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almond flour

Banana whatchamacallit

  My mom left a ridiculously over-ripe banana at my house (actually technically she left it in my car and then called me later to tell me she forgot about it and I may want to remove it before I had banana soup on the front seat), so I decided to bake with it.  It wasn’t organic and even though I’m sure you can’t bake away pesticides, I’m going to pretend the heat did something to remove the nasties.  It has a thick skin, so at least it’s not one of the dirty dozen (bananas… Read more >

June 10, 2013 almond flour, banana, coconut, eggs, nutbutter, nutmilk Read more >

Just two scones

I’m not sure if it’s just me (it wouldn’t be the first time…), but sometimes I bake things and get sick of them after a few servings.  Maybe that sounds lame – it’s just that I don’t necessarily want to eat banana bread every day for weeks in a row.  I like diversity.  I want to be able to have oats or toast or grits or something else in the morning without worrying about my precious baked goods going bad.  Most of the time I end up freezing the leftovers (imagine how great of a… Read more >

November 17, 2012 almond flour, carob chips, earth balance Read more >

Two ingredient pancakes

I got a few questions about the two ingredient pancakes I showed last week, so I thought I’d just answer them in one place.   I’m definitely not the creator of this “recipe” (if you can call it that?).  I don’t know where it originated exactly.  To be honest, knowing it was made of just bananas and eggs, I was skeptical that it would (a) turn out & (b) taste good. For the record, it definitely isn’t as good as a normal pancake, but the fact that it’s faster and easier to make than most… Read more >

September 25, 2012 almond flour, eggs, pancakes Read more >

Sweet Zucchini

  Zucchini Mini Loaves [vegan, gluten free] Ingredients: 1 zucchini, shredded 1 cup oat flour 1/2 cup almond flour 2 tbsp ground flax 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 1/3 cup Suzanne’s Specialties brown rice syrup “honey” (or maple syrup) 1/4 cup oil (canola or coconut) optional: shredded coconut, carob chips, walnuts, etc. Directions: Pre-heat oven to 375. Shred zucchini.  In a large mixing bowl, add the rest of ingredients.  Mix and add in the zucchini.  Let the batter sit for a few minutes (to give the flax some time… Read more >

September 19, 2012 almond flour, flax, linwoods, suzanne's specialties, zucchini Read more >