Stir-fry

Erik's Stir-fry
1/2 t. lemon juice
2 T. hoisin sauce
2 T. soy sauce
1/2-1 t. Sriracha (to taste)
1/4 c. water

Chicken/shrimp/beef/meat sit in marinade while cutting & cooking veggies (carrots, onions, celery, baby bok choy, small amount of bamboo shoots [has a very strong flavor and will take away from all other favors], what ever else you want).

Put a tablespoon of water in just before veggies. Veggies in wok. Then after a minute put in a tablespoon of soy sauce and a small squirt of Sriracha.

Once cooked and fried to taste, pour into another bowl.

Lift meat out of bowl (avoid cooking the sauce).

Once meat is cooked, pour meat marinade over all and let simmer for a minute since it held raw meat stuffs.

Pour veggies back in. Heat it all together and serve over rice.


by Erik, Barbara's grandson

Fruit Tart

This was so delicious and so easy to make. It is not as healthy as it looks. 

I could remake the recipe using a delicious nut crust and 

a coconut cream sauce and it would still taste very delicious.

by Cheryl, Barbara's daughter

Buckwheat Pancakes and Blueberry Sauce

This recipe is from yummly.com--
gluten-free vegan buckwheat pancakes. 

I made the full recipe then froze the extra pancakes and sauce,

which works great to pull out later, heat or toast and serve again! 

YUM! Happy 4th of July!!! Love, Karen

Buckwheat Pancakes and Blueberry Sauce

2 c. almond milk
1 c. pitted dates
2 t. vanilla

juice from 1/2 lemon
1/2 t. salt
1-1/2 t. baking powder
1-1/2 c. buckwheat flour (I ground my own)

Mix the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Place the dates, milk, juice and vanilla in a high-speed blender or food processor and blend til smooth. Stir this into the dry ingredients until you have a relatively thick batter. (I added 1/4-1/3 c. more milk.)

Heat a non-stick pan on medium heat before pouring in about 1/4 c. batter per pancake. When the pancake has bubbled and started to firm up, flip and cook the other side until a deep golden color. (Makes about 10-15 pancakes.)


While that is cooking, make the blueberry sauce:

2 c. frozen blueberries
1/2 c. pitted dates
1/3 c. water

Blend and simmer (or simmer and then blend with a hand blender) a few minutes then pour into a jar. (I warmed them a couple minutes in the microwave then put them into my blender on the soup setting and ran a couple times. I used 1/3 cup water and it was a bit too thick, but yummy! I've since used it as jam also!)

Drizzle the sauce on the pancakes, garnish with a few additional berries and serve! (This recipe is from yummly.com--gluten-free vegan buckwheat pancakes. I made the full recipe then froze the extra pancakes and sauce, which works great to pull out later, heat or toast and serve again! YUM!)

by Karen, Barbara's daughter