Flourless peanut butter cookies

These peanut butter cookies are everything you would expect a peanut butter cookie to be: chewy, sweet, and so delicious that you'll probably eat half the batter before it even makes it into the oven. Don't expect the finished cookies to last long either! ;)

Now here's the bonus: aside from containing sugar they aren't bad for you, and the sugar we will be using is rapadura, otherwise known as panela, which is unrefined cane sugar. Awesome!!! And they are flour-free so they're SUPER easy to make and you don't have to worry about soaking, dehydrating, and grinding grains or nuts into flour!

Be careful, these cookies are dangerous. They're so easy to make and so delicious that you might find yourself eating nothing but peanut butter cookies and peanut butter cookie batter for two days straight. I am living proof of this.

Pesto, 3 ways!

Pesto is a quick and delicious way to add flavour to any meal! There are countless ways to make it. All you need is some kind of nut, some kind of herb, a vegetable oil, unrefined sea salt or rock salt, and maybe some citrus juice and/or roasted garlic for flavour. Sometimes I like to mix in some leafy greens (such as kale, mustard greens, or dandelion greens) with whatever herb I'm using to save money (herbs are expensive!!) and add some extra nutrients and a touch of bitterness. Feel free to experiment, and if you come up with a new delicious creation, be sure to let me know!!

Bone broth

Using bones to make broth is one of the eleven principles that the fabulous Dr. Weston Price discovered during his worldly travels studying the traditional diets of "primitive" people. It is an extremely cost-effective way of loading up on nutrients and healthy fats (especially if you're using bones and/or carcasses that you'd otherwise throw out), and makes soups, stews and kitchari taste amazing!!

Fresh Ginger Tea

My name is Jessica, and I'm a gingerholic.

Since I discovered fresh ginger tea, it's been the only tea I ever make. I have it every day, sometimes so much that it replaces all the water I drink! I am hopelessly, fabulously addicted to it and I've managed to get many of my friends and family addicted too! It's spicy and sweet at the same time, with a fresh, bright, energizing flavor.

Ginger is one of my favorite foods, which is lucky for me because it's renowned for its health benefits and has been used in Chinese medicine for thousands of years to treat many different ailments. Here are some of the things ginger is most famous for:

Coconut Raisin Almond Date Butter

This is amazing as a snack, dessert, or even for breakfast! If you want to impress someone or give it as a gift, roll it into balls and roll the balls in cinnamon or almond pieces. This method will only work if the almonds have been dehydrated, since the butter will be too soft otherwise, and you will have to grind some of the almonds in your food processor first if you want to use them as a coating.

Potato Subji (Indian Spiced Potatoes) with Fresh Herb Raita

This is my all-time favorite way to make potatoes! If you are fortunate enough to have access to raw milk, definitely make your own kefir or yogurt for the raita - it will be cheaper, tastier, and full of wonderful probiotics and enzymes, which are essential for good digestion, longevity, and optimal health! Try eating enzyme-rich foods with every meal and you will be ASTOUNDED at how much energy they give you. This is because they are taking much of the burden off your digestive system by helping to digest your food before it even leaves your stomach!

Spicy Lemon, Basil and Roasted Garlic Hummus

This hummus is absolutely bursting with bold, vibrant flavors! My favorite way to eat it is wrapped in lettuce leaves with a tiny drizzle of raw honey. For a more traditional hummus, simply omit the lemon, basil, and cayenne.

Traditionally, a lot of time and care was put into preparing beans, resulting in optimal digestibility and nutrition. These days traditional methods have been largely abandoned in favor of canned beans and time-saving shortcuts, and the result is that beans have been given a "musical" reputation. Here are some tips for preparing beans so that your body stays nourished and your tummy stays happy:

Roasted Sesame Tahini

Tahini is another word for sesame seed butter. Any nut or seed can be made into butter if you process it for 5 mins or so in a food processor, but for some reason tahini got its own special name!

Making your own tahini will save you tons of money, plus you can make it with soaked sesame seeds and roast it just the way you like it. I always keep a bag of soaked and roasted sesame seeds handy in case I want to make tahini or tahini sauce. Do this if you aren't planning to use the tahini right away, since whole seeds keep longer than ground ones!

Roasted Spiced Buttercup Squash and Chicken Salad

A friend and I invented this recipe when I was at his place for dinner. His family owns an organic farm from which he got a big beautiful buttercup squash for us to experiment with. It was my first time having buttercup squash, but somehow I managed to season it just right on my first try! I'm finally starting to get the hang of this spice-mixing thing.

This salad is absolutely bursting with color and flavor, and it's hearty enough to be an entire meal in itself! Vegetarians or vegans can substitute chopped roasted walnuts for the chicken. Just soak the walnuts, wash them and spread them out on a baking sheet, and roast them in the oven at 310°F until they smell perfect.

Tahini Sauce

This sauce is the supreme ruler of all things saucy and flavourful. It has the divine power to turn even the blandest meal into pure blissful awesomeness, using only four ingredients!! Some of my favorite uses for it include:

• Use it as a salad dressing
• Drizzle it onto soups for extra creaminess, flavor and beautiful presentation
• Use it as a dip for roasted root vegetable fries
• Pour it over a heaping plate of fresh steamed greens
• Eat it out of the jar with a spoon!!! (nomnomnom)

Ghee (clarified butter)

Ghee, or clarified butter, is pure butterfat, and the equivalent of edible liquid gold. It is delightfully sweet with just a hint of caramel flavor, and able to withstand much higher temperatures than butter without browning or burning.

That's not even the best part though!! Ghee is lactose-free and casein-free, while still retaining all the fabulous vitamins and nutritional properties of the butter it's made from. It's a dairy product that even those with dairy allergies can enjoy in limitless quantities!

Don't bother buying ghee from the store. It's a rip-off, especially considering the fact that homemade ghee tastes so much better and takes just minutes to make. All you need is a stick of unsalted butter, a pot, a spoon, and a jar or other glass container to keep it in!

Kitchari

This classic Indian rice-and-beans dish is perfect for cleansing, detoxifying, balancing and purifying the body and mind. It is so easy to digest that it gives the digestive system a much-needed rest, leaving more energy for healing and detoxifying, and so nourishing that it can be eaten for every meal of every day for weeks on end. Plus it's DELICIOUS, easy to make, cheap, incredibly adaptable, and keeps very well in the fridge!