, S especially was concerned about leaving behind all his favorite foods, but thanks to the help of Tasty BrandGummies, he has adjusted very well and seems to (perhaps?) even be enjoying this break from gluten.
Ingredients:
Organic Tapioca Syrup, Organic Cane
Sugar, Organic Tapioca Syrup Solids,
Organic White Grape Juice Concentrate,
Pectin, Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Color
Added (Organic Black Carrot Juice
Concentrate, Organic Turmeric, Organic
Annatto), Natural Flavors, Sodium Citrate,
Organic Sunflower Oil, Carnauba Wax.
BelI have below a bit from their website on why many choose to avoid the food additives that are not in Tasty Brand's Gummies. I love how they keep this helpful information kid friendly and simple. Check out their website for the images that go alond with the information. Also, you can find even more information about the Good Guys, other products and flavors, and more through their site: www.tastybrand.com.
"Bad Guys
When GMOs & Pesticides pollute our crops, bee hives collapse and nothing can
thrive ... And when spooky scientists in lab coats add Artificial Colors, High Fructose Corn Syrup & Trans Fats, our food becomes dangerous and we feel tired, obese and sick
...
GMO
#1 on our Most Wanted list is GMO, AKA “Dr. FrankenFood.” In a
lab experiment gone terribly wrong, this evil doctor found devious
ways to genetically modify organisms by changing plants & animals
through gene-splicing. Merging DNA from different species has led
to unstable combinations of plant, animal, bacterial & viral genes
that cannot occur in nature ... and now it’s just a matter of time until
this bad guy takes over our food chain forever.
High-Fructose Corn Syrup
Using the moniker HFCS, this gooey guy is out to fatten us up & slow us down.
Lurking in almost every highly-processed food & beverage, including breads,
WE LOVE THE ALMOND FLOUR! www.jkgourmet.com
It is a chilly morning here at our homestead and though it is a bit of a splurge, I decided to make some Almond Flour Scones for Mom, S, and M. Both boys had already gone out for some early morning hunting, but by full daylight they came in for some warm food.
I was a bit worried that the recipe I used would be a bit plain or...different in the way that some gluten-free products have been, but these Almond Flour Scones made with JK Gourmet's Almond Flour were amazing and surpassed all our expectations. S said they were the best thing I have made yet (possibly even the best thing since before his gluten-free for a month challenge). From S who is a food connoisseur, that is saying a lot. He thoroughly enjoyed his four scones filled with chocolatey goodness.
M and Mom also loved the delicious scones filled with maple flavor and the goodness of JK's Almond Flour. It was such a simple, quick recipe that turned out so well. This is definitely a keeper! I highly recommend JK Gourmet for all their great products.
The other two products we received were a Grain-free bar and Cereal. We have yet to try the bar, but Mom tasted the cereal the day it arrived and loved it. She appreciated the crunchiness of this Grain-Free cereal that was very similar to what she remembers of "normal" granola.
All of JK Gourmet's products are Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, and Grain-Free. Here is a little more on this super company from their website, www.jkgourmet.com:
"Grain-Free JK Gourmet was started by Jodi Bager in 2001 and is now operated by Jodi and her husband Steven. Grain-Free
JK Gourmet is a Canadian company with a mandate devoted to making
all-natural, preservative-free whole-foods baked goods that taste as
good as they are healthy.
Our Granola, Biscotti, Granola Bars, and Muffin-Loaves are sweetened
with a touch of honey and packed with cholesterol-lowering, vitamin-rich
nuts, real fruit and vegetables, and high-fibre seeds. Our Baking Mixes
are sweetened with coconut nectar, an organic, sustainable, non-refined
sweetener that tastes fabulous! Most importantly, our nutritious
granola and almond flour baked goods have an authentic taste and texture that make every bite an indulgence.
Everyone enjoys our products, but you will in particular if…
• You are on a gluten-free diet
• You are lactose intolerant
• You are trying to increase your intake of whole, natural foods
• You are trying to reduce the amount of wheat or other grains in your diet
• You want to eliminate refined sugar from your diet
• You are following the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD)
for intestinal health (our honey-sweetened products are perfect for
you!)
• You love delicious granola, cookies and muffins, but want to eat them guilt-free!
To read more about Jodi , please visit our "About Jodi" page."-jkgourmet.com
I made a few changes because I'd rather not use Agave Nectar or Grapeseed Oil in my recipes, but that is just my opinion. Feel free to follow her recipe if you wish!
2 1/2 cups JK's Gourmet Almond Flour
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/3 cup melted butter
1/4-1/3C Maple Syrup (the real Pennsylvania stuff)
2 large eggs (preferably from cage-free, pastured chickens)
1 cup Chocolate Chips (dairy-free if you are intolerant)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheet with parchment paper. Combine Almond Flour, Sea Salt, and Baking Soda in large bowl. After melting the butter, mix all the wet ingredients together with a hand mixer till thoroughly combined. Mix the wet ingredients into dry ingredients to form a thick, paste-like batter. Now add in Chocolate Chips and stir till combined. Place 1-2 spoonfuls on the baking sheet and bake for 12-17 minutes depending on the size of your spoonfuls. Let the scones cool for 15-30 minutes on baking sheets. Enjoy!
Check out JK's Gourmet to learn more or to order grain-free products today! You'll love them.
