Welcome and One Love! We are a couple of medical marijuana patients in Washington, the Evergreen state! While he tends the garden, I blog here about cannabis medicine. Sharing knowledge and recipes is my calling.
In the words of Bob Marley, "Let's get together and feel alright!"
Yummmmm! Medicated BBQ Sauce! Why didn't I do this sooner? With the heat of summer cooking in the kitchen can be uncomfortable to say the least. If you're like me you spend a good part of the hot days cooking on the grill. I'm always looking for ways to spruce up my barbeque recipes and this is a double whammy. Homemade BBQ sauce and medicated to boot!
Ingredients:
1 Cup of Kethchup
2 Tablespoons of chive flower vinegar (you can make your own or substitute apple cider vinegar)
1 tsp garlic granules
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp chili powder
1 Tablespoon honey (I used a local buckwheat honey that is perfect for savory applications but you can use whatever kind of honey you prefer)
1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce
2 Tablespoons prepared yellow mustard
1 Tablespoon REAL maple syrup (don't substitute that awful "maple flavor" pancake syrup. It's better to leave this ingredient out all together!)
2 tsp Tapatio hot sauce (It's worth looking for this brand but you can substitute your favorite hot sauce)
1 tsp of fresh ground pepper
1 gram of activated kief
*** Makes approximately 8 ounces
Instructions:
In a medium saucepan add all the ingredients listed and whisk together until well mixed.
Heat to a boil over medium heat. Stir constantly. Do not allow your mixture to heat over 300 degrees or you will begin to degrade your medicine.
Continue heating and stirring until your sauce changes from the bright red color of the ketchup into a deep orange red and begins to thicken.
Bottle or jar up your sauce and store in the refridgerator.
Yep, it's really this easy! Now use your medicated BBQ sauce for a great dipping sauce, on burgers, steaks, chicken or anything else!
I hope you will enjoy this sauce and this route of getting your cannabinoids. Let me know if you have any questions in the comment section below. If you enjoy my recipes and this blog please subscribe and share with friends.
I just love summertime. The organic berries from my garden are ripening and I have bowls full of raspberries every day right now. I've been making jelly, jam and syrup to put up for the winter a pint or 2 at a time as my berry bushes keep yielding. Since we've been in a heat wave here in the Seattle area I decided it was time to do something a little different with my berries. I mean after all just how much jam do we need?
I've also had some requests recently for a medicated recipe featuring a glycerin based cannabis tincture. I thought why not combine 2 great ideas. So here it is..... MMJ Raspberry Sorbet.
What you will need:
A metal or pyrex 9x13" cake pan
wire sieve or cheese cloth to remove the seeds
small saucepan
freezer with room to put your cake pan for about 12 hours
1 Cup Water
1 Cup Sugar
3 Cups fresh raspberries
Juice from 1/2 of a lime
4 doses of glycerin tincture (dosing is variable depending on a patients tolerance and the strength of the tincture itself. If you normally use glycerin tincture for medicating you should have a good idea of what amount works for you as a dose. For this recipe I used 3 squirts of the tincture per serving as we both have fairly high tolerance levels and will be eating this medicine as a nighttime treat. This will be a good amount and allows for a really good nights sleep.)
How to make it:
In your small saucepan combine the sugar and water. Cook over medium heat until all the sugar is dissolved. Allow this to cool to room temperature
Add your fresh raspberries to the cooled sugar water and using a stick blender mix until the raspberries are fully mixed in. **if you don't have a stick blender, pour sugar water and raspberries into a blender and pulse until well mixed
Use your wire sieve or cheesecloth to strain out any of the raspberry seeds. Reserve the liquid and toss the seeds into the trash.
To your reserved liquid add the juice of 1/2 a lime and your 4 doses of glycerin tincture. Mix well.
Pour your liquid into your 9 x 13" cake pan. Place in the freezer for 4-12 hours to allow the sorbet to set up and freeze through. To keep it light run a fork through the freezing mixture every couple of hours.
Once your sorbet is fully frozen it is ready to serve. I like to garnish with a few fresh garden raspberries and some lemon balm leaves like in the picture above. Other good garnishes are chocolate and mint (a perfect match for raspberries), whipped cream, or shortbread cookies. Of course you could always serve on an ice cream cone too!
I hope you will enjoy this fresh and tasty summertime recipe. Let me know how it works out in your cannabis kitchen.
