Bread and Gravy

Steam green beans

Saute one small onion and 3 T. butter (can add a little grapeseed oil if it goes dry)
add 8 small sliced red potatoes and saute until almost cooked through. add
2 T. flour and
fresh or powdered garlic (2 cloves worth) add
2.5 cups water with
2 T. cornstarch
1-2 bullion cube
dash of
Let thicken over medium heat

Serve with Sourdough bread on bottom, then green beans, then sauce

Pam's Carrot Cake

From www.drweil.com


2 cups firmly packed finely grated carrots
Juice of 1 large orange
2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup light olive oil (wonder if applesauce would work?)
1 cup honey, liquefied in microwave 30 seconds
1/2 cup crushed or chopped pineapple drained
1 cup unbleached white flour
1 1/2 cup whole-wheat pastry flour I used all ww flour, could have been soft wheat
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
3/4 cup walnuts, chopped ( used pecans)
and I added raisins

Preheat oven to 350

in mixing bowl stir together the carrots, orange juice vanilla olive oil honey and pineapple until well blended
in another bowl, stir together the flours, baking soda and spices, mix in walnuts
blend the dry ingredients into the carrot mixture, stirring utnil just mixed

Pour the batter into a nonstick 8 inch squar pan and bake for 45-60 minutes until knige inserted in the center comes out clean remove from overn. let cool slightly and remove from pan.

Hope you like it.