Monday, June 23, 2014

Butterless Fingers (aka Bread Sticks)

Garlic Finger Sticks

Yields 12-13 Breadstick fingers

This was a great simple recipe  and it was enjoyable to create these garlic flavored bread sticks and dip them in a double batch of the dairy free cheese sauce or your favorite sauce. 

Materials 

1 cup of Sprouted Spelt Flour
1/2 cup Whole Grain Pastry Flour
1 1/2 tsp of Salt
1 tbsp. garlic powder
1/2 - 1 cup water
1 1/2 tsp. yeast
1 tbsp. of plant based sweetener

Tools

Large Mixing Bowl
Strong wooden spoon
Measuring Cups and spoons
cookie sheet oiled 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350
  2. Combine dry ingredients first
  3. Add your 1/2 cup water and mix. add more water or flour until the dough could be kneaded
  4. Knead you dough for about a minute or two
  5. Let it sit up to an hour
  6. Pluck off finger size portions of dough and roll the dough into finger length bread sticks and place on the lightly oiled pan. 
  7. Sprinkle some more garlic powder onto along with some salt (optional)
  8. Place in oven and let it cook for 20 or 30 minutes until the crust is firm and bounces on tapping the crust. 
  9. Take out and let it cool, and place  the mini breadsticks on a cooling rack until they have completely cooled. 
  10. Pull out your favorite dipping sauce and enjoy. 





A Vel Vettaless cheese recipe

Cheese And Salsa

This was an amazing zesty italian flavored cheese and salsa mix that I had ever had.

Yield 2 cups fo sauce

Materials

Double batch of Cheeseless Sauce
1/2-3/4 cup of your favorite Salsa
1/4 tsp cumin powder
dash of Tarragon leaves
dash of cayenne powder (optional)
Bag of your favorite chips

Tools

Mixing bowl
Measuring spoons and cups
Mixing Spoon
Serving Bowl

Instructions

  1. Mix your cheese sauce first.
  2. Dump your salsa into the cheese sauce and hand mix until blended
  3. Pour into your serving bowl and enjoy with chips.


 Please refrigerate if you are not planning to use it right off or for an hour or two later. You could possibly let it sit over night to allow the flavors to merge. 




Friday, June 13, 2014

You'll Scream, We Scream for ....

Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream

This recipe is very simple and serves as a base recipe for your imagination. I thought I was going to miss ice cream since it is somewhat expensive to buy just a pint of dairy-free ice cream. But this provides an economical solution in the long run especially for a single person. 

Serves 2

Materials

2 peeled frozen Bananas
1/2-3/4 plant based milk (sweetened or unsweetened)
1 1/2 Tablespoon Peanut Butter (smooth or chunky)

Tools
Food Processor or blender
Measuring cup
Spatula

Instructions

  1. Peel and freeze your bananas overnight at least and pull them out when you want to use them. 
  2. Dump your bananas into your processor with your peanut butter.
  3. Pulse a few times, you may want to hold down your machine because the bananas will make it bounce. 
  4. Pour in your milk and turn on your machine until it becomes smooth. You could add more milk to thin out the mixture
  5. Serve and enjoy
There are many variations that you could do to this simply by adding chocolate chips, frozen fruit, fresh fruit or what ever. 

Here is a similar recipe that I had while pursuing other websites







Monday, June 2, 2014

I will tell you once, it is not beef!

Meatless Burger Patty

Up to 6 patties

Materials


8 ounces of Mushrooms (sliced or not)
½ cup vital Wheat Gluten
½ yellow onion
1 ½ tsp. cumin
1/8 tsp. Cayenne Pepper
dash of salt
½ cup of Flaxseed meal
1 cup sprouted spelt flour
1 tsp. olive oil


Tools


Food processor
Small mixing bowl
Cast iron fry pan or stainless steel fry pan
Measuring cups and spoons

Instructions
1              Combine all except the flaxseed meal and flour into your food processor and mix until the mixture becomes a messy mixture.
2              Combine your flaxseed meal and flour in a small bowl.
3              Grab a fingers full of the burger dough or whatever you may call it, and roll it in the flour mixture, just enough to coat the outside
4              Form the burger in your hands as thin as you possibly can
5              Place on hot frying pan, greased with olive oil.
6              Smash the burger with a spatula and let it cook until the burger becomes brown on the pan.
7              Turn and wait until cooked.
8              Place your favorite toppings, sauces, and on your favorite bread, buns and enjoy



 This recipe is amazing. I was shocked how much it had the similar texture of a meaty burger patty. It is not at all spicy with the cayenne.