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		<title>Packing a gluten-free Vegetarian Toddler Nut-free Lunchbox: Roasted Chickpeas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we started Kira at her new preschool, we found that it was a nut-free facility. One of my favorite things about the place was that parents provided their own healthy lunches and snack supplements. But I started running out of ideas for things to send to school with Kira. She could only have fruit, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/roastedchick.jpg"><img src="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/roastedchick.jpg" alt="" title="roastedchick" width="500" height="332" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8634" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/chickpeas.jpg"><img src="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/chickpeas-199x300.jpg" alt="" title="chickpeas" width="199" height="300" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-8633" /></a>When we started Kira at her new preschool, we found that it was a nut-free facility. One of my favorite things about the place was that parents provided their own healthy lunches and snack supplements. But I started running out of ideas for things to send to school with Kira. She could only have fruit, crackers, pretzels, and snap peas so many times before it got old. One day I was somehow reminded of a recipe that appeared on many blogger&#8217;s pages some time back for roasted crunchy chickpeas. They were a high-protein, nutritious snack that didn&#8217;t need to be refrigerated, and it occurred to me that they might be perfect for her nut-free lunchbox. That morning I roasted up a batch and offered them to Toddler Yum. To my delight, she scarfed them down and loved the crunchiness of them. &#8220;Crunchy Chickpeas! I want more crunchy chickpeas,&#8221; she exclaimed, gobbling them up. I stole some of the batch and had to admit that they were indeed a tasty snack. More than a dozen batches later, they&#8217;ve become a household favorite with everyone from my carnivorous dad, low-carb mother, nutritional yeast fan DH and needless to say, me and toddler yum.<br />
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I know it has been a little while since I posted. The reason is that we&#8217;ve been quite sick with a cold that just wouldn&#8217;t quit. Toddler Yum&#8217;s cold turned into ear infections, and mine (as well as my mother&#8217;s) turned into pneumonia. So, I write this reclining on the couch, with the dear senior cat ra snoring and purring on my ankle and Downton Abbey playing on the television.  The DH has been cooking soups for me all day, and roasting vegetables, and roasting chickpeas, and baking gluten-free french bread and brownies. Do I know how to pick them or what!</p>
<p> <strong>Stay tuned for any delicious recipes he comes up with&#8230; and the next sign up for Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger in early February.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Here&#8217;s me and my girl today, post chickpea scarfing. </strong><br />
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		Toddler or Mama&#8217;s Lunchbox Roasted Chickpeas
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1 can chickpeas, drained<br />2 tsp olive or grapeseed oil<br />herb blend (I prefer bouquet garni or herbes de provence)<br />herbamare or other mild herbal salt blend (salt-free is ok)<br />smoked paprika<br />1 tsp. nutritional yeast
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Preheat oven to 400f. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Drain chickpea in a strainer. You may rinse if you wish to get rid of some of the salt. Put in a bowl lined with a cloth towel. Pat the chickpeas dry and rub off any translucent skins that come off easily. Turn the towel wrapped chickpeas upside down into the bowl, removing the towel. Drizzle your oil over the chickpeas and evenly distribute over the chickpeas. Pour the chickpeas onto the baking sheet in a single layer and sprinkle with your herb blend, herbamare, smoked paprika, and then nutritional yeast. Roast for 30-40 minutes. If you like them extra crunchy, but don&#8217;t want to run the risk of burning them, you can turn off the oven and keep the chickpeas in the oven until they have reached a desired level of crunchiness.
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Toddler Yum loves this recipe!
