Chocolate Applesauce Cake

1 1/2 cup sugar
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 cup cocoa
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups applesauce
1 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla

Mix dry in a bowl, then add applesauce, oil and vanilla. Pour into a greased pan (13x9 or equiv). You can halve the recipe and put it into a 9 inch round cake pan.

Bake at 350 35-40 minutes (check sooner if you halve the recipe)

Top with icing (I made a plain vanilla one with some butter, sugar, and milk) or put some pieces of chocolate on top when it comes out of the oven and then spread.

Poppy Seed Cranberry Scones

Spray or butter a baking sheet. Preheat oven to 375.

Dry:
2 cups flour (can do a mix of white and whole wheat)
1/2 cup quick cooking oats (I just used my food processor to chop up some regular oats)
1/2 cup sugar
1 T poppy seeds
1 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1/4 t salt

Then cut in 2 T butter. And add 1/2 cup dried cranberries

Make a hole in your dry ingredients and drop in:
1 egg
1/2 cup pineapple juice

Mix until just mixed and then use floured hands to knead a couple times. Divide into two balls. Flatten each into 6 inch discs. Use a knife or pizza cutter to cut each disc into 8 wedges. Top with cinnamon sugar(optional). Bake 15-20 minutes

Bean Burgers

Straight from Bittman:

Bean Burgers

2 cans white beans x 16oz
1 large onion
3/4 cups rolled oats

Throw those things and salt and pepper into the food processor. Taste; if it’s too dry, add water; too wet, add more rolled oats, a tablespoon at a time.

Cook with lots of olive oil with the burner on 6 with a cover on the skillet and don't try to flip them too early. The burger can be still squishy in the middle when you serve it.

Avocado
Hamburger Buns
Tomato
Cheddar

Throw those things together. Mush the avocado with the burger if the baby is finicky.