Gluten free blueberry bread

 Made this for A, C, and myself. It was really delicious!

https://www.theconsciousplantkitchen.com/healthy-blueberry-bread/#wprm-recipe-container-30274

Gluten free pizza dough

I tried there two different recipes

https://glutenfreeonashoestring.com/gf-pizza-dough/

And

https://minimalistbaker.com/easy-vegan-gluten-free-pizza-crust/

I preferred the GFOAS recipe because it actually rose, but they were both quite heavy and chewy. For reference, I had a gluten sensitive crust from pizza ranch, and it was light and fluffy, but also crisp on the outside.

Date and nut bars

Currently trying to avoid wheat and/or gluten, but I'm craving sweet stuff.  I'm also trying to eat through the pantry so we don't have so much stuff in the cabinets. 

Enter date and nut protein bars.  I couldn't find a great recipe that included everything I wanted to use  so I made up my own.

Ingredients 

45 pitted medjool dates, roughly chopped

Boiling water,  enough to cover the dates 

2 Cups nuts, toasted.  I used mostly almonds and some walnuts. 

1 cup flaxseed and chia seeds

1 cup shredded unsweetened coconut  

1/2 cup dried apples torn or cut in small pieces 

1 tsp ground Cinnamon 

1/4 tsp ground nutmeg 

1/4 tsp ground cloves

1. In a small bowl pour the hot water over the chopped dates and let it sit while you move to the next step. 

2. In a food processor,  chop the nuts.  Some medium pieces are OK,  but generally less than 1/4" cubes. Pour into a large bowl.

3. I like to grind the flax seeds in a coffee/seed/spice grinder. Pour into the bowl of chopped nuts. 

4. Put the dates in the food processor to chop into a paste. Work in batches if needed. Pour into the nut bowl. 

5. Add remaining ingredients mix thoroughly.

6. Press into a greased 9x13 pan with parchment paper. 

7. Refrigerate for a few hours.

8. Cut and store.

Pear and Blueberry crumble

https://www.sweetandsavourypursuits.com/pear-and-blueberry-crumble/

This was ok. I was trying to use up frozen blueberries and pears, but it wasn't very sweet. 

2023 Thanksgiving

 I made cranberry sauce,  pumpkin pie-https://www.soulfullymade.com/pumpkin-pie-with-sweetened-condensed-milk/#recipe

roasted Brussels sprouts,  

A mushroom bean loaf-https://wallflowerkitchen.com/lentil-roast-with-gravy/

Gravy- https://hungerandthirstforlife.blogspot.com/2013/03/homemade-instant-mushroom-gravy.html?m=1

Baba Ghanosh

 https://www.themediterraneandish.com/baba-ganoush-recipe/#wprm-recipe-container-10526

Grandma Mullen’s Cheesecake

 Grandma's cheescake recipe is as follows:

For the crust:
-1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
-3 tablespoons sugar
-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
-4 tablespoons melted butter
Mix together and press into a spring form pan. 9” or 10”

For the filling:
-3 12oz. packages of cream cheese (36oz. usually is 4
1/2 packages of the 8oz).
-1 cup sugar
-5 eggs
-Juice of one lemon, plus the rind grated
Beat cream cheese and  sugar until it is creamy.  

Add the eggs then the lemon juice and rind. 
Pour mixture into the pan

Bake at 350 degrees for about 55 minutes--the center
should shake when it is ready

If desired:
Beat 2 tablespoons sugar into 1/2 cup sour cream. 
Spread on top of cake and return to over for 10
minutes. (I don't ever remember Grandma doing this
part, probably because she usually served it with
rasberry puree).