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Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies

I made another batch of gluten and dairy free chocolate chip cookies and I think they turned out much better.  Here is the adjusted recipe.

2 C. Sorghum Flour
1t. Banking Soda
1/4 t. Salt
2/3 C. Coconut Oil (melted)
1 1/4 C. Brown Sugar
1 Egg
1 Egg Yolk
1T. Vanilla
3/4 C. Dairy Free Chocolate Chips (I use Enjoy Life)
Sea Salt to sprinkle (I used a burgundy flavored sea salt, but any will work)
1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2.  In a bowl whisk together flour, baking soda and salt (set aside)
3.  In a bowl with an electric mixer beat together coconut oil and brown sugar until smooth.  Add in eggs, vanilla and beat until creamy.
4.  Add in flour mixture and mix on a low speed until just combined.  Slowly add in chocolate chips.
5.  Roll dough into 2″ balls and place on cookie sheet leaving 2 inches apart.  Bake 8-11 minutes or until the edges just begin to turn brown.  Do not over bake (I did this)!  
6.  Remove from oven and let cool at least 5 minutes minutes on the baking sheet.  The cookies need to set and are very fragile at first.  Once the cookies have harden a bit you can transfer them to a wire rack to finish cooling. 
After they cool I wrap them individually and keep them in the fridge so they are easy to throw in with  our lunches when we pack them.  
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Cooking class

Last night we went to Haven’s Kitchen for a cooking class!  Here is what was on the menu:

Now you know I do not like Mexican food- but this was all so fresh and there wasn’t anything I didn’t love about it.  the Esquifas (sweet corn) and the Tomabella Salsa were probably my favorite items we made- but really it was all so good.
This evening was of course in honor of Jo’s birthday-  
Here is Jo making some corn tortilla from scratch. 
Paulette working on our corn dish
I was the official photographer for the night and had a few glasses of wine!
Finally after all our work we sat down to a beautiful table and enjoyed all the amazon food we made. 

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Paleo quiche

This morning Regina came over for some tea and I decided to surprise her with some fresh juice (carrots, kale, bok choy, apple and ginger)


I also made a paleo quiche.  The crust was coconut oil, 2 eggs and some coconut flour. While that was baking I combined some eggs, ground turkey, onions, peppers, coconut milk and spices for the filling. 


It turned out very nice I have to say. We finished it off with a nice cup of tea and watched some crossfit!  

A great morning I have to say
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Greenhouse Cafe

We had a wonderful lunch at The Greenhouse in West Bay.  The restaurant serves mainly locally sourced food in a beautiful ocean side cafe.

We started with some fresh pressed juice and I had a glass of ice Lemongrass and Morina tea. Both were lovely.  Then we moved onto lunch.

Richard ordered the Sweet Chicken salad- it came with sweet pecans, roasted pumpkin, local fruit and flax seeds.

I ordered the Roastie Toastie pizza on a gluten free crust.  It was wonderful and came with a herb roasted chicken, caramelized onions, roasted peppers, mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.  
We finished off lunch with apple cinnamon mini muffins. 
Definitely a place everyone should try!  

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Rieger Hotel

The Riger hotel was opened in 1915 and was home to many traveling salesman and railroad workers including Al Capone.    It operated until prohibition shut them down in 1919.  Today they focus on the history of the neighborhood with the motto, “Beautiful Food for the People.”

The hotel was owned by Alexander Rieger, whose father founded J. Rieger & Co Whiskey in 1877.  They operated out of the West Bottoms in Kansas City, also known as “The Wettest Block in the World” until prohibition.  

We had an amazing meal after some cocktails in the basement.  I ordered the braised pork cheeks with a sweet potato hash, duck egg and green garlic chimichurri.  Unfortunately the sauce didn’t come until I was dune, but it was amazing without it.  
Richard had his first ever KC Strip with some asparagus and roasted potatoes… we had to force him to order it and I think he was a little annoyed with us, but after the first bite he said he was glad we were pushy. 
After dinner we relaxed with a drink before taking a nice walk down to a street party.  It was a very enjoyable evening with some great friends! 

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Last nights dinner

So Richard was a bit tired on Indian food, so I made a pork tenderloin with an Indian twist!

For spices I used cumin, dried chillies and cinnamon. After I seared the pork in some garlic with coconut oil, then I cooked some apples and eggplants in the pork juices then added the spices along with some apple cider vinegar. Finally put the pork back and cooked them a together. 
It turned out quite nice… Plus we have leftovers so no cooking for me tonight!
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