Cream of Rice Hot Cereal

 

Recipe From: http://wholenewmom.com

Makes approximately five servings (3/4 cup each)

Ingredients

1 cup of uncooked rice (I prefer to use brown)
4 1/2 cups liquid (water, milk or non dairy milk like Homemade Coconut Milk, Homemade Almond Milk, etc.)
3/4 tsp salt (optional. For you, maybe–but I think creamy grain cereals NEED salt. I like Real Salt.)

Optional toppings: butter (or other fat), sweetener, cinnamon

 

Method

 

1.  Grind rice coarsely in a blender or coffee grinder.

2.  Heat liquid over medium hit to a slow boil.

3.  Add rice and stir.

4.  Cover and simmer for about 4 minutes, until thickened.

5.  Serve with desired toppings.

* I added a little bit of sugar to mine :)

Raw Coconut Macaroons

You can also add chocolate on top! Both ways are Delicious!

These cookies our my families NEW favorite treat! We found these at a health food store and they are were a little over a dollar a piece so I decided to find a recipe that was similar! Thanks to a friend that had already done the same thing I found this yummy and sooo easy recipe!


Ingredients:
1/2-3/4 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
1 1/4 cup almond flour
1/4 tsp real salt
1/2 cup coconut oil at room temperature
1/4 a cup raw honey or pure maple syrup
2 tsp pure vanilla
*optional 2-3 TBS ground flax seed

Directions:
Mix dry and wet in separate bowls, then mix together, spoon onto a cookie sheet and freeze for 30 minutes to over night. Keep in the fridge.


If you want to try these look alike cookies before making them to see if it's worth it look for them at a health food store like Good Earth or Whole foods they are Raw Melissa brand and are $5 for 4. Just FYI. This is what they look like ...

Chocolate Topping:

1/4 cup raw cacao powder

1/4 cup raw coconut oil, warmed to liquid
2 Tbsp raw agave nectar or raw honey
a pinch of sea salt

Directions:

 

 Mix together chocolate ingredients and set in the fridge until slightly thickened (a few minutes). 

Spoon or Dip half of each cookie into the chocolate and set on a foil lined baking sheet.  Sprinkle with coconut while wet.  Once all the cookies are dipped, place in the freezer until chocolate is set, about 5 minutes.

 

Enjoy!!

Chocolate Fruit Cookies

I tried these cookies at a healthy food store and instead of buying them I thought I would look on Pinterest and see if I could make them my self! I found the recipe from http://healthyblenderrecipes.com They are delicious! They are a fruit ball but at our house we call them cookies! My kids love these and they are healthy!! You will need to have a good blender to make these! Enjoy!

1 cup mixed raw nuts (I used 1/3 cup each of raw almonds, cashews & macadamias)

1/2 cup organic pitted chopped dates

1/2 cup dried chopped apricots

1/2 cup raisins

2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

1 Tbsp fresh orange juice

a couple of drops – 1/8 tsp of natural almond essence

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 cup desiccated coconut

1. Mix the coconut and cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside for rolling.
2. Put all other ingredients in a food processor, and slowly add in the orange juice if it doesn’t bind together completely.
3. Roll into small balls and coat with the coconut mixture.

Store in a sealed glass container in the fridge.

Raw Melissa's No Bake Cookies

My mom made and brought these babies to Powell.
And I was hooked.

No Bake Cookies

4 cups oats

6 TB cocoa powder

1/2-3/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup coconut oil

1/2 cup almond butter

3/4 cup agave or honey

1 TB vanilla

Combine all dry ingredients.  Incorporate wet and mix with hands.  Place on a cookie sheet with wax paper, freeze or refrigerate for a bit.  Place them in a ziploc bag in refrigerator and enjoy!

{ Crockpot Apple Sauce }

 Submitted by Chelsey

Ingredients:

8 medium apples

1 strips of lemon peel - use a vegetable peeler

          2 tsp fresh lemon juice

          3 inch cinnamon stick

          4tsp Honey

Directions:

1.  Peel, core and chop the apples.

2.  Add the honey, lemon peel, lemon juice and cinnamon stick.

3.  Set crock pot to low and cook for 6 hours. Stir apples occasionally, apples will slowly become a delicious applesauce. Remove cinnamon stick and use an immersion blender to blend until smooth or if you prefer a chunky sauce, leave sauce intact. (I used a whisk, which gave the sauce a nice chunky consistency.)

4.  Can and process as you would other recipes or keep refrigerated up to 3 weeks.