Today I'm sharing my process for making a Cannabis Infused Coconut Oil. The beauty of this medicine is it's versatility. It can be used in creating both tasty edibles and healing topicals.
You will notice that my recipe uses a mixture of buds, sugar leaf trim & fan leaf trim. I have found that using all parts of the plant is the best way to make this. Each part of the plant holds cannabinoids in different concentrations. By using a whole plant mixture (minus stems) it makes a well balanced medicine that is easily processed by the body in both a topical treatment and as an edible.
What you will need:
Steeping the plant matter
Crockpot
RO (reverse osmosis) water, or distilled water
Organic Coconut Oil
Dried and cured medical marijuana buds, sugar leaf trim and fan leaf trim
A french coffee press or other straining device that you can press out the liquid from the material
A large bowl or pot
Latex or nitrile gloves
A gold coffee filter or fine sieve
Here's the recipe for 1 Cup of Coconut oil. You can easily double, triple or whatever you like.
In your crockpot add 1 Cup of organic Coconut Oil. Turn your crock pot on low and allow the oil to melt into a liquid.
Once the coconut oil has melted add 2 ounces of dried plant material. I like to use about 1/3 dried buds, 1/3 dry fan leaf trim, and 1/3 sugar leaf trim. It's not important to make these exact 3rds but it is key that your total dried plant matter is a total of 2 ounces for every cup of coconut oil.
add 5-6 cups of your RO or Distilled water. IMPORTANT: some folks make this without the water and just mix the fat with the plant matter. I do not recommend doing it that way. The water acts as a filter for a large amount of the chlorophyll as well as prevents your mixture from becoming too hot and scalding or cooking off the precious cannabinoids which you are after.
Turn your crock pot on high. Stir your mixture every hour. This will agitate the plant matter in the oil and help to infuse the cannabinoids into the oil.
After 1 hour turn your crock pot onto low or warm and allow this mixture to cook and steep for at least 4 hours but up to 24 hours.
Once you've reached the desired time, turn off your crock pot and allow this mixture to cool down to a temperature you can work with easily without burning yourself.
Using a ladle or large spoon, scoop your mixture into your clean french press coffee maker. Press the mixture to strain out the plant matter and pour the liquid into a large bowl or pot. This may take several pressings depending on the size of your french press. If you are not using a french press you can use a wire sieve to strain out the liquid. Be sure to glove up and squeeze out the liquid by hand.
When you have strained out all of the plant matter cover your bowl or pot (which now contains a mixture of water and oil) and place it into the refrigerator overnight.
Once your liquid has chilled overnight it will have seperated into 2 layers. Remove the hardened coconut oil from the top and drain on a paper towel. Discard the water.
At this point you may notice there are still some fine particles attached to the bottom of your hardened coconut oil. To remove these you will want to remelt the hardened coconut oil in a pot over low heat. Once this is melted back into a liquid strain it through a fine sieve or your gold coffee filter.
Place this liquid back into the refrigerator to solidify.
Now you have a strong coconut oil infusion which can be used in edibles as well as topicals. This mixture will store well in the fridge or freezer.
I like to place 1/4 Cup premeasured amounts into zippered bags and keep it in the freezer. When I'm ready to make a recipe I can just pull out the amount I need and thaw it out and add it to the recipe.
You can use this infused coconut oil straight on your skin as an effective topical treatment or add it into your favorite topical recipes like my THChristi Tub Treats
For edibles, you can easily substitute 1:1 solidified coconut oil for butter, or melted coconut oil for other oils in your favorite recipes. Or try making my 99% Organic Coconut Oatmeal Cookies
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MMMMMM! Today I made these at the request of one of my patients and they turned out so great I wanted to share my recipe with you all. I'm calling them 99% Organic because the chocolate and peanut butter chips are not organic but everything else in the recipe is!
So here's the ingredients you will need to make these tasty treats:
2 3/4 Cup Organic White Flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
3/4 tsp salt
1 Cup of cannabis infused organic cold pressed coconut oil
1 Cup organic cane sugar (the light colored stuff)
1 Cup organic brown cane sugar (the dark stuff)
2 farm fresh organic eggs
1 Cup of organic quick oats
1/4 Cup chocolate chips
1/4 Cup Peanut Butter chips
1/4 Cup shredded organic coconut
Instructions:
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
In a medium mixing bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, oatmeal, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
Put your 1 cup of infused coconut oil in the microwave for 30-60 seconds to melt.