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<p><strong>Here are some of my friend&#8217;s recipes:</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.thewholegang.org/2010/09/roasted-chickpeas-recipe/" target="_blank">Diane&#8217;s Roasted Chickpeas</a><br />
<a href="http://glutenfreeeasily.com/roasted-chickpeas-garbanzos/" target="_blank">Shirley&#8217;s Roasted Chickpeas</a><br />
<a href="http://steamykitchen.com/10725-crispy-roasted-chickpeas-garbanzo-beans.html" target="_blank">Jaden&#8217;s Roasted Chickpeas</a></p>
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		<title>Gluten-free Dairy-free Wholegrain Indian Naan Flatbread Recipe</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past month has been intense. *Warning- I&#8217;m afraid the following is a bit of a &#8220;Mommy blog&#8221; entry, so feel free to skip to the end for this really super-yummy recipe.* I have to admit that for a few weeks, Mommy stress dominated my life.  In order to get some much-needed time to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/gfnaan2.jpg"><img src="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/gfnaan2.jpg" alt="" title="gfnaan2" width="299" height="450" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-8529" /></a>This past month has been intense. *Warning- I&#8217;m afraid the following is a bit of a &#8220;Mommy blog&#8221; entry, so feel free to skip to the end for this really super-yummy recipe.* I have to admit that for a few weeks, Mommy stress dominated my life.  In order to get some much-needed time to work on my dissertation, we started Toddler Yum at a daycare. Almost instantly, she came down with a tummy bug that dragged on for about a month, through missed days at daycare, Christmas at the grandparents in Colorado, and even into the New Year. Toddler Yum also discovered that she absolutely hated her daycare, especially during the two and a half hour nap time at mid-day when she was not remotely tired. Separation anxiety loomed large and resulted in her following me around like a puppy dog, clinging to my hand or neck or any other body part she could reach, and her biggest dread was being &#8220;by myself&#8221; as she put it. &#8220;I be by myself? Mommy go bye-bye?&#8221; she anxiously asked whenever it seemed likely. She cried when I left her at daycare, she cried when I left her with her loving grandparents (who were a little heartbroken), she cried when she woke up, when I walked out of the room&#8230; It just wasn&#8217;t working. She asked about nap-time at the daycare over and over,  saying that she wanted mommy to be there and that she hated nap-time because it was boring, and dark, and she had to be quiet. I could hardly blame her. I remember nap-time in kindergarten myself as a incredibly tedious and ill-timed affair. So, the first step was to stop taking her during nap-time. This helped, but it still didn&#8217;t feel right. The kids ate cookies every afternoon&#8230; one afternoon their &#8220;special snack&#8221; was oreos and cheetos on a plate together. The institutional hot meals all the kids got for lunch smelled like fake margarine and a bad cafeteria, and the kids seemed like little lost puppies. So, I promised Toddler Yum to start looking for a new place that would be better for her, and once the schools resumed after the New Year holiday, that is exactly what we did. We visited between one to two schools a day until we found a place where she could attend in the afternoon after nap and had plenty of fun toys, the teachers did circle time and gave fun lessons, there were &#8220;baby potties&#8221; in easy access to the classroom, and even &#8220;baby cars&#8221; to ride around in the outside playground. Toddler Yum will start on Monday. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670061980/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=boofyu-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0670061980"><img border="0" src="http://ws.assoc-amazon.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&#038;Format=_SL160_&#038;ASIN=0670061980&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ID=AsinImage&#038;WS=1&#038;tag=boofyu-20&#038;ServiceVersion=20070822" align="right" ></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boofyu-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0670061980" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />And in the meantime, we&#8217;ve been reading Toddler Yum&#8217;s favorite new book, &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670061980/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=boofyu-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0670061980">Llama Llama Misses Mama</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boofyu-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0670061980" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />&#8221; all about Llama Llama&#8217;s trials and tribulations on his first day at a new school missing mama. We&#8217;ve been stressing the part where &#8220;Llama Mama comes back&#8221; and I think that is helping as well. For her last day at her old school, I tried something I&#8217;d read about in the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071596909/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=boofyu-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0071596909">The No-Cry Separation Anxiety Solution book by Elizabeth Pantley</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boofyu-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0071596909" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />- I drew &#8220;my&#8221; face on Toddler Yum&#8217;s hand and told her that if she got lonely or missed her Mommy, all she had to do was look at her &#8220;mini mama&#8221; on her hand and remember that her mama loves her and will come back to get her. It really seemed to help. </p>
