Bob’s crockpot split pea soup

 Easy and a favorite—Makes 4 large soup bowls

INGREDIENTS 

3 medium carrots, chopped 

1 onion , chopped 

1-2 teaspoons minced garlic 

1 bay leaf

16 ounces of dried split peas

1 and 1/2 quarts of water ( can substitute with vegetable broth if desired)

1-2 tsp salt

Black pepper- to taste

Optional: 4-6 fresh basil leaves chopped, a few drops of liquid smoke hickory 

DIRECTIONS 

Mix together all but the liquid smoke and cook on low for 8-10 hours or on high4-5 hours.  I sometimes cook on low for 7 hours and add an extra hour on high. At the end add the liquid smoke and season to taste. Or 4 hours high and then 2 on low.

chia tiramisu

This is my all time favorite chai recipe. Found it on Instagram- see below. I just used plain yogurt for the yogurt part in mine. PS I usually need a bit more of the chai seed:

 

Gluten-free apple cider doughnut cake

 Moist and yummy

INGREDIENTS 

1 King Arthur gf yellow cake mix

3/4 cup apple cider- not apple juice

1/2 cup cinnamon apple sauce- not chunky 

4 large eggs at room temperature 

4 tablespoons of soft butter

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon or more (I used 1/2 teaspoon)

1 tablespoon brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla 

Gf flour for the Bundt pan and oil or spray

See below for optional toppings

DIRECTIONS 

Preheat oven 350. Grease a 10 or 12 cup Bundt pan and sprinkle/shake gf flour over it. Mix the ingredients and pour in pan and bake about 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean in a middle section.

Cool ten minutes on a rack. Loosen sides a bit with silicone spatula if desired before inverting on a plate. Cool another ten minutes. 

Optional: mix 1/4 cup apple cider with cup of powdered sugar. Drizzle a bit over cooled cake. Then mix a bit of granulated sugar and cinnamon together if desired and sprinkle over cake. The rest of the Apple cider sauce can be served over each piece as desired.