In another mixing bowl blend together eggs and sugars then drizzle in the melted coconut oil. Beat this together until smooth. Then add the dry ingredients from the other mixing bowl a little at a time until you have a well mixed dough.
Now add in the coconut and chocolate/ peanut butter chips and stir them in by hand so as not to break up the chips.
Use about 1 tablespoon to form a nice 2" size cookies. Place the cookies about 2" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Use the back side of a spoon to flatten the dough on your cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
Let the cookies sit on the cookie sheet for about 2 minutes then remove to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
This recipe will make approximately 48 @ 2" medicated cookies.
If you are new to eating medibles start with 1 cookie and wait about 45 minutes to guage the effect of the cookie. If you still have pain then go ahead and have a second cookie. Everyone's tolerance is different.
Happy 420! In celebration of this marijuana movement holiday I made up a batch of these delightful 420 Strawberry Cheesecake Bites. Packed with a double dose of medicated goodness these little treats will surely get your party started!
Here's what you'll need:
1/4 package of cream cheese (2 ounces)
1/4 Cup of Powdered Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
1/2 Cup Graham Cracker Crumbs
9 fresh ripe strawberries
2 teaspoons of cannabis infused coconut oil (or Cannabutter)
1 Cup Milk Chocolate Chips
1/2 teaspoon cannaoil (or Cannabutter
6 chocolate candy melts (these are optional for putting a "lid" on your strawberries
Instructions:
Finely chop 3 of your strawberries. Set aside.
Carefully cut out the stem and core of the other 6 strawberries. Place each berry with the cut side down on a cutting board. Set aside.
In a mixing bowl combine your cream cheese and infused coconut oil. Blend until well mixed.
Drain any liquid that has accumulated on your chopped strawberries and discard.
Add your chopped berries, graham cracker crumbs, vanilla and powdered sugar to your cream cheese/coconut oil mixture and blend well.
Place mixture in fridge for about 15 minutes to set up.
Now fill your cored berries with the cream cheese mixture. The easiest way is with a pastry bag or put filling in a ziplock bag, cut off a small amount from the corner and squeeze the bag to fill the berries.
Return your filled berries to the fridge to chill.
While your berries are chilling out place some wax paper on a plate or sheet pan.
To prepare the chocolate coating you will want to use a microwave safe mug. Add your milk chocolate chips and your cannaoil into this mug.
Microwave this mixture in 30 second intervals stirring between each time until you have a smooth mixture.
Remove your filled berries from the fridge. One at a time dip these into your chocolate coating mixture and place on your waxed paper plate or pan.
**Optionally add 1 candy melt as a lid to your filling on each berry.
Return dipped berries to the fridge and allow to set up for 1/2 hour or longer.
Tinctures are such a versatile way to use medical marijuana. Dispensaries here in Washington State carry various flavors, strengths and strain types to treat a variety of medical issues. Tinctures work in 3 ways in that they can be used under the tongue for fast action, swallowed for an edible effect or even used topically for relief without any psycotropic effect. Tinctures allow for discreet options for patients looking to medicate in public or private. *Please note that under Washington State law 69.51a "it shall be a class 3 civil infraction to use or display medical cannabis in a manner or place which is in open view of the general public" so do so only at your own risk
I use tincture as a base for many of the medical marijuana recipes that I'm planning toshare with you, like my Tincture Teddies so I thought I'd better rewind and give you the basics. So here's my method to make your basic cannabis tincture with alcohol. You'll be surprised at the ease and effectiveness of this medicine.
What you will need:
Everclear or some other high proof alcohol. The higher proof the better to capture the Cannabinoids in your plant material
Dry medical marijuana. For a more well rounded tincture I like to use a mix of ground bud, sugar leaf and fan leaf. This allows you to extract not only THC which is most prevalent in the bud, but also CBD and other Cannabinoids which can be found in higher concentrations in the leaf material. See my notes at the end of the blog for choosing which marijuana strain to use for your tinctures
A resealable glass jar
Labels!
Step 1:
Rough chop your material. Do not grind it too fine or your final tincture will be cloudy. Place the ground marijuana on a cookie sheet in a thin layer and bake in a 250 degree oven for 30 minutes. This will decarboxylate the marijuana activating the medication so that your body can process it. This is the most important step in this recipe. Here's a short video by Dr. Frankel which explains how decarboxylating works on a chemical level and why this step is so important in making edible marijuana medicines.
