Receipes on a snowday

I know the last snow day was 5 days ago already but I just uploaded the pictures today. I thought you would want to see pictures of Liam making these awesome delicious recipes.


Berry Smoothies

Here's Liam my little smoothie chef

First have your mommy peel a banana then break it in half

Measure 1/2 cup frozen organic raspberries

Pour them in

1/2 cup frozen organic blueberries (we usually add strawberries too but we ran out)

Next add the organic peanut butter, it's tough to get it out!

1 giant heaping tablespoon of peanut butter (or 3 regular tablespoons)(I prefer to use almond butter)

 Plain organic yogurt

Add 1 cup

Time to mix it! What happens when you mix red raspberries and blue blueberries?

You get purple smoothie!

It's ready!

Taste Test What does the little chef think of his creation?

Delicious!

Apple Crisp

We stared making this while we drank our smoothies

Using the apple peeler/ corer. I left the skin on but you can peel them if you don't like it.

Liam said, "It looks like a flower!"

Liam can do it all by himself! Just a little crooked.

5 apples cored and sliced

Coat with 2/3 cup of organic sugar

The ingredients for the topping all organic: 1 cup oats, 1/2cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup whole wheat flour, 1/2 cup walnuts, cinnamon, and cloves (you can add nutmeg too)

Liam decided to go out and play in the snow with Daddy so I finished the crisp. I just mixed it all together and put it on top (you're supposed to mix it with 1 stick of butter but I forgot so I just melted the butter and drizzled it on top it worked the same Cook at 350*F for 1 hour  :)

Pumpkin Walnut Chocolate Chip Muffins

Liam really wanted to use the hand blender so I decided to make pumpkin muffins I used to make these every week. They're from this awesome recipe book I have called Vegan Lunch Box a mom wrote it. She has a new book called Vegan Lunch Box Around the World but I haven't gotten it yet. I have tried a bunch of recipes and they've all been good but so far this is my favorite. I have changed it a bit from the original recipe reducing the sugar adding more pumpkin and walnuts, and using almond milk or cows milk (I know it's not vegan) instead of water.

1 can organic plain pumpkin

1/3 cup water, milk, soymilk or almond milk
1/3 cup olive oil (or canola oil)
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 Tablespoons ground flaxseed

Blend together

1-2/3 cup whole wheat pastry flour

1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/3 sugar (the recipe calls for 1-1/3 cups I thought that was excessive)

Ingredients

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/3 cup vegan carob chips (or just regular chocolate chips)
1 cup chopped walnuts (the recipe only calls for 1/2 cup of pecans, but I like walnuts way better than pecans)

Bake at 350*F for 30-35 minutes then let cool for 5 minutes
Delicious!