Apricot chocolate-chip Waffles

Adapted from: http://www.cooksrecipes.com/breakfast/calif_apricot_pecan_waffles_recipe.html

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Today Living Better Cafe is sharing with you a recipe from, Coffee Talk's blog that will have your taste buds saying Yummy to my tummy goodness. Why, the creator of Living Better Cafe has an Apricot tree in her back yard, and she is crazy about her apricot's.

Serves: 8

1 lb. fresh Apricot
1 c. all-purpose flour * GF
1 c. Coconut flour
1 c. Greek yogurt
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. Himalayan salt
3 Tbsp. Pure granulated sugar
2 c. buttermilk
1 lg egg yolk
1 Tbsp. E.V.O.O
1/4 c. pecans
3 lg egg whites

Directions:

1. Preheat waffle iron. Dice Apricot. blend together wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder and 1 Tbsp. sugar; and set aside.

2. Using a wire or hand mixer, mix together the buttermilk, egg yolk, vanilla extract, and E.V.O.O. Stir in the dry ingredients until the mixture becomes moist. Next fold in the apricots and the pecans, and chocolate chips.

3. In a small mixing bowl, beat the egg whites until they begin to form soft peaks; add in 2 Tbsp. sugar and continue to beat the egg whites until the mixture firm peaks form and they look shiny.

4. Next add in 1/4 of the egg white mixture in to the waffle mixture. Then fold in the remaining egg white in to the waffle mixture.

5. pour 2/3 c. mixture for each onto the waffle iron, and allow to cook for about four minutes.

Vegan taco bowl

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Vegan taco bowl

Serves: 4

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Who loves tacos? Living Better Cafe knows you do, and you do not have to feel like eating tacos are just for meat eaters because they are not. Especially, this taco recipe will have you going back for more.

Build-a-bowl

4 Tortillas
non-stick cooking spray

Salad

1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons almonds, blanched and slivered
1/2 pound spinach, rinsed and torn into bite-size pieces
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
1-1/2 teaspoons poppy seeds
1 cup frozen corn kernels
5/8 avocado - peeled, pitted and diced
5/8 red bell pepper, chopped
1-1/4 tomatoes, chopped
4 green onions, thinly sliced
1/2 (16 ounce) package extra-firm tofu, drained and diced
1 cup snow peas, trimmed
2 small carrots, grated
1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro (optional)

Build-a-bowl directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375.

2. Heat tortilla's until they become warm. Coat each side of the tortilla's with cooking spray. Turn a muffin tin upside down. Placing a tortilla in the space between 4 cups to form a bowl shape.Bake until the bowls become firm and start to brown, about 15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Salad directions:
1. Toss all the vegetables together, and serve inside the tortilla bowl.

German Chocolate cookies

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Living Better Cafe know's how much you love your desserts. Especially, this German Chocolate cookies. Why these cookies would make you feel like, your on cloud nine, and that's okay.

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Once you taste these cookies, you will not want to buy anymore store brought cookies again. Why, Shhh! Santa Claus might hear this, that's if you celebrate Christmas in July: He will just have to just settle for those sugar cookies, and just plain chocolate chip cookies because these are your cookies.

Serves: 4 dozen

3 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
2 tsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
1/8 tsp. baking soda
1/8 pinch Himalayan salt
1 Tbsp. and 1 tsp. Margarine, softened
1 Tbsp. and 1 tsp. light brown sugar, packed
1 Tbsp. and 1 tsp. Pure white sugar
1/8 lg eggs, lightly beaten
1/8 tsp. vanilla extract
1 Tbsp. and 1 tsp. semisweet chocolate chunks
1 Tbsp. and 1 tsp. sweetened shredded coconut
1 Tbsp. and 1 tsp. pecans, chopped

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375. Lining your baking sheet with a silicone baking mat, or aluminium foil.

2. In a medium-size mixing bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.

3. Next beat in the Margarine, brown sugar, white sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a bowl with an electric mixer, or a wire hand mixer, until light and fluffy. Then begin adding the flour mixture in to the Margarine mixture, adding about 1/4 c. at a time, until dough is completely combined. Gently stir in chocolate chunks, coconut, and pecans into dough. Scoop dough in a 1-in balls onto a prepared baking sheets.

