Healing Lemon Chicken Kale Soup

Makes 2 servings

Ingredients

1 cup cooked chicken

2 cups bone broth – homemade (see recipe below) or bought (Kettle and Fire is a good brand)

2 cups cauliflower - cut into medium sized pieces

2 Tablespoons olive oil

¼ cup onion – diced

1 clove garlic – minced

½ cup carrots – cut into rounds

¼ cup celery - finely chopped

1 Tablespoon fresh rosemary - finely chopped

1 cup kale – chopped

2 Tablespoons parsley – finely chopped

½ - ¾ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon ground pepper

½ lemon – squeezed (approx. 2 Tablespoons)

Directions

1)    Add bone broth and cauliflower to a pot, cover and bring to a boil.  Cook for 5 minutes. Remove cauliflower with a slotted spoon place into a blender with ½ cup of bone broth. Blend until smooth.  Pour remaining bone broth into measuring cup or bowl and set aside to add back with cauliflower mixture after sautéing vegetables.

2)    Over medium heat in same pot, add 2 tablespoons of oil.  Add onions, sauté for 2 minutes.  Add garlic with onions and sauté for 1 minute.  Next add the carrots and celery and sauté for an additional 3 minutes.

3)    Pour the bone broth and cauliflower mixture back into the pot with vegetables.  Add chicken, rosemary, salt and pepper. Cover and bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer for 10 minutes.  Stir occasionally.

4)    Turn off heat.  Uncover and add kale, parsley and lemon.  Stir.  Cover and let sit for 2 minutes.

5)    Enjoy topped with sprouts or serve with homemade crackers.

Amazing Gluten Free Chocolate Muffins

Makes 12

ingredients:

3⁄4 cup all-purpose gluten-free flour

1⁄2 cup almond flour

1⁄2 cup Chickpea or garbanzo bean flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1⁄2 teaspoon salt

1⁄4 cup cocoa or cacao

1⁄3 cup applesauce

1⁄3 cup non-dairy yogurt

2⁄3 cup maple syrup

1⁄3 cup water

1⁄4 cup olive oil or melted coconut oil

2 eggs or flax eggs

1Tablespoon apple cider vinegar

1⁄2 cup chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line muffin paper with liners.

2. Mix all the dry ingredients together except for chocolate chips. Make sure there on no clumps.

3. Mix wet ingredients together.

4. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix until combined.

5. Mix in chocolate chips.

6. Immediately scoop batter into muffin pan dividing among the 12 cups.

7. Quickly put in the oven and bake 20 min or until muffin springs up or toothpick comes out clean. (The apple cider vinegar will activate the baking soda. You want to put this in the oven quickly so it will cause the muffins to be fluffy)