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Pumpkin Pie Baked Oatmeal (Vegan and Gluten Free)

Melissa King 74 Comments

Pumpkin Pie Baked Oatmeal.  I love oats for breakfast.  They fill me up and give me lots of energy.

I often make my overnight oats in a jar.  This baked oatmeal is another way to eat your oats on the go.  If you like my pumpkin pie overnight oats, you will love this recipe!

 

Pumpkin Pie Baked Oatmeal

 

This pumpkin baked oatmeal recipe can be made in just about 30 minutes.  Very easy and you may already have most of the ingredients!  It’s like a bowl of oats in muffin form.

Great for on the go.  You can make a big batch and freeze some for easy breakfast options on those busy days.

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Pumpkin Pie Baked Oatmeal

Pumpkin Pie Baked Oatmeal

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Prep Time 10 min Cook Time 20 min

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. Mix all the dry ingredients in one bowl. Mix wet into another. Add wet to dry and mix until combined. 
  3. Spoon batter into lined muffin pans. 
  4. Bake in the oven for about 15-20 minutes.

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Recipe Notes

I used a jumbo muffin pan and got five out of my batch. You could probably get 12 with standard muffin pan . These freeze well too. Enjoy!

 

 

 

Creamy Tomato and Carrot Soup (Vegan)

Melissa King 53 Comments

Creamy Tomato and Carrot Soup.  I love tomato soup. Back in the day, I used to really love Campbell’s tomato soup. You know the kind in the can that is loaded with sodium?

I used to bring one to work at least once a week. So I tried to create a homemade creamy tomato soup that is much tastier and with less sodium.

 

creamy tomato and carrot soup

 

Even though my creamy tomato and carrot soup tasted very much like tomato soup, the color of the carrot came out more than the tomato.

As I am writing this post, I am enjoying a bowl of this for lunch with a gluten free corn muffin as a side.  Yum!

 

Creamy Carrot and Tomato Soup

 

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Creamy Tomato and Carrot Soup

Creamy Tomato and Carrot Soup

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Prep Time 15 min Cook Time 5 hr, 30

Ingredients

  • 10 vine ripened tomatoes (or 6 cups tomatoes) peeled and rough chopped
  • 4 cups veggie broth
  • 3-4 garlic cloves minced
  • 1 small onion diced
  • 1 medium carrot diced
  • 2 celery stalks diced
  • 2 cups almond milk
  • 4-6 basil leaves
  • 2 T arrowroot
  • salt to taste

Instructions

  1. Throw the veggie broth, tomatoes, carrot, celery, garlic, onion and salt into the crock pot and cook on high for at least 5 hours.
  2. Once the soup is done, add the milk and basil the blend with an immersion blender .
  3. You can also transfer the mixture into a blender and blend that way.

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Recipe Notes

If the soup seems a little on the thin side, feel free to add some arrowroot to thicken it up. We added about 2 tablespoons. We got about 5 servings out of ours. You can serve immediately or refrigerate for later. The soup is also freezable. Enjoy!

 

Creamy Carrot and Tomato Soup

Vegetable Soup with Millet

Melissa King 13 Comments

Soup season is here and I am loving every minute of it.  We always seem to have some soup stored away in our freezer.  It’s a huge time saver when life gets a little too busy.  This is my latest creation.

Vegetable Soup Watermark

If you can’t find millet, wild rice or brown rice would make a nice replacement.  I added the millet because I wanted the soup to be a complete and filling meal.  This is very simple to make.

Vegetable Soup with Millet

Vegetable Soup with Millet

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Prep Time 15 min Cook Time 4 hr Serves 5 servings     adjust servings

Ingredients

  • 4 celery stalks chopped
  • 4 carrots chopped
  • 1 onion diced
  • 8 cups vegetable stock
  • 1 cup red pepper chopped
  • 4 vine ripened tomatoes diced
  • 4 lg garlic cloves minced
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 tsp thyme (I used dried)
  • 1 tsp parsley (I used dried
  • 1 cup millet

Instructions

  1. To make things super easy, I prepared all the veggies the night before.
  2. In the morning, toss everything but the millet in the pot.
  3. You can do this recipe on the stove or in the crock pot .
  4. Just cook on high for the first hour and turn down to low for an additional 3 hours.
  5. Throw the millet in about 20 minutes before you turn the soup off. This made a good 5 servings. Enjoy!

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Pumpkin Coconut Fudge (Vegan and Paleo)

Melissa King 56 Comments

This Pumpkin Coconut Fudge is good.  So good that I had to keep it away from my family before they ate it all.  I still needed pictures!