<p>So- with a bit of our life squared away, hopefully I&#8217;ll be able to get some serious work done on my dissertation and even find time to develop new recipes here. You may have seen my old recipe for <a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/gluten-free-indian-wholegrain-naan-flatbread-recipe-2049.html" target="_blank">A gluten-free wholegrain Indian Naan</a>. It called for yogurt, greek yogurt specifically (European yogurt is too runny). But this wouldn&#8217;t work for anyone on a gluten-free, dairy-free diet, and my little dairy-free Toddler Yum couldn&#8217;t have it either. I thought it would be interesting to play with the flour blend more, and to try using coconut cream instead of yogurt. To supplement the coconut milk, I used the new <a href="http://www.pacificfoods.com/our-foods/nut-grain-beverages" target="_blank">Pacific original hazelnut milk</a> which they sent me to review. (Toddler Yum is a big fan of the stuff, and I don&#8217;t mind it even though I don&#8217;t generally care for hazelnuts.) To my delight, it worked perfectly and might even be better than the original! It went beautifully with some of my favorite <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kvWAy7ktrI" target="_blank">toor dal</a> (I use peanut oil, coconut oil, or mustard oil instead of ghee to make the Ghee Tarka variation). These naan can also be sliced in half and filled with whatever filling you like. This makes a small but filling recipe that is hardly more difficult than pancakes and a lot more interesting! *Note: because I have an annoying gas oven, it is hard to estimate how long it would take on an electric oven. Start with the given time and then, if it isn&#8217;t done enough, extend (non broiler) baking time in five minute increments.</p>
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		Gluten-free Dairy Free Wholegrain Coconut Naan
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1/2 Cup Brown rice flour<br />1/2 cup sorghum flour<br />1/2 cup tapioca starch<br />1/2 cup sweet rice flour<br />3 tbsp. amaranth flour<br />1 teaspoon xanthan gum<br />1/2 teaspoon salt<br />1 teaspoon gluten free baking powder</p>
<p>2 teaspoons sugar<br />2 teaspoons dried active yeast<br />1 can full-fat coconut milk WITHOUT thickeners like Chaokoh (chilled but NOT shaken) <br />1/2 cup hazelnut or other non-dairy milk<br />1 egg, whisked
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Prepare a large baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper. Preheat oven to 500F.</p>
<p>Combine dry ingredient in a medium-large bowl from brown rice flour through baking powder, and whisk to combine.</p>
<p>Collect the coconut CREAM that has risen to the top of the chilled coconut milk can first in a liquid measuring cup. I use a large spoon but you may also have good luck with a small spatula. For the last bit I poured the milk through a fine strainer and collected the cream remained on top of the strainer. I had about 3/4 cup coconut cream in my can. Combine thin coconut milk with hazelnut milk or other non dairy milk to have a cup of liquid. Warm the thin liquid in a microwave until barely warm. If you heat it so that it is hot rather than warm, just let it sit until lukewarm. Whisk sugar into your warm dairy-free milk and then add your yeast. When it foams, pour into your bowl with the dry ingredients. Then add your coconut cream and whisked egg and fold together. You should have a fairly thick batter that is not runny but not firm enough to pick up with your hands.</p>
<p>Spoon out large rounds of dough onto your parchment paper about 4 inches in diameter and 1/2 inch high. (Or smaller, to your preference. Larger may be difficult to manage.) Smooth out top with a large spoon. If you like you can dampen your hands with water and make the tops really silky and smooth. </p>
<p>Bake in the oven on 500F until golden brown. In my rather freakish gas oven, it took about 15 minutes but yours may take less time so watch carefully. Then I finished them off under the broiler for a little extra browning. Watch them like a hawk during this step! Golden brown is one thing and char-grilled is quite another.
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These were amazingly soft and fluffy. The coconut flavor was nice and subtle without overpowering the recipe, and I was surprised by how nice the touch of amaranth was for making them taste whole-grain. Yummy with toor dal!!!
