Arzu Orange-Pecan Crunch Sweet Potato Casserole

Thanks to my neighbor Lisa for this yummy recipe. Feel free to use your traditional sweet potato casserole under the Arzu Orange-Pecan Crunch Topping.

Sweet Potato Casserole

  • 4 large sweet potatoes baked
  • 3 Tablespoons butter or margarine (optional)
  • Orange juice to taste (from concentrate or fresh squeezed) Aprox ½ to 1 cup or enough to cream potatoes.
  • Honey to taste (about 3 tablespoons)
  • Pumpkin Pie spice 2-4 teaspoons
  • Salt to taste

Directions

  1. Poke holes in potato and bake at 350* for 10 minutes or place in Microwave and use baked potato setting
  2. Cool potatoes so that you can remove skin easily.
  3. Put skinned potatoes in mixer. Add all other ingredients and whip.

Arzu Orange- Pecan Crunch Topping

Ingredients

 

  • 3 Tablespoons butter or margarine melted
  • ½ Cup brown sugar
  • ½ Cup chopped pecans or walnuts
  • 1 Cup Arzu Original (may use Chai flavor if desired)
  • 1 Teaspoon orange zest
  • 3 Tablespoons orange juice
  • 2 Tablespoons orange flavored liqueur such as Grand Marnier(optional)
  • ½ Cup gluten free mini marshmallow (optional)

Directions

  1. Mix above ingredients except marshmallows in a bowl until crumbly.
  2. Place crumbles on top of sweet potato casserole.
  3. Bake at 350* oven for 40-45 minutes.
  4. Sprinkle marshmallows around the casserole and bake additional 5 minutes.

Makes 10 servings

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Arzu Spinach and Wild Mushroom Stuffing

Our Arzu Spinach and Wild Mushroom Stuffing is savory, moist and full nutrients. Perfect for Holiday Feasts or company dinner.

Ingredients 

  • 1 Cup Original Arzu
  • 1 ½ Teaspoon rubbed sage
  • ¼ Teaspoon black pepper
  • ¼ Teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ½ Cup gluten free chicken stock (simmering)
  • 2 Tablespoons Olive oil (may substitute with your favorite oil)
  • 2 eggs, slightly beaten
  • ½ cup room temperature gluten free chicken stock
  • 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
  • 1 Small onion, finely chopped
  • 2 Ribs celery, finely chopped
  • 4 Toes garlic, minced or pressed in garlic press
  • 4 Ounces sliced button mushrooms
  • 4 Ounces baby Bella mushrooms (may substitute with your favorite mushrooms)
  • 8 Ounces frozen chopped spinach (may substitute with fresh chopped spinach)
  • 1 Jigger sherry (1 jigger=4 tablespoons) or more to taste
  • 1 Teaspoon dried thyme (may use fresh if available)
  • Salt to taste
  • Black pepper to taste
  • ½ Cup Gluten free chicken stock
  • 1 Cup wild rice blend (I used Royal Blend Rice Select)

 

Step 1: Arzu Mixture

  1. Mix Arzu, Sage, Black Pepper and Nutmeg in a medium sized bowl.
  2. Add simmering stock and olive oil to dry mixture and mix well. Set aside to cool.
  3. Preheat oven to 350*

Step 2: Rice Mixture Directions

  1. In a large frying pan add olive oil, onion, celery, garlic and mushrooms.
  2. Sauté until onions are lightly browned.
  3. Add frozen spinach, thyme, salt, pepper, sherry, rice and ½ cup of stock.
  4. Cook on medium heat until all ingredients are warm.
  5. Place rice mixture in a greased, 11×7 inch casserole dish. Set aside

Step 3: Complete Arzu Mixture 

  1. Complete the cooled Arzu mixture- add ½ cup room temperature gluten free chicken stock and mix well.
  2. Add 2 lightly beaten eggs to mixture and mix well.
  3. Add Arzu mixture to rice mixture in casserole dish. Make sure it is well blended.
  4. Top with grated parmesan cheese if desired.
  5. Bake in preheated oven for 40-45 minutes until lightly browned on top.
  6. Let rest 10 minutes before serving.
  7. If desired, top with chopped green onions and chopped parsley before serving.

Makes 10 servings.
**I like to cut cooled stuffing in single serving portions and freeze for later. Defrost in refrigerator and drizzle with a little olive oil before reheating.

Arzu Pumpkin Muffins

The Muffins are great for Thanksgiving or Halloween. Once you try them though you will be wanting to make them every chance you get!

