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Date Muffins

This is a muffin recipe i made yesterday. :)

and they got all eaten before i could take an after picture.... 

So that is the cereal that I used... it's like Kellogg Raisin Bran but without the raisin..

So ... here's how you do it. :)

1 c. bran flake cereal

1/2 c. unsweetened almond milk

1 banana

1/4 c. flour

1/4 c. applesauce

1 T. sugar

5 dates

3/4 c. blueberries

1/2 T baking powder

Mix the bran flake cereal and milk together so the cereal can soak up the milk. Mash the banana and add that. Add flour, applesauce, sugar, dates, blueberries and baking powder. Put in baking cups. Makes 4-5 medium muffins.

Bake for about 20-30 minutes, but check at 20 takeout around 25 or 30. I always like to check it 10 minutes before the recipe says to take it out, just in case i need to take it out or something.

Healthy Onion Rings?

So i'm working on trying to make healthy onion rings and that was one of my things that was not really a disaster, but not like I wanted. this is what real onion rings look like, that have been dipped in an egg mixture, breaded and deepfried. I'm doing none of those, dipping them in a batter, and then baking them.

These onion rings are not what i can make. It's been a part sucess, making a batter with almond milk, oats and then seasonings, dipping them, then baking them. I'm going to try dipping them, baking them, and then dipping them, layering it up.... 

Wish me luck! I also have to wait for the onions to come in as the Walla Walla Sweets. They only have Texas Sweets at the moment. Not the same... definatly not the same.

Strawberry Jam

I got to make some strawberry jam the other day! It was a lot of  fun and wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. So to begin with, I suggest that you have one of those really big canning kettles. It needs to be able to hold your jars, plus water over the lids of them. And a basket so you don't scorch yourself when taking them out. 

 Start the water in the big kettle boiling, also a smaller pan with the lids in it (the flat pieces, not the rings).

So first you want to start by washing all your jars. You probably got them out of a box and so they won't be too clean. Wash them so no bacteria gets in them and makes your food go bad. also wash the rings and jars. Put the jars in the big pot so you can sterilize them more.

So measure out 4 cups of combined pineapple, dates and strawberries. I did about 4-6 dates, 1/2 c. pineapple and the rest was strawberries. Mash them down into the measuring device.

I used Pomona's Universal Pectin. It is the kind of pectin that you don't have to use that much sugar with, which was good because I wasn't using any of the traditional kind of sugar. It worked quite well the previous times. We haven't opened up this season's jam, but hopefully it worked. Mix the calcium water mix with some water as directed. Put the fruit in a sauce pan and mash. The larger the pot, the more surface area. Just saying. cooks faster. Mash it with a potato masher, so there are big and small chunks. You don't want it all same. It makes it more interesting and the way it's suppose to be made... haha.

Okay, so you bring the strawberry mix to a boil, and then add the pectin, stirring so it doesn't clump, because that would be nasty. Cook for 2 more minutes and take it off the heat. If you did it like I told you, the water should be boiling (depending on your altitude) and then you want to take the jars out of the water.

If you're wondering why we are washing the jars, then boiling and all that fun stuff, just go google "Botulism". Fill the jars to the fill marker on the side. Place one of the lids on it and then put the lid on. Put it back in the boiling pot for 10 more minutes. Take out and let sit. Do not touch the jars. I like to leave them overnight. Moving or disturbing them can undo or not make the jar seal, which can be bad if you googled about botulism.

I hope that you try canning this summer! It's a lot of fun and you can have great stuff to eat in the winter. I'm going to try and make some blueberry jam this summer because we pick a lot of blueberries at an orchard that isn't too far away. I'll have to take pictures when we do. It's usually around July 4.
Have a great "canning" experience!

hey! So i figured out a way to make some vegan recipes and am doing some cupcakes. keep your eyes open for those!!