Superior Species...

Today Andy has cried a lot.

He is hungry and angry

My lambs are cute

And fat

And frolicy

They jump on the ewes

They steal their grain

And eat their hay.

Andy lays 

He cries.

And I go to him.

I change him

I find him so he can eat.

He is completely and utterly dependant.

It's actually a miracle we were never wiped out...

That was my thought for this lovely Friday.

Gluten free Dairy free Egg free Corn bread

Corn bread

1 cup cornmeal

1 cup rice flour

3/4 cup margarine

3/4 cup white sugar

3/4 cup almond milk

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

2 Tablespoons chia seeds soaked in 4Tbs of warm water

Mix wet together. Mix dry together. Combine stirring the least amount of times possible. Put in greased 8x8 pan and bake at 350 for 20+ minutes.

The taste and texture were great. It was a bit crumbly.

Gluten free- diary free- egg free- sugar free Banana Walnut Muffins

I browse through pinterest daily for some sort of light bulb moment or hope that I find something that looks like what I want.

Last night I found a banana muffin that looked like it could pass

www.gluten-free-vegan-girl.com/2014/01/gluten-free-vegan-chocolate-chip-banana-muffins.html

You can check out her recipe.

It has buckwheat in it.

Not my favorite...

So I swapped it for Sorghum

There were a few more trades made...

Banana Walnut Muffins

1 heaping cup sorghum flour

1 scant cup of tapioca starch

2 heaping teaspoons of baking powder

1 cup of walnuts smashed

Put above in bowl

Get out food processor.

1/2 cup almond milk

3 bananas

1 tsp vanilla 

1 cup of dates (soaked in hot water for 10 minutes)

Process.

Add dry.

Scoop into greased muffin tins until full.

Bake at 375 for 20 minutes

Penny ate hers with homemade chocolate sauce.

All Things Baby

This week was all things baby...
and birthday
but I didn't take pictures of that...

Both my sister and my SIL had birthdays this last week
we ate
we visited
it was good.

but in between all the birthday stuff
was baby stuff.
  

 

This is our only ewe lamb.

Her name is Jackie...

you will see why tomorrow...

 This poor wee gaffer had a rough start.
He was rejected.
We are going to wether him and keep him for a companion.

 And this is the big boy.
he's a solid sucker.

and to top off all the babes at home...

a friend and I threw a little shower for another friend.

I should of gotten someclose-ups 

but the theme was camping and it turned out super cute!

Now we are on to the next week

and

Andy has a man cold

i think we will be hanging out at home!!

Labels

A few years ago

Like 5

My friend introduced me to "clean" eating.

Not a new concept

More of a throw away processed foods and get back to "the good ol' days"

You know like horse and buggy cooking.

Since then I read a lot of labels at the grocery store

(yes I am one of those people who spend an agonizing amount of time reading labels, blocking amd contesting the isles at the store)

I am always amazed at the crap that is in food.

Now more than ever I am scouring labels again

With greater purpose I suppose.

It has really brought me back to cooking.

I found a recipe for condensed cream of chicken soup.

I have been missing creamy sauces on rice

So when I saw this I knew I had to try to make is gluten, dairy, and egg free.

RECIPE

3 cups of chicken broth 

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp onion powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp parsley

1/4 tsp pepper

Sprinkle of paprika

1/2 cup of tapioca starch (or corn starch)

3 cups of coconut milk or almond.

Boil the stock and 2 cups of milk with the seasonings. Add the starch to the remaining milk. Whisk into boiling stock (medium heat) and cook 2 minutes. Keep stirring. Turn off heat and carefully ladle into jars. It will make about 3 500ml jars. Store in fridge.

I found the original recipe on pinterest. There was a ton of them all the same if you want to make it with dairy

Spring- weather we like it or not.

So last night happened to be one of THE coldest nights of the year.

And true to form

Our ewes decided to give birth.

Burr.

Wet 4lbs babies in -45.

Not such a good mix.

After some help and a really long night 

ALL three seem to be eating and warm.

Not as warm as Andy

Who got to sleep all night in a heated bed.

Wide awake and talking

Andy is 7 weeks old!

Yikes!

He is so so sweet.

He smiles at me and coos.

It makes dusty jealous.

He is awake so much more 

He loves to talk and kick.

He looks more and more like Ellie

(which I didn't think was possible since they could of been twins)

He looks more masculine 

But

He has the same expressions

They even sound the same.

Buckwheat and Quinoa muffins

These muffins are wheat, dairy, and egg free.

I wouldn't change this recipe to include any of those ingredients 

(even if I ate them)

I couldn't sleep last night.

I was pairing ingredients

Contemplating what goes with what and so forth.

And how much of what...

I didn't get much sleep

But

As a result

And a little luck

I have a counter full of muffin (18)

That passed all three kids' test!

First off- get a bowl

Than add:

1 cup of buckwheat flour

1 cup quinoa flour

1/2 cup of rolled oats

1/2 cup corn starch or tapioca flour

2 1/2 tsp of baking powder

Stir

Add 1 cup of brown sugar (loose)

2 mashed banana 

Sprinkle 1 tsp baking soda on bananas

Add 1 1/2 cups almond milk

1/2 cup canola oil

1 cup of coconut. (I used unsweetened)

1/2 cup of walnuts  chopped

Spoon into greased muffin tins about 3/4 full

Bake at 350 for 23 minutes.

So after biting into these muffins

They taste awesome.

Great texture

Fluffy moist

But the con

They smell

They smell like ground quinoa

(which duh that's what is in it)

At first I was nervous you would taste the smell 

but

I don't really taste it.

Now that this is out of my brain

Hopefully I can get some sleep.

Wind

Sometimes life reminds us

{me}

To take a moment

{breathe}

Our bodies can be so frail.

And our minds delicate 

My thoughts the last couple of days have been with a couple of other women.

They stand in their own storms, just as we {I} have stood in our own.

As our bodies and minds can fail

I know that the strength of a mothers soul

Is the most resilient force on earth

And

We are changed after standing through gale forced winds

But somehow we still manage to stand.

My heart aches for theirs.

A little bite of Fall

Our go-to breakfast is pancakes.

Pancakes and eggs.

The eggs are a no-go right now

But

I knew I could do pancakes...

These pancakes are fall.

Every bite tastes like harvest time.

Pumpkin Pancakes

2 cups of rolled oats

2 teaspoons of baking powder

4 tablespoons of sugar or honey 

1/3 cup of pumpkin or an egg if you don't want pumpkin pancakes

1-2 cups of coconut milk or water or milk

Get out your food processor and put your two cups of rolled oats in.

Turn it on and let it go until you get a coarse flour. Add the rest of the ingredients in the order listed.

Mix.

Cook on a hot pan on medium heat. 

They are really great served with Apple syrup or apples sauce.