Fall Recipes

I love Fall. I absolutely love it —especially all of the warm comforting flavours of Fall.

Here are some of my favourite Fall recipes from previous posts:


Pumpkin Spice Smoothie

Curried Sweet Potato and Lentils

Sticky Toffee Pudding

Pumpkin Donut Holes

Ginger Toffee Cookies

Oatmeal Molasses Brown Bread

Mac 'n' Cheese

Morning Glory Muffins

Roasted Sweet Potato and Butternut Squash Soup

Maple Banana Bread

Cinnamon Raisin Swirl Bread

Super Healthy Pumpkin Pie Smoothie

Fall is certainly in the air here in Newfoundland and we're embracing all things pumpkin including this delicious but healthy pumpkin spice smoothie. It's superhero approved, which means no refined carbohydrates and no added sugars.

Honestly, this smoothie tastes like pumpkin pie without bring overly sweet.

Here's what you'll need:
1/2 cup pureed pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk (you can also use regular milk)
1/2 banana
3 ice cubes
2 medjool dates (pitted)
1 Tbsp crushed pecans
1/2 tsp stevia or 1-2 tsp of honey (I used stevia for mine and honey for Dan's; both tasted great)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp ginger
pinch of cloves, nutmeg, and all spice


Throw everything into your bullet or a blender and voila, you have yourself a yummy fall smoothie. You could top it with some crushed pecans and/or chopped dates, or whipped coconut milk. YUM.

Enjoy!

 

Gluten-free Chia Pizza Crust

This recipe has been slightly adapted from Nyoutritious. It's a really healthy gluten-free alternative to traditional pizza crust, and unlike the frozen store-bought gluten-free crusts, this crust is packed full of nutrients with no additives or sugar. I found it surprisingly simple to make and super tasty —it even had a "crunchy" crust! 

I topped my pizza crust with a tomato sauce, roasted tomatoes, red onions, and green peppers; fresh mozzarella cheese; fresh basil and oregano (that I grew!!); and a sprinkle of garlic and fresh cracked pepper. I kept my pizza simple because of the fresh mozzarella and herbs. It was SO yummy.


Here's what you'll need:

1/4 cup chia seeds
3/4 cup water
3 Tbsp gluten-free buckwheat flour
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp garlic powder
2 Tbsp sunflower seeds
1 Tbsp hemp seeds
sprinkle of sea salt


Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper (I rubbed mine with a little bit of olive oil because I was out of parchment paper).

Combine the chia seeds, water, buckwheat flour, oregano, garlic powder, and sea salt in a bowl, and stir until it begins to thicken. Stir in the sunflower and hemp seeds. Let sit for 5-10 minutes.

Pour the dough onto the parchments paper and spread out to form a circular pizza crust (make sure it's about 1 cm or so in thickness).

Bake for 40 minutes or until the dough is set and the edges are a light golden brown.

Let cool for a few minutes, then put on your favourite pizza toppings and bake for an additional 10 minutes at 425 degrees F.

Enjoy!!