Steak Teriyaki

I made a turkey teriyaki quite a while back and I remember it being fairly good but I honestly cant remember if it was worth not trying another recipe I stumbled across. I found this teriyaki dressing here...http://westonaprice.org/beginner-videos/beginner-videos/salad-dressings-and-basic-sauces-video-by-sarah-pope
She has several other home made condiment recipes so feel free to browse what she has listed there. I edited the recipe to suit what I had on hand and felt good about so here is the sauce I ended up with.

Teriyaki Sauce

2 TBL grated ginger
6 peeled and mashed garlic cloves (I use the pre-minced in a jar and just guesstimate)
2 TBL extra virgin olive oil (I didnt have sesame oil but I bet that would be better)
2 TBL apple cider vinegar (my rice wine vinegar had HFCS in it so I refused to use it, need to pitch it)
2 TBL agave
1 cup braggs liquid aminos (or soy sauce read the ingredients to make sure there is nothing funky)

I mixed that all together in a jar in a mad rush to get out the door to work. Once I made it to work I poured the sauce on the meat and let it marinate all morning. I had 3 little round steaks so I cooked them on medium high heat for 3 min each side. Then I removed the steak from the skillet and set aside. I poured the sauce into the same skillet and added 1 Tablespoon of whole wheat flour whisked it in and boiled it until the sauce started to thicken. Add in my boiled (plain) broccoli and rice (cooked in water with no butter) and I had a pretty delicious meal.

There are of course a few tweaks I will make next time. I think I will cut the soy sauce in half and sub in water or almond milk for the remainder. The sauce was just really to salty for me even after being dulled by the completely unseasoned broccoli and rice. Trust me folks if I say something is too salty do not try it! It is very rare I think something is too salty I love salt! I would also love to try this with the sesame oil and ideally with some rice vinegar if I can find some without added sweetener and other funkiness.

Carrot Cake Pancakes

Hello who loves carrot cake? I DO!!! Love it! In fact I am not much of a cake fan unless its carrot cake yum yum! So I stumbled across a recipe for Carrot Cake Pancakes and I knew I had to try to find a way to edit the recipe to suit my desires of what I look for in food (whole food ingredients, Dairy free and free of processed sugars) I had another recipe I needed a few carrots for so I already had carrots in the fridge and all the other ingredients I needed so why not give it a whirl.



Carrot Cake Pancakes

Ingredients:
1 1/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
pinch of ground ginger
1/4 cup agave (honey or pure maple syrup would work)
1/2 cup almond milk buttermilk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
2 large eggs lightly beaten
2 cups grated carrot (probably about 4 carrots)

How to:

In a large bowl combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and ginger and whisk together

In a medium bowl whisk together agave, almond milk buttermilk, vanilla and eggs.

Add liquid mixture to flour mix and gently combine. This is a pretty thick batter but if you would like thinner pancake batter you could add more almond milk buttermilk (at least I think that would work) fold in carrots. Cook in buttered skillet over medium heat and then serve warm with butter (fake butter in my case) and pure maple syrup.

In the future I think I will try 3/4 cup almond milk buttermilk and I think I will try cooking the carrots for a bit first as they still had a bit of crunch to them.

That is it folks they were really quick and easy to whip up! Dont forget to use the grate function on your food processor for those carrots if you have one. If you dont have one then consider it an arm workout grating those carrots.

If you are wondering where to get almond milk buttermilk well I can tell you I have no idea. Just take a cup of milk or almond milk and add a tablespoon of vinegar and stir and let it sit a minute. Voila buttermilk or almond milk buttermilk :)

Did I tell you guys I am training for another 25k trail run? I have doing my long saturday runs with the local trail running group and let me tell you I am getting tired of being the only one at the back of the pack. There are folks running that are older than my parents and I cant even come close to keeping up with them! Saturday a super nice man periodically waited up for me to catch up just to make sure I was safe and didnt get lost. I felt horrible knowing I was slowing him down so much and I just felt terrible and really defeated. I wanted to quit the training program and hang up my shoelaces that day I even shed a tear or two running back there. I reminded myself it was a full moon and that I would get better and faster eventually and kept on plugging. I hope this saturdays run goes better...12 miles pray for me! One of my best friends from high school is training with me. She is a Mom of 3 kids and works, she is AMAZING!!!

Get out there, be active, do something you love, speak kindness and do kindness to all and eat something delicious and healthy! I love you guys!

Food.Exercise.Life
Marcy