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Gluten Free Healthy Apple Pie Recipe

Gluten Free Apple Nut Pie

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As the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays are approaching, I wanted to share this deliciously, easy apple pie recipe as you start entertaining guests or attending parties.  This will become your signature dessert that everyone will request. There is an abundance of apples in the markets right now. Here are just some of my favorites: Honeycrisp, Gala and Braeburn.

Ingredients:

 9 inch Spring Form pan

9 Inch Spring Form Pan

Pecan crust:
1 cup pecans
½ cup hazelnuts
½ cup walnuts
Dash sea salt
1 tsp organic raw sugar
Dash salt
Dash cinnamon
3 tablespoons melted Ghee

Apple filling:
5 apples cored and sliced organic
(Honeycrisp , Gala and Braeburn)
1 tsp. Madagascar pure vanilla
2 tsp hemp seeds
2 Tbsp. raw honey
¼ organic maple syrup
1 tsp cinnamon
1 Tbsp. of organic sunflower butter(I <3 “Once Again”)
½ tsp lemon zest
Juice of ½ lemon
1 Tbsp. coconut flour
1 Tbsp. coconut  sugar

Directions:
Make crust by combining all pecan crust ingredients in food processor. Spread evenly on bottom of spring form pan. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

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Meanwhile:
Place slice apples in a bowl. Squeeze lemon juice over apples. Add remaining ingredients.
Allow apples to marinate for 15 minutes while you make crumble topping.

Peeled Apple Sliced Apples

Almond Walnut and Hemp Seed Crumble:
1/2 cup walnuts
1 cup hemp seeds
½ cup almonds
3 Tbsp. Ghee melted
1 Tbsp. Pure organic cane sugar
1 Tbsp. coconut flour
Dash of salt

Blend all ingredients for crumble in food processor.

Walnuts Walnut Crumble

Assembly:
Layer apples on baked pecan crust. Add crumble topping. Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees. Let it cool for at least 30 minutes. The longer it sits the more the flavors infuse.

 Gluten Free Healthy Apple Pie Recipe

Did you know?

According to medical journals Apples help ward of diabetes and dementia in addition to breast cancer.
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Butternut Squash Pie with Walnut

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This pie is so delicious and versatile. It is slightly sweet and savory! It is a great pie for Thanksgiving Holidays.

Ingredients:
3 cloves garlic
2 Tbsp. Olive oil
2 Tbsp. ghee
¼ tsp salt -Sea or Himalayan salt
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
Dash of nutmeg
Dash red cayenne pepper
1 pkg. approx 20 oz to 2 lbs butternut squash – cut (approx 2 squash)

Directions for Pie Filling:
Add all ingredients into roasting pan, except for egg whites and honey.
Roast for 30 minutes at 375.

While squash is roasting, begin to make the Brazil Nut crust.

Directions for Pie Crust Ingredients:

3 Tbsp ghee melted
1 1/2 cups Brazil Nuts ***
Pie dish 9 inch
Dash of salt
Place all ingredients in food processor to make fine crumble. Line bottom of pie dish with Brazil Nut crumble and bake for 20 minutes at 375. Chill for 10 minutes in refrigerator before adding Pie Filling.

Assemble Pie Filling:

In food processor, puree roasted squash with:

2 Tbsp. raw honey
1 tsp maple syrup

Place in refrigerator. Chill for 15 minutes.

While filling is chilling 🙂

Beat 3 egg whites until stiff peaks form.
Fold into chilled butternut squash filling.

Make the crumbled topping while the nut crust is baking and the squash is chilling.

Topping Ingredients (Walnut and Hemp Seed Crumble):
1 cup walnuts*
1 cup hemp seeds**
3 Tbsp. ghee melted
1 Tbsp. Pure organic coconut sugar
1 Tbsp. coconut flour

Mix all ingredients for crumbled in a food processor.
Put aside.

Final Assembly:

Add Butternut Squash filling to nut crust. Add the crumbled nut topping. Bake in oven for 30 minutes.

Check out the 7 benefits of Walnuts*

Did you know hemp seeds** help with stress relief and are loaded with magnesium? It’s also the highest source of plant based protein with roughly 13 grams of protein in just 3 Tbsp. Learn more

Brazil Nut *** nutrition facts.

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Roasted Garlic String Beans

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The oven is already going with your a turkey; don’t waste the gas/electricity! Get out your roasting pan and throw in your string beans.
Some interesting vinegar’s could make string beans a lot more interesting. This dish takes less than 5 minutes to put together . If you don’t have maple cider vinegar, mix 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar with 2 Tbsp. of organic maple syrup.
Your string beans will never taste like anyone else’s!

Ingredients:

1- lb. of organic string beans
1 cloves fresh garlic
1 tsp. Roasted Garlic Aioli Sauce

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3 Tbsp.  Olive oil
¼ tsp. Red crushed pepper
1 tsp.  Himalayan Salt
1 Tbsp. Garlic powder
¼ cup maple cider vinegar

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Directions:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees with roasting pan in oven for 15 minutes. This will begin the roasting process as as soon as string beans are in the pan. Place string beans in hot roasting pan. Add olive oil first. Add rest of ingredients except for maple cider vinegar. Roast at 450 degrees for 20 minutes. Take out of oven add vinegar while still hot. Serve immediately.

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Garlic Mashed Cauliflower

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This will be the tastiest mock mashed potatoes you will ever have and is a great alternative to the more complex carbohydrate of potatoes.

Ingredients:

1 head of cauliflower
1/4 cup olive oil
½ tsp salt – kosher
½ tsp garlic powder
Pinch red crushed pepper
1 clove garlic raw
Fresh basil (chopped)
2 Tbsp.  Roasted Garlic Aioli
1/2 cup hemp seeds

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Directions:

Place cauliflower in a pot covered with water and a lid.  Boil for 20 minutes to soften. Drain. Put in food processor with rest of ingredients listed above. Blend all ingredients well. Sprinkle hemp seed on top.

If you want a little more flavor add one more clove of garlic and another ½ tsp of garlic powder . This will kick the flavor up quite a bit.