Apricot-Plum Smoothie

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Serves: 1

This Smoothie has nothing on any restaurant. Especially, if you're looking for a smoothie that can pack a punch, and is filled with tons of vitamins that will give you an extra boost. You have chosen the right Smoothie.

1/2 c. Apricot, Chopped and pit removed
1/2 c. Plum,Chopped and pit removed
1/2 c. milk ( you can omit the dairy, if you are a vegan/ vegetarian)
1 1/2 tsp. Sugar

Direction:

Place the Plum, Apricot and Milk in the blender, and push the Smoothie button, until ingredients are completely blended together well.

Summer Challenge...Under 5

* Note: If Katrina does not receive any challenges, then there won't be any new recipes posted on Thursday, for the Food Challenge Show. So,consider challenging her. By, giving her a food challenge.

Living Better Cafe and the creator, I Katrina Smith are super excited to start, the summer off with a Challenge. So, if you have always wanted to put someone through a challenge, then here is your chances. Therefore, Living Better Cafe wants you to give the creator a challenge, and from the items that you have selected from your Refrigerator, Pantry or your kitchen cabinet, Katrina will then wrap her mind around those items, and come up with a dish, and will post it on Thursday for the Food Challenge show. Why here is your time to go run crazy in your kitchen to see, if you can pull out some items. So on your march get set GO!

What do you consider a great summer saving meal, and will this dish, Katrina comes up with be that summer saving meal, you have thought of? Consider posting your answer plus your ingredients in the comment below.

Money Saving Tip... Under cabinet bookshelf/spice rack

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Today Living Better Cafe is bringing you, an awesome delicious deal breaker, or recipe that will keep your wallet and taste buds happy. Therefore, why don’t you come see what has Living Better Cafe buzzing. I Katrina Smith at Living Better Cafe would be, so happy to see you here, which Living Better Cafe would be glad to see you to. Therefore, if you want to keep your wallet happy, consider reading what’s up ahead because Living Better Cafe will not leave you feeling disappointed. Smile because you chose to live Better.

Living Better Cafe has yet another Money Saving Tip for you, and you would not believe this tip that coming to you. If you love food then, you would get where Living Better Cafe is going. How many of you have cookbook's lying around in your kitchen? Why Living Better Cafe bets you all have cook books. But, you just do not have any space to put them, They are either in your pantry where your food goes, or in your cabinet yet where your food goes. So, Living Better Cafe has a great tip for you. And you sure do not want to miss it either. So, this tip should solve your problem.

Under the cabinet bookshelf/spice rack


1. Supply: Why before you can even begin, you will definitely need some supplies. What are these supply you are going to need: Brackets, Anchors, Screws, level, drill Measuring tap and wooden board, and a pencil.

2. Measure: This is definitely the most important step of all, measuring the space between the bottom of the cabinet and your counter before starting.

3. More measuring: you are not seeing double. Yes there is more measuring involved here. Why you are going to need to measure the wooden board, you will be using to place your books on. So, do not put away the tape measure yet because you're not done with it yet.

4. Assembling: Are you ready to start drilling away? Why of course your ready because you would not have that drill in your hand. Therefore, you will need to start anchoring the anchors to the wall with screws. You have already set your marks with your pencil. So, that it will become easy to follow. Now start drilling with the screw attached to the drill bit, to the wall where you have marked with the pencil.

5. Stability: Bracket in? Check. Now you have your brackets in place, now you can place your wooden board up, that will hold your book. After that you will need to pull out your level to check to see, if everything is correctly leveled.

6. Buckle down: you have already done your x 2 measuring, and you have assembled everything plus check to see, if everything has been leveled correctly. So, now it's to fasten the board down to the self. And what do you know BAM ! You have your book's right at eye level and when you need them.

Step 7 (optional)

7. Cover: you can add a ply glass door to keep your books from getting damage, from the moisture that in your kitchen. Why even dust also, as thing's can collect dust pretty fast.

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