Bread -- bread with seeds -- gluten free, grain free, nut free,vegan, nutritional powerhouse

Hey, I make weird stuff. This. This is my favourite kind of bread right now. So good with a little apple butter or coconut oil on it. I've updated this by throwing in whole sunflower seeds. I love the texture this produces. I've been eating a piece of this for lunch everyday. Powerhouse. One thing I've noticed as I've gotten ... ahem ... older, is that there is certainly virtue in maintaining a higher protein intake. Thus the protein powder and seeds in this bread. Makes this 40+ vegan woman feel strong.

ingredients:

2 cups water
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar

1 tsp sea salt
1/4 cup finely ground chia seeds
1/2 cup ground hemp hearts
2 tbsp arrowroot flour
1/2 tsp xanthan gum
4 tbsp carob powder
4 tbsp pea protein powder

1 cup pumpkin seed flour
1 cup sunflower seed flour
3/4 cup coconut flour
1 tsp baking soda

1/4 cup whole black chia seeds
1/2 cup whole sunflower seeds


directions:

1. combine the water and vinegar
2. add in the salt, chia, hemp, arrowroot, xanthan, carob, and pea protein, and either whisk or use a hand blender. Xanthan gum is a tricky bastard if you are not careful. Slimy and clumpy? Ick. Mix that sass-monster in.
3. Add the flours and baking soda, and mix with a spoon
4. Finally stir in your whole chia seeds, and your whole sunflower seeds
5. put into a loaf pan that has been lined with parchment
6. shape the loaf
7. bake at 345 for 90 minutes
8. dehydrate at 200 for 3 hours, removing from the pan after 1 hour

(I do 2 loaves at once so as not to run the oven for this long for just 1.)

345 for 90 minutes
200 for 180 minutes

Chocolate Muffins -- vegan, gluten free, grain free, sugar free, high protein muffins, safe for school!

So, these got made today. And they will find their way into Zephyr's lunch box tomorrow. The are not too sweet, but taste great. I threw in some pea protein, which is a high quality, easily digestible vegan protein. I got it recently because I'd been feeling like I was losing ground, strength wise, so I though maybe a little extra something would help me gain back and move forward. Anyway, it has been finding its way into my son's porridge in the morning, as well as into various meals I prepare for myself. And today, it found its way into these. I also threw in a small quantity of Krisda chocolate chips. Which taste pretty good in baked goods but are sweetened with stevia instead of sugar. So, I don't mind my child eating them at lunch. Coconut sugar is low on the glycemic index, and the combination of seeds and protein in these will help maintain stable energy and blood sugar for ages. And, they taste pretty nice. We all enjoyed one after dinner, and there were definitely no complaints.

ingredients:

1/4 cup coconut oil

1 coconut sugar

3 cups hot water

1 tbsp vanilla extract

1/2 cup raw cacao
1/4 cup pea protein powder 

1 tbsp ground vanilla bean

3/4 tsp sea salt

2 tbsp arrowroot powder
1/2 tsp xanthan gum


1 cup hemp hemp hearts, ground

1/4 cup ground chia seeds

2 cups ground sunflower seeds


1 tsp baking soda

1/2 cup krisda chocolate chips

directions:

1. combine all ingredients except sunflower seed flour and baking soda, and then mix with a hand blender.

2. mix in the sunflower seed flour and the baking soda
3. mix in the krisda chocolate chips
4. scoop into 24 prepared muffin cups

5. bake at 345 for 60 minutes

makes 24 delicious small muffins