Friday, October 17, 2014

Easy Vegan Pumpkin French Toast

Easy Vegan Pumpkin French Toast

Ingredients:
Bread - 2-3 slices
ground flaxseed ( optional )
Pure vanilla extract - 1/5- 1/4 tsp.
Pumpkin spice 3/4 tsp. Or to taste
1 1/2 Tbs. Unseasoned or sweetened  pumpkin puree
Agave - to taste
 Directions:
Mix ingredients in a bowl. Dunk bread slices so , both sides are coated. Fry in coconut olied ( oiled with coconut oil ) skillet set to medium high before hand. Brown on both sides and serve with agave .



Note:-Double ingredients to increase yeild.

Monday, October 6, 2014

Samhain

Samhain 
watch my Samhain video - 
http://youtu.be/ecb5fYzZ6ts

What is it ? - It's the 3rd Harvest , the witches New Year, and called many other things it is Oct.31st every year or as a 3 day festival 30th- 1st , or 31st - 2nd

Crafts-
Make divination tools ( runes, tarot cards, pendulums, etc..), mask making , make a goal/resolution collage, broom decorating , wreath making , pumpkin, gourd, or squash decorating , up-cycled crafts 

Activities-Start or consecrate a Book of Shadows, write ghost letters ( see video for what that is ) , do divination , do kitchen witchery ,make an ancestor altar

Rituals/spells-costume as spell, divination, banishing spells , ancestor work ( such as dumb suppers for example) ,

Food- vegan pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin oatmeal, vegan pumpkin french toast , pumpkin  or gingerbread bread , pumpkin pie, stuffed acorn squash ....,

pumpkin seeds, apples, ( all in harvest foods ) , black lentils, black lentil or black rice pasta for a fun healthy black base ,

Harvest  pizza -


I followed the directions of the recipe posted as the first comment and below here . I used WHOLE wheat flour (healthy) ..http://www.food.com/recipe/vegan-pizza-dough-10579?layout=desktop
 And eden organic spaghetti sauce (which is sugar free and vegan ) and for toppings I used daiya cheddar shreds,chopped onions, cashew pieces, some pumpkin seeds from my pumpkin seed and kale recipe (reg pumpkin seeds will work ), garlic , and peels of carnival carrots (the colored ones) just used potato peeler


Gingerbread pancakes - see photo great for samhain or halloween and other times!


Ingredients-
1 1/2 C. healthy flour of your choice ( I used a sprouted whole wheat )
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp . baking soda
1/4 tsp fine sea salt
1/2 tsp. ground ginger ( powdered ginger )
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 flax egg ( or vegan egg re placer ) -- flax egg explained below
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 C. molasses
1 1/2 C. water

Directions : 1. First make flax egg by putting 1 tsp ground flaxseed in a bowl with 3 1/2 tsp. water , mixing and allowing to sit for 30 minutes . 2. Whisk ( or with a fork mix ) into the bowl the dry ingredients but, only 1/2 the flour . 3. Then mix in molasses and water until completely smooth . 4. Then whisk in remaining flour . 5. Over medium low heat add a small amount of coconut oil to a frying pan and allow to liquify 6. then proceed as with any pancakes . ( a moderate amount of bubbles means first flip )

- great with agave syrup on top !




Autumn Ambrosia

Ingredients : Use the amount of each fruit you want to suit your preferences I've given estimates of how much I used
1 1lb bag - Frozen ( though can be fresh I just can't find them ) dark cherries
4- apples of choice ( I used gala )
3- peaches
3- green pears ( sorry spacing what they are called - the most common ones ... )
4- purple plums
one bag - dandies marsh mellows
2 handfuls- unsweetened coconut shreds


Directions: 1. Wash and cut fruit into chunks ( see photo for an idea of size ) . 2. Add them into a large bowl .3. Cut dandies in half ( optional but, I find it makes all the difference - You want to make sure to do this last as it makes your knife sticky - ripping is an alternative ) 4.add in 5. and add coconut shreds .6.  Mix


Pumpkin Bread With Blueberry Sauce
Pumpkin Bread Recipe -
http://hellyeahitsvegan.com/vegan-pumpkin-bread/

Blueberry sauce

Is actually as smoothie ..
Ingredients:
1 half Banana
2 C. Frozen blueberries
1 1/2 C blackberries fresh or frozen
Organic soymilk
Directions:
Blenderize !

Still more recipes to come !
video link -
http://youtu.be/ecb5fYzZ6ts