Over the years I have come up with a variety of recipes, and some of them I have written down.
One of my favorite ones is one I made as I became more health conscious. It is a healthier way to enjoy one of my favorite ice cream flavors, butter pecan. I call my version Cheryl's Butterless Pecan Ice Cream. It only has five ingredients.
Cheryl's Butterless Pecan Ice Cream
3-4 bananas, peeled, sliced, and frozen. (Whenever you make plant based ice cream, at least one of your fruits need to be frozen.)
5 oz. of pecans
1/4 cup brown sugar
1-1/2 cup of nut milk (I used almond milk in my recipe.)
1 tsp vanilla
Place all ingredients in a high speed blender and blend until smooth. This will have a soft serve type consistency. For a milkshake consistency, add more nut milk. For a more ice cream consistency, decrease the amount of milk.
For a pretty print out to share, you can order copies printed on postcards.
One of my all time favorites is my Pesto. I especially love this when I have fresh basil to use from the garden. I have tried to go vegan, but I do have dairy based cheese from time to time.
Pesto
1 cup fresh basil leaves
1/4 cup fresh parsley
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
3/4 cup olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
Place all ingredients in blender or food processor, and blend until smooth. Then stir into one pound of your favorite cooked pasta.
The recipe above is somewhat different than the one printed on the postcard. I have determined over time that I prefer less of the parsley. You too can adjust the amounts to your own taste.
I am also a practitioner of affirmations, and try to add more smiles to my day. One simple way to add smiles is to consciously think about smiling. Here is my recipe for that. It's called Recipe for Joy.
Recipe for Joy
1. Raise your ears by lifting up the corners of your mouth. (Did you know that smiling raises your ears? - Did you try it? Place your fingers on the tops of your ears, and then smile. Did your ears raise?)
2. Foster the thought, appreciate.
3. Be willing to see with new eyes. (You do not have to have a preconceived idea of something to appreciate. Just do the smile part first, and see what comes when you think the words appreciate. Try it. Did you think of something to appreciate that you may not normally think of?)
Here is a fun postcard to share this recipe for Joy.
Do you have a recipe to share that you haven't written down yet? Here is a special way that you can share it or them. House of Sylvestermouse on Zazzle has designed recipe cards for you to write down the recipe(s) that you would like to share.
And may you have a blessed and wonderful day.
Cheryl Paton
The title you have given to this collection of recipes is perfect. The sharing of favorite recipes, as well as your recipe of Joy is definitely 'from the heart'. Thanks so much, Cheryl Paton.
ReplyDeleteYour butterless pecan ice cream recipe really appeals to me and the "Joy" card design is really pretty! Thank you for featuring my blank recipe cards. I do enjoy having attractive recipe cards to write my personal recipes on.
ReplyDeleteYour “butterless” pecan ice cream sounds delicious, Cheryl! We also enjoy making pesto, and I love the idea of a recipe for joy. Sylvestermouse’s blank recipe cards are lovely, too!
ReplyDelete