White chocolate cranberry walnut oat cookies

This recipe was altered from greatgrubdelicioustreats.com to reduce the fat, vegan and gluten free. This makes 4-5 dozen cookies. These are this year's favorite, in my opinion.

INGREDIENTS

1 stick vegan butter room temperature
1/2 cup applesauce
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup aquafaba (liquid from any canned white bean) or 2 TBS falx meal plus 6 TBS water
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups gf flour blend
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
3 cups old fashioned oats
1 cup fresh cranberries quartered
1 cup walnuts chopped
2 bars chopped of no whey white chocolate, or 1 cup of white chocolate chips, allergen free

INSTRUCTIONS Preheat oven to 350

1. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, applesauce and sugars together until creamy. Slowly mix in the aquafaba, then mix in the vanilla.
2. In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
3. Add flour mixture to the butter/sugar mixture and stir until well combined.
4. Stir in oats
5. Place cranberries, nuts and white chocolate chips in a food processor and pulse until the consistency desired.
6. Drop about a tablespoon of dough onto ungreased cookie sheet for each cookie spacing 2 inches apart.
7. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until cookies start to brown around the edges.

November potluck 2019

This month's theme is Holiday dishes. Everything was amazing not just tot he eye but to our tastebuds. Next month we are ordering from Vegan Community Kitchen, and one of the members will pick it up. There will also be a gag gift exchange at the December gathering.

Garden greens bed for a chickpea salad

Chickpea salad

1 can garbanzo beans, drained

1/2 cup finely diced celery

1/4 cup finely sliced green onions

Garlic powder (to taste -  used 3 shakes)

1 tsp lime/lemon

1/4 cup vegan mayonnaise

salt (if desire, I did not use any)

Mash chick peas with a fork, or better. yet - put in a food processor and pulse a couple of times - break them up but don't make them mushy.  Add remaining ingredients and mix.  

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baked  green beans at 350 with.oat milk for about 30 minutes.Top with slivered almonds,sprouted punpkin seeds and a few slices of red pepper on top.

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Roasted Beet and Onions Salad (recipe is coming)

Hot Chocolate
Ingredients for 1 cup of hot chocolate
1.5 tsp cocoa powder
1 large medjool date, pit removed
10 ounces hot water

Directions: Place all the ingredients in a high speed blender. Blend until smooth. Pour into a mug and enjoy!




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