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My husband is a raisin lover, and when it comes to bread—well, it just isn’t bread if it doesn’t have raisins in it. The orange not only gives a wonderful flavor, but the ascorbic acid in the orange makes a lighter bread. I make it in a Bosch bread machine, but it can...
Ingredients ¾ cup cornmeal ¾ cup whole wheat flour ½ teaspoon salt 1½ tablespoons Ener-G Baking Powder (or 2 teaspoons regular) ½ cup coconut milk (may use ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons soy milk and omit water) ¼ cup applesauce 2 tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons water or as...
Ingredients: 2 cups water 1 tablespoon concentrated apple juice((Makes waffle brown; 1 date or ½ tablespoons of raisins may be used instead.)) 1 cup quick oats ¼ cup millet or cornmeal ¼ cup flaxseed ¼ cup raw cashew nuts 2 tablespoons cornstarch, optional, (helps...
Muffin tops are always my favorite part of the muffin – Slightly crisp on top and easier to spread with butter or jam. So just make a trayful of tops! You can buy special muffin top pans, or just use a cookie sheet. We’ve kept the recipe small because they are so good...
Ingredients: 1 cup organic whole wheat flour ½ cup organic unbleached flour ¾ teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon Ener-G Baking Powder ⅓ cup chopped walnuts ½ cup coconut milk or Cashew Cream (see recipe below) ⅓ cup honey (or ½ cup sugar and 2 tablespoons water) ½ cup mashed...
Stop and read even when you see: Natural: A product labeled as “natural” must not contain synthetic or artificial ingredients, according to FDA policy. However, it may still contain pesticides, genetically modified ingredients, high fructose corn syrup, and be heavily...
Do you find yourself without any seemingly real resources? Then you will want to read this powerful story and encouraging object lesson! As I look out of my window on this mid-April spring day, I see dead, brown, and blackened leaves, shriveled and curled, on many...
One in three Americans will most likely develop diabetes by 2050 if current trends continue. You have heard that a good diet, regular exercise, and modest weight loss can reduce your risk for diabetes. Now here is something you don’t hear about. Regularity in schedule...
Cultivate regularity in eating times, retiring, and waking. Melatonin, thyroid stimulating hormone, and the stress hormone cortisol run largely on a circadian (daily) rhythm. Normally, in women, the menstrual cycle interacts with circadian processes to help control...
Moderate exercise helps to protect us from influenza, but strenuous, exhaustive exercise increases susceptibility to influenza and other respiratory infections. Hong Kong researchers discovered individuals that never or seldom exercise increased their risk of dying...