Pizza stuffed peppers

Brown sausage. Cut tops off peppers. Place a layer of sausage in the bottom of peppers. Put a slice of mozzarella on top, then another layer of sausage. Top with mozzarella. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes, then broil for another minute or two until the cheese browns nicely. Sprinkle with parsley, and serve with marinara sauce for dipping. 

Sourdough quick pizza

1 c sourdough starter

2 1/2 c flour

1/2 c warm water

Mix 5 minutes until cohesive, then divide into desired number of crusts and smush with fingers until flat. Bake for 5 minutes at 400, then add toppings and bake for another 10 minutes. 

Mandarin Creamsicle Ice Cream

 1 cup milk

1/2 cup cream

1/2 cup fresh squeezed mandarin juice 

Scant 1/2 cup sugar of your choice (I used truvia)

Mix all ingredients. Pour into ice cream maker. Let the ice cream maker work its magic. Enjoy. 

Note: my kids added orange food coloring because in its original state it “wasn’t orange enough”

Roasted pumpkin seeds

Carve a pumpkin. 

Rinse the seeds with water to remove the pulp. 

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lightly spray with cooking spray. 

Spread seeds evenly over tray. 

Sprinkle salt on top. 

Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes until just browning. 

Apple Recipe Dump

Since our apple tree gave us an abundance of apples this year, I'm planning to make a bunch of apple dishes. I'll link to all of them here as they go up.

We've been picking apples for breakfast daily this week and eating them with peanut butter. 

We harvested the first 5 gallon bucket of apples with our friends yesterday and then made (and ate) mini apple pies a la mode. 

Healthier Apple Mini Pies

Crust: 1 heaping cup flour, 1/2 tbsp sugar, 1 stick butter (cubed), 1 tsp acv, 1/4 cup cold water, a pinch of salt. Mash all ingredients together with a fork, then with hands until a cohesive dough forms. For mini pies, divide into 8 equal pieces and smoosh into the bottom of ramekins. Bake 15 minutes at 350 degrees.

Filling: 3 cups diced apples, 1/4 cup each white and brown sugar, 2 tbsp flour, 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Toss together, then divide equally between ramekins after crust has cooked. 

Topping: 3/4 cup flour, 1/4 cup each white and brown sugar, 1 stick butter (cubed). Mash together with a fork. Sprinkle evenly over filled ramekins. Bake fully assembled mini pies 20 minutes at 350 degrees.

Meanwhile, make vanilla ice cream. To take it to the next level, add 1 tsp cinnamon to ice cream. Serve pies a la mode fresh from oven. 

I used truvia sugar-free versions for both white and brown sugar, and no one noticed any difference, except I noticed my kids were less hyper than if I’d given them regular pie and ice cream before dinner.

 

Keto alfredo sauce

Modified from: https://www.paleorunningmomma.com/paleo-chicken-alfredo-with-spaghetti-squash-whole30/

3/4 c roasted unsalted cashews

1/2 c unsweetened almond milk 

2 cloves garlic 

Juice from 1/2 lemon

1 1/2 tbsp nutritional yeast 

Salt, to taste

Blend thoroughly. Warm on stovetop until ready to serve (great with spaghetti squash and chicken)