Pumpkin Spice Cookies...

These are great cake-like cookies.   

Pumpkin Spice Cookies

a recipe from Jennifer Raymond

3 cups whole wheat pastry flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1 1/2 cups raw sugar or other sweetener

4 Tablespoons flaxseeds
1 1/2 cup water
1 3/4 cups solid-pack canned pumpkin
1 cup raisins

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix the first 7 ingredients (not flaxseeds!) and set aside.

Blend the flaxseeds and 1 cup of the water in a blender for 1-2 minutes, until the mixture has the consistency of beaten egg white.

Add flax mix to the dry ingredients along with the pumpkin, water and raisins.

Mix until just combined.

Drop by tablespoonfuls onto a non-stick or lightly oil-sprayed baking sheet.

Bake 15 minutes or until lightly browned.

Remove with a spatula to a cooling rack.

Make 36

Notes:
When I made these I ended up with 60 cookies.
I used one can of pumpkin.

Jicama Cucumber Salad...

Guys, guys!!  I made this up today with stuff on hand and it worked!  It was good!  I love it when this happens though I hardly ever duplicate the new dish.  I'm recording it here in the hopes that I will make it again!

Jicama Cucumber Salad

a recipe from the Horjus Kitchen

salad:

cucumber slices cut in quarters

jicama peeled and cut in cubes similar in size to the cucumber

dressing:

juice of one lime

dash of cayenne

dash of cinnamon

1 part cumin

2 parts salt

2 parts pepper

topping:

toasted pepitas

Mix the dressing, pour over the salad and let sit while preparing the rest of dinner.  Top with pepitas when serving.

Notes:

I toasted raw pepitas in a pan over low heat.

I don't have exact measures...salt and pepper was maybe 1/2 teaspoon?

We ate this with corn tortillas filled with melted vegan pepperjack and chorizo seitan.

Our beverage tonight was a mix of: the juice of one lime, a strawberry muddled with sugar and salt and orange juice (16 oz. total) shaken with ice.

Pardon our dust...

remodel we must!

This blog is still under construction...been running into weird little issues...oh well!