Tapas

Tapas are a wonderful array of your favorite snacks, rosemary and turmeric are powerful spices for supporting memory, mood, and balanced gene expression with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Flaxseeds offer omega-3 fatty acids and fiber, lemon and garlic encourage a healthy immune response, and goat cheese is a great source of protein with a rainbow of vegetables and you’ll have a healthy powerhouse all on one plate.

Rosemary Almond Crackers

1 cup fine almond flour

2 tablespoons ground flaxseeds

2 tablespoons whole flaxseeds

2 tablespoons nutritional yeast

1 tablespoon rosemary, fresh or dried

1 teaspoon garlic powder

⅓ cup filtered water

½ teaspoon flaked sea salt

To make the Rosemary Almond Crackers, preheat your oven to 350 ‘F add the almond four, flaxseeds, nutritional yeast, rosemary, and garlic powder to a mixing bowl. Pour in the water and stir until combined using a spatula. Form the dough into a ball using your hands.

Place the ball on parchment paper and cover with another sheet of parchment paper, press down to flatten. Roll out the dough to about ⅛-inch thickness using a rolling pin.

Remove the top parchment paper layer and score the rolled-out dough with a knife or pizza cutter into your preferred size crackers. Sprinkle with flake salt.

Transfer the parchment paper onto a baking sheet and bake for 15-17 minutes. Keep an eye on them towards the end to avoid the edges burning. Remove from the oven and allow to cool before breaking up into crackers.

Note: The crackers will harden as they cool.

TURMERIC TAHINI DIP

Ingredients

½ cup tahini

2 garlic cloves, chopped finely

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1 ½ teaspoons ground turmeric

1 tablespoon honey (optional)

½ teaspoon Himalayan pink salt

⅓ cup water

Add the tahini, garlic, lemon juice, turmeric, honey, and salt to a bowl.

Slowly pour in the water while whisking everything together until fully combined. Transfer to the refrigerator while preparing the rest of the board.

Goat Cheese Balls

Ingredients

1 (4-ounce) goat cheese log

1 tablespoon Chia seeds

1 tablespoon lemon pepper

1 tablespoon a blend of savory dried herbs like oregano, marjoram or thyme, and toasted earthy spices like cumin and coriander,

Cut the log into 12 slices and roll each slice into a ball with your hands. Place the chia seeds, lemon pepper and favorite savories each in separate bowls. Roll the balls around in the various coatings. Set aside.

Arrange all of the above components on a cutting board or platter and fill in gaps with your preferred additions like: