Anonymous asked: Hey Katie, do you cook with millet. It's a grain i'm curious about but have no clue on the best way to prepare in a meal. If you, can you do a recipe on it? Yours truly, Traci

Yay Traci! I have made millet before. I used Mexican spices and zucchini. I will make it again for you!

brussel sprout and green pea pesto pizza

golden wheat pizza dough (recipe follows)

green pea pesto (recipe follows)

brussel sprouts

1. preheat the oven or toaster oven as hot as it will go (550 degrees)

2. roll 1/4 of the pizza doing into a small ball. flatten the ball into a disk. 

3. stretch it from the center, or roll it out with a rolling pin until its 1/4 inch thick

4. spread on a thin layer of the artichoke pesto

5. tear the petals off the artichoke hearts and cover the pizza with a single layer. its ok if they overlap a bit.

6. bake for 5 minutes, but check on it. it might need more or less time. it’s done when the crust is browned a bit.

green pea pesto

1/2 cup fresh or frozen green peas

1/2 cup almond meal, ground almonds, or almonds

2 cloves garlic

juice of 1/2 small lemon (about 1 TBSP)

1/4 tsp sea salt

2 TBSP olive oil

1. put everything in a food processor and blend until it forms a thick paste (don’t have a food processor? put the almonds in the blender and grind into a sandy-looking powder, then add everything else and blend).

golden wheat pizza dough

1 1/4 oz package active dry yeast

1 cup warm water (feels like a hot bath, 110 degrees)

1 tbsp maple syrup or sugar

2 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour, plus more for kneading

1 tbsp olive oil, plus more for the bowl

1/2 tsp salt

1. mix the warm water, sugar, and yeast. let it sit in a warm place for 10 minutes until it starts foaming on top.

2. mix the flour and salt in a large bowl. add the oil.

3. add the foaming yeast mixture to the flour. stir until a sticky dough forms.

4. sprinkle the dough with flour, fold it in half, then turn it a quarter turn. repeat. keep doing this for 10 minutes or so, until the dough holds it shape

5. put the dough in a larger bowl. add a few teaspoons of olive oil, cover the dough and the inside of the bowl with a thin coat of oil 

6. let it sit in a warm place for an hour, until it doubles in size

strawberry orange muffins

strawberry orange muffins

artichoke pesto pizza


golden wheat pizza dough (recipe follows)

artichoke pesto (recipe follows)

frozen artichoke hearts

parsley, for garnish

1. preheat the oven or toaster oven as hot as it will go (550 degrees)

2. roll 1/4 of the pizza doing into a small ball. flatten the ball into a disk. 

3. stretch it from the center, or roll it out with a rolling pin until its 1/4 inch thick

4. spread on a thin layer of the artichoke pesto

5. tear the petals off the artichoke hearts and cover the pizza with a single layer. its ok if they overlap a bit.

6. bake for 10 minutes, but check on it. it might need more or less time. it’s done when the crust is browned a bit.

artichoke pesto

1 cup (scant) frozen artichoke hearts
1 cup fresh italian flat-leaf parsley
1 cup shelled walnuts
3 cloves garlic
juice of 1 small lemon (about 2 TBSP)
zest of 1 small lemon
1/2 tsp sea salt
2 TBSP olive oil
1. put everything in a food processor and blend until it forms a thick paste (don’t have a food processor? put the walnuts in the blender and grind into a sandy-looking powder, then add everything else and blend).
golden wheat pizza dough
1 1/4 oz package active dry yeast
1 cup warm water (feels like a hot bath, 110 degrees)
1 tbsp maple syrup or sugar
2 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour, plus more for kneading
1 tbsp olive oil, plus more for the bowl
1/2 tsp salt
1. mix the warm water, sugar, and yeast. let it sit in a warm place for 10 minutes until it starts foaming on top.
2. mix the flour and salt in a large bowl. add the oil.
3. add the foaming yeast mixture to the flour. stir until a sticky dough forms.
4. sprinkle the dough with flour, fold it in half, then turn it a quarter turn. repeat. keep doing this for 10 minutes or so, until the dough holds it shape
5. put the dough in a larger bowl. add a few teaspoons of olive oil, cover the dough and the inside of the bowl with a thin coat of oil 
6. let it sit in a warm place for an hour, until it doubles in size
summer berry and stone fruit jam
sugar is not a food. you don’t have to use a mountain of it to make  summer fruit preserves for your morning toast. all these jams are  sweetened with frozen apple juice concentrate. the apple juice  compliments the natural flavors of the fruit. for recipes, go to
http://firstpersonvegan.com/

summer berry and stone fruit jam

sugar is not a food. you don’t have to use a mountain of it to make summer fruit preserves for your morning toast. all these jams are sweetened with frozen apple juice concentrate. the apple juice compliments the natural flavors of the fruit. for recipes, go to

http://firstpersonvegan.com/

nut butter and jelly texas toast

raspberry jam, wild blueberry jam, apricot jam, no-knead whole wheat bread

nut butter and jelly texas toast

raspberry jam, wild blueberry jam, apricot jam, no-knead whole wheat bread

cook until jam thickens

cook until jam thickens

add agar and apple juice concentrate

add agar and apple juice concentrate

spoon into a jar

spoon into a jar

1 1/2 pounds cherries (stemmed, pitted), 1 TBSP agar agar, 3 TBSP apple juice concentrate

1 1/2 pounds cherries (stemmed, pitted), 1 TBSP agar agar, 3 TBSP apple juice concentrate

cook cherries until they shrink and release their juice

cook cherries until they shrink and release their juice

cherries

cherries

boil with a little water until apricots shrink and soften

boil with a little water until apricots shrink and soften

wash apricots

wash apricots

1 lb apricots (peeled and seeded), 1 TBSP agar agar, 3 TBSP frozen apple juice concentrate

1 lb apricots (peeled and seeded), 1 TBSP agar agar, 3 TBSP frozen apple juice concentrate