Recipes

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Meals

 White bean soup with garlic and sage

Ingredients
soaking and cooking the beans:

• 3 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 qts water
• 1 lb. dried white beans, such as cannellini or great northern
• 1 onion, peeled and halved through the core
• a few sprigs thyme
• 1 clove garlic, smashed
• 1 bay leaf
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  for the stewy beans:
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 small bundle sage, optional
• 3 cups cooked white beans, drained
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 cup water or vegetable stock, plus more as needed
   
  Instructions

1. Soaking and cooking the beans:
   
   Dissolve the 3 tablespoons of salt into the water. Add the beans and soak for 8 to 24 hours. Drain, rinse and place in a pot with the onion, thyme, garlic, bay leaf and remaining teaspoon of salt. Cover with water by three inches. Bring to a boil, then lower heat and cook at the gentlest simmer for about 45 minutes or until the beans are cooked through. Let beans cool in their cooking liquid. Discard thyme sprigs, bay leaf, and onion. Store beans in their cooking liquid.

1. Making the stewed beans: Place the oil and chopped garlic (and sage bundle if using) in a soup pot and turn the heat to medium. Cook the garlic, stirring it until it becomes coloured a very pale gold.
   
2. Add the beans, a pinch of salt and a few grindings of pepper. Turn the heat to low, cover and simmer gently for 5 to 6 minutes. ENJOY!

Snacks

Siracha Popcorn:
2 tbsp. popcorn kernels
Siracha hot sauce according to taste  
A pinch of salt
2 tbsp. of vegetable oil
Directions: Take a paper bag and fill it with the popcorn kernels. Then tape it shut. Heat on high for 1 minute. While the popcorn is popping, put the vegetable oil in a bowl. When the popping slows down remove the bag from the microwave and put it into a bowl. Place the oil in the microwave and heat for fifteen seconds. Add the hot sauce and salt, stir. Drizzle the hot sauce mixture over the popcorn. ENJOY!  

Potato Wedges

• 4 red potatoes, cut into wedges
• For Seasoning:
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon paprika
• ½ teaspoon black pepper

1. 
   
   Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and using cooking spray grease baking sheet or aluminum foil.

1. Combine all potato seasoning ingredients in a large bowl, mixing well.

1. Add potatoes and toss well until potatoes coated in spice mix.

1. Place potatoes side by side on baking sheet, making sure none are overlapping.

1. Bake 20 minutes, flip potatoes over and increase temperature to 450 degrees F for the last 15-20 minutes.

Desserts

Chocolate Mug Cake:

• 1/2 cup almond milk
• 1/2 tsp white/cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2/3 cup canola oil
• ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup and 1 tsp self-rising flour
• ¼ cup and 1 tbsp sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• Pinch of salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon ( optional)

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and stir with a fork to eliminate lumps. Pour into two separate mugs and microwave individually on high for a 1:30 – 2 minutes. The cake should have risen and springs back slightly when gently prodded. If the cake is not done, microwave for intervals of 15 seconds until it is done    

Apple crumble:

• Filling:
• 7 large apples sliced thinly
• ½ a cup of granulated
• 2 tbsp. of cinnamon

• Crumble:
• 2 cups of oats
• 1/3 of a cup of brown sugar
• ¼ of a cup of vegetable oil

What you’ll need:

• A 9 by 12 inch baking dish
• Two large bowls

 
Directions:
Preheat an oven at 140°
Filing:
In a large bowl mix the apples, sugar, and cinnamon. Mix well. Spread the mix evenly in the baking dish.
Crumble:
In another bowl, mix the oats, the sugar and the oil. Spread the crumble evenly over the top of the filling.
Heating instructions:
Once the oven has come up to temperature, place the baking dish in the oven for 15-20 minutes until the crumble appears golden brown. ENJOY!
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Dixie cup popsicles
3 cups fresh fruit
2/3 cup sugar
½ cup almond milk
Dixie cups
Directions

1. Combine all ingredients in a blender until smooth
2. Fill the dixie cups with the mixture and put it in the freezer for about 30 minutes.
3. When 30 minutes are up, take the cups out again and stick in the popsicle sticks.
4. Put the popsicles back in the freezer for at least another 2 hours.

Tips:
Frozen fruit works, however you may lose some taste and texture in the process because you are taking something frozen and re-freezing it.
Some fruit you could use are raspberries, blueberries, peaches, mangoes or strawberries. With the peaches, I recommend that you cut it up into chunks before putting it into the blender.


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