Fresh Cranberry Sauce - no added sugar

(1) Rinse one bag cranberries and put through the food processor. 

Place them in the bottom of a large bowl with three tablespoons maple syrup or honey. Mix well.

Add the zest of two oranges and then cut out the white part of the oranges and add the flesh of those oranges. 

(2) Add two 6 oz cartons of fresh raspberries,  two grated apples, and one cup finely chopped walnuts

(3) Bring one and a half cups apple juice to a boil. Add three packages or three tablespoons unsweetened gelatin. Stir until dissolved, then add one half cup cold apple juice then pour over fruit and mix well.  

(4) 1 Tbsp Stevia

Taste it to see if it needs the juice of one lemon.

Refrigerate until set.

Gluten-free Grain Flour Pancakes

8 eggs

1/2 c .melted coconut oil

1/2 c honey

2 t vanilla

8 cups milk

In a large mixing bowl, Mix wet ingredients well

8 cups gluten free flour ( brown rice + chia, oats +flax, millett, or teff)

2 tsp salt

1/4 cup baking powder

In a separate medium bowl, mix dry ingredients.

Then combine with wet ingredients.

Add more flour or milk till right consistency

Cook on a hot cast iron skillet. 

Serve hot with heavy whipping cream and fruit

-Adri Burk

Einkhorn sourdough bread

 By Brittny Tew

Ingredients:

    4 C. cool water

    3/4 C. bubbly sourdough starter

    5 1/4 C. white flour 

    3 C. wheat/ einkhorn/ spelt/ khorasan

    2 Tbsp. salt

Optional: 1/4 C. honey

In a Bosch mix everything except the salt and sit for 30 minutes. Mix in the salt. Remove your dough hook (metal can mess with your sourdough’s performance.). Every 30 minutes pull and stretch the dough three times. Let dough rise for 8 to 12 hours. Dump dough on the counter and separate into three loaves. Let rest for 30 minutes. Wet hands and gently pull loaf across the countertop, stretching the top layer of dough tighter to form tension across the top of your loaf. Place on top of parchment paper in a bowl and let rise for an hour. Warm oven to 400° and place cast-iron pots in the oven to preheat. When oven is heated cut slits with a knife across the top of your loaf so that they can rise while cooking and place in your Dutch oven. Add an eighth of a cup of water in between your Dutch oven and parchment paper so the water does not touch your loaf (the water helps your loaf have delicious fluffy air pockets).  Place the lid on top and bake for 30 minutes then remove the Dutch oven lid and bake 10 more minutes. If cooking in a normal bread pan, place your loaf in the pan and cut a slip on top, then bake for 30 minutes. In a separate pan you can place water in your oven so that your bread can have the fluffy air pockets without using a Dutch oven. This bread tastes amazing with butter!

Tips:

    If your bread is too crusty on the bottom, you can place a cookie sheet on the rack below your Dutch oven to soften the crust when cooking.

    I use a wide variety of flours. When making this bread for others, I use the 5 1/4 C. white flour, but when making it for my family I use 3 cups white flour, and the rest would be any of the above flours that are not white. We like to use spelt and einkorn mixed together. 

    Make sure your sourdough is well fed and bubbly or you will be waiting two days for your bread to rise.

    Mix ins make this super tasty. Some ideas are, cheddar and jalapeño, rosemary and lemon, garlic and herbs, white chocolate chips and macadamia nut…

    The easiest timeframe when making this bread would look like this. At four or five in the afternoon feed your sourdough. At eight or nine mix your dough and stretch and fold repeatedly three times every 30 minutes. Go to bed. When you wake up the dough is ready for you to separate into loaves and rise. Preheat oven, cook bread and enjoy for lunch!

   Warning: This bread is addictive. It’s my kids favorite bread and they request it over any other bread!

Brittny Tew

KFC Cole Slaw - Copycat recipe

1 large head of cabbage, finely chopped

1 small carrot, finely diced, do not grate or shred

Ingredients to make the sauce:

1/4 cup sugar, or Monkfruit equivalent

1/2 cup whole milk

1/2 cup mayonnaise, do not use Miracle Whip

3 Tbsp white vinegar

1/2 tsp salt

1 dash of black pepper

In a large mixing bowl, add ingredients to make the sauce. Mix well.

Rinse cabbage and send it through a food processor. Finely dice the carrot with a paring knife.

Add cabbage and carrot to the sauce.  Mix well. Let refrigerate for 30+ min. Stir before serving.

Sore Throat Concoction for Prevention and Treatment of Sore Throat due to Cold virus or bacterial Strep infection

The recipe works. It fights any infection bacterial, viral, or fungal:

½ c. BRAGG Apple Cider Vinegar with the mother

½ c. honey (or less)

¼ c. fresh-squeezed lemon juice

½ - 1 tsp cayenne pepper powder

1 clove garlic, freshly minced

½ tsp ginger powder, or fresh ginger root minced (optional)

2 c. cold water

Mix in a glass quart jar. Secure with lid. Refrigerate. 

