Spiced walnuts

Gluten free, dairy free, vegetarian, vegan

Ingredients:

1 Tbsp oil (I used vegetable oil)

2 cups walnuts chopped

3 Tbsp granulated sugar

1/2 salt

1/2 cinnamon

1/4 cayenne

Instructions:

Put oil in pan.

add walnuts and toss/stir them to coat.

Add sugar, salt, cinnamon, & cayenne.

Heat until sugar caramelizes (melts).

Nutrition:

serving size 1 Tbsp

57 calories

5.2g fat

2.2g carbs

1.1g protein

Sweet & Spicy BBQ Sauce

Gluten free, dairy free, vegetarian, vegan

Possible upcoming changes to the recipe:

Remove paprika, use raw jalapeños, use less exotic ingredients (notes on ingredient changes next to current ingredients)

Ingredients:

1 Quart Tomato Sauce

116g pickled jalapeño (roughly 16)

1/2 cup dark brown sugar

1 sweet onion

3 cloves minced garlic

3 dried Thai peppers

1 Tbsp paprika

1 tsp mustard powder

1/2 tsp smoked salt (if you can’t get it try the same amount of salt and liquid smoke)

1 tsp pepper

1 tsp red pepper flakes

1 Tbsp coffee liquor (not Kailua) (if you can’t get it try either instant coffee or brewed coffee and vodka)

Instructions:

Put everything in a pot and boil. Taste and adjust for personal preference.

Take out Thai hot peppers dispose of you are happy w heat. Put back in after next step if you want the heat to keep growing.

Use a stick blender or food processor to blend to your preferred consistency. I don’t like my bbq sauce chunky.

Rough Nutritional Information:

31 calories, 7 carbs, .1g fat, 7g protein