Posted in recipes, sweets on January 18, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I love the candied pecans and almonds you get in the malls around Christmas time. This year I decided I needed to try making my own. This is what I came up with.
12oz pecans halves
1/2-2/3 cup grade B organic maple syrup
1 tsp Chinese 5-spice
small pinch of salt
The pecans do not have to be brine soaked [...]
Posted in recipes, sweets on June 19, 2007 | 7 Comments »
This recipe is an adaptation of the vanilla ice cream recipe from Nourishing Traditions.
2 whole eggs
4 egg yolks
1 1/2 cups maple syrup
2 tablespoons vanilla
2 tablespoons arrowroot
6 cups (3 pints) heavy cream (not ultra-pasteurized)
1 cup cocoa powder (I use AH!laska brand)
Beat eggs and yolks. Mix all the other ingredients together in a large bowl.
Follow the directions [...]
Posted in baking, breakfasts, recipes, sweets on June 2, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Here’s a good Saturday morning treat that my grandmother introduced me to. I have tweaked it to make it a bit more nutritious, but the basic concept is the same.
Make a batch of biscuit dough.
1 1/3c soft white wheat ground into flour (about 2c flour)
1/4 cup butter
2/3 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 [...]
Posted in baking, recipes, sweets on February 10, 2007 | 7 Comments »
A few weeks ago I tried making some healthy chocolate chip cookies. I wasn’t very happy with the results and made another attempt on Sunday. These turned out quite well, and with a few tweaks will be quite excellent. They have already been approved by my kids.
I took the original Nestle Tollhouse cookie recipe and [...]
Posted in baking, sweets on December 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I made Cranberry-Apple pie from Nourishing Traditions (NT) Christmas dinner. This is the one place in NT where Sally actually departs from NT principles and provides a recipe for pie crust using white flour. The crust turned out surprisingly well for one of my first pie crusts.
I used Yali pears. I had never heard of [...]
Posted in baking, breakfasts, recipes, sweets on November 8, 2006 | 10 Comments »
I’ve been using Sue Gregg’s Breakfasts cookbook for a couple months now and I love it. Every recipe I’ve tried has been great.
I recently decided to try modifying one of her muffin recipes. My kids (and wife) will often eat things if they have even the remotest inkling that there might be chocolate in them. [...]
Posted in sweets on October 31, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Chocolate is definitely not encouraged in Nourishing Traditions. There are several recipes using carob, but none with cocoa or chocolate.
I’m not convinced cacao beans are bad for you. It is a bean that is actually fermented in a multi-day process. It does have some caffeine, but it is extremely high in anti-oxidants (higher than blueberries). [...]
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