Mini fruit and almond balls

In my house, this recipe may be colloquially known as "baby balls."

It's based on a recipe I found on a gluten-free paleo blog, which I mentioned in my first adaptation of this recipe: http://bit.ly/XCh5On

MINI FRUIT AND ALMOND SNACK BALLS

Ingredients:
- 1 cup (and a few more) raw almonds, soaked in water a few hours and then well drained
- 8 fresh medjool dates, pitted
- 1/4 cup dried blueberries
- 5 dried pineapple rings

Grind the nuts in a food processor.

Place them to the side.

Grind fruit.

Add nuts.

Process until combined.

Shape as desired.

Refrigerate until cold. Store in fridge.

Super Blueberry Crumb muffins

Very loosely based on a Betty Crocker recipe. Use margarine instead of butter for vegan muffins.

Ingredients:
2.5 cups blueberries
1 cup almond milk
1 cup soy milk
1/2 cup canola oil
About 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1.5 cups unbleached white flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1.5 cups old fashioned oats
1/2 cup Bob's multigrain cereal with flax
1/4 cup agave nectar
1/4 cup blackstrap molasses
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 pinches salt

*crumb topping if desired
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1/2 cup unbleached white flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup Bob's multigrain cereal
1/4 cup butter (firm)
Hearty amounts of cinnamon
Mix with fingers until crumbly

Method:
Mix wet ingredients. Add dry ingredients, folding into the batter slowly. Add baking powder and salt almost last. Fold in fruit. Plop into muffin tins, top with crumbs.

Bake 20-25 minutes at 400.

Mine deflated and I didn't watch them properly because I had an important conference call. But these ugly things... The whole two dozen... Could be the tastiest muffins I ever made

Almond pancakes

Tonight I made dairy-free almond pancakes with hot strawberries. For dinner.

Honestly, the jury's still out on whether or not the sliced almonds in the pancakes worked or whether I should have placed them on top with the strawberries.

Ingredients:
2 eggs
1 cup unbleached white flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup Very Vanilla Silk
1 cup unsweetened soy milk
2 tablespoons brown sugar
4 tablespoons walnut oil
1 teaspoon nutmeg
2 tablespoons baking powder
About 3/4 cup sliced almonds
1 teaspoon almond extract

Beat eggs and add other ingredients. Fry up on hot griddle or frying pan in butter.

About 15 pancakes.

Strawberry topping
16 ounces frozen strawberries
1/8 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup water
2 teaspoons strawberry preserves

Heat strawberries in microwave or thaw in fridge. Combine water & sugar in saucepan and stir well. Add strawberries, their juice and preserves. Heat to boiling.

Let boil about five minutes.