My New Apple Crisp Recipe

Ingredients

2 honey crisp apples, sliced

1 cup organic, raw oats

3 ginger snap cookies

6 tbsp melted butter

1/2 cup crushed walnuts 

1 cup flour

2 tbsp sugar

1 1/2 cups apple cider

cinnamon

cloves

nutmeg

Place sliced apples, flour, walnuts, and apple cider in a bowl and mix. It should look like this: 

Mix oats, melted butter, crushed ginger snaps, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar, and cloves in another bowl:

Place the apple mixture into a baking pan. Generously pour the oat mixture on top. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degree heat. 

This is what it should look like in the end: 

Pumpkin Cheesecake

The Crust

1 box all-natural ginger snaps (40 ct.)

6 tbsp melted butter

2 tbsp organic brown sugar

Crush ginger snaps with a food processor. Add to the rest of the ingredients and mix in a bowl, then flatten into a pie pan. 

It should look like this:

The Filling

16 oz. organic cream cheese

1 can (15 oz.) organic pumpkin purée

1 tbsp vanilla extract

ground cinnamon

ground cloves

ground nutmeg

3 eggs

4 tbsp sugar

1/4 cup milk

Preheat oven at 350 degrees. 

Mix all ingredients but the eggs in a mixer or blender. Slowly add in one egg at a time. The consistency will be nice, thick, and creamy. Fill the pie crust and bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees. Turn off the oven and let sit in the oven for one hour. Take it out and let cool at room temperature. Then, refrigerate for a minimum of 4 hours or overnight. FYI this makes two pies, but only one is featured. Enjoy! 

The final product

Turkey Chili

Delicious Turkey Chili

1 container ground turkey meat (lean)

1 can crushed tomatoes

1 can organic black beans

1 yellow onion

8 cloves of garlic

4 campari tomatoes

1 organic red pepper

1 organic green pepper

2 vegetable bouillon cubes

1/3 packet of Cin-chili Texas seasoning

Chili pepper/garlic flake mix (from NM)

Not featured: tomatoes and peppers

Oil a frying pan and on med-high heat, brown the turkey meat. Make sure you break it up into chunks while it's cooking. Strain the excess oil.

Use a clay baker for 4 cloves of garlic. Bake for 40 minutes in oven until soft. The remaining four cloves will be added raw into the mixture- minced. 

Chop the onion, tomatoes, and peppers. Place aside. Add the can of crushed tomatoes (I used ones with basil added in) and vegetable bouillon. Then, add 4 cups of water. 

Rinse the black beans, then add to the mixture. 

Add the browned turkey and then the water. Keep on low for 8 hours in a crock pot. Add some salt and spicy seasoning to taste. The great thing about this is it will be ready when you get home from work! 

In the crock pot- ready to get started!

The finished product 

Non-dairy strawberry shake

3 ingredients, 1 amazing shake:

1/2 package organic strawberries

4 ice cubes

1 cup organic vanilla soy milk

Great way of getting some protein and fruit into your breakfast! 

Italian Coffee with foam sans-coffee machine

Before

After

All you need to do is fill the bottom of the percolator with water. Place coffee in the top part. Screw on the top and wait a few minutes. 

In a separate cup, prepare 2-3 tbsp of white sugar. Check your coffee frequently and wait until the first dark bit of the coffee comes out. Add 1 tbsp or so to the sugar and mix quickly so that it gets a nice caramelized color. It should be thick and creamy. This is what gives Italian coffee the Napoletano-style foam without using an espresso machine. Enjoy! 

Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

The Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil 

3 tbsp sesame tahini 

1 roasted red pepper

1 can organic garbanzo beans

1/2 lemon for lemon juice

1/4 cup roasted red pepper brine

3 roasted garlic cloves 

2/3 cup water

cayenne pepper

pinch of sea salt

Before

I start with the garbanzo beans- even though they're organic, I don't like using their brine since it can be high in sodium. Drain the garbanzo beans and put into a blender. Bake your garlic in a clay baker for 30 minutes (until soft) and add to the mix. I also chop my roasted red pepper prior to throwing it into the mix, but it depends on the quality of your blender. Add everything into the mix and add your water a little bit at a time so as to not water down the hummus too much. Cayenne pepper and a pinch of sea salt can be added at the end to taste. Nice and thick, just how a homemade hummus should be! 

After

Bacon-Cheese-Scallion Savory Muffins

1 tbsp baking powder

2 cups multi grain flour (I prefer Trader Joe's)

1 organic scallion stalk

Etorki cheese (Basque)

1 cup milk

2 strips of organic bacon

1 large organic egg

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 stick of unsalted butter

1 pinch of salt

Mix all baking ingredients together in a bowl. Wash one organic scallion stalk and use scissors to cut small rings. In a pan, fry your two strips of bacon. Pat down the grease and once cooled, cut into small pieces. Add chives and bacon into the baking mix. Then, cube some Etorki cheese and add to the mix. Please note that if it's cubed, it will melt nicely into the muffins! Preheat oven at 400 degrees and bake for 10-15 minutes. (In a buttered muffin tin). These are for my landlord's mother who lives below me...she's only getting 11, though...

Thickest batter I have ever laid my eyes on

Pre-baking

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