It’s been raining for days here in Dallas, but today was clear enough for me to shoot them.  It’s very easy to make too.  If you love coconut and pumpkin, you will love this pumpkin coconut vegan fudge recipe!

 

Pumpkin Coconut Fudge

 

Vegan, gluten free and grain free.  I do have to mention that the consistency of these is a little softer than my other fudge recipes.  It still does give you that melt in your mouth feel, but it’s softer, almost giving it a light texture as well.

 

Pumpkin Coconut Fudge

 

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Pumpkin Coconut Fudge

Pumpkin Coconut Fudge

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Prep Time 15 min Serves 6 cups     adjust servings

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. In a saucepan , on med heat, mix all the ingredients together and stir until combined.
  2. Pour the mixture into lined muffin pans . I used standard size, but mini muffin pans would work great too.
  3. Put them in the fridge to set. I gave them a few hours to fully set. I got 6 out of my batch. Should last a couple weeks in the fridge. Enjoy!

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Pumpkin Coconut Fudge

Pumpkin Chocolate Cups

Melissa King 50 Comments

Get ready for another pumpkin recipe!  I have been trying to think outside the box a bit for these pumpkin treats.  This pumpkin chocolate cup is one little dessert I came up with, and they are simply amazing.  If you like pumpkin, are looking for a sweet pumpkin dessert recipe, then this recipe is for you.

Pumpkin Pecan Cups Waterrmark

Instead of adding a lot of sugar to the pumpkin mixture, I mixed it with pecans, spices and only a small amount of maple syrup.  I think it gives the filling a naturally sweetened taste.  These are very easy to make as well.  Vegan, gluten free and paleo.  If you enjoy these you may also enjoy my Clean Eating Peanut Butter Cups or my Banana Chocolate Almond Cups.

Pumpkin Chocolate Cups

Pumpkin Chocolate Cups

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Prep Time 15 min Serves 6 cups     adjust servings

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. In a food processor , blend up the pecans into a fine meal.
  2. Then add the pumpkin, maple syrup and spices and continue to pulse until everything is well mixed. Set aside.
  3. In a small saucepan, melt the chocolate and milk on med-low heat. Stir often until the chocolate becomes smooth.
  4. Get a standard sized muffin tin and place some liners into it. I use silicone liners to make the removal super simple.
  5. Place a small amount of chocolate into the bottom of each cup.
  6. Stick the muffin pan in the freezer for 10 minutes.
  7. Once it’s frozen, add the pumpkin/pecan mixture and then top the cups with more chocolate.
  8. Stick back into the freezer for a few hours to firm them up.

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Recipe Notes

I got 6 cups out of my batch. You can also use a mini muffin pan if you want to make more. I noticed the cups are a little too hard when I went to eat them straight out of the freezer. However the filling is too soft if they are kept in the fridge. I would advise you to let it sit for 5 minutes outside the freezer before you go to eat it. Then it would be perfect. I hope you enjoy these as much as my family did.

Zucchini Pasta with Avocado Pesto (Vegan)

Melissa King 115 Comments

A while back I got a spiralizer. For some reason, I hadn’t used it yet.  Until now.  I made this zucchini pasta.  I’m so glad I did. The spiralizer is super easy to use and it’s priced very well.

It makes great low carb noodles. This zucchini pasta with avocado pesto is delicious and low carb!  To get the Paderno Spiralizer, click here.

 

Zucchini Pasta

 

This whole meal literally took me 10 minutes to make!  Great for those busy days when you have little time to cook dinner.  Perfect for those hot days in the summer where you don’t want to be slaving over a hot stove.

You could top this with your favorite protein to make it complete.  Another quick meal on my blog is my Pesto Portobellos. 

 

You can learn how to use the spiralizer by watching this short video.

 

Zucchini Noodles with Avocado Pesto

Zucchini Pasta with Avocado Pesto

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Prep Time 20 min

Ingredients

    For the noodles

    • 2 zucchinis with the tops removed
    • 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved

    For the pesto

    • 2 avocados
    • 15 basil leaves
    • 2 cloves garlic
    • 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
    • 2 T olive oil
    • 2 T fresh parsley chopped
    • salt to taste

    Instructions

    1. Using a spiralizer , cut your zucchini into ribbons and set aside. 
    2. In a food processor , combine all the ingredients for the pesto and blend well. 
    3. Take about 1/2 cup of the pesto and toss with the tomatoes and noodles. 
    4. Save the remaining pesto for another time or use it as a sandwich spread.

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    Recipe Notes

    If you have a spiralizer, I highly recommend this book . It has amazing recipes for the spiralizer that go well beyond the zucchini noodles. I got about 2-3 servings out of this. Enjoy!