Step 2:
Once your marijuana has cooled, place your resealable jar. Now add enough of the alcohol to cover your plant matter. Seal the jar and label with strain name, today's date and any other information about your stain. Place sealed jar in a dark warm place for 1 month. I store mine in the back of the cupboard above my stove.
Step 3:
Wait. This is the hardest part, but trust me it will be well worth it! I like to check on my tincture once a week and give it a little shake. If you are in great need, you can sample the tincture at 2 weeks, but allowing it to go the full month in a dry warm cupboard allows for the fullest extraction and the most potency.
Step 4:
Remove the tincture from the cupboard and strain out the plant material. I pour mine through one of those gold reusable coffee filters. Put the liquid tincture back into a resealable jar and store in a dark cupboard, fridge or freezer. I keep one in the freezer for making cold drinks and another in the cupboard.
Step 5:
Sample your product to determine your dosing. Each and every tincture you make will be different depending on the marijuana used to make it. This is why it is so important to label your tincture with the strain information. I don't know about you, but after 1 month I'm not going to remember the qualities of the marijuana I put in the jar.
Sub-lingual use: To determine your dosing for sub-lingual, start with a 1/4-1/2 teaspoon. Hold it under your tongue and allow it to absorb. You should feel the full effect within 5-10 minutes. this will be pretty hot in your mouth.You may want to add a flavoring agent. I find that mint and cinnamon essential oils work well to make it more palatable.
Edible use: To determine your best dosing for using your tincture as an edible medication occasional users should start with 1 teaspoon of tincture and regular users and those with higher tolerances will want to start with aobut 1 Tablespoon. You can drink this plain or add it to the beverage of your choosing. You should start to feel the full effect of this medication in about 30-45 minutes and the medicating effect lasts for hours for most people. Note the effects and adjust your dosing as neccessary.
Notes on choosing marijuana strains for your tincture:
When choosing which strain marijuana to use for your tincture you will want to consider the overall effect and medical qualities of the marijuana. If you have a particular strain that you like to smoke or vaporize you'll notice the same kind of medicating qualities in a tincture made from that strain.
Using an indica dominant strain will make a stonier final product (think: evening relaxation, couch-lock, nap, pain relief, anxiety relief, muscle relaxation, movie night, and overall stoniness).
Using a sativa dominant strain will make a more energetic tincture (think: active schedule, upbeat, energetic, motivated, productive, pain relief, depression relief, mood elevation, social time and an overall feeling of highness).
You may like to have couple of tinctures on hand so you can use whichever one is most compatible with your symptoms and schedule.
When I'm fighting pain and anxiety I use the indica tincture as I've found that for me the energetic sativa can increase my anxiety levels. When I'm fighting pain with depression or a busy schedule and long to do list I like to use the sativa tincture. It allows me to stay motivated while relieving my pain. You'll need to experiment and determine what works best for your body chemistry and individual likes and needs.
My OG Kush Tincture
Notes on how to use your tincture:
Like I said at the beginning, tinctures are so versatile Here are just a few ways to administer your tincture medication.
Place tincture in a medicine dropper bottle. When needed simply drop under tongue and allow to absorb
Add tincture to ANY beverage. Use it in your morning coffee, your juice, water, tea, hot chocolate, cocktail, or whatever
Take your tincture straight by the spoonful
Add tincture to recipes to make an easy medible
Add tincture to dressings & sauces
Place flavored tincture in a micro spray bottle & use like a breath spray
Use tincture topically for pain, inflammation and skin irritations
Add tincture to your favorite lotions for an instant topical medication
Add honey to make a medicated syrup that can be taken like cough syrup
Use tincture to make my Tincture Teddies & stay tuned to You Me & MaryJane or subscribe by email at the top of this page for more medical marijuana recipes to come.
Hope you will find this tincture tutorial useful and helpful for treating yourself.
Yummmmm! Medicated BBQ Sauce! Why didn't I do this sooner? With the heat of summer cooking in the kitchen can be uncomfortable to say the least. If you're like me you spend a good part of the hot days cooking on the grill. I'm always looking for ways to spruce up my barbeque recipes and this is a double whammy. Homemade BBQ sauce and medicated to boot!
