Superfood pancake muffins

This is my go to quick recipe for my baby's muffin fixes 😊, those times when she dreams about Muffins during her nap and demands muffins for evening snack!



Ingredients

1 cup Kodiak Cakes superfoods flapjack mix ( any pancake mix will do, I specially like this one because of its clean ingredients and super food grains)
1 egg
1 ripe banana
1 tbsp butter ( can sub with apple sauce if you want healthier options)
sprinkling of cinnamon powder
1 tbsp chocolate chips ( I use dark chocolate)
Optional:   walnuts, 1/2 cup.
Prep

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees bake
2. In your blender mix banana, egg, cinnamon, butter/apple sauce
3. In a bowl measure and pour the pancake mix.
4.  Add the wet blend to the dry ingredients
5. Mix well.
6. Fold in the chocolate chips and nuts if using
7. Grease the muffin tins or ramekins if you don't have muffin tins
8. Put in the oven, for 14 mins. Cool for 5 mins before serving !

Bón appetité

Cauliflower 'Steaks'

I found this recipe on Pinterest , and thought I can Indianize it a bit.

Ingredients

1 small head of cauliflower cut into sections , not florets
1 tbsp rice flour
2 tsp rasam power
1/4 spoon Garlic paste
Oil for coating

Prep:
Choose a cauliflower which has its florets closely binded , the closeness of the florets indicates the tenderness
Green cauliflower tastes even better
I cut the cauliflower slowly with a sharp knife  vertically into 1 inch thick sections
Pre heat the oven to 350 F

Place them on a parchment paper and put all the seasoning and mix well with hand until it's fully spread out and all parts of the cauliflower are coated

Place the parchment paper on to a baking tray and roast ( if you have a pizza setting or convection roast setting use that) for 10 min

Take out and flip on to the other side and let it stay another 10 min

Serve with rice, couscous ..  or eat as is :)

Slow cooker minestrone soup

Ingredients :serves 6

1.5 cups Small white beans
5 cups water
1 Zucchini medium sized, chopped into 2" pieces
2-3 baby carrots ( not the packet, real baby carrots with leaves ) chopped
1/4 cup Cauliflower , broken into florets
2-3 sprigs of carrot leaves for garnish
2 cubes of vegetable boullion ( I use Rapunzel brand)
4-5 tbsp Marinara sauce
1 tsp Thai Red Curry ( optional)
Rock Salt
1/2 tsp Pepper/spice of choice
Regular salt
McCormick Italian spice for seasoning
McCormick Garlic powder for seasoning
( can use garlic or garlic paste too)

Method:

Very simple!

Put all the ingredients into the slow cooker except carrot leaves and regular salt , cook on high for 6 hours at minimum and more if you want thicker.

We don't want to cook with much salt because it prevents the beans from breaking down well .

Once done taste and make adjustments , add more salt, seasoning , paprika as needed. Garnish with carrot leaves.