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Halloween. I&#8217;ve always loved the holiday. As a kid I have happy memories of making my own costumes with my mother, and so it has been important to me to continue this tradition with baby Yum. I made her a ladybug costume last year, and this year I&#8217;m making her a girl robot costume. This [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/butterfinger14.jpg"><img src="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/butterfinger14.jpg" alt="" title="butterfinger14" width="299" height="450" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-8097" /></a>Halloween. I&#8217;ve always loved the holiday. As a kid I have happy memories of making my own costumes with my mother, and so it has been important to me to continue this tradition with baby Yum. I made her a <A href="http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/happy-halloween-from-the-yum-household-5450.html" target="_blank">ladybug costume last year</a>, and this year I&#8217;m making her a girl robot costume. This two year old girl loves twirly skirts, robots, and space shuttles too, and I love that she loves these things. Who says you can&#8217;t have tonka trucks and tulle skirts too? Nobody in our house! But the other big thing about halloween is the candy, right? I was never allowed to have candy as a child, partly due to gluten and partly because of the sugar.  I would go trick-or-treating, but would give back the candy or give it to my mother, and it wasn&#8217;t a big deal. Now that I have my own child and she is becoming more aware of the various traditions associated with holidays, I&#8217;ve realized I&#8217;m going to have to find my own way with the candy issue. Toddler Yum sometimes has small amounts of sugar- usually combined with healthy things, so it isn&#8217;t barred from our house, but have you read the labels on those candy labels? I&#8217;ve always been a fan of peanut chocolates like Reese&#8217;s or Butterfinger. Since I had a box of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001E5E3EO/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=boofyu-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399369&#038;creativeASIN=B001E5E3EO">Erewhon Unsweetened Corn Flakes Cereal</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boofyu-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B001E5E3EO&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399369" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> on my kitchen island waiting to be used that I received courtesy of Erewhon representative <a href="http://www.godairyfree.org/Alisa-s-Blog/Alisa-s-Milk-Free-Blog/" target="_blank">Alisa Fleming of Go Dairy Free</a>, and I had made an allergen-friendly Reese&#8217;s cup in a previous post, I was most interested in the Butterfinger.</p>
<p><em>Here are the ingredients for your average Butterfinger:</em><br />
SUGAR, GLUCOSE, PEANUTS, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, COCOA POWDER, MODIFIED MILK INGREDIENTS, MOLASSES, CORN FLAKES, SALT, SOYA LECITHIN, CORN STARCH, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOUR, TBHQ, CITRIC ACID, COLOUR. </p>
<p>Actually, I&#8217;ve read worse, but it just doesn&#8217;t sound very good or good for you. And how about that TBHQ? Yum!<br />
So I decided it was time to re-think the Butterfinger. At its most basic, this bar is all about the sweet, sweet peanut filling, crispy corn flakes and chocolate shell. One peanut treat that we love and often eat in our house is the peanut butter lara bar, which is simply peanuts, dates, and a little salt. So I thought, why not make a homemade Lara Bar, give it a corn flake center for crunch, and dip or drizzle it in chocolate?</p>
<p>So that is exactly what I did. </p>
<p><strong>How to make Gluten-free Dairy-free and Soy-free Homemade Butterfingers:</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/howtobutterfingersm.jpg"><img src="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/howtobutterfingersm.jpg" alt="" title="howtobutterfingersm" width="500" height="375" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8098" /></a></p>
<p>You&#8217;ve seen the toddler-friendly version at the top of the post, pictured with Toddler Yum&#8217;s Jack O&#8217;Lantern. Here is the sexy adult version, which I took to a pumpkin carving party.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/butterfinger3.jpg"><img src="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/butterfinger3.jpg" alt="" title="butterfinger3" width="299" height="450" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-8090" /></a><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&#038;bc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;npa=1&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;fc1=000000&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;t=boofyu-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;m=amazon&#038;f=ifr&#038;ref=tf_til&#038;asins=B001E5E3EO" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" align="right"></iframe>It might be me, but I think it looks (and tastes) better than the packaged version! The <A href="http://www.attunefoods.com/products/Erewhon-Gluten-Free" target="_blank">Erewhon</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001E5E3EO/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=boofyu-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399369&#038;creativeASIN=B001E5E3EO">Corn