Archive | September, 2012

Secret Recipe Club September: Kidney Bean Dip!

17 Sep

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Happy fall time everyone!! My all-time favorite time of the year! Cool and sunny days, colorful leaves, football and the anticipation of the upcoming holidays! (:

And of course it’s also my favorite time of the month… Secret Recipe Club time!!! This month I’ve been assigned the blog Eliot’s Eats. this blog has some great stuff on there!! From jams to desserts, this was a hard choice to make! I finally came to the decision to make a bean dip that requires barely any prep time with literally no cooking time… my favorite kind of recipe (:

The original recipe is for Great Northern Bean Dip, but, being vegan, I wanted to utilize a bean that offers plenty of iron: the mighty red kidney bean.

Kidney Bean Party Dip
Serves 6

1 can red kidney beans, drained
1/4 cup salsa (I used Trader Joe’s habanero salsa)
1/2 tsp. sea salt

Directions:

In a food processor, combine all ingredients. Pulse until combined and somewhat smooth.

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Scoop onto a serving dish and serve with vegetable sticks or tortilla chips. Enjoy!!

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I’m planning on making this dip again soon and topping it with diced avocado just to spruce it up even more (:



Maple Brown Sugar Cinnamon Scuffins (:

6 Sep

Whoa! Time has sure flown by since my last post… sorry about that (:

I made these cinnamon muffins, but then upon tasting them I realized they tasted just like scones… hence “scu-ffins!”  Nonetheless, they are amazing!  I think we ate the entire batch in about two days… whoops!!

I followed the same basic recipe as with my Peach Muffins.

Maple Brown Sugar Cinnamon Scuffins

Makes 12

1 2/3 cups all purpose flour

2/3 cup oat flour

1/2 tsp. salt

1 Tbsp. baking powder

1 Tbsp. cinnamon

1/2 cup coconut oil, melted

1/2 cup unsweetened, vanilla almond milk (or any liquid you prefer)

1 tsp. vanilla

1/3 cup brown sugar, packed

1/3 cup maple syrup

More brown sugar and cinnamon for sprinkling

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Lightly grease, or line with paper or foil, a muffin tin.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flours, salt, baking powder, and cinnamon until well combined. In a smaller, separate bowl, stir together the melted coconut oil, almond milk, vanilla, brown sugar, and maple syrup.

Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir gently to just combine.

Scoop into the prepared muffin tin, filling about 1/4 the way full. Sprinkle some brown sugar and cinnamon then fill with more batter to about 3/4 the way full. Continue with the remaining batter. Sprinkle some cinnamon and brown sugar on top before putting in the oven to bake.

Bake for about 30 minutes then check by gently pressing the top of the scuffin and insert a toothpick into the center. If the scuffin is slightly firm with little to no residue on the toothpick, you’re good!

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