Ingredients

  • 1 Cup sorghum flour
  • ½ Cup rice flour
  • 1 Cup Arzu Chai Flavor (may substitute with Original flavor and 1/12 Teaspoons pumpkin pie spice)
  • ¾ Cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 Tablespoons Baking powder
  • ½ Teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ Teaspoon salt (optional)
  • 1 Cup canned pumpkin (may substitute with fresh cooked pumpkin)
  • ¾ Cup milk (may substitute with your favorite dairy free milk such as rice milk, almond milk, etc)
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil (may substitute with your favorite oil (IE: grapeseed, flaxseed oil, almond oil)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375*
  2. Line 12 medium muffin cups with paper baking cups, or lightly grease bottom only.
  3. Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl, mix well.
  4. Add combined pumpkin, milk, oil and eggs to dry ingredients. Mix just until dry ingredients are moistened.
  5. Fill muffin cups ¾ full.
  6. Bake for 22-25 minutes or until golden brown.
  7. Let muffins stand for a few minutes then remove from pan.

 

Makes 1 dozen muffins.

These muffins are excellent candidates to be frozen and eaten later.

Apple-Cranberry- Arzu Crisp

This  delicious Dessert is easy to make and is sure to satisfy any palete.

Apple Cranberry Filling

Ingredients

  • 4-5 Braeburn (or similar) apples peeled and sliced into ¼ inch Pieces
  • ½ Cup dried cranberries
  • 2 Teaspoon cinnamon
  • 3 Tablespoons lemon juice
  • 3 Tablespoons Agave Nectar (May substitute with Honey)
  • 1 Tablespoon Cup Cornstarch

Directions

  1. Mix all ingredients in a 11×7 pan. Mix well

Crisp Topping

Ingredients

  • 6 Tablespoons Margarine or Butter.
  • 1 Cup Arzu Chai Flavor (May substitute with Arzu Original and 1 tsp cinnamon)
  • ½ Cup Sorghum flour
  • ¼ Cup Cornstarch or Tapioca
  • ½ Cup brown sugar or turbinado sugar

Directions

  1. Preheat Oven to 375*
  2. Place all ingredients in a bowl and “squish” together until all ingredients are crumbly.
  3. Pour crumble evenly over apples in baking dish.
  4. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.

Serve warm.

Yummy,Yummy….Evelyn’s Lemony Loco Cookies

This recipe was provided by Evelyn who loves to eat these scrumptious cookies  with a large glass of Texas Tea.

Ingredients

  • 2 sticks butter or margarine (1 cup)
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • ½ tablespoon grated lemon peel
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup Arzu Original Flavor
  • ½ cup sorghum flour
  • ½ cup rice flour
  • Juice of one lemon

Directions

  1. Beat together margarine, brown sugar, lemon peel, and vanilla until creamy.
  2. Add flour and Arzu; mix well.
  3. Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
  4. Preheat oven to 350* F.
  5. Shape dough into 1 inch balls.
  6. Place 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
  7. Flatten each cookie with the bottom of a glass dipped in granulated sugar.
  8. Bake 12-15 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.
  9. Cool 2 minutes before removing from cookie sheet and placing on cooling rack.

Makes 2 dozen cookies.
Optional: garnish with powdered sugar or drizzle with melted chocolate.

Luci’s Coco Loco Cookies

Yummy, crispy Coco Loco Cookies created by our sweet, loco, coco 11 year old neighbor Luci.

½ cup margarine or butter (1 stick)
¾ cup brown sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoon vanilla
½ cup sorghum flour
¼ cup rice flour
3 tablespoons unsweetened coco powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt (optional)
1 ½ cups Arzu Original
½ cup gluten-free chocolate chips

Pre Heat Oven to 350* F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Cream margarine and sugar until creamy.
Add egg and vanilla; beat well
Add combined sorghum flour, rice flour, coco powder, baking soda and salt. Mix well.
Stir in Arzu and chocolate chips.
Drop by rounded tablespoons onto parchment paper.
Bake 10-12 minutes.
Cool 1 minute before removing from cookie sheet and placing on cooling rack.
Yields 2 dozen cookies.

Southwest Arzu with Spinach and Pine Nuts

Quick and easy serving of veggies and whole grains… great for a quick lunch at the office or for unexpected lunch guests at home.

½ cup Arzu Southwest
2 tablespoons Pine Nuts
½ cup frozen or fresh chopped spinach
¾ cup water

Place all ingredients in a saucepan and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes.
Optional method, place ingredients in bowl in microwave for 2-3 minutes.
Add more or less water depending on desired consistency.
Optional: garnish with fresh cilantro and fresh ground black pepper.

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Arzu Pie Crust

Try our gluten-free pie crust with your favorite pie recipe. Reminiscent of graham cracker crust….without the added gluten.
(Gluten free and Casein free)

½ cup Arzu Original
¼ cup and 2 Tablespoons rice four
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 Tablespoons chopped nuts (optional)
¼ teaspoon baking soda
3 Tablespoons butter or margarine, melted

Heat oven to 350*F.
Lightly grease 8 inch pie plate.
Combine dry ingredients in bowl and mix well.
Add melted margarine or butter; mix until crumbly.
Press onto bottom of prepared pan.
Bake 10 minutes.
Fill with desired filling (IE: pumpkin, cheese cake, etc)
Bake according to filling directions.