Flakes</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boofyu-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B001E5E3EO&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399369" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />were perfect for this because the only ingredients were corn and a little salt. They were a tad plain all by themselves, but in a recipe like this where they are surrounded by healthy sweet ingredients, they are perfect! I&#8217;d buy them again, just for this recipe or to use in a savory breading recipe. This recipe was awesome, though, and I love how easy it is to adapt to various food sensitivities. If you need dairy-free but Soy Lecithin is ok and trace amounts of milk are ok, try the Trader Joe chocolate chips, which I used this time. If you need completely dairy-free and soy-free, use the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HDJZWO/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=boofyu-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399369&#038;creativeASIN=B000HDJZWO">Enjoy Life Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=boofyu-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B000HDJZWO&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399369" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> for your coating. If you prefer a really dark (70% cacao) type chocolate, use that. Want it strictly vegan with vegan sugar? Use a vegan chocolate bar. I think it will be delicious every way! Do store it in the refrigerator before eating, though, as the chocolates without soy lecithin are delicate and the bar will stay solid and easy to eat that way.<br />
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<p>Here&#8217;s some fun pics from the Halloween party&#8230;<br />
<a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/party1.jpg"><img src="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/party1.jpg" alt="" title="party1" width="500" height="375" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8107" /></a><br />
It was Toddler yum&#8217;s first experience carving a pumpkin, or rather, scooping out the pumpkin. Daddy helped, and gave the pumpkin little vampire teeth. Toddler Yum loved it, and even said &#8220;Vampire! vampire!&#8221; Oh dear, the things they pick up. And yes, there were other people at this party, including a wonderful gluten-free hostess that you might know from her blog that made wonderful sweet potato corn chowder and homemade mounds bars (yum!) I&#8217;m so lucky to know many of the gluten-free chefs around, and to be able to welcome this new gluten-free friend to our neighborhood.</p>
<p>Happy Halloween! I hope you have a wonderful holiday with your family, with plenty of treats that work for everybody&#8217;s tummy.</p>
<p><strong>Looking for more gluten-free homemade treats?</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/valentines-day-allergen-free-sunflower-seed-un-peanut-butter-cups-4596.html" target="_blank">Sunflower-seed Un-peanut Butter Cups</a><br />
<a href="http://www.elanaspantry.com/healthier-halloween-candy/" target="_blank">Elana&#8217;s Pantry Healthy Halloween Candy Recipes</a><br />
<a href="http://thehealthyadvocate.com/2011/10/26/healthy-halloween-part-two-homemade-twix-bars-dairy-free-sugar-free-gluten-free/" target="_blank">Homemade Gluten-free Twix Bar Recipe</a><br />
<a href="http://andloveittoo.com/vegan-nutty-butter-easter-candy/" target="_blank">Nutty Vegan Butter Easter Candy</a><br />
<a href="http://www.nourishingmeals.com/2011/10/homemade-halloween-candy.html" target="_blank">Ali&#8217;s homemade maple-sunbutter candor (like tootsie rolls)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.nourishingmeals.com/2010/03/chocolate-macadamia-nut-clusters.html" target="_blank">Ali&#8217;s Chocolate Macadamia Nut Clusters</a><br />
<a href="http://www.thenourishinggourmet.com/2010/12/healthier-candy-for-christmas-cheer-many-gluten-and-grain-free-all-refined-sugar-free.html" target="_blank">Nourishing Gourmet&#8217;s Healthier Candy Recipes</a><br />
<a href="http://www.thespunkycoconut.com/2010/04/raw-chocolate-raspberry-candy-refined.html" target="_blank">Kelly&#8217;s Raw Chocolate Raspberry Candy- refined sugar and other allergens free</a><br />
<a href="http://www.elanaspantry.com/peppermint-patties/" target="_blank">Elana&#8217;s Peppermint Patties sweetened with Agave</a></p>
<p>Share your favorite gluten-free candy recipes in the links and I&#8217;ll add them to the list!</p>
<p>PS I was so excited about this candy recipe I decided to postpone the conclusion to pumpkin week until at least Monday&#8230; Sorry guys, but I wanted to make sure people had this recipe in time for the holidays!</p>
<p>Shared with <A href="http://simplysugarandglutenfree.com/slightly-indulgent-tuesday-110111/" target="_blank">Slightly Indulgent Tuesday</a>, <a href="http://messhalltobistro.blogspot.com/2011/10/made-from-scratch-tuesday-111.html" target="_blank">Made from Scratch Tuesday</a></p>
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		Healthy Dairy-free Soy-free Butterfinger Recipe
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Layer 1:<br />1 scant cup pitted Medjool dates (or regular)<br />1 cup roasted unsalted peanuts<br />2 tbsp. smooth natural peanut butter<br />1/4 tsp. salt<br />1/8 tsp. nutmeg (optional)<br />Layer 2:<br />1 scant cup pitted Medjool dates (or regular)<br />1 cup roasted unsalted peanuts (can substitute almonds)<br />2 tbsp. smooth natural peanut butter<br />1/4 tsp. salt<br />1/8 tsp. nutmeg (optional)</p>
