The other day a small miracle occurred in my house. We all sat down
together and heard about our day. We do this thing around our table,
when we eat together (it's not every night that we eat together, but
it's a lot of nights), where we all take turns sharing our favorite part
of the day, and our least favorite part of our day. Sharing was not the
miracle, neither was the eating together....the miracle was what was on
the plates. Every single plate had the SAME meal!!! I made some of that
gluten free vegan pizza,
the other night. I decided to skip making gluten crust and just make
the gluten free....it was the easier choice...I made a pizza with a
white sauce (always my favorite) and the traditional red red. Both came
out tasty and my mouth had a party. I believe I ate almost the whole
white sauce pizza by myself. So I took a picture of my momentous
occasion, so that I could remember it.
I know that in most
households one meal is made and that is it, but I have really not been
that way. I make smoothies as meals in a second, and I believe, they are
the more nutrient dense then anything I prepare, so I usually offer it
to my kids as an alternative to the prepared meal. Isaac, my oldest,
loves them. Since he has textural food issues, it is his favorite meal!
Today
we went to a "church". I put that in quotes because I believe that a
group of believers that intimately know and live together, and express
Christ, qualifies as a church, more than a group of people who, out of
tradition, gather together every Sunday, with smiles and greet each
other, barely knowing what is going on in the life of the people that
they greet. (<-Is that a terrible run on sentence?). But it was very
good to be around other believers and listen to a sermon that was just
the Word, with it's proper context. I think it will be a place that we
begin to serve.
I have been watching my little
foster grandbaby, because my foster daughter, got all 4 of her wisdom
teeth pulled out. It is a strange thing to be watching over a baby,
again. It's funny how instant, all the things I learned as a mom, come
flooding back. It's about naps, food, diapers, and doing laundry. He's a
great little boy, and somehow, it is incredibly easier, this time
around. Maybe it's easier because he's not mine, permanently.
We
got 9 baby chicks yesterday, and the chick drama began. First off, they
are soooo flipping cute! But one of the chicks decided that it was a
bully, and it never changed it's ways. This baby chick would go up to
the lighter colored Buff Orpington's and peck at their eyes. It was
awful! These helpless little chicks would get dragged around by their
eyes, to the point of bleeding. When we finally had enough, Toby made up
a wire cage to stick on top of our bully, so that she could see the
others without being able hurt the other chicks. This made her "cheep,
cheep" with a thunder that continued through the entire night. In the
morning we would let her out, only to stick her right back in, because
she'd bolt for one of the other chicks, to peck their eyes. She was
unrepentant, but hated to be segregated. I sent her to my aunt Tami's to
try her home, only to have her come home, because she pecked the eyes
of her chicks, as well. Our bully's thunderous "cheep, cheep-ing"
finally ended, as I returned her to the feed store I got her from.
But
with baby chicks, I have to monitor all the chicks, all my kids, and
one terribly troubled dog! Lexi wants so badly to "play" with them. Her
tail wags, and she stares at them, pretty much the whole day! Fun!
When I came home today all I wanted to do was hang out in my kitchen. I made a couple of gf pizzas, a pot of
Hungarian Mushroom
soup (I am a creature of habit), and a couple dozen of these muffins. I
routinely make up recipes for muffins. I absolutely love to use
zucchini to soften my muffin batters, it is my favorite way to make a
great batter. I doubled this recipe. Prepare oven for 350.
*I grind my own grains/seeds,
I highly recommend it to everyone, either with a vitamix, or a mill, it
saves so much money, and it's great to have rice as rice...or as a
flour, etc*
Gluten Free Vegan Chocolate Chocolate Chips Muffins
1/2c garabonzo/fava flour
1/3c sweet brown rice flour
1/3c quinoa flour
1/3c buckwheat flour
1/3c melted coconut oil
1/4c ground flax (I use my coffee grinder, since my grinder would get no other action, otherwise)
1/2t salt
3t of baking powder
1/2t baking soda
2/3c coconut crystals
1/2c or so of chocolate chips
1c of coconut milk (add 1T of apple cider vinegar)
1small zucchini or half a medium/large one, you can grate it in your batter
*I blend the zucchini with half the mixed coconut milk*
Mix
the dry ingredients first, add the wet, then add the chocolate chips...
Bake for 20-24 minutes...My muffins take 22 minutes ;)Isaac ate 5 of them, right out of
the oven.
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