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Jamaican Cornmeal Fritters

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    JAMAICAN CORNMEAL FRITTERS

    Vegan, GF

    Happily serves 10

    All ORGANIC INGREDIENTS

    1½ cup corn flour 

    ½ cup GF flour

    2 tbsp Coconut sugar

    2 tsp baking powder

    ½ tsp Himalayan sea salt

    1½ cup room temperature water

    2 tbsp coconut or avocado oil

    Coconut Oil for frying

    Heat a cast iron skillet with about ½ cup oil on medium heat.

    While its heating, mix all ingredients into a bowl (will take on a thick pancake consistency).

    Once oil is hot in pan, add several large dollops of cornmeal mixture into pan.

    Fry 5 minutes or so on each side until golden yellow.

    Remove fritters when evenly golden yellow on both sides, and place on paper towel to clean excess oil.

    Pumpkin Cornbread

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      PUMPKIN CORNBREAD

      Vegan, GF, Dairy Free

      Happily Serves 8

      ALL ORGANIC INGREDIENTS

      ¾ cup almond or coconut milk, room temperature

      ¼ cup Coconut vinegar

      1 cup cornmeal

      1 cup GF All purpose flour (can sub quinoa flour)

      ½ teaspoon Himalayan Sea salt

      ½ teaspoon cinnamon

      ½ teaspoon baking soda

      ½ cup softened coconut oil

      ⅓ cup brown sugar, packed (can sub coconut sugar)

      1 can pumpkin puree or 2 cups fresh pumpkin

      Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and prepare a 9 in cast iron skillet (or square pan) with cooking spray.

      Stir together nut milk and vinegar. Let sit for 10 minutes while you prep the rest of the ingredients.

      Whisk together your dry ingredients: cornmeal, whole wheat pastry flour, salt, cinnamon, and baking soda and set aside.

      Whisk together coconut oil and granulated sugar until well combined.

      Whisk in pumpkin puree.

      Stir in almond milk/vinegar mixture.

      Now stir in your dry ingredients.

      Mix until just combined.

      Don’t over mix, or you’ll end up with tough bread!

      Bake for about 25-35 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

      Remove from the oven, let cool slightly and then serve immediately 

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      Easiest Pumpkin Soup

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        Easiest Pumpkin Soup

        Vegan, GF, Dairy free

        Happily Serves 4 

        ALL ORGANIC INGREDIENTS 

        1/2 medium onion, finely chopped 

        2 TBSP Avocado oil

        1 Large can pure pumpkin or fresh pumpkin

        4 Cups bone broth (or vegetable broth if a Vegan)

        1/2 cup Coconut Milk or 3/4 cup soaked cashews

        2 tsp Pumpkin pie spice

        3/4 tsp Sea salt

        1 garlic clove

        Black pepper

        Optional: Add Curry powder and Coconut milk to desired texture

        Heat Avocado oil over medium-high heat. 

        Add the onion and cook, stirring, 3 minutes

        Cream cashews in food processor.

        Stir in the pure pumpkin, bone (or chicken) broth, milk or cashews, pumpkin pie spice, and sea salt.  

        Cook, stir occasionally for 3 minutes or until soup simmers.

        Soup can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.  

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        Pumpkin Fudge

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          Vegan, Gluten Free

          Happily serves 8-10

          ALL ORGANIC INGREDIENTS 

          1/3 Cup Pumpkin puree

          1/2 Cup Coconut butter

          2 TBSP Almond butter

          2 TBSP   Maple syrup or Blackstrap molasses

          2 tsp Pumpkin pie spice

          1/8 tsp Himalayan Sea salt  

          Heat ingredients in a pan for 5 min place in a 4×4 pan and freeze for 1-2 hours.

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          Raw Pumpkin Pie Recipe

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            Raw Pumpkin Pie Recipe

            Happily serves 8

            Raw ,Vegan, Paleo, GF (Gluten Free

            All organic ingredients

            Crust

            1 cup soaked dates 

            1 cup pecans 

            I cup walnuts (can use sub cashews or almonds) 

            Optional: 1/4 cup figs 

            1/8 teaspoon of Himalayan salt

            To make the crust:

            Add the nuts to the food processor and blend until they are like a rough flower then add the dates and salt.  Pulse together until it becomes a lumpy ball and then press into the bottom of a pie dish and refrigerate. 

            Filling

            1 baking pumpkin (about4-6cups) 

            1 cup dates

            4 TBSP softened coconut oil or coconut cream 

            1/3 cup maple syrup (can sub coconut nectar)

            1-4 TBSP Pumpkin pie spice (cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves)

            To make the filling

            Add pumpkin to the food processor until smooth. Add the other ingredients and process until smooth.  At this point you can transfer the filling to a high-powered blender and blend on the highest setting until It is smooth like the cooked version of pumpkin pie, or if you have a high-powered food processor you may blend it until smooth. Transfer the filling to your piecrust and let refrigerate for a few hours. 

