Quiche

Gluten free/dairy free quiche just taste better without a crust :(

Crustless Quiche
8 slices of bacon
1/2 onion, chopped
mushrooms
8 eggs
1/2 c plain soy yogurt
1/2 c rice milk
2-3 T dijon mustard
dash salt
2 dashes pepper
3 dashes nutmeg
grape tomatoes, halved
4-6 c fresh spinach

Sautee first 3 ingredients. Beat remainder and add in cooked ingredients at the end. Grease one large or two small pie plates, pour in finished mixture and smoosh with fingers until more egg mix than spinach is on top. Bake 350 for 45 min or until set. The smooshing is important with raw spinach.

Birthday Cake

Chris made me a terrific gluten free, dairy free, birthday cake. It came in a box; it tasted like cake. The magic part was baking this one layer cake in two round pans, to make a two layer cake. THEN frosting like this:

Birthday Cake Frosting
1 container dairy free cream cheese
powder sugar
1 T lemon juice
strawberry jam

So mix the first three ingredients together, adding enough powder sugar to make frosting consistency you desire. Spread the jam between the layers and frost the top and sides with your frosting. This turns out to be a very delicate and girly cake. And very tasty.

Orange Julius

Hmmm, delicious and addictive. There are many recipes out there, this is mine.

Orange Julius
1 c orange juice
1 c coconut milk
1-2 frozen bananas
2 t vanilla

Blend, 2 bananas are creamier than one. This doesn't need sugar!

Refreshing Applesauce

This is delightful, I will always choose lemon and ginger in my applesauce over cinnamon.

Apple Sauce
3 lbs apples, peeled and cored
1 inch ginger, peeled
juice of 1 lemon
4-6 small pears
1 1/2c cranberry juice

Cook 4 hours. Puree. Serve cold.

I like this version better than the mixed berry applesauce, so does Chris. Mmmm.

Liquid Body/Hand Soap

Same recipe for both, depending on what type of soap base you start with.

Liquid Body Soap
Burt's Bees Honey and Hops Body Bar
1 c boiling water
1 t glycerine
1 t honey
additional water or herbal tea

Grate soap, add boiling water, and blend until smooth. Add glycerine, honey, and if desired essential oils. Blend. Add additional hot water/herbal tea until mixture equals approximately 6 cups, which can be misleading depending on how much foam the soap makes. Blend some more. This will thicken greatly upon standing, the 6 cups is a good starting point, but realistically it will be somewhere between 6-12cups. Blend a few more times as it cools, adding more cool water as needed. Let it sit check consistency, add more cool water as needed, blend again. Put this into an easily accessible container in case it thickens too much to pour. You will want to be able to blend it with more HOT water in that case.

Cranberry Orange Bread Pudding

Cranberry Orange Bread Pudding
4 eggs
2 1/4 c milk substitute
1/2 c sugar
1 T vanilla
1/2 t cinnamon
4 c Cranberry Orange Bread, cubed
1/3 c craisins

Pour egg mixture over bread, press bread down to soak. Bake 350F, 40 min.

Cranberry Orange Bread

Cranberry Orange Bread
3 c gf flour
3 T baking powder
3/4 t salt
2 1/4 t grated orange peel
1 1/2 c sugar*
3 eggs
3/4 c rice milk
3/4 c veg oil
1 1/2 c chopped cranberries (use a food processor)
1/4 c chopped nuts

350F, 25 min, grease bundt pan--sprinkle nuts in bottom of pan before batter. Dust with powder sugar or orange glaze.

Orange Glaze
1 c powder sugar
1 T & 1 t orange juice


*If made without any sugar, make into bread pudding.

Pear Loaf

This was nice and dessert like.

Pear Loaf
3 c gf flour
1 t baking soda
1/4 t baking powder
1 t
1 T ground cinnamon
1 c chopped walnuts (optional)
3/4 c vegetable oil
3 eggs, lightly beaten
2 c sugar
6 to 8 pears (2 grated cups total)
2 t vanilla extract (optional)

350F, 20min, 8 mini loaves-- grease and flour pans.