Here is one more great thing they mentioned about their company: "This was a niche we had no
intention of targeting when we started 12 years ago….but so many subsets
of the population are crossing paths as time goes on: gluten-free, SCD
community, paleo, wheat-belly diet….we really just try to make delicious
products within our strict grain-free, refined sugar-free mandate."-jkgourmet
I think this is so neat! Keep up the good work JK Gourmet. We love your products!
This is a great resource for organic, vegan, and allergen-friendly products. Edward and Sons has a number of great brands that offer soups, bread crumbs, sprinkles, ice cream cones, pasta dinners, mashed potatoes, sauces, rice crackers, coconut products, and more!
As a huge coconut lover myself, it was a real treat to get to review their Coconut Oil and Coconut Water. Both have all the great benefits of all the healthy fats while also being gluten-free and organic. From Creamed Coconut, Coconut Flakes, Coconut Flour, Coconut Oil and more, this is a super resource to supply all your coconut needs. Edward and Sons was the brand of Coconut Flour I bought when I fist tried Coconut Flour. I (obviously) haven't stopped loving it yet.
The Brown Rice Snaps we sampled were all gone in one night thanks to a hungry Dad just home from work and later a teenage basketball player after a long practice. My Dad said the flavor was good and the cracker itself wasn't incredible, but I think that the fact that the whole package was gone in less than a night is pretty telling to the fact that they are tasty.
These products from Edward and Sons are high quality and totally organic. Have you seen them in stores? I have been amazed to find their great Coconut Flakes in a few grocery stores I visit and hope that they will keep adding more products soon. Any more allergen-friendly and organic foods we can get to more people is great! Excellent work Edward and Sons. You make healthy eating so much easier!
"These cookies are great! The Pasta is so good!"
These are the type of great comments that was heard after taste testing possibly the best Gluten-Free Pasta and delicious cookies we have ever had in our house. My younger brother especially loved all three flavors of cookies we received and said they we just like Vanilla Wafers. How about that!
Have you heard of Royal Quinoa? I hadn't...check out the very bottom of the page to learn more from the founder of Andeam Dream.
It is my brothers first few weeks of being Gluten-Free and having this pasta to eat was such a huge blessing. They really liked it and for a Gluten-Free pasta, I think that is saying a lot! They have been such troopers in doing this Gluten-Free for a month challenge, so I it was very nice to have something more "normal" for them to eat.
Andean Dream Quinoa Pasta
A healthy alternative!
Gluten Free • Organic • Kosher • Corn Free
Ingredients: Organic Royal Quinoa and Rice Flour
Quinoa Fusilli Quinoa MacaroniQuinoa Shells
The soup I gave to my sister who I'm sure will enjoy the quick and easy meal while at college. That girl has such a busy schedule...I imagine it could really go a long way to fill in the gaps on an extra busy day.
Andean Dream Quinoa Soup
Gluten & Corn Free • Vegan
— ORGANIC —
Please click on Quinoa Soup boxes for more nutritional facts.
Vegetarian Quinoa Noodle Soup
"Ingredients:
Organic Pre-Cooked White Quinoa, Organic Quinoa-Rice Noodles (some with
organic natural colors from Spinach, Beet Root and Turmeric). Also
contains Organic Pre-Cooked Red Quinoa. Seasoning packet:
Uyuni Lake Salt, Organic Dehydrated Carrots, Organic Onion Powder,
Organic Garlic Powder, Organic Parsley, Organic Oregano and Organic
Turmeric.
Add 5 cups of water — Cooks in minutes!"-andeandream.com
All of Andean Dream's products are made with Quinoa and are totally Gluten-Free. Here are the ingredients for the Chocolate Chip cookies:
"Organic Royal Quinoa flour, tapioca flour,
non-hydrogenated palm fruit oil, raw sugar, dark chocolate chips (dairy
& soy free), sugar cane syrup, rice flour, organic quinoa pop
grains, sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and natural vanilla &
chocolate extract (soy and corn free)"-andeandream.com
I have yet to find any soy, corn, or even dairy in these great products. Thanks for making allergen-friendly foods Andean Dream. You helped make that first week of no gluten easier for us.
Here is a word from the founder of Andean Dream about how they are going green and about their Royal Quinoa!
"To Our Customers:
Andean Dream cares about providing you with the
best possible product, and I want you to know we are concerned about the
environment as well.
Whether you are a first time buyer of our cookies
or a repeat customer, I thought you might like to know that the
individual cookie wrappers are made with a material that is completely
recyclable.
Our goal in wrapping the cookies this way is to
get people away from using plastic storage bags for their carry-along
snacks which do not decompose and are very harmful to the environment,
or the plastic storage containers which have been found to contain
carcinogens. Our wrappers are safe and environmentally-friendly. All of
our other packaging is also completely recyclable. So please do not
throw away the cookie wrappers, or any of the packaging; instead, please
recycle.
Our products support 280 indigenous farming
families in Bolivia who grow our Royal Quinoa. These people were
previously some of the poorest in all of South America and their lives
have significantly changed for the better because of this program. I
hope you will purchase our products with the knowledge that they have a
positive social impact for so many. Thank you so much.
source source
"These cookies are great! The Pasta is so good!"
Quinoa Macaroni
