Category: Recipes

Goodiegood's Apricot Ambrosia...

5/2/2023

Nothing Goodiegood likes better than to try out a new recipe. Especially when it is gluten free, dairy free, and in this case, no sugar added. Very healthy indeed if one knows what's good for them.

Goodiegood also loves sharing these easy-peazy types of cookies as these don't require cooking either. Just make them up and store them in the freezer.

The Ingredients: Dried Apricots -- Almonds -- Pineapple (in their own juice) and then she adds a little cinnamon and cardamom for the tropical zing to top them off.

She starts with roughly 1 and 1/2 cups of dried apricots and 1/4 cup of pineapple (Drained - no juice). The pineapple helps the apricots not be too dry - that is why the pineapple juice isn't necessary.

Add a little cinnamon and/or cardamom to what ever level you like for taste.

Place everything into a blender or food processor.

The almonds are for rolling the fruit puree mixture in. Goodiegood simply placed the almonds in a plastic bag and used her rolling pin to crush up the almonds.

Then poured into a bowl so it would be ready for the puree.

Once the apricots and pineapple is blended - it is ready to roll. Also she did a little batch with some carrot grated into this mixture. Again, add the spices (or not) when you blend as it tastes great either way.

Take a small amount and drop into the bowl of crush almonds. She likes to roll it around in the bowl as this also draws the almonds into the middle of the ball as well as on the outside. Once rolled and coated, put into the freezer. Let them freeze for a good hour and then simply enjoy this tropical bite for the summer fun.

Goodiegood's Apricot Ambrosia

* makes approximately 30-35 balls per 32 ounce bag of apricots*

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Goodie4U Date Delights...

5/2/2023

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Now Goodie4U likes to try out a new recipe too. Because who knows better what is good for you than her? Especially when this delight is gluten free, dairy free, and in this case, no sugar added.

Goodie4U is also known for sharing these easy-peazy type of cookies as these don't require cooking either. Just make them up and store them in the freezer.

The Ingredients: 32 ounces of regular pitted dates (NOT Medjool dates unless you want it really sweet) -- coconut -- 9 ounces of pitted dried prunes.

Goodie4U adds roughly a cup of dates (she made three mixtures out of the 32 ounce bag of dates) and about 1/4 cup of prunes. (Again, she divided up the 9 ounce bag to make three batches of these delights.) Nothing else was added.

Next she places the dates and prunes mixture into blender or food processor.

Once blended, she drops small amounts into a bowl of flaked coconut and roll them around. By rolling it around in the bowl instead of your hands, one can get more coconut in the middle of the ball as well as the outside of it. Once rolled, then place in freezer. Freeze for at least an hour.

Goodie4U Date Delights

*Makes approximately 30-35 balls to the 32 ounce bag*

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Goodie2shues' Banana Almond Muffins

12/5/2022

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With the chilly weather Goodie2shues thought to share her warm Gluten free/ Dairy free Banana Almond Muffin recipe. Wonderful for those breakfasts or light snack times during the holidays cause they can be frozen to bring out to eat at anytime.

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Recipe - Chocolate Lentil Pudding

10/1/2022

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Recipe - Chicken Spinach Pesto

9/1/2022

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Recipe - Oatmeal Plum Cookies

6/1/2022

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Recipe - Chocolate Banana Hummus

6/1/2022

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Recipe - Parsley's Apple Bread

4/28/2022

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Parsley's Apple Bread
(Makes between 8 to 10 mini-loafs or one 9x5" loaf)

Ingredients:

1 Cup of avocado oil (with a few extra drops to coat the pans)
1/4 Cup of granulated sugar
1/2 Cup of brown sugar
2 Cups of apples (peeled, grated, or chopped in a food processor)
1 Tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 Tsp of cardamom
1/2 Tsp of ginger
1-1/2 Cups of all purpose flour
1 Cup of oatmeal
2 Tsp of baking powder
2 large eggs plus 2 egg yolks
1 Tsp of vanilla extract

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F). Coat the pans (I used mini-loaf pans) with some oil or a 9x5 inch loaf pan (lightly oil the bottom and sides of pans).

Peel and process the apples. Whisk together eggs, egg yolks, brown sugar, vanilla and granulated sugar in a large bowl. Continue whisking vigorously until lighter in color and has thickened. Whisking with one hand and slowly with the other hand, pour a slow steady stream of the avocado oil into the egg mixture until all combined.

Add the cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, flour, oatmeal and baking powder to the egg mixture, then fold in the chopped apples.

Transfer the mixture to the mini-loaf pans or the one larger pan. Bake until golden brown and a tester inserted into the center comes out clean. The mini-loaves took about 40-50 minutes... the larger loaf can take up to 60-70 minutes.

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Recipe - Avocado Chicken Salad

1/1/2022

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Here is one of Parsley's favorite mixes for a quick bite for lunch.

It is an Avocado Chicken Salad.

She loves it because it turns green *smiling*. This is also a good way to use frozen avocados.

Set one half of an avocado out to thaw. I microwave mine for 30 seconds.

After it is thawed, smash it with a fork. Then place a pre-cooked chicken breast into a food processor.

Use anywhere from 1 to 1 1/2 full breasts. I pull them apart before chopping in the food processor to avoid any large chunks of chicken.

Next, add about 1/3 cup of mayonnaise depending on how dry of a chicken salad one likes. I use Best Food Vegan mayonnaise (no eggs). Keep in mind that the avocado is also a fat and should be taken into consideration when deciding how much mayonnaise to add. Finally, a dose of mustard (to taste); add a little minced onion and a dash of pepper with about a 1/4 cup of sweet pickle relish... (again to taste). Now comes the hidden spice... a real sweet addition. It is a cardamon, cinnamon and clove mixture.