This quick apple bread uses both fresh ground and whole oats. It’s delicious warm with hot soup (like my split pea-above) and a salad, on a cold night. Oats are a great food to have in your diet, as they are high in fiber and healthy fat. If you have a blender, making your own…
Oil Free Zucchini Bread
My zucchini bread has gotten a make over! This year, I have tried to limit our intake of oil, since it offers nothing beneficial to the body except fat (and we can get fat from whole food sources). My traditional zucchini bread of years past, was high in refined flours, sugars, and oil. Not any…
Bodacious Banana Bread
When the temps outside warm up, my beloved fruit, the banana, doesn’t last as long in our house. They go bad quickly, and I hate mushy bananas for regular eating. But, this time of year also lends itself to freezing those babies and saving them for a time you are ready to make banana breads,…
Strawberry Rhubarb Muffins
Made with in-season strawberries and rhubarb, these muffins are a great morning treat or to go along with a salad or main meal. Rhubarb is a cool plant. It grows enormous inedible leaves (they’re actually poisonous) with varying shades of reddish green stalks that we eat. There is no real difference between the taste of…
Raisin Buckwheat Bread: Gluten Free Bread With Molasses
I’ve been experimenting with different flours. Last night’s was buckwheat. This bread was dense, not crumbly, and had a very rich flavor due to both the molasses and the buckwheat. Raisins added additional sweetness, and could easily have been swapped for dates if you prefer. This bread is high in fiber, protein, calcium, and potassium….
