Articles with 'cinnamon'
Hot Toddy!

- 1-2 ounces organic whiskey or rum (depending on how strong you like it)
- 1 star anise
- 4-5 cloves
- 1 organic lemon slice
- 1 tbsp. local honey
- 6-7 ounces boiling water
- 1 cinnamon stick
Put all ingredients into a mug. Enjoy!
Lamb Stew with Winter Vegetables
- 1 tbsp. butter or olive oil
- 8-12 oz. pastured lamb stew meat, cubed, seasoned with salt, pepper and cumin
- 2 onions, peeled and quartered
- 3 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
- 4 cups water or stock
- 1 cup organic red wine
- Dash of cardamom
- Dash of cinnamon
- 1 tsp. dried rosemary
- 2 carrots, chopped into 2-3 inch pieces
- 1 parsnip, chopped into 2-3 inch pieces
- 1 medium potato, chopped into 1-2 inch cubes
- 2 collard green leaves, chopped into bite-sized pieces
- 1 tsp. sea salt
- 1/8 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
- Parsley
In a soup pot, sear lamb cubes until lightly browned. Add onions and garlic and cook 2-3 minutes.
Add stock, red wine, dried rosemary, cardamom, cinnamon and bring to a boil.
Cover and reduce heat to medium/low for 45 minutes.
Add carrots, parsnip, and potato and cook 30-40 minutes.
Add collard greens, sea salt and black pepper and cook an additional 5-10 minutes.
Season with chopped parsley.
Baked Stuffed Apples with Walnuts and Raisins

- 4 apples, cored
- 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
- 2 tbsp. raisins
- 1 tbsp. honey
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- Dash of ground cloves
- 1 tbsp. brown sugar (or other sugar)
- 2 tbsp. grass-fed butter
Preheat oven to 350°. Place apples into a 9×9 baking dish. Combine walnuts, raisins, honey, cinnamon, cloves, sugar and butter. Stuff cored apples with walnut mixture. Bake apples uncovered 40-45 minutes.
Summer Oats with Toasted Walnuts and Fresh Berries
- ½ cup rolled oats
- 1 & ½ cups water (use more or less water depending on desired consistency of oats)
- Pinch of cinnamon
- ½ cup fresh berries
- ¼ cup walnuts (toasted)
- 2 tbsp. yogurt
Bring oats, water and cinnamon to a boil. Cook 5-6 minutes. Place oats into a bowl and garnish with yogurt, fresh berries, and toasted walnuts.
Spiced Sweet Potato Soup
- 2 tbsp. grass-fed butter
- 1 onion, peeled and diced
- 3 large sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 4 cups chicken stock (can use veggie stock)
- ½ tsp. cumin
- ¼ tsp. allspice
- ½ tsp. cinnamon
- Dash of nutmeg
- 1 tsp. sea salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp. fresh chives, minced
In a soup pot, sauté onion in butter 1-2 minutes. Add sweet potatoes, stock, cumin, allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and sea salt. Bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to medium and cook 10-12 minutes or until potatoes soften. With a slotted spoon, remove potatoes and onion and puree in a food processor or blender. Add back to the soup and adjust seasoning if needed. Finish with a dash of black pepper. Garnish with minced chives.
Butternut Squash Soup with Crispy Sage
- 1-2 tbsp. grass-fed butter
- 1 onion, peeled and chopped into chunks
- 2 butternut squash, peeled and deseeded
- 5 cups chicken stock
- 1 tsp. grated ginger root
- 2 pinches ground clove
- 2-3 pinches ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch ground anise
- 1 tsp. sea salt
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 6-8 pieces of fresh sage
In a soup pot, sauté onion in butter on medium heat. Add squash, chicken stock, ginger, clove, cinnamon, anise and sea salt. Bring to a boil. Cover and cook on medium heat 15-20 minutes. With a slotted spoon, remove the vegetables and puree in a food processor or blender, then add back to soup. In a frying pan quickly fry fresh sage in medium heat until crispy. Place fried sage on a plate with a paper towel, and dust with a little sea salt. Garnish individual bowls with a piece of crispy sage. Serves 6.
Halloween Gingerbread
- 1 1/2 cups whole grain pastry flour or all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup maple sugar
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. sea salt
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1 tbsp. ginger juice (grate fresh ginger and squeeze to get juice)
- 1/2 cup yogurt
- 1/4 cup walnut oil
- Butter
Orange Frosting
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla flavoring
- 2 tsp. natural orange food coloring (annato seed extract)
Preheat oven to 350. Mix dry ingredients; flour, maple sugar, cinnamon, sea salt and baking powder in a mixing bowl. In a separate bowl mix eggs, molasses, ginger juice, yogurt and walnut oil. Combine wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Lightly butter a 9×9 baking dish and add gingerbread batter. Bake uncovered 30-35 minutes. Remove gingerbread from oven and let cool. Combine cream cheese, powdered sugar and food coloring in a food processor and puree until creamy. Spread frosting on top of gingerbread.
Creamy Coconut Rice Pudding
- 2 cups cooked brown rice
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1/2 cup almond milk
- 3 tbsp. shredded dried coconut
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 tbsp. raisins
Combine all ingredients in a pot and cook on medium heat about 7-10 minutes. Serve warm.
Brown Rice Pudding
- 2 cups leftover rice
- 1 cup rice milk
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 2 tbsp. maple syrup
- 1 tsp. vanilla flavoring
- 1 tbsp. tahini
Combine all ingredients on top of the stove and cook for 5-7 minutes until creamy.










