Portuguese Sweet Bread

Adapted from allrecipes.com

INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cup milk (we used rice milk)
1 1/2 egg (we used 1/4 cup soy yogurt)
3 tablespoons margarine
2/3 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
4 1/2 cups bread flour
5 teaspoons active dry yeast

DIRECTIONS
Add ingredients in order suggested by your manufacturer. Select "sweet bread" setting.

We made basically the same recipe but multiplied it by 1.5 and changed the first two ingredients to make it vegan. It came out great! This is a very good bread machine recipe with excellent taste and texture! It was a little sweet but not too sweet, dense enough to spread butter and jelly on but not too dense or course. The outside crust was a little too crunchy, but i want to experiment to see if maybe we can change that any. It still tasted great though! Jonathan made this, so he was proud that his first loaf of bread turned out so good. :)

Raw birthday cake and ice cream!

This is so good! I have made this several times now, mostly for birthdays, but I also made it once for a raw potluck. I had several people who I had never met before hunt me down and ask me for the recipe. non-vegs like this too, though they do mostly seem to prefer a "regular" cake (mostly judging by my hubby). Everyone so far has liked it though!

Un-Chocolate Cake (adapted from Eating Without Heating by Boutenko)

5 C. ground walnuts
3 C. raisins
4 T. raw carob powder
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. salt

Blend in processor well. Press into bottom of dish.

Frosting:

1 C. raw tahini
4 T. honey
3 T. raw carob powder
1 tsp. vanilla
Water to thin

Mix in processor and spread over cake. Refrigerate. Eat when you are ready for it!

I made this with raw cocoa last time because I didn't have any raw carob, but I have to say, I really prefer the carob! Normally I would prefer chocolate/cocoa, but not in this recipe. It is so good exactly like it is.

I like the idea of decorating it with fruit! That would be pretty and add even more flavor.

For the ice cream to go with it, I do one of two things. I either do the simplest ice cream recipe of just frozen bananas processed through the Champion juicer using the blank, and then we sometimes will add other fruit and/or toppings. Simple. I've heard you can also make this in a food processor, but I've never tried it myself since we have the Champion.

Another option is one of the recipes from the recipe book called Vice Cream. (I got mine on Amazon.) I've made two different ones so far, and they are really good, but most of them are made up primarily of cashews. I tend to only use this if I am wanting a specific flavor. The last one I made was mint carob chip. It wasn't green (YEA!), but it tasted very similar to the traditional SAD dairy mint chocolate chip! I was impressed!

Usually when I make this there are leftovers because it is so filling, so I have let the kids eat it for breakfast the next day. It is so yummy and healthy, so I don't have to worry about them being hungry, whining or getting something that is highly processed with little nutrition. It works for everyone! :)

I haven't made this in a while, and now my mouth is watering just thinking about it!

Raw recipes we like

I haven't made these in a while, but my kids loved these when I made them regularly. I had to search for the black tar recipe and couldn't remember the name of it at first, so I wanted to get them on here for future reference. Both of these are by Juliano, but the nutmilk recipe is pretty generic and common.

Black Tar
(Tastes just like chocolate syrup except it’s way better!)
In a blender place:
3 cups maple syrup
2/3 cup olive oil
2 tbsp. Vanilla Extract (optional)
1 cup raw carob powder
Blend well and enjoy!

Nut Milk
1 cup favorite soaked nuts (almond, walnut, cashew, Brazil nut, macadamia, pine nut, etc.)
3 cups water
A few drops of almond or vanilla extract (optional-to taste)
Approx. 1 tsp. of maple syrup (optional-to taste)
Blend 2 minutes or until creamy. Chill well. Stain if perfect smoothness is desired.

Oatmeal

We have oatmeal for breakfast a lot because it is cheap and healthy. I just made oatmeal in the crock pot! It was very yummy and so easy! I will definitely be making this often. It also stretches farther than cooking it in the microwave or on the stove.

I just used Old Fashioned Oats, since that is what I had on hand. The directions on the carton say to use 2 parts water to one part oats, but for the crock pot I used 3 parts water. So I used 2 cups of oats and 6 cups of water. Then I threw in some maple syrup and brown sugar (I know, real healthy, right?) and turned it on low for about 6 hours (I was up late). It is perfect!

Jacob woke up and gave me his usual "Mommy, I'm hungry!", and I was able to just go in and scoop him out some. He had breakfast within a minute of telling me he's hungry!

And the verdict: everyone loves it!

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