Baking for fun again Tracy? You are very much like your grandmother.

        What is better than a freshly picked zucchini from the garden? Zucchini spice crisp is better I'll tell ya! Just like apple crisp but yet better tasting without the guilt. I used a couple ingredients that some may not be familiar with, but its alway fun trying new things right? Get those taste buds ready for a sweet nutritious fall treat.

                                                             Gluten and Guilt Free Zucchini Spice Crisp

                        4c. grated zucchini
                       1/3c. lemon juice
                       1/2c. honey (I used xylitol)
                       1/2tsp. cinnamon
                       1/2tsp. pumpkin pie spice
                   
                       2c. buckwheat flour
                       1c. honey (I used xylitol)
                       1/2tsp. cinnamon
                       3/4c coconut oil

Cook on medium heat first 5 ingredients until zucchini is soft/moist for about 10 minutes. Then in a separate bowl combine flour, 1c. honey, and cinnamon. Melt coconut oil just a tad so you can add to flour mixture to make a crumble stirring with a fork. Use 1/2c. flour mixture to stir into zucchini mixture. Then use half of flour mixture to make a crust on 2 pie pans or any pan that works best for you. Pour zucchini mixture on top of crust and top with the rest of the floured crumbled mix. Bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes.

Let cool when you take it out and savor this delicious guilt free treat made fresh as a blessing for the body, soul, and mind all from a garden.

Savory Tip: You may chose to substitute apples for zucchini or another kind of flour for buckwheat flour. Using zucchini and xylitiol makes this sweet treat guilt free from a lot of sugar. Buckwheat makes it much easier on the stomach to digest for anyone. So scoop up a plate of deliciousness!

~Day at the family farm~

 What sort of adventures was I up to today? Well a good summary of my day was doing odds and ends inside and out. Baking this delicious fall treat is just one of them.

Honey Apple Crisp 

8c. chopped apples

2 1/2c. oats

1/2c. melted butter

3/4c. honey

1Tbsp. cinnamon

Put apples in a baking pan; mix together rest of ingredients into a crumble. Top apples with crumble mix. For those cinnamon lovers, sprinkle extra cinnamon on top. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. Serve warm with your choice of ice cream. Yum!!! Nothing like the smell of grandmas kitchen in the fall time. 

Savory Tip: For extra spice, add half a teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice with tablespoon of cinnamon. Spices help prevent cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and many others. So don't be afraid to spice up your life!

Mustard Quinoa Salad

4c. Chopped kale

2c. quinoa(pre cooked)

1/2c. mustard(use your favorite flavor/i used dijon) 

1/4c. ground flax seed meal

1c. chopped vegetables(your favorites)

4Tbsp. olive oil

dash of pepper

Mix together and Wahla! 

Savory Tip: When choosing flaxseed, always get it ground. Ground flax seed is much easier to digest. When you have the whole seed, it may go through the body undigested. In other words, you may not absorb all of the nutrients from these savory seeds. When in doubt; chose ground flaxseed.

WELCOME one and all to my blog! This is my first post, yet alone my first blog! I am very excited to begin sharing my favorite things that this beautiful earth has to offer. Take a moment today to look outside at the big blue sky. Think about how breathtaking and big it is! Just like the heavens, both are immesurable and too big for our minds to grasp. But what we do know of them; they are powerful, glorious, limitless, and created by God the Almighty. Enjoy the simple things in life.