Strawberry buckwheat pancakes

Good to Know

Buckwheat is gluten-free and rich in minerals, fiber and protein; flaxseed adds omega-3s. 

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup rolled oats
• 2 tablespoons flaxseed, toasted
• 3/4 cup red mill buckwheat pancake waffle flour
• 1 1/4 cups coconut water
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• Scant 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon Olive oil
• 1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
• 1 pint strawberries, hulled and sliced, for serving

Preparation

1. In a blender, pulse oats and flaxseed until ground into a coarsely textured flour. Add buckwheat flour, coconut water, baking powder and salt and blend until well mixed. Blend in maple syrup and oil.

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Jalapeno Lime Hummus

Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 1 15 oz Can chickpeas, drained and deskinned *
• 2 Tbsp Cilantro, roughly chopped
• 2 Cloves of garlic, peeled
• 1 Tbsp Jalapeno, roughly chopped (about 1/2 a jalapeno)
• 1/2 Tbsp Fresh lemon juice
• 1 Tbsp Fresh lime juice
• Pinch of Salt and Pepper
• 1 1/2 Tbsp Olive oil
• 1 Tbsp Water

 

Instructions

1. Place first seven ingredients,  in a food processor and blend until smooth.
2. With the machine running, stream in the Olive oil and water and continue processing until super creamy and smooth.

Notes

* to deskin the chickpeas, drain and rinse them and then pour them onto a kitchen towel. Pick each one up and lightly rub your fingers together and a thin, papery skin will come off. Discard that and repeat with remaining chickpeas.

Recipe is from foodfaithfitness.com

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Fish Tacos

1 1/2 lb cod
bake the fish at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes

Slaw mix, it is better if it is mixed up earlier in the day:
2 tbsp lime juice
1garlic clove
1/2 c plain yogurt
4 chopped young onion tops
1/2 tsp salt:
Small Bag of fresh coleslaw veggies
1/4 cup chopped cilantro

Tortilla:
Add 1'tbsp olive oil to griddle or iron skillet:
Cook each white corn tortilla until soft
Drain on paper 

Fill tortilla with fish, slaw, avocado and cheese

Slice 1 avocado
2 cups shredded Mexican cheese
Add green taco sauce

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Salty's floor goes in!

 Insulation and the plywood floor installed this weekend. Exciting!

Don's continued work on the trailer frame.
July 3, frame goes on the trailer chasis for good.
July 4, Holiday (unheard of, right? but Don is taking the day off)
July 5 & 6, The roof and siding will be going on.

Mary Ann's inside trailer work-
- counter top(s) were ordered and will arrive here tomorrow.
- upholstering the bunk mattresses.
- final decisions about curtains.
- picking out cabinet pulls

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Salty update

A very big THANK YOU goes out to Jeff Bartlett. He spent his weekend replacing the Tongue on Salty's chassis.
 This week new tires, electric brakes, new bushings in the suspension . Then paint . Chassis will be done and ready for the frame to go back on.

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Salty: Center section of trailer

Middle section of frame is complete and the reclaimed windows has been mounted temporarily to re-review the fit. Looking good. 

Looking forward to Easter weekend, when the frame fit is rechecked with the trailer. 

We continue to check and recheck.

 

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