Carrot Ginger Dressing aka sugar-free, raw healthy dressing or dip

Carrot Ginger Dressing

2 carrots- peeled, coarsely chopped
2 shallots
4 TBSP ginger- peeled, finely chopped
4 -10 TBSP Olive oil
4-10 TBSP water
1 TBSP rice vinegar
4 TBSP light miso paste

Put everything in the bender. Serve on salad or dip veggies into it.

Yum yum.

I got the general recipe from GOOP but miso was the fanciest ingredient that I had in the house so I used olive oil to fill in for everything else.

Halibut Steaks

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 small onion, halved and thinly sliced
• 1/2 bell pepper, sliced thinly
• 8 ounces sliced fresh mushrooms
• 1 clove chopped fresh garlic
• 2 medium zucchini, julienned
• 6 (6 ounce) halibut steaks
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 medium tomato, thinly sliced

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, bell pepper, mushrooms, garlic and zucchini. Cover, and cook stirring occasionally, until the onions are translucent, about 5 minutes.
3. Place halibut steaks into a shallow baking dish, and top with the sauteed vegetables. Season with basil, salt and pepper.
4. Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, then remove the dish, and cover the fillets with a layer of sliced tomato. Return to the oven, and bake for an additional 10 minutes, or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

Cottage Cheese Pancakes

Our manager in the BYU Skyroom used to make us cottage cheese pancakes sometimes when we were really lucky!  It is my favorite low carb breakfast.

1 C Cottage Cheese (not packed)

3 Eggs

2 T Oil

1/3 C Flour (I use almond flour for low carb)

Blend in a blender (I use the Magic Bullet) and cook on a griddle.  I like to serve with whipped cream and strawberries or baked apples and cinnamon.  Makes 4 large pancakes.

Doris' Granola

Okay, girls, here's the basic granola recipe. I like it. It's easy and good. I threw in some slivered almonds. I'd like to add raisins or craisins, but my kids would not go for it. Add whatever you like: sunflower seeds, walnuts, etc.

2 c. whole wheat flour

6 cups reg. rolled oats

1 c. coconut

1 c. wheat germ

1/2 c. water

1 c. oil

1 c. honey or corn syrup

2 tsp. vanilla

1 T. salt.

Combine flour oats, coconut and wheat germ in a large bowl. In separate bowl, mix all other ingredients. Add liquids to dry and mix thoroughly. Spread on 2 greased cookies sheets and bake at 250 for 1 hour (I did 30 minutes more after stirring it around). Store airtight.

I used honey because I have a bunch. (Every time my boys scrape Sister Yack's sidewalks they get more :) The most expensive thing is the wheat germ. It's a little less expensive at Walmart. The blogger I got this from substituted wheat bran for wheat germ.?? If you don't have a way to grind wheat for the flour, bring it on over. I have a very noisy, but effective wheat grinder.