Healthy Cookies With Rosemary, Raisins & Chickpeas | The Assembler’s Kitchen

Healthy Cookies With Rosemary, Raisins, & Chickpeas

Healthy Cookies With Rosemary, Raisins, & Chickpeas My dear friend Kristina (Spabettie.com) first introduced me to healthy cookies with a garbanzo bean base. They’re so tasty and healthy and have a wonderful consistency; I’ve even been known to have peanut butter chocolate balls for breakfast. She experiments with all sorts of flavors – and I [...]

Healthy Cookies for Breakfast? But of Course! | Assembler’s Kitchen

Voila! Breakfast is served!

I’ve been threatening to make these healthy cookies with garbanzo beans for a while when I first saw them on Spabettie. Kristina got her inspiration from Christen (Purple Bird Blog) who makes a number of AMAZING hummus delights. (Between their VERY smart glasses and VERY smart names – I knew this would be good.) Little [...]

Cookie Recipe Makeover Disaster aka New Camera Practice Session

cookiesangledCROPPED

I had high hopes for a cookie recipe makeover. In the end, I’m not doing the happy dance about the cookies, but I am happy to practice with my new camera (Canon EOS Rebel T1i). I had visions of my grandma’s tea balls but with healthy ingredients (whole grains, almond flour, applesauce, etc.). I divvied [...]

Healthy Coffee Cake Recipe | Bob’s Red Mill 8-Grain Cereal

Bobs Red Mill Coffee Cake

The body snatchers are lurking, and the result is another baking experiment from this non-cook. This time it’s healthy coffee cake with Bob’s Red Mill 8 Grain Hot Cereal. I used Bob’s Original Recipe as the base, and since I had some of their pancake & waffle mix handy, I used that instead of the [...]

8 Grain Muffins – Yummy and Tasty! #foodthanks

Tasty nutty goodness with whole grain oats, brown rice, corn, soybeans, millet, barley, oat bran, sunflower seeds & flaxseed

I can’t remember the last time I baked anything requiring baking soda. I pride myself on being an average “assembler” and since baking is chemistry and requires precise measurement, I’ve never really been a baker. But it’s cold out and I’m getting sucked into it by all the lovely posts and pics from my friends. [...]

My First Stuffed Squash — Happy Dance!

Stuffed Squash

You all know I’ve been trying to eat better – it’s been a slowwwwwwwwwwww process since I’ve only recently began chopping and grilling. But with the tips & support from so my friends, I’ve been assembling lovely dishes with real ingredients. I’ve learned that if I assemble food with ingredients that I like, then chances [...]