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Homemade Gluten-free super-yummy bread

10/27/2014

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Ingredients:

1 bag (16oz) Bob's Red Mill Wheat/Gluten/Dairy Free 'Bread Mix' (includes yeast)
1 2/3 cups warm milk (cow, soy, rice or almond)
1 whole egg + enough egg whites to make 3/4 cup total
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup melted butter (organic ghee preferred)

Directions:

Place contents of Bob's Red Mill package into a large mixing bowl. Remove yeast packet and add yeast to warmed milk (110F)  in a separate bowl and let sit for 5 mins. Add the eggs, melted ghee or butter, vinegar and yeast-milk mixture to bread mix. Mix with regular beaters at medium speed for 3 mins, using a spatula when necessary to scrape down sides of bowl. Place bread dough into a non-stick or greased 9x5 inch bread pan or pyrex dish for baking. Wet the spatula to smooth the top of the bread loaf before putting into the oven. Allow bread dough to rise for 25-30 mins, covering with plastic or aluminum foil while rising. Remove cover and bake at 375F for 60-65 mins (make sure not to undercook). After ten minutes in the oven, cover the top of the bread loaf with aluminum foil for the remainder of baking time in order to keep it from burning. Tap the top of the loaf to check for stiffness and stick a knife all the way through in order to check if it needs to bake longer. If there is dough on the knife blade when you pull it out, then it needs to bake a bit longer. Perhaps 5-10 minutes (ovens will vary). Once finished, remove the bread loaf from the loaf pan and set on cooling rack to cool before slicing.  Enjoy!

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Carrot, Sweet Potato & Ginger Soup

10/26/2014

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Ingredients:
3 medium-large organic sweet potatoes
5 lbs organic carrots (pulp from juicer) OR 1-2 lbs whole carrots
3 Tbsp fresh ginger
1 can organic coconut milk 
1 organic vegetable bouillon cube
Serves 8-10

Directions:
wash, peel and cube the sweet potatoes, ginger and carrots. If using pulp from juicer method, juice the carrots only and set the pulp aside. In a large pot put the cubed sweet potatoes, ginger and vegetable bouillon cube. Then fill with water to just cover the ingredients in the pot. Boil for 15-20 mins and then add in the carrot pulp. Allow to simmer for 5-10 more mins.  Once all ingredients in pot are soft, use either a hand mixer or blender to liquefy the soup.  If you are not using pulp from carrots, just chop up and boil whole carrots along with the sweet potatoes and ginger for the 15-25 mins. Once all ingredients are blended together put back in the pot and mix in spices to your taste along with the coconut milk. Suggested spices are cinnamon, turmeric, nutmeg & sea salt. And of course you do not have to use organic products - it is just a suggestion. Enjoy and stay warm as we enter into the winter months soon! This makes a fair amount of servings. It can easily be frozen and saved for later if you don't use it all in a couple of days. Have a blessed day!
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