            You can used canned pumpkin, but fresh pumpkin is so much better tasting

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            Amino Turkey Veggie Stir Fry Recipe

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              Amino Turkey Veggie Stir Fry

              Happily serves 4

              Gluten Free

              All Organic ingredients:

              2 tsp avocado oil

              1 lb ground turkey (can sub Bison)

              1 cup broccoli 

              1 cup red and or green cabbage

              1 medium yellow onion

              3 cloves garlic

              1 tsp ground ginger or ginger powder

              ¼ cup coconut aminos

              Salt and black pepper to taste

              2-3 green onion stalks, finely chopped

              Optional: ¼ tsp red pepper flakes 

              Brown the meat in cast iron pan.  Cover and remove from heat while preparing the veggie mix.

              On medium to high heat saute chopped yellow onion (not the green onions) and avocado oil for 3 mins.

              In a small bowl, mix together the garlic, ginger and aminos and add to pan, and then immediately add veggies.

              Cook for a 3-5 minutes, stirring often

              Add chopped green onions and meat, combine well.

              Salt and black pepper to taste

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              Pumpkin Pie Fudge

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                Pumpkin Pie Fudge

                Gluten Free, Vegan, Paleo

                Happily serves 8-10

                All Organic Ingredients:

                2 Cups  pitted and soaked Dates

                ½ C Nut Butter

                1 ½ C Almond Flour

                1/2 C Pumpkin (fresh or canned)

                6 TBSP Coconut flour

                2 tsp Pumpkin pie spice or Allspice

                Sea Salt to taste

                Combine dates and nut butter in food processor until it forms a paste. Add pumpkin, coconut flour,  almond flour, All spice and a dash of sea salt until completely combined. Press into an 8×8 Glass pan.

                Optional to top with some coarse sea salt. 

                Freeze for one hour before serving.

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                Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette

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                  Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette

                  Refined Sugar Free, GF

                  Happily serves 16

                  All Organic Ingredients:

                  1/4 Cup Lime juice

                  1/2 cup chopped cilantro

                  1/4 Cup Coconut vinegar

                  5 crushed garlic cloves

                  1/2 tsp Sea Salt

                  2 TBSP Coconut sugar (I use less and usually use stevia)

                  1 Cup Avocado Oil

                  Mix or blend well.  Shake before use.

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                  Fish List – Which Fish to Eat and not to Eat

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                    Environmental Working Group’s

                    FISH LIST

                    * Shrimp fishing and farming practices have raised

                    serious environmental concerns.

                    ** Farmed catfish have low mercury levels but may

                    contain PCBs in amounts of concern for pregnant women.

                    AVOID IF PREGNANT:

                    Shark

                    Swordfish

                    King mackerel

                    Tilefish

                    Tuna Steaks

                    Canned tuna

                    Sea bass

                    Gulf Coast oysters

                    Marlin

                    Halibut

                    Pike

                    Walleye

                    White croaker

                    Largemouth bass

                    EAT NO MORE THAN

                    ONE SERVING PER MONTH:

                    Mahi mahi

                    Blue mussel

                    Eastern oyster

                    Cod

                    Pollock

                    Great Lakes salmon

                    Gulf Coast blue crab

                    Channel catfish (wild)**

                    Lake whitefish

                    Porgy

                    Orange Roughy

                    Snapper

                    Lake trout

                    Bluefish

                    Gontino

                    Rockfish

                     Government studies show that one of every six

                    pregnant women in the U.S. will give birth to a baby

                    whose blood is contaminated with mercury at levels

                    above the federal safety standard. Emitted from

                    coal-fired power plants and other sources, the pollutant

                    builds up in some types of seafood. Nutrients in fish

                    can be vital for a baby’s brain development, but too

                    much mercury can cause lasting brain damage.

                    To supplement FDA’s consumer advisories, which don’t

                    adequately protect the public, EWG evaluated mercury

                    tests from seven government programs and published

                    this list to help women choose safer seafood during

                    pregnancy. This is, in fact, an important guide for everyone,

                    as mercury poses a risk to the immune system and

                    heart, even at low levels. For more information, see our

                    webpage on mercury in seafood at:

                    http://www.ewg.org/mercury/

                    More Info about Fish that you should eat

                    Jodi’s Chocolate Nut Butter Quinoa Cookies

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                      Jodi’s Chocolate Nut Butter Quinoa Cookies

                      GF, Refined Sugar Free

                      Happily serves 12

                      ALL ORGANIC INGREDIENTS 

                      1 16oz jar chocolate nut butter 

                      1/2 cup rinsed quinoa

                      1  free range egg (or 1 chia/flax egg substitute)

                      3/4 cup coconut sugar

                      1/4 cup coconut flakes

                      Dash of cinnamon 

                      Mix well and roll into dough balls. 

                      Press into mini muffin tin for portion control. 

                      Bake at 350 for 7-8 mins or eat raw. 

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