T.L.T Sauce

First off sorry for the lack of posts lately...Between life being crazy and both of us racing this coming weekend at REV3 PDX, not s excuse but sometimes life leaves little time and certain things need to get cut to keep one sane. Funny thing but people generally don't do that, thus causes chaos in ones life.

This is a simple and killer recipe.


Tomato-Lime-Tequila Sauce

Serves 2-4

1 -14.5oz can of (Muir glen we use) fire roasted diced tomatoes (we puree, but dont if you prefer it chunky)
2 T of tequila of choice- cheap will taste stronger
1 shallot-diced
1 clove, garlic minced
1.5 tsp cumin
1 tsp thyme
1 tsp oregano
1/8 cup water
Salt and pepper
Juice of one lime

Optional:
1 Chipotle pepper, puree it, add on step 2
 Spinach- add 1 minute before serving to wilt


Instructions:

-over medium heat, saute shallot and garlic for 1-2 mins, or until shallots are slightly translucent
-add all other ingredients, and simmer for 20 minutes

You can serve over rice, pasta, quinoa and goes great with this chicken:
http://matt-qsack.blogspot.com/2010/05/grilled-chicken-marinade-recipe.html

Please excuse the crappy photo...will replace when make this recipe again since I know I will since it was killer!

Short Cakes

I was in the mood for some baking tonight, so here are the new creations! :) Let me know what you think!

Short Cakes-- good with any topping you can think of! Just slightly sweet, but still somewhat healthy! :)

 Ingredients:
1 c brown rice flour
1 c white rice flour
3/4 c sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
4 Tbsp butter (or alternative, must be cold)
2 large eggs (or substitute)
1/2 c almond milk (or alternative)
1 tsp vanilla
1 Tbsp molasses (optional)
Cinnamon and sugar for sprinkling

Instructions:
Bake at: 400 F, for 8-10 min
Makes: 6-8 cakes

Whisk dry ingredients. Cut in better (or my new trick, grate it with a cheese grater, then stir in). Add stirred eggs, milk, vanilla and molasses. Combine with fork.
Pat dough onto floured surface, cut circles with glass or cookie cutter. (~1 1/2" thick)
Place on greased or parchment lined pan.
Sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar mixture

Bake until lightly browned.

Top with fruit, jam or other topping of your choice!

Yummy Biscuits

Biscuits

Makes: 6 biscuits

Ingredients:

• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/3 cups cornstarch
• 1 1/4 teaspoons xanthan gum
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon white vinegar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a baking sheet.

In medium bowl, blend all dry ingredients, cut in the butter

Add milk and vinegar. Mix together well. (Dough will be soft)

Pat into rounds, drop on prepared pan

 

 

Bake 15 minutes, will just start to turn light brown. brush with melted butter (optional)

Finished Product!! Yum!

Sweet Potato Disk's

This recipe was orginally gonna be a mod of this one: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Sweet-Potato-Biscuits-361611?mbid=ipapp   
But quickly became different. I removed things like the butter, I am not one of the people that dislike fat I feel its very good to have a high fat diet but I limit dairy...not much good comes from it!

These go great as a side to most dinners as well as just something to snack on, I ate 2 on a ride and worked great!

Sweet Potato Disk's

1 large red-skinned sweet potato (yam; about 1 1/4 pounds), pierced with fork
1 1/2 cups gluten-free flour plus additional (3/4 cup brown rice flour, 1/2 C of millet flour, rest white rice flour)
2/3 cup yellow cornmeal
1 tablespoon baking powder
1  teaspoon Xanthum gum
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup Apple Sauce
1/8 cup olive oil
1/2 cup unsweetend Almond milk
1/4 cup  maple syrup (the real stuff not fake stuff)
1/2 cup pecans, toasted , chopped

Preheat oven to 425°F. Line baking sheet with parchment. Microwave potato until tender, about 6 minutes per side. Halve; scoop out 1 cup flesh. Cool. Blend 1 1/3 cups flour and next 3 ingredients in processor. Add oil and apple sauce; pulse to coarse meal. Add potato, milk, and syrup; process to blend. Add nuts; pulse to blend.
Sprinkle dough with flour. Pat into 1/2 x 3 inch disks Transfer to baking sheet. Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, 10-15 minutes.

Brownies

I needed something quick for a work function, so I started looking for some brownie ideas.... I found some strange things out there, but one idea I really liked was the use of nut butters. So here is a new spin on the classic brownie (gluten free of course!)

1/3 c unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 c olive oil
2 large eggs (or substitute)
2 Tbsp almond butter
1.5 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 c tapioca flour
1/2 c brown rice flour
2-4 Tbsp almond milk (or any milk of your choice)
1/2 c milk choc chips (or any flavor)

Combine cocoa and oil. Whisk eggs, almond butter and vanilla, add sugar, baking powder and salt.
Add flours and milk. Stir in choc chips. Lightly grease 8x8 pan.
Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes

Carrot Cake Smoothie

Heard someone mention this on Twitter, not sure if anything similar...they didnt post recipe, probably keeping this gem for themselves,  so I decided to take it on for myself and figure it out and figure it out I did...not to bad!!

Carrot Cake Smoothie

• 2 cups cooked carrots, cooled than Frozen (organic of course..)
• 6-8 ounces Almond milk (I used unsweetened Vanilla)
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp vanilla (can omit if using the flavored milk but still is great)
• smidgen of nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon orange zest
• Optional: L-Glutamine or Whey Protein or a few pecans or walnuts for nutty flavor.

The hard part..

1. Cook carrots until soft and easy to break apart, then cool and freeze.
2. Put ALL into blender or if your lucky a Vitamix..and blend away.
3. Drink up!

Recovery Smoothie

After a recent thought provoking conversation with James about smoothies and such. I got to thinking, made this one today after a hard tempo run. Tastes great and is easily absorbed as well as aids in recovery!


6-8 oz Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk
1 Large Banana-frozen works best
1 T organic Cocoa Powder
2 small handfuls of fresh Organic Kale
1 T Almond Butter or any preferred nut butter
5g L-Glutamine
10 g Whey Protein , I use a vanilla flavored Gluten free whey as well as lactose free
*Ice if not using a frozen banana

Put all into a blend EXCEPT whey, and blend to a smooth consistency, then add the whey and blend for a few seconds until mixed it but no longer.


Other items that one can add:
 1-2 T of Maca Root
Chia seeds
Omega 3 oil
Coconut water in place of milk
one of my fav's a starbucks via instant coffee-very easy and simple but adds amazing flavor and a kick of caffeine!
If you have milk or dairy issue, may want to try hemp or brown rice protein.

If anyone has their favorite recovery smoothie or ingredient suggestions feel free too add it in the comments!