IMMEDIATE ACTION - At first sign of infection or sore throat:

1. Drink 8-16 oz water (to boost the immune system by staying well hydrated )

2. Shake or stir Sore Throat Concoction

3. Gargle 2-3 tsp for 30 sec then swallow

4. Gargle a 2nd 2-3 tsp for 30 sec then swallow.  

5. Wait 10 minutes before eating or drinking to allow the cayenne/ACV to sit on the tonsils and back of the throat

Depending on the severity of symptoms, Repeat every 30-60 min during the day and, if up at night, gargle in the middle of the night for the first 24-48 hours of the sore throat

To prevent the recurrence of sore throat, Gargle 2-4x/day for the next 10 days (instructions similar to taking a prescription of antibiotics - 2x/day for 10 days - but without the visit and payment to the doctor and the terrible side effects of systemic antibiotics )

PREVENTION ACTION - There is also the option of taking this concoction regularly on an empty stomach 1-2x/day to increase the pH of the blood which aids digestion, strengthens the immune system, and fights any infection bacterial, viral, or fungal:

1. Drink 8 oz water

2. Shake concoction

3. Gargle a Tbsp for 30 sec then swallow

4. Gargle a 2nd Tbsp for 30 sec then swallow.  

5. Wait 10 minutes before eating or drinking.

6. Repeat 1-4 times a day 

My husband and I have 10 kids at home right now.  2 of them are toddlers and 8 of them attend public school. There is a wide range of sicknesses shared in our household. I have been a dental hygienist for 20 years. I can't work in people's mouths sniffling and coughing. 

How can I be the caregiver of contagious sick kids and share their same living space 24/7 without getting sick myself? 

Answer: There are 100+ pieces to the puzzle of how to boost the immune system.  Much of the secret lies in humble prayer and continued communication with a loving Father in Heaven who loves to give freely to those that ask with real intent.  Other pieces to the puzzle are a strong body and healthy thoughts, a healthy diet following the Lord's Law of health, daily immune-boosting supplements and practices, actions taken the first 4-24 hours of first symptoms. 

This strep throat remedy works.    

Taco Seasoned Ground Beef

Special Beef Tacos by Grandma Jeannie Scarber 

the meat part of the recipe is big, so it could be good for a few meals of leftovers for an average family

Ingredients:

Meat:

- 2 lb ground beef

- 2 large onions, diced

- 2 (8oz) cans of Tomato Sauce

- Taco Seasoning to taste

- 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce

- Garlic to taste

- Chili powder to taste

- Salt to taste

- Any other seasoning you want, to taste

- 2 (15oz) cans black beans, rinsed and drained

Toppings:

- Diced Onions

- Diced Tomato

- shredded Romaine lettuce

- Cilantro, chopped

- Avacado, diced

 - Anything else you like on a taco

Other:

- Cheese

- Corn Tortillas

Instructions:

- Cook meat, onions, tomato sauce, and seasonings until the beef is browned.  

Add the black beans.

- Prepare and Chop the toppings

- For each person, place a tortilla on a hot pan so that it gets slightly crispy on the outside, while it heats up put cheese on the top side, when the cheese is melted it’s ready

- Put meat and toppings on the cheesy tortilla and don’t go skimpy on meat or toppings (you know tacos aren’t right unless they’re bursting)

- Eat it while it’s still hot, cheese is still melty, and tortilla is still crispy.

Indian Madras Lentils

 Lentils, red beans, and spices in a creamy tomato Sauce

Ingredients:

2 lbs lentils (5 cups dry lentils)

4 cans diced tomatoes (15 oz each can)

2 large onions, diced 

8 garlic cloves, chopped - or 1 tbsp garlic powder

6 Tbsp cumin powder

2 Tbsp chili powder

2 tsp ginger

1 ½ Tbsp pink salt, more to taste

2 cans light red kidney beans (15oz each can)

1 cup butter

2 cups heavy cream - or 2 cans evaporated milk 14 oz

1 Tbsp lemon pepper seasoning

Rinse lentils. Simmer lentils, tomatoes, onions, and garlic in water or chicken broth for 2 hours. 

Use an immersion blender to make it smooth. 

Add spices, red beans, butter, and heavy cream. Simmer on low for 30 min. 

Serve as a soup or over hot brown rice with lots of fresh toppings. 

Toppings: 

Cilantro, chopped

Sour cream

Finely diced green onion

Finely diced white onion

Juice from lemon wedges

Natural sanitizer for Bacteria, Mold, Fungus, Urine Spray bottle recipe

 In a 32 oz spray bottle, 

Add 2 tablespoons of baking soda.

Pour 1/2 cup of white vinegar. 

Wait for the foaming interaction to subside. 

Add 20 drops of tea tree oil.

Add 10 drops eucalyptus oil. 

Fill the rest of the bottle with cold water

There are many uses from sanitizing the dining room table or mold on drywall. Cleaning up urine on carpet and treating athlete's foot on feet and in contaminated shoes. This is my favorite all-purpose cleaner. It doesn't wash windows well, see this blog for Natural Window Cleaner Recipe.