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Gluten-Free Savory Muffins Recipe

By levana on March 10, 2017 in

adapted from Levana Cooks, using Garden Vegetable Levana Nourishments

These savory muffins are the dream gluten-free bread roll.

Not only to my grandson, who already calls them “Bubbie Bread”, but to all of you gluten-free diners who want their gluten-free bread and eat it too. My grandson recently became allergic to gluten, and each time I watched with great sadness as he went from eating bread, his favorite food, all day long, to having it yanked off his hands as “booboo bread”. This perennial tinkerer, doubling as loving Bubbie, is exploring more than ever with gluten-free savory muffins and bread possibilities. This makes the perfect bread roll

There’s plenty of room to explore with quality gluten-free flours.

Here I go all out with the wonderful gamut of flours, only the best: Oat flour is especially delicious and hearty; almond flour, coconut flour, rice flour, fine cornmeal etc….Whatever flour combination you end up with, be sure to include the tapioca, as it is a great emulsifier. As you can imagine, the end product made with these ingredients will leave commercial gluten-free bread products in the dust, loaded as they are with potato flour and other likewise worthless products (same goes for ready gluten-free flour mixes).

Attention fellow frequent Gluten-Free bakers friends:

Gluten-free flours can err on the expensive side in health food stores.

Explore online, and do as I do: Order 5-pound containers of any gluten-free flour at a much more reasonable price. You will do much better making your own Gluten-free bread flour mixture: Explore, mix and match with different gluten-free bread flours, taking good note as you go along, then when you arrive at the perfect keeper, make a large batch of your very own favorite delicious nutritious Gluten-Free Bread flour for future gluten-free savory muffins and bread batches.

I will start with my pumpkin savory muffins

I am listing all variations. Makes 24 muffins, maybe a few more.

They freeze perfectly, and they disappear fast, so I am making a nice big batch, but of course no problem at all dividing the recipe!

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Sweet Potato Olive Tajine Recipe

By levana on March 10, 2017 in

adapted from Levana Cooks, using Garden Vegetable Levana Nourishments

Attention sweet potato lovers:

This is a wonderful way to expand on your repertoire, and enjoy it more often.

We don’t often think of pairing it with bold assertive ingredients like olives, lemon and cilantro: this is a real winner! The humble Sweet Potato looks and tastes quite chic in this Moroccan dish.

We Sephardis love Stovetop cooking.

It will only get better the second and even the third day, so don’t worry about making the whole batch.

The dish will be just as good with half sweet potatoes and half carrots.

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Energy Bites. Quick Halva Recipe

By levana on March 10, 2017 in

adapted from Levana Cooks, using Vanilla Bean Levana Nourishments

My Energy Bites start with my Quick Halva

We all love the wonderful taste of halva, that great Sephardi dessert classic confection starring Tehina paste and sold all over Israeli and Middle Eastern markets, but hardly ever get near it because of the prohibitive amount of sugar it contains. I tinkered with the flavors, using Tehina as my base, until I obtained this delicious and infinitely less sweet approximation, lightly sweetened with agave syrup.

The best part is:

My Quick Halva Recipe makes Halva go from a guilty indulgence to perfectly delicious and super healthy energy bites:

Gluten-free friendly, take no time and don’t even cook or bake, and keep refrigerated for weeks. Attack of the munchies? One of these halva energy bites will hit the spot! You will never have to worry again that your teeth might walk away from one of those fabulous commercial halva bars we love but which don’t love us back!

If you are making this treat on short notice and don’t have time to let the mixture firm up to shape halva bites, don’t worry about a thing: Serve it the way I always serve it, never bothering to make halva bars. Great for sprinkling over yogurt too!

Pour the energy bites mixture into a serving bowl, and serve it with a spoon!

I love to tinker with tehina and halva flavors, in both savory and sweet preparations. I make my Maple Halva Mousse with store-bought Halva, and stretch the flavors to the hilt to end up with another wonderful, not-too-sweet and healthy Halva dessert.

There’s no reason you can’t explore with other nut butters: Peanut, almond or cashew butter will be perfectly suitable for these energy bites as well: That won’t make you halva, but it will make the perfect energy bites or energy bars!

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Frittata Recipe with All the Fixings!

By levana on February 14, 2017 in

adapted from Levana Cooks, using Garden Vegetable Levana Nourishments

Frittata is the Latin answer to our classic omelets:

It is an open-faced omelet, about an inch high, with other ingredients mixed into the egg mixture rather than used as a filling. The batter is poured into a large skillet and placed on a stovetop, just a few minutes until the bottom is set, then baked a few minutes in a hot oven until just set. It is then cut into wedges. Frittatas are great fun as amazingly versatile: you can use any filling you like, they are ready in minutes, and can be served hot or at room temperature. Also, one serving of frittata will include just about one egg if served as a first course, 2 eggs if it is served in larger portions as a main course, making it a good choice for all of us watching their egg, protein and calorie intake.

I will make a few suggestions, and you will have fun playing with the fillings and getting different results each time. A good-quality oven-proof large skillet is all you need to make 6 to 8 servings in one shot.

Frittata is good at room temperature too, so don’t worry about leftovers.

Scroll down for all the variations on Frittata!

Frozen spinach makes this frittata a pleasure to put together!

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Favorite Smoothies Recipes. Smoothie Bowl Variations

By levana on February 14, 2017 in

adapted from Levana Cooks, using Vanilla Bean Levana Nourishments

Many smoothie joints have recently sprouted all over the city.

But none will whip up a smoothie as delicious, nutritious, inexpensive and quick as you will.

Scroll down for Smoothie bowl Variations

Use frozen fruit in your smoothies!

Why use ice, when frozen fruit will keep all your flavors intense and undiluted, and your smoothies nice and cold?

The only exception is the chocolate smoothie, which needs ice because all ingredients are at room temperature.

Bananas got too ripe? throw them in the freezer, and when ready to use them, just run your warm water faucet over them, the peel will come right off!

Smoothie Bowl: An ideally nutritious and complete meal.

Follow the recipe guidelines below, and add in your blender whatever good stuff you might have on hand, varying each time and getting an exciting variation each time:

– A handful of green leaves (kale, spinach, lettuce, parsley, mint etc…)
– Avocado, green apple, celery, cucumber, cauliflower, lemon (skin and all) etc…
– A scoop of nut or seed butter (almond, peanut, pumpkin, sunflower, cashew etc…)…
– Yogurt or buttermilk… dairy or dairy-free
– A scoop of raw oats

Use fruit juice sparingly if at all, as it will set you back with lots of unwanted sugar and calories.

Now play with your toppings:

Sliced fruit, berries, granola, coconut, cacao nibs etc…

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Recipe Category Archives: Gluten-Free Recipes

Gluten-Free Savory Muffins Recipe

These savory muffins are the dream gluten-free bread roll.

There’s plenty of room to explore with quality gluten-free flours.

Gluten-free flours can err on the expensive side in health food stores.

I will start with my pumpkin savory muffins

Sweet Potato Olive Tajine Recipe