Creamy Cauliflower Alfredo Sauce (DAIRY-FREE, NUT-FREE)

http://detoxinista.com/2013/05/creamy-cauliflower-alfredo-dairy-free-nut-free/

Creamy Cauliflower Alfredo
makes 2 cups

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon coconut oil, or butter
2 cloves garlic, minced
12 ounces cauliflower florets
1 cup water
1/2 teaspoon fine Himalayan salt, or more to taste
black pepper, to taste

Directions:

Saute the minced garlic in the coconut oil or butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Allow to cook for a few minutes, until the garlic is tender and fragrant, but not browned. Add the 1 cup of water to the saucepan, along with the cauliflower, and bring the water to a boil. (The water will not cover the cauliflower, and that’s okay.) Once the water is boiling, reduce the heat to a simmer and cover the pot for 8-10 minutes, until the cauliflower is fork-tender and very soft.

Transfer the entire contents of the saucepan into a blender or food processor, and season with salt and pepper. Process until very smooth and creamy, with a texture similar to traditional cream sauce. (Always be careful when blending hot liquids– the steam pressure can blow the lid off your blender!) Season with additional salt and pepper, if desired, and serve hot.

Golden Graham S'mores

3/4 cup light corn syrup

3 T butter

1 pkg. milk chocolate morsels

1 tsp. vanilla

1 pkg. Golden Graham Cereal

3 cups miniature marshmallows

Grease 9x13 pan. Heat syrup, butter and morsels to boiling stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in Vanilla. Pour over cereal in bowl, toss until coated. Fold in marshmallows 1 cup at a time. (Don't let them melt all the way) Press into pan with buttered back of spoon (hands) Let stand one hour. Cut into 2 inch squares. Store at room temperature.

from Dede Dalton

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/240502/easy-french-toast-casserole/

 

Easy French Toast Casserole

• Prep
  15 m
• Cook
  35 m
• Ready In
  8 h 50 m

Recipe By:Heather Bogle

"Delicious and decadent, simple spin on French toast. Got the idea from a bed and breakfast in the south. Add additional ingredients; we like blueberries and cream cheese, cinnamon apples, nuts, and dried fruit!"

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 (8 ounce) loaf crusty French bread, cut into bite-size pieces, or as needed
• 2 cups milk

 

• 6 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 pinch ground cinnamon, or to taste
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar, or as needed

Directions

1. Grease a 9x12-inch baking dish.
2. 
   
3. Stir 1 cup brown sugar and butter together in a saucepan over medium-low heat until butter melts and sugar dissolves into butter, 2 to 4 minutes. Pour into prepared baking dish and spread a 1 1/2- to 2-inch layer of bread pieces over the top.
4. 
   
5. Beat milk, eggs, and vanilla extract together in a bowl; pour milk mixture over bread into the baking dish and move bread as necessary to ensure all bread is absorbing liquid. Sprinkle cinnamon over the top. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate, 8 hours to overnight.
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7. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Remove and discard plastic wrap from baking dish and sprinkle remaining brown sugar over the top of the bread mixture.
8. Bake in the preheated oven until browned and bubbling, about 30 minutes.