Wednesday, December 18, 2013

HealthStyles' Makes Snowmen


Snowman
Gluten-free and dairy-free

 

 

What you will need:

 

·        Dandies: Vanilla Marshmallows

·        Glutino: Pretzel Sticks

·        Enjoylife: Mini Chips and/or Sunspire: Sundrops

·        Cherrybrook Kitchen Frosting: Chocolate

·        Stretch Island Fruit Company: Fruit strips

·        Skewers

Place marshmallows on skewers (about 3).

Insert pretzel sticks to make arms.
Use frosting to attach eyes, nose and buttons. Cut fruit strip into thinner strips and stretch to make the scarf.

HealthStyles Market Makes... Christmas Trees


Christmas Tree
Gluten-free, dairy-free



 
What you will need:

·       Let’s do… Gluten-Free Sugar Cones

·       Cherrybrook Kitchen Frosting: (Flavor of your choice)

·       Let’s do…Organic Coconut Shreds

·       Enjoy Life: Mini Chips

·       Sunspire: Sundrops


Place cones upside down and coat with frosting of your choice. Decorate to with your favorite candies.
 

Friday, November 22, 2013

HealthStyles Cooks... Cinnamon Streusel Coffecake


Cinnamon Streusel Coffeecake
Gluten-free and sugar-free.


Streusel Ingredients:
2/3 cup King Arthur Flour gluten-free all-purpose baking mix
½ cup Xyla xylitol
1 tsp. cinnamon
6 tbsp. shredded Organic Valley or Earth Balance butter sticks
1 tsp. of Frontier maple flavoring

Cake Ingredients:
1 ½ cups King Arthur Flour gluten-free all-purpose baking mix
½ cup Xyla xylitol
¼ cup Spectrum Safflower or Sunflower oil
2 large eggs or EnerG egg replacer
¾ cup So Delicious Coconut milk or Good Karma flax milk
1 tsp. Frontier vanilla
½ tsp. Sweet Leaf English toffee stevia

Topping:
½ cup chopped pecans
 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9” square pan.

Streusel: Mix the baking mix, xylitol and cinnamon together until evenly blended.  Work in the butter and maple flavoring until evenly crumbly.   Set aside.

Cake: Whisk together dry ingredients: baking mix and xylitol. Whisk together liquid ingredients: oil, eggs, milk, vanilla, stevia and stir into the dry ingredients until blended.

Spread the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with streusel. Top with ½  cup chopped pecans.



Wednesday, November 20, 2013

HealthStyles Market Cook's Cream Cheese Frosting

Cream Cheese Frostings
Two recipes, both sugar-free and dairy-free!

 
Cream Cheese Frosting “T”

Ingredients:1 pkg. Tofutti cream cheese
½ tsp. Frontier vanilla extract
¼ tsp. Sweet Leaf vanilla cream stevia
1 tbsp. Xyla Xylitol
1 tbsp. Good Karma flax milk, coconut milk or almond milk

Beat ingredients together with hand mixer until blended and smooth.


 
Cream Cheese Frosting “D”

Ingredients:
1 pkg. Daiya cream cheese
1 tsp. Frontier vanilla extract
2 tbsp. Xyla xylitol
2 tbsp. Native Forest coconut milk, flax milk or almond milk


Beat ingredients together with hand mixer until blended and smooth
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HealthStyles Market Cooks... Raw Cranberry Sauce




Raw Cranberry Sauce

 
Sugar free and delicious!
 

Ingredients:
2 oranges, peeled, sliced, seeds removed
2 cups fresh organic cranberries
1 tsp. Sweet Leaf liquid stevia
  
Directions
1. Blend oranges and Sweet Leaf stevia in a food processor.

2. Add cranberries and process until coarsely chopped

3. Chill
4. Serve

 


 

HealthStyles Market Cooks... Gluten, Dairy & Sugar Free Pumpkin Cake

Pumpkin Cake

Gluten-free, dairy-free and sugar-free.

Wet Ingredients:
1 can Farmer’s Market organic pumpkin
3 large eggs
¼ cup Frontier sunflower or safflower oil
½ tsp. Sweet Leaf English toffee stevia
 
Dry Ingredients:
1 ½ cups Bob’s Red Mill blanched almond flour
1 tsp. Rumford baking powder
1 tsp. Bob’s Red Mill baking soda
½ tsp. Redmond Real sea salt
1 tsp. Frontier ground cinnamon
½ tsp. Frontier ground nutmeg
¼ tsp. Frontier ground ginger root powder
½ cup Xyla xylitol
 
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Coat 11x7 glass baking pan with spectrum shortening.
  3. Whisk wet ingredients together and separately whisk dry ingredients. 
  4. Stir together and whisk until smooth.
  5. Bake 25-30 minutes.
 

HealthStyles Market Cooks... Coconut Cream Recipe


Coconut Cream

Non-dairy whipped cream substitute.

Ingredients:1 can Native Forest coconut milk (13.5 ounce can)
1 tsp. Frontier vanilla extract
1 tbsp. Xyla Xylitol
 
*This requires some planning ahead. Start by placing an unopened can of coconut milk in the fridge at least 3 days prior to when you want to use the whipped cream- it needs time for the water and fat to separate.
Also, the key is to use only the thickest, fattiest part of the coconut milk.
 
When you are ready to make the cream:

  1. Open the bottom of the can and skim off the fat from the water. Use the fat for the cream. Use the water for something else.
  2. In the same bowl with the coconut milk fat, add the vanilla and sweetener.
  3. Beat on high with a mixer until the desired consistency. It does take much longer to thicken coconut milk, but it will eventually thicken.
  4. Store the whipped coconut cream in the fridge to keep it thick.
 
 (At this point I am not sure how long it will remain thick, but I think for longer than real whipped cream.)