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Carrot Ginger Juice

Melissa King 14 Comments

My husband accidentally bought an extra bag of carrots yesterday.  So I decided to make this Carrot Ginger Juice.  I will also be making a batch of my carrot cake breakfast cookies and carrot cake energy bites.  They freeze well, so I will be saving them for my husband’s lunches.  This carrot ginger juice is a great way to sneak some veggies into your kids.  I think this juice would also make great popsicles.  I like these molds for popsicles.

Carrot Ginger Juice 1 - My Whole Food Life

If you don’t have a juicer, you can blend in a blender and strain.   I used a large chunk of ginger in mine.  I like my juice with a kick! 🙂

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Cranberry Coconut Donuts (Vegan)

Melissa King 16 Comments

Cranberry Coconut Donuts that are vegan.  Once again here is another donut recipe.  This time it’s healthy cranberry donuts.   They are just so darn easy to make.

I think out of all the donuts I have made so far, these cranberry coconut donuts are my daughter’s favorite.  She puts cranberries in everything.

In our house, cranberries have become a bit of a bribing tool.  “Meadow, eat your tomatoes.” She replies, “No.” “I will give you a cranberry if you do.”

It works too!  All the moms reading this will totally understand.  🙂  So I knew these would be a hit for her.

 

Cranberry Coconut Donuts

 

Did I mention that these were healthy too?  They also freeze well for when you need quick breakfast ideas.

Cranberry Coconut Donuts

Cranberry Coconut Donuts

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Prep Time 10 min Cook Time 14 min

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. In a medium bowl combine the flour, coconut, salt and baking powder.
  3. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, oil, applesauce and vanilla.
  4. After that, add in the egg, milk and orange zest.
  5. Then fold in the cranberries.
  6. Spoon onto greased donut pans and bake for 10-12 minutes. Enjoy!

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What the Heck Do I Do With a Pomegranate?

Melissa King 5 Comments

Okay, so I am still fairly new to this cooking thing.  So when I got my co op basket this week and saw a pomegranate, I realized I had no idea what to do with it.  I have seen the seeds, but never seen them in the fruit.  So for those of you that are like me, here is what you do.
First, you cut it like this.

Then, you remove the seeds like this.

We do it in the water because the seeds and the juice can stain.
After, you are left with this.

These juicy seeds (as my daughter likes to call them), are a bit tart.  The flavor reminded me of cranberry.  So, I thought I would make pomegranate orange muffins.  They came out fabulous!  Perhaps because I had my trusty prep cooks with me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pomegranate Orange Muffins

What the Heck Do I Do With a Pomegranate?

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Prep Time 10 min Cook Time 20 min

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4c spelt flour
  • 1/2 c almond meal
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 c maple syrup
  • 1/4 c oil
  • 1/4 c applesauce
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp orange zest
  • 2 T orange juice
  • 2/3 milk
  • 1/4 orange juice
  • 1 egg replacer (I used a flax egg. 1T flax meal 3T warm water)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325.
  2. Combine all dry ingredients in one bowl.
  3. Combine all wet into another.
  4. Add wet to dry.
  5. Stir in about 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds gently.
  6. Bake for about 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

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