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How to Make Oat Flour

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oat flour made from old-fashioned oats

Let’s talk about oat flour! Oat flour is a nutritious whole grain flour that is easy to make out of—you guessed it—oats. Oat flour offers a mildly nutty flavor and a tender crumb. Plus, oat flour is gluten-free if you make it with certified gluten-free oats.

“Can I use oat flour?” is one of the most frequent questions I’m receiving on recipes for baked goods. This question tells me a few things:

  1. You’re having trouble finding traditional flours at stores.
  2. Oat flour is going mainstream.
  3. You’re curious about how oat flour works.

old-fashioned oats for oat flour

So today, I’m sharing how to make oat flour. Plus, I’ll provide guidance on how to substitute oat flour for best results. Oat flour is more suitable for some recipes than others.

You’ll also find recipes that are designed specifically for oat flour, including my all-time favorite waffles. I’ll be sharing more healthy recipes that use this wonderful flour soon!

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Easy Black Bean Tacos

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black bean tacos recipe

Like everyone, I’m craving some adventure and daydreaming future destinations. Mexico City might be my first stop. It’s a vibrant, energetic city with incredible food around every corner. I hopped down there a few summers ago and came back with a list of restaurants to try next someday.

For now, we can make tacos at home. I can’t claim these black tacos are authentic, but they are easy, quick, tasty, and quite versatile. (If you’re looking for truly epic tacos, here they are—but they are a bit more time-consuming and reliant upon fresh produce.)

black bean taco ingredients

I hope these tacos are exactly what you need right now. I’ve provided suggestions on ingredient substitutions and alternate sauce ideas below.

Serve them as-is for an easy dinner, or keep on reading for side dish suggestions!

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Bee’s Knees Cocktail

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The bee's knees is a classic gin cocktail with lemon and honey

When life gives you lemons… make a cocktail. How about that? My friends and I have been sending each other instructional videos on how to make our favorite cocktails for happy hour.

I’ll never be a gin and tonic girl, but I’ve been enjoying gin-based drinks as the weather warms up. Gin plays nicely with citrus and fresh herbs, so it seems just right for this time of year.

bee's knees ingredients

The Bee’s Knees is a classic Prohibition-era cocktail made with gin, lemon and honey. It’s brightly flavored, lightly sweet, and just an overall delightful drink—hence the name.

Enjoy one at home on a nice spring day. It tastes even better on a patio or balcony, if you have one. Cheers!

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50+ Spring Brunch Recipes

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50 vegetarian spring brunch recipes

Kansas City is in full bloom and I feel like I’m living in an Easter basket. I spy shades of light purple, pink and yellow from my window. The neighbors’ daffodils and tulips are so cheerful and hopeful.

Since Easter is right around the corner, I’ve rounded up some fresh, vegetarian brunch options. They’re are all great candidates for weekend meals this spring, so you might want to bookmark this page.

Many of us will be serving fewer people than normal this weekend. Here are a few simple, pantry-friendly options:

Below, you’ll find many more options below (plus vegan options at the end). Gluten-free recipes are denoted GF. Wishing you a happy and delicious weekend!

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Easy No-Bake Granola Bars

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best granola bars recipe

How are you doing? I find myself oscillating between hope and frustration. I look at the news, and promptly crave a distraction. I’ve always hoped that this website serves as a helpful resource. If it provides a ray of sunshine or a healthy escape, even better.

Today, I offer you my go-to recipe for granola bars. These bars are delicious and easy to make with basic pantry ingredients. They can pass as a quick breakfast, and they make a perfect snack.

granola bar ingredients

These granola bars have spared me from some hangry moments lately. They’re satisfying, just sweet enough, and stick with me for a few hours. Granola bars to the rescue!

I’ve finally found some ingredients to work with, so I’ll be back with more recipes soon. Please let me know what you’re looking for, and I’ll try to come up with something good.

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What to Cook This April

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Learn what's in season this month at cookieandkate.com!

Spring is here, the flowers and trees are blooming, and yet there’s a different atmosphere this year. If you’re a healthcare worker or otherwise on the front lines, thank you from the bottom of my heart. We appreciate you so much.

It’s an interesting time to create recipes, since grocery stores aren’t stocked as usual. I’m sharing my usual monthly roundup of seasonal recipes—I hope these ingredients are easier to find, since they’re growing closer to home. You’ll also find links to my own resources and elsewhere below. What can I do to help? Please let me know in the comments.

Resources on Cookie and Kate:

  • Food Storage Tips: Make your food last longer! Plus, find guidance on what to do when you have too much or not enough of a certain ingredient.
  • New Pantry-Friendly Category: Bookmark it (or access it any time from the menu, under the “everyday” section). I’ll be adding more recipes here over the coming weeks.
  • 20 DIY Pantry Recipes: Make your own marinara sauce, hummus, salad dressing and more.
  • 50 Pantry-Friendly Recipes: These are savory, full meals, for the most part. They’re organized by pantry staple/category (pasta, beans, etc.).
  • Printable Pantry Ingredients Checklist: Download this list to help you grocery shop, then keep it handy as you look for recipes that suit what you have on hand.
  • Love Real Food: I designed my cookbook to be flexible with the seasons and easy to cook from. If you have a copy, you’ll find quite a few pantry-friendly recipes in the breakfast, soup, dinner and dessert chapters.

Elsewhere:

  • Marco Polo (free communications app): This app lets you send video “voicemails,” essentially. My friends and I are using this to stay in touch while we’re all apart. Unlike Zoom or Facetime, this app keeps the conversation organized (you can’t accidentally interrupt someone) and you can get up-to-speed on the conversation when it works for you.
  • Scribd (reading app): Scribd is offering free access to their library through April 17th (no credit card required). They have millions of books, audiobooks, sheet music, magazines and more—pretty cool!
  • Second Life (podcast): An interview with Alison Roman, the best-selling cookbook author and NYT Columnist. She talks about her career growth, how she got unstuck, and trying new things.
  • Heirloom Tomato and Pepper Seeds (affiliate link): I fell in love with guindilla peppers in the Basque region of Spain last year and vowed to grow my own. I was so happy to find Sherwood Seeds on Etsy. They sell seeds for tons of fun varieties—my tomatoes and guindillas are sprouting already!
  • Since we’re spending more time at home: 10 Tips to Start Loving Your Home Right Now, What We Love About Our Homes, and A Love Letter to All the Places I Lived Before. If you are not safe at home, the National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). They also have an online chat option on their website: https://www.thehotline.org/help/

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