Turkey Gumbo Soup

Turkey Gumbo Soup

1/2 cup barley

1 onion, chopped

2 potatoes, cubed

1 quart tomatoes

3 bay leaves

1/2 cup celery, chopped

1/3 cup green pepper, chopped

4 bouillon cubes

1 10oz. okra

2 cups turkey chunks

Water

Simmer for 1 hour. Add salt and pepper to taste. Ingredients amounts are broad guidelines not exact measurements.

Aunt Lorie introduced this recipe to us. We love it!!

Citrus Green Shake

Citrus Green Shake

2 lemons

2 grapefruit

2 oranges

2 cups water

Blend citrus until smooth.

1/2 teaspoon stevia

1 bunch (2 loose cups) cilantro

2 cups (loosely packed) kale

2 cups spinach

Add to citrus. Blend until smooth. Blend in some ice too, if desired. Enjoy the amazing health benefits of extremely nutrient dense food.

These ingredients and the amounts can be played with. If I only have lemons and cilantro it still is wonderful. The darker green it is the healthier the shake. Remember to drink your shake before you can eat anything else.

I'm so grateful we were introduced to green shakes. Heavenly Father has blessed our family with great health! These shakes help a ton! I'm so grateful we live in a time and place the ingredients are available year-round.

Oatmeal

Oatmeal

5 cups oats

10 cups water, boiling

¼ teaspoon salt

2/3 cup brown sugar

~ 3 cups milk

Mix first three ingredients. Remove from heat. Mix in sugar and milk. Add raisins, bananas, instant oatmeal flavor packets, or other things for fun. Just so you know, brownies or chocolate are not good additions. Cheap! Fast! Filling!

Serves 10

Jaremy doesn't care for oatmeal, but he knows it's cheap, healthy, and easy. So he eats it. He is sweet and amazing! Heavenly Father has blessed me with such a wonderful man!

On the other hand, the kids enjoy oatmeal. They like it even better when it's cold. Weird!

Pumpkin Bread

Pumpkin Bread

1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
4 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup water (more might be needed)
1/2 cup white sugar
3 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

1 1/2 teaspoons stevia

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans. We like to bake on a greased cookie sheet and serve like brownie squares instead of loaves.

2. In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the prepared pans.

3. Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. If baking on cookie sheet it only takes 20 minutes.

Variations:

High Protein and Fiber: Add 1-2 cups mashed pinto or black beans to wet ingredients. Adjust the water so you have brownie batter consistency. The low sugar & fat variation can be combined with this variation to increase nutrient density.

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread: Add 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips to dry ingredients. Don’t even waste time with milk chocolate.

Onion Cakes

Onion Cakes

12 Servings

Ingredients

3 cups wheat flour
1 1/4 cups boiling water, maybe a bit more
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
salt and pepper to taste
1 bunch green onions (or yellow onion), finely chopped
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
Directions

Use a fork to mix flour and boiling water in a large bowl. Knead dough into a ball. Cover bowl with plastic wrap; let dough rest for 30 to 60 minutes. The dough will sweat, so don't add too much more water.
Evenly divide dough into 16 pieces. Roll each piece into a 1/4 inch thick circle. Brush each circle with oil, season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with about 1 teaspoon - 1 tablespoon of green onions. Roll up, cigar style, and pinch open ends together to form a circle. Roll each circle flat to 1/4 inch.
Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large skillet. Fry cakes until golden brown, about 2 minutes on each side.
Nutritional Information

Amount Per Serving Calories: 235 | Total Fat: 5.4g | Cholesterol: 0mg

Benjamin is in charge on meal prep during December.  He has planned menus, shipped, and cooked.  He is amazing!

We discovered onion cakes on a beautiful Chinese film, The Road Home.  It is very simple & sweet.  Heavenly Father blessed us so much in simple ways.

Ella and Tank made wonderful onion cakes while I nursed Adelynn.