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Gluten Free Apple Cinnamon Walnut Flax Muffins

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FALL is officially here in two days, September 22, YES!! I love the crispiness in the air, the leaves starting to change, yellow and orange and seeing some of the Fall produce out in the farmer markets and grocery stores. If you haven’t figured it out yet, this is one of my favorite seasons.

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Gluten Free Apple Cinnamon Walnut Flax muffins

I love everything about Fall, from the decor, fashion and especially the food. Today I was inspired by one of my favorite fruits, Fall brings, apples.

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Fall Decor

My Gluten Free Apple Cinnamon Walnut Flax Muffins, screams FALL is here!! This recipe is very simple, super nutritious and above all, DELICIOUS. It makes a wonderful breakfast, loaded with good carbs, fiber and protein, but also a nice healthy snack for pre and post workouts.

If you’re not into walnuts, add your favorite nut, you can also add dried cranberries instead of raisins. If you have a nut allergy, leave the nuts out altogether. But above all else, enjoy them and remember to Set the Table with Love.

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Gluten Free Apple Cinnamon Walnut Flax Muffins

INGREDIENTS:

2 medium apple, roughly chopped

1 1/2 cups all-purpose gluten-free flour

1 1/2 cups flax seed meal

1/2 cup gluten free oats ( Bob Mills)

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup organic maple syrup

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon sea salt

2 large eggs, lightly beaten

1 cup  unsweetened almond milk

1 teaspoons vanilla extract

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Gluten Free Apple Cinnamon Walnut Muffins

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350º. Add chopped apples in a blender, blend until you have a rustic puree. Set aside. Grease a 12 cup muffin tin, with canola oil spray, generously. Set aside.

In a large bowl, mix the flour, flax seed meal, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, combine the milk, eggs, and vanilla. Mix well, and slowly pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients, stirring. When the wet and dry ingredients are combined, add the apples and and stir to combine.

Using a measuring cup,  evenly divide the batter between the muffin cups. Fill the cups almost to the top, gluten free baking goods, will not rise like normal baking goods.

Bake for 20-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the muffin comes out clean. Cool in the muffin tin for 5 to 10 minutes.

Mother’s Day Breakfast ~ Mini Frittatas

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I am so excited about Mother’s Day! I hope you are thinking of ways to encourage the beautiful Mother’s in your life that has birth you physically, spiritually and both. I have a few recipes today I want to share with you that will make this Mother’s Day very special. It’s not too late and these recipes are super simple and Yum Yum approved. Enjoy them and make sure to Set the Table with Love. Happy Mother’s Day. 🙂

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Italian Cheese Frittatas

Five Cheese Italian Muffin Frittatas

Ingredients:

2 1/2 tbsp. of olive oil ( 1 tbsp for greasing the
pan and the remainder for sautéing vegetables)

1 medium onion diced, medium

1 medium red bell pepper, diced
the same size as the onions

1 garlic clove, diced, small

8 large eggs

1 tsp of sea salt

1/2 tsp. of black pepper

1 tbsp. of Italian dried seasoning

4 ounces Sargento Five cheese blend,or your favorite blend

12 cherry tomatoes, sliced in half, to top frittatas

1 ounce of parmesan cheese to

garnish frittatas

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350. Grease a 12 cup muffin pan with olive
oil, set aside.
2. Heat olive oil in a saute’ pan. Add diced onions, peppers, and
garlic. Cook until onions are transparent, not caramelized.
3.Whisk eggs, salt, black pepper, basil together in a bowl. Mix
cooked ( make sure they are cooled, are you will have scrambled eggs) vegetables and cheese into egg mixture. Spoon about 1/4
cup mixture into each muffin cup. You want the mixture to go
about halfway up the muffin pan cups.
4. Add 2 sliced cherry tomatoes on top of each frittata.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until frittatas are set in the middle
and lightly browned, about 20 minutes.
6. Once cooked you can garnish each one with parmesan cheese.
~ If you have an issue with diary, you can leave the cheese out or
use your favorite vegan blend.

Since this is Mother’s Day add some, fruit, a card and her favorite flower and your golden.

 

 

 

 

Vegan Gluten Free Pumpkin spice muffins with a pumpkin seed and walnut crumble

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Butternut squash, pumpkins, cinnamon, crumble, Fall, Autumn!  This is me screaming all the things I love about this time of the year and cooking.  My favorite things baking for my friends and family. I feel like cooking and baking for those you love is one of my most rewarding things I can do for someone.

I got to bake these yummy muffins for one of my friends and fellow yogi, Amanda, because it was her birthday.  Amanda is the manager and one of the amazing yoga teachers at the studio I teach at in our community. The studio is incredible, owned by the cutest and coolest couple, Kevin and Megan Kearney, you have to check it out, Ebb and Flow Yoga and Surf.

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Okay back to these muffins. I usually make my own gluten free flour, but this morning I decided to use one of my back up flours when I am in a hurry. I found that, this Pillsbury Gluten Free flour works great, when making muffins. When you are making gluten free baked goods, not every flour blend is going to work. So make sure the flour blend you are using, works well with what you are making. I will talk about this more soon, but check out on the blog my recipes for gluten free flours to make cakes, cookies, pancakes and muffins.

This recipe definitely will remind you of the upcoming holidays, it is packed out with those delicious spices we love during this time of the year, cinnamon, clove and nutmeg. I you will not be able to eat just one, I bet ya! 🙂

Enjoy and remember to Set the Table with Love.

