Deconstructed Rhubarb Ginger Pie
This was a lot of fun. I did not have the time to prepare a “real” pie crust, and since I would NEVER purchase a pre-made crust, I got creative. I made the dough for a whole wheat crust and baked it like cookies, which took no more than 10 minutes. I served the pie “deconstructed” so you could take as much crust and filling as you like.
Pie Crust:
- 1 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 5 TB walnut oil
- 2 TB maple syrup
- 2-3 TB cold water, depending on the texture of the dough
Mix the crust ingredients with your hands in a bowl. Gather it all together into a ball, wrap in wax paper, and refrigerate for a couple hours before serving. When you are ready to make dessert, break off small pieces and press them into disks with your hands. Bake them like cookies at 350 for 10 minutes or so.
Ginger Rhubarb “filling”
- 6-8 stalks rhubarb, rinsed and cut into small pieces
- 1 TB freshly grated ginger
- 2 TB maple syrup
- 1/2 cup water
Bring these ingredients to a boil. Lower heat and simmer, stirring every few minutes, until all of the rhubarb is a soupy consistency.
Serve with crust and ice cream and enjoy.
Spent Grain Tempeh Burgers
- At July 22, 2009
- By megan
- In BBQ Sauce, patties, Spent Grain, tempeh
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If you or a friend like to brew beer at home, here is one option for using some of those spent grains. These are very similar to my tempeh burgers, but have the added nutritional bonus of spent grains.
Ingredients:
- 1 red onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/2 cup spent grain
- 1 package tenpeh
- 2-3 TB Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 cup BBQ sauce
- 2 TB ketchup
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1TB Olive Oil
- fresh ground black pepper
- pinch of thyme
- 1/4-1/3 cup whole wheat flour
In a food processor, chop the onion, garlic, spent grain, and tempeh. If you have a smaller processor, divide this into a couple or a few smaller batches. Make sure the tempeh is ground really well. Transfer to a large mixing bowl and add the rest of the ingredients, one-by-one, mixing along the way. Add more flour if it doesn’t look like the patties will hold together.
Place on lightly oiled baking sheet and bake at 375 for 20 minutes or so. Flip after 10 minutes. They should be brown and hold together when done. Enjoy.
Peach Salsa
Nothing tastes better in the summer than fresh peach salsa.
Chop the following ingredients:
- 5 peaches, peeled
- 1 large tomato
- 1 green pepper
- 1 jalapeño pepper (less if you don’t like much spice)
- 1 clove garlic (minced)
Combine and mix well. Add freshly grated black pepper, a pinch of salt, and the juice of 1/2 lime.
Allow it to marinate a few hours before serving. Enjoy within a couple days.
Honey-Sweet Chocolate Chip and Raisin Oatmeal Cookies
Delicately delicious. Using honey and brown sugar to sweeten these cookies makes them brown quickly, so watch out while baking them. They are very delicate, so it is best to keep them small.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/3 c 5 minute oats, coarsely chopped (a small food processor works well here)
- 1/2 c oat bran
- 1/2 c whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 c unsalted butter, softened
- 1/3 c honey
- 1/3 c brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 c raisins
- 3/4 c chocolate chips
Combine the dry ingredients a bowl. In the KitchenAid mixer, cream together the butter, honey, and brown sugar. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until smooth. Add the dry ingredients and mix well. Stir in the raisins and chocolate chips and drop by tablespoons onto a lightly buttered cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 7-10 minutes. Remove from oven they are when brown along the bottom but slightly soft in the center. Cool on racks and enjoy.
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