Blueberries and oats are one of those classic combinations, like peanut butter and jelly, wine and cheese, beer and peanuts, strawberries and cream .... Few things satisfy quite like the oatcake. 

Today is your lucky day because I am going to reveal my super secret gluten-free oatcake recipe.

I first fell in love with oatcakes in the lovely town of Bloomington, Indiana. The Bloomingfoods Co-op offered several varieties of oatcakes, baked by a lovely woman in the nearby artist colony of little Nashville. I know this because when I moved to Houston in 2008, I experienced oatcake withdrawal and searched this city high and low. Pregnant and uh-hem, determined, I called the manager of Bloomingfoods and BEGGED for the recipe. A few tears and several mentions of baby cravings later, I was armed with the ingredients list and set out to recreate my long-lost morning breakfast from 2005-2008. Yes, 3 years.

My oatcake of today is evolved yet still oh so satisfying. The next time you are headed to your favorite chiropractor's office, take a basket full for all the staff to enjoy! (Take the recipe too!) I will tell you the same thing I told them ... I don't use recipes, so all the measurements are my best guess ;) I prefer intuitive cooking ... and just feel my way through it. Life is more interesting that way. I am not much for thinking inside the box.

GF Chef's Gluten-Free Oatcakes
4 cups gluten-free oats
1 cup sweetener -- organic sugar, maple syrup, agave nectar, xylitol
1 tsp sea salt or pink Himalayan salt
1/3 cup gluten-free flour blend
1/4 cup almond flour
1 cup orange juice (fresh squeezed is wonderful -- throw in the zest as well!)
1/2 cup almond milk (or any kind of milk)
1/2 cup unsweetened cranberry juice
1/2 tsp essential orange oil
1/2 cup melted butter or coconut oil
pinch of cinnamon
dash of nutmeg

Optional stir ins: dried whole cranberries, raisins, choc chips, coconut flakes, almond flakes, diced apricot, fig, prune, dates, frozen blueberries (so they don't make batter too blue)

Mix all the dry ingredients EXCEPT gluten-free flour and let stand for 2-3 minutes to soften the oats. (You may need to adjust liquid if it seems dry still.)

Add flour and then the oil. Mixture should be a sticky, creamy, crumbly. Use ice-cream scoop to fill muffin cups. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Let me know how it goes!

"Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known." –Jeremiah 33:3



Daily affirmations are gifts you give yourself by deliberately choosing your THOUGHTS: focusing on what is good, pure, expanding, and healthy -- thereby drawing it to you. These gifts are abundant and limitless! They make an immediate difference in how you experience this day, here and now.

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." 
–Romans 12:2

Have you ever gotten exactly what you don't want? Me too. Negative thought patterns create resistance. Our thoughts (positive and negative) become things that we draw into our day/week/month/life. If we spend time thinking about what we don't want, we are actually inviting these things into our experience. Yikes! 

I would say there is no greater gift we can give ourselves than learning to think properly by taking our thoughts captive and deliberately choosing only good ones.

"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things."
-Philippians 4:8

These are the affirmations I am focused on this week:

1. I see joy and positivity in everything and everyone.
2. I live wholeheartedly and without fear.
3. I give only high energy to others, raising them up with me.
4. My job is to be me.
5. I accept all good things into my life that are in my highest and best interest.
6. I have a sense of wonder for this day.
7. I am contributing to the world in my own special way.
8. My joy is my gift to the world.
9. I need DO nothing.
10. I release what I need not keep.


Affirmations are endless, and it is fun to write new ones for yourself and see how they manifest in your life. An affirmation journal will help you realize their impact on your experience here and now. What affirmations are you feeling and choosing to contemplate today?