 

Ingredients:

MUFFINS
Make flax eggs ~  2  tbsp flax seed ground meal, plus 1/2 cup water
1 can pumpkin puree
2/3 cup organic cane sugar and 1/4 cup maple syrup

1/4 cup olive oil

1 tsp vanilla extract 

2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp sea salt

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2  tsp clove

1/2 tsp nutmeg

2 1/2 cup gluten free flour blend
3/4 cup almond milk

CRUMBLE
3 tbsp organic brown sugar
3 1/2 tbsp gluten free flour
2 tbsp pumpkin seeds, 2 tbsp of chopped walnuts
1 1/4 cup tbsp olive oil
pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease muffin tin. Dust with gluten free flour and shake off excess.
Add flax and water  together into a large bowl( this is your egg substitute). Let set for 5 minutes. Next, add pumpkin purée, organic cane sugar, maple syrup, olive oil, and vanilla extract and whisk for one minute.
Stir in baking soda, salt, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and mix. Add milk and whisk. Add the gluten free flour and stir until just combined. The batter should be thick and slightly wet, but with form and it able to be scoop into the muffin tins, easily. You do not want dry batter, dry batter will make very dense muffins.
Divide batter into the muffin tins. You will need to fill them to the top,  they will not rise very much.

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Vegan Gluten Free Pumpkin spice muffins with a pumpkin seed and walnut crumble

FOR THE CRUMBLE

In a mixing bowl, add crumble ingredients. Use your hand to mash the ingredients together, until crumbly like wet sand. Generously top muffins with streusel.
Bake for  about 30 minutes or until tops are golden brown and a toothpick or knife comes out completely clean.
Let cool for 5 minutes in the muffin tin, then gently remove and cool completely on a cooling rack, before serving. Enjoy and Share. 🙂

RAW Carrot Cake Muffins with a NF/GF Coconut Frosting

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Here’s the recipe for the Raw Carrot Cake Muffins. These are Gluten free and Nut free. Yay Me!!

RAW Carrot Cake Muffins with a NF/GF Coconut Frosting
RAW Carrot Cake Muffins with a NF/GF Coconut Frosting

BREAKFAST~ Raw Vegan Carrot Cake Muffins w/ Raw Coconut Frosting.
Recipe:

1 1/2 cup gluten free oats
3/4 cup organic shredded coconut
1 scoop Vega One Vanilla smoothie mix
3 small carrots, peeled and chopped
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped pineapples
1 tsp organic maple syrup
1 tsp cinnamon
Pinch of sea salt

RAW Carrot Cake Muffins with a NF/GF Coconut Frosting
RAW Carrot Cake Muffins with a NF/GF Coconut Frosting

Make flour. In a food processor add oats. Blend until you have a flour consistency. Add coconut. Add carrots. Process until incorporated in flour. Then add raisins. Process until raisins are incorporated into mixture but not completely broken down. Add the remaining ingredients and process in your food processor. Put in a large bowl. If the muffins are too wet? Add a some gluten free oats to the dough and mix.
Take a muffin size ball in hand and place in a muffin pan and shape it to look like a muffin. Set these aside.  This recipe makes 3-4 regular size muffins.

RAW Carrot Cake Muffins with a NF/GF Coconut Frosting
RAW Carrot Cake Muffins with a NF/GF Coconut Frosting

NUT FREE Coconut Frosting:
1/2 cup gluten free oats
1/2 cup organic coconut flakes shredded
2 tbsp. organic coconut
1 tbsp. maple syrup
1 tbsp. purified water ( or more if needed).

 Add all ingredients to the food processor, except the water. Add it as needed for your preference of how you would like the consistency of your frosting. I added a tbsp.
Pinch of sea salt.
Add frosting to the top of the muffins. Sprinkle with cinnamon and coconut. Refrigerate for 15-20 minutes for muffins to set. Serve immediately.
Enjoy.
#recipeoftheday#nutfree#glutenfree

RAW Blueberry and Oatmeal Muffins with Lemon Zest ( Eat your skincare)

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It’s the New Year and everyone is thinking about detoxing out all of that holiday feasting.  Did you know eating more Raw foods not only is awesome for your healthy, but for your skin, hair and nails as well. I did a diet of only Raw and Vegan for almost 6 months. My hair grew faster, my nails were so much stronger and my face had this beautiful glow. Well ,B’Tyli Natural Skin Therapies also helped with that, but my eating gave me an extra glow.

So, today I woke up wanted something with blueberries. This recipe came to me. I think it will be one of my favorites. I am going to try making Raw Banana Nut muffins, and  Raw Orange and Cranberry muffins, and, and, and. LOL. Enjoy! Happy New Year! Oh yes, please this year Set the Table Love!   RAW Blueberry and Oatmeal Muffins with Lemon Zest

RAW Blueberry and Oatmeal Muffins with Lemon Zest
RAW Blueberry and Oatmeal Muffins with Lemon Zest

INGREDIENTS 1/2  cup of distilled water as needed

2 ½ cup gluten-free rolled oats

1/2 cup ground flax-seed

1 cup raisins

1  blueberries and half of cup for garnishing

1/3 cup maple syrup or honey

1 tbsp cinnamon 1 tsp

vanilla extract

1 tsp sea salt

RAW Blueberry and Oatmeal Muffins with Lemon Zest
RAW Blueberry and Oatmeal Muffins with Lemon Zest

INSTRUCTIONS In a food processor, process rolled oats into a flour. Add in  flax-seed and process. Add raisins and process. Add in the rest of the ingredients to the mixing bowl and mix well. If the dough is too sticky add a few more oats. If the dough is too dry add a little water as needed. I used about a tbsp of water to soften my dough. Add your mixture to muffin pan tray to shape. I placed mine in the fridge for 10 minutes to mold and removed from mold and topped with blueberries, lemon zest and dust of honey powder.