Fiore's Cinnamon Brown Rice Flour Muffins

Here is a recipe that Fiore's fiance created for her to help curb her carb cravings on the Candida (no carb) diet. They were super yummy and can easily be modified by adding fruit to them (Candida dieters, month 1 No fruit, you can ease into blueberries-very low sugar content after 3-6 months). If you have a grain mill you can mill the rice yourself!

CINNAMON MUFFIN RECIPE

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

2. Place muffin cups into the muffin pan, (or if no muffin cups, lightly grease a muffin pan with Organic Horizon Unsalted butter)

3. Then place these ingredients into the mixer or blender if you don't have mixer.

3/4 Cup Almond Milk

1/2 Cup Brown Rice Syrup

2 Organic Brown Eggs

1/2 Cup Olive Oil Extra Virgin Cold Pressed

1 and 1/2 Cups Bobs Creamy Brown Rice Farina Hot Cereal

1 and 1/4 Cup Brown Rice Flour

2 Teaspoons of Rumford Aluminum Free Baking Powder

1/2 Teaspoons Baking Soda

1/2 Teaspoon sea salt

2 Teaspoons of Organic Cinnamon


4. Blend all these ingredients on high for 2-3 minutes and be sure that all the dry ingredients are all mixed up off the sides of the blender.

5. Once the mixture is made, pour the muffin batter into the muffin cups. Fill muffin cups to about a quarter of an inch from the top of the muffin cup. (about half the size of your pinky nail)

6. Sprinkle cinnamon on the tops of the muffins - or - if you want fruit (raisins, apples, blueberries, etc), add some into the muffins at this point.

7. Sprinkle a little xylitol on top of the muffins.

8. If using muffin baking cups:
Place muffins into the oven and bake at 350 degrees, set timer for 25 minutes.

8. If no muffin cups:
Place muffins into oven and and bake at 350 degrees, set timer for 23 minutes.

Enjoy!

Natural Fabric Softener

So I was at the store the other day with my sister and I was looking for some natural dryer sheets and she told me about a great alternative to them. You take a washcloth, and get it wet. Wring it out and then pour white vinegar on it then wring that out. Throw that in the dryer with your clothes and... Voila! Like magic your clothes are static (and chemical) free!! At first I was worried that my clothes were going to smell like vinegar but they didn't so I am very excited!! It's also one less thing to go in the landfills so I am happy!

Farm Raised Tilapia

Happy New Year everyone!! Sorry I haven't posted in a while but the holidays kept me pretty busy. Hope everyone had a nice time as well.

I wanted to talk about Tilapia, the mild white fish many of you may enjoy. What you might not enjoy about them is the condition many of them are kept in. First off, almost all Tilapia is farm raised. This to me is a red flag. Have you ever seen the pens of farm raised fish; they are like aquariums of the sea. Seriously, these fish just go in circles looking for an escape route and cause a serious amount of pollution! Anyway, one of the most important things to keep in mind if you are purchasing Tilapia is to make sure it is raised in the US. DO NOT BUY TILAPIA RAISED CHINA (80% of all Tilapia sold is from China)! Apparently these fish act like filters so some people (not mentioning any names China) throw waste, human and animal, into their pens. Sounds yummy doesn't it? I believe some Tilapia is also imported from South America and other Asian countries as well. These should be stayed clear of too.

To be honest, I personally try to limit all fish I eat. Although some have great health benefits, I can't get past all the potential for toxins and pollutants in them. I think oil spills, radiation, human waste and it just makes me cringe. Now I understand a great deal of pollution is happening to land animals as well but for some reason fish I try to limit. It might sound crazy, I don't know, but it is how I look at it.

Anyway, make sure you check your fish labels and try to only buy wild caught. Local wild caught would be even better.


Resources:
http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/healthquest/the-dangers-of-farm-raised-tilapia-from-china

http://www.mofga.org/Default.aspx?tabid=631