Turkey Orzo Soup

I can turkey meat for Marix. You could also use left over cooked turkey say after thanksgiving, or a dinner with the missionaries. This is another recipe from a friend that I changed to make safe for Marix. This one is yummy!! White Bean Turkey Minestrone 2 containers all 365 vegetable broth 3 carrots, chopped 3 stocks celery, chopped 1/2 white onion, finely diced 3 cloves minced garlic 1 pint bottled turkey meat, including liquid 1 can Great Northern white beans, including liquid 1 cup uncooked orzo 3 cups roughly chopped napa cabbage 1 Tb. dried parsley 1/4 teaspoon ground sage 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt 1/2 teaspoon thyme 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning 1/2 teaspoon dried basil salt and pepper to taste Saute onion, carrots, celery, and garlic in a large stock pot with a little oil. Add liquids, turkey, beans, and seasonings and bring to a boil. Add orzo and keep at a low boil for 9 minutes (or according to orzo package directions.) Add the chopped cabbage the last 2 or 3 minutes of cooking.

Yummy blueberry rice pudding!!

My friend made this pudding, and I tweaked it to make it safe for MARIX. Here's the recipe if you want to try a little bit of heaven (that is if you are in to the rice pudding thing.) 1 quart milk (I use ricemilk. Tia can have soy milk now, and would work well with that too.) 1/2 cup uncooked rice (use regular white rice, not minute or instant. I've tried brown. NOT good.) 1/3 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon lemon juice dash of salt 3/4 cup fresh blueberries 1/2 cup rice milk (or soy milk) to use later mix together in a glass baking dish and bake at 275 degrees for two hours, stirring occasionally. After two hours add the extra 1/2 cup rice milk.(hopefully some day I could add soymilk to give it a contrast to the 1 quart ricemilk) and bake for an additional half hour without stirring. Sprinkle with cinnamon and serve hot or cold. Stays good in the fridge for a week or so, if it lasts that long....

Instant Oatmeal Packets

We are going camping next month, and I have been dying to find an instant oatmeal recipe that works well. Marix loves oatmeal, but the organic instant oatmeal packets are so expensive, and don't come in any other flavor that is safe for him except for brown sugar. Blend 1/2 Cup of oats in blender until powdery. Into each of 10 ziplock sanwich bags combine: -1/4 C. regular oats -2T, powdered oats -1/8 to 1/4 t. salt -2t. brown sugar -1/8t.cinnamon I like to add dried apple chunks or dehydrated apple bits. I have also tried rasins, and dried blueberries. I want to try dried bananas next. When these bags are filled, store in a dry cool place. When they are ready to be used, empty packet into bowl and add 1/2 C. boiling water and let sit until thick, stiring slightly.

Baked Donuts

June 1st is National Donut Day.  We definitely had to celebrate!  The only downside, is I am still on a pretty strict diet, and donuts are a big no-no for healthy eating.  So I googled and found a blogger who made baked donuts.  Perfect!
The recipe calls for sugar, and I wanted to make them sugar free, so I substituted agave nectar for the sugar and then decreased the amount of milk, but in my excitement, I didn't read the recipe and totally messed up.  I fixed it as best as I could though, and in the end it must have worked, because they were delicious!!
The recipe is:
Dry Ingredients
1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cinnamon

Wet Ingredients
1/2 cup soy milk
1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Egg replacer for 1 egg
4 TBS margarine

Icing Glaze
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 TBS soy milk

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Whisk wet ingredients together over the stopetop on low.  Do not let the mixture get too hot, just warm to the touch.  Mix dry ingredients together in a large bowl.  Add the wet to the dry mix.  Do not over mix.  The batter will be very sticky.  Form in to donut shapes on a pan, handling the dough while your hands are very wet to avoid it sticking to you.
Bake for 12 minutes.  You don't want them to brown, but they should slowly pop up when pressed with a finger.  Cool on a wire rack, then decorate.