He's ordering another Veggie Tale Movie & Veggie Tale Bible :)
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| Finally got a pic...after the boys ate most of it! |
Since we unschool/relax homeschool, we do a lot of baking! Lei sure knows his way with a ring of measuring spoons. He can pick out a tablespoon from a teaspoon, and a 1/4 from 1/2.
Yes, baking is fractions at it's best. What better way to learn than by figuring out 3/4's of a banana?!
Today we made some applesauce. My house smelled so good!
Ingredients:
4 medium apples (gala work best, i used a mix of gala and regular reds) Peel and chop into 1/2 inch pieces.
3/4c. water
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp cinnamon
pinch of salt
1tsp brown sugar (optional)
Directions:
Mix water, lemon juice, cinnamon, salt and brown sugar in a medium pot, over medium heat. Add apples, and bring to a boil. Boil for about 15-20 minutes until apples are soft and easily pierced with a fork. Blend. I used a hand stick blender, so i'm not sure how any other blender would work. (If you try this recipe with another blender please let me know how it turned out!)
Serve immediately if you want it warm, or refrigerate for an hour or two to serve cold.
I didn't get any pics of the process :(
Next time!
I didn't get any pics of the process :(
Next time!
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The boys and I made pizza! if i knew it was this simple i would have been making our own pizza a long time ago! The recipe i have is so easy, and yeast free-which is great if you don't like to wait for rising dough. plus, most of the ingredients you probably already have in your cupboards.
Ingredients:
2 c. flour
1 t. salt
2 t. baking powder
1/4c. oil
1/4c. oil
2/3 c. water
*I added some garlic salt to the crust mixture, to give it some extra flavor*
Directions:
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I topped our pizza with:
Nutritional yeast sauce
Tomato Sauce
Green Peppers
Tofu
Chick peas
Spinach
These Oatmeal Circles go fast in our house! Not only are they a great, healthy snack...but they also make a great breakfast for those days we have to leave the house early.
These circles are:
Vegan
White Refined Sugar free
Soy Free
These are good enough for you that i can't even call them cookies! It’s so fun learning about all of the ways to make things healthier without sacrificing taste or texture.
These cookies are a fabulous example of how you can make some simple changes to a recipe, making it much healthier, while keeping the effort and number of ingredients similar to the original.
In this case it’s mainly a matter of simple substitutions – oil instead of butter, a bit of flax instead of an egg, maple syrup instead of sugar, and the secret ingredient for keeping it moist yet cookie-like: a banana! (Don’t worry if you don’t like bananas, you don’t really taste it.)
Little Brother loved it straight from the bowl, and so did i-don't judge! I finally got the batter away from him and was able to portion them out.
I don't own a cookie sheet, however, the back of my cupcake pan worked great!
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cups uncooked rolled oats
- 3/4 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- pinch salt
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
- 1 Tbsp ground flaxseed
- About 3/4 of a medium banana
- 1/2 cup raisins (you could also add nuts or chocolate chips)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Mix all ingredients in a medium bowl – make sure to blend it well enough that there’s no chunks of banana.
Place rounded spoonfuls of dough onto a cookie sheet and bake for about 7-10 minutes, until light golden brown. Remove from oven and let the cookies finish baking on the cookie sheet for about 5 more minutes.
Enjoy!
