APRICOT APPLE SMOOTHIE

apricot apple smoothie

Ingredients:

* 1 apple (golden delicious), peeled, cored & chopped

* 1 cup apple juice

* 4 apricots, fresh, pitted (skin optional)

* 1 banana, peeled

* 3/4 cups yogurt, plain

* 10-12 ice cubes

* 1 tablespoon honey

Directions:

* Place all ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth.

ALMOND-HONEY CLUSTER

almond-honey clusters

Ingredients:

* Almond oil or corn oil for greasing pan

* 2 3/4 cups whole natural almonds, roasted, divided

* 1/2 cup honey

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 250°F (120°C).

2. Place 1 1/2 cups of almonds in the blender or food processor and process until ground.

3. Line a baking sheet with greased foil and stir together ground almonds, whole almonds and honey in a medium bowl, mixing well. Line the work surface with wax paper.

4. With clean, wet hands, form the mass into a sticky ball; divide in half.

5. Keep dividing each ball in half until there are 32 small clusters.

6. Lay each cluster on prepared baking sheet and bake 30 minutes.

7. Let cool completely before removing from foil –cookies will still be soft and chewy.

8. Serve, or store airtight for up to 3 days.

Makes 32 cookies, or 32 servings

HONEY BREAD ROLLS

Honey Bread Rolls:

INGREDIENTS:

1 1/2 cups water 2 tablespon melted butter

1 1/2 tablespoons honey

1 teaspoon salt

5 cups wholemeal flour

1 teaspoon yeast

METHOD:

For this recipe, use a bread machine to do all the hard work of mixing and kneading. Add water, olive oil, honey and salt to the bread compartment. Add flour and yeast on top of the flour. Always put the yeast in last, because if you are delaying the start time on the bread machine, the yeast can't come into contact with the water until it starts to mix as it will not rise as well.

Let the machine mix the dough on the dough cycle and then take the risen mix out of the machine and cut it up to form round rolls or buns.

Let rise again in a warm place until the required size. Cook in a hot oven 400F degrees (210 C) for 10 to 15 minutes.