<p>enough Erewhon plain corn flakes to cover surface area of a quart bag</p>
<p>Additional smooth natural peanut butter (optional)<br />1/2 to 3/4 lb of soy-free semi-sweet or dark chocolate for melting<br />1-2 tsp. coconut oil as needed
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Get out two freezer-safe quart bags and reserve.<br />Layer One:<br />Put your scant cup of PITTED dates in your food processor and process until you have a smooth paste. Add your peanuts and process until mixture comes together when you press it but there are still chunks of peanut left. Add peanut butter, salt and optional nutmeg and pulse them in until mixed throughout. Remove from food processor with a spatula and put in one quart bag, pressing the air out and sealing it. Then flatten the mixture in your bag until you have a flat sheet of peanut dough. Place in refrigerator on an even, flat surface and chill. <br />Layer Two:<br />Repeat with the second batch of PITTED dates and peanuts. You will fill your second quart sized freezer bag. Chill along with the other layer for 30 minutes or so.</p>
<p>Just before you are ready to take the peanut dough out of the refrigerator, put your semi-sweet chocolate in a microwave safe bowl and heat on half power in 30 second intervals, checking after each interval and stirring as needed. When chocolate is almost completely melted, stir until chocolate is smooth and reserve. I found I needed to add coconut oil to have a thin enough chocolate for dipping. Just add your oil and stir in gently. </p>
<p>To prepare peanut bar for dipping, cut sides of freezer bags and peel off the top of the bag on layer one. sprinkle layer one with plain corn flakes. Peel the top of the bag from layer two and careful invert it on top of the corn flakes so you have a peanut bar &#8220;sandwich&#8221; with corn flakes as the filling. Gently press the layers together, remove the final layer of plastic on top and then cut the peanut bar &#8220;sandwich&#8221; in 7 logs horizontally and then cut half down the center vertically. If you are preparing this for a toddler, you can make two more vertical cuts for mini butterfinger bites.</p>
<p>Prepare a large cookie baking sheet with a layer of wax paper and place a cooling rack on top. Place each bar on the cooling rack with space around each bar so that you can drizzle chocolate down the sides. </p>
<p>Prepare each bar by putting a generous dab of peanut butter between the layers to stick them together OR a dab of melted chocolate and pressing then firmly together on the top. Don&#8217;t worry if they don&#8217;t seem very firmly attached. Once they cool they will firm up and stick together.</p>
<p>For adults who like a fair amount of chocolate, you can drizzle chocolate over the top and sides of the bar, using a knife to evenly distribute it. For toddlers, kids, or healthy-minded adults you can drizzle strands of chocolate on the top for a little taste of chocolate.</p>
<p>Place the tray in the refrigerator and chill for 30 minutes to an hour, or until chocolate has set. Remove bars from tray with a metal spatula and put in a tupperware. Store in refrigerator until ready to serve.
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Got rave reviews from adults who couldn&#8217;t believe how such natural ingredients could taste like the real thing and have the real mouth feel. :D I raved, too.
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		<title>Gluten-free Vegan Slow-Roasted Baby Tomato White Bean Salad Recipe</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here at the House of Yum we have gone from being the House of Pattypan to the House of Tomatoes! Yes, at last my precious darlings have come &#8220;on&#8221; and tomatoes have been ripening like nobody&#8217;s business. I have been obsessed with organic heirloom tomatoes ever since I first discovered Cynthia&#8217;s amazing Love Apple Farm [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/beansalad.jpg"><img src="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/beansalad.jpg" alt="" title="beansalad" width="299" height="450" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-7659" /></a>Here at the House of Yum we have gone from being the House of Pattypan to the House of Tomatoes! Yes, at last my precious darlings have come &#8220;on&#8221; and tomatoes have been ripening like nobody&#8217;s business. I have been obsessed with organic heirloom tomatoes ever since I first discovered <a href="http://loveapplefarm.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Cynthia&#8217;s amazing Love Apple Farm</a> and the gorgeous varieties she sells and teaches people how to grow. I never knew tomatoes could be so beautiful and interesting before I came to live in California. Of course, now heirloom tomatoes are at every farmer&#8217;s market and even available at chain grocery stores like Safeway, but  that certainly wasn&#8217;t the case when I was a child or even a young adult. Anyway, I&#8217;d never had a chance to grow them properly until we got our first house, although I gave it a valiant try on a few sunny balconies. Those balcony tomatoes grew pretty well, actually, when I followed my tomato guru,Cynthia, and her instructions properly and babied them along. They grew like mutant tomato weeds, actually, and reached high above my head to grab onto our apartment roof- go tomatoes, go! But once we got our house and its front and back yards with real dirt (yes, we bought the house for the yards&#8230; and the kitchen) we were ready to take tomato growing seriously.  <a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/concretewireDH.jpg"><img src="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/concretewireDH-199x300.jpg" alt="" title="concretewireDH" width="199" height="300" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-7667" /></a>Cynthia advises her students that those wimpy tomato cages you find at the nursery and discount store are not remotely adequate for supporting a truly healthy, happy heirloom tomato. She has us plant the tomato quite deep in the ground to let it develop a massive root structure, and when you do this, the tomato plant tends to grow up-up-up as well as down. We&#8217;re talking 10 feet plants or taller here, folks. So you need a REAL tomato cage. Cynthia&#8217;s preference for tomato cages is in cement reinforcing wire. What? Yes, you heard me. But guess what? If you want the real stuff that is 10 feet high (and we did) in our area, we had to buy 200 feet of the stuff. *gulp* Do you have any idea how heavy that is? We found out when we stuffed it into our amazing transformer-car, the YUM Fit, by pushing down every seat possible to make a flat platform for the stuff. <a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DHwire.jpg"><img src="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DHwire-150x150.jpg" alt="" title="DHwire" width="150" height="150" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-7668" /></a>Our car suspension gulped and rocked a bit, let me tell you. Oh, and that stuff isn&#8217;t cheap either. What can I say, this tomato growing thing is an obsession. Hopefully we will be able to use it over the years&#8230; and maybe open our shed to sell the stuff to our neighbors in an illicit tomato support operation. So we dutifully assembled our tomato cages, which required gloves and wire cutters. I felt pretty cool, chopping through concrete reinforcing wire like butter with my snippers. The DH looked pretty hot, too, in his workman&#8217;s gloves and outdoorsy Colorado-native apparel.<br />
<a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/heirlooms.jpg"><img src="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/heirlooms-199x300.jpg" alt="" title="heirlooms" width="199" height="300" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-7661" /></a>But most of all, it was about the tomatoes. Ah the things we do for love. So fast-forward a slow, cool summer. My tomatoes grew, but waiting for them to ripen in this unseasonably cool summer was agony. And then- the first marmanade turned red. And next&#8230; the hippie zebra coughed up a representative. And all of a sudden, we were swimming in tomatoes.<br />
I took up canning for the first time in my life, and canned some beautiful jars of heirlooms in their own juices.<br />
<a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cannedheirlooms.jpg"><img src="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cannedheirlooms.jpg" alt="" title="cannedheirlooms" width="450" height="299" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7671" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/todyumtomato.jpg"><img src="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/todyumtomato.jpg" alt="" title="todyumtomato" width="299" height="450" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-7676" /></a>Besides the medium and large tomatoes (Japanese Oxheart, Russian 117, Hippie Zebra, Costralee, Berkeley Tie Dye, Marmande, Costoluto, and the gorgeous Grandma Josie) we also planted two baby tomato plants- the Black Cherry and Yellow Pear. To my delight, Toddler Yum is enamoured of the Yellow Pear and loves to pick them off the vine one by one and pop them in her mouth. She doesn&#8217;t discriminate between yellow and green, so unless I want her to eat the green, puckery ones, I have to help guide her in the harvest. Yesterday I watched a toddler dance where she would pick one (with Mommy&#8217;s help), run back to the stoop, sit down and shove the juicy  tomato into her mouth until her cheeks were puffed out like a squirrel, and then get up to pick another one. Rinse, repeat.<br />
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Much as I love these baby tomatoes fresh, one can only eat so many before you start to feel like you are turning into a tomato. In previous years, I&#8217;d tried slow-roasting tomatoes and was impressed by the quality of flavor and how this savory fruit transforms into a sweet, caramelized bite of heaven on slow-roasting. So with all these adorable baby darlings, I had to try slow roasting them. I found <a href="http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/08/slow-roasted-tomatoes/" target="_blank">Smitten Kitchen&#8217;s recipe for slow-roasted tomatoes</a> and tried my own variation. I could eat these babies like candy. In fact, I&#8217;d rather have them than candy. The only down-side is that this will tie up your oven for hours, and warm the house up a bit. But, I&#8217;m happy to suffer a little for the reward of these sweet little treats. I like to combine two mini-tomato varieties so you get the color contrast. Beautiful!<br />
<a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/roastedtomatoes.jpg"><img src="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/roastedtomatoes.jpg" alt="" title="roastedtomatoes" width="299" height="450" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-7673" /></a>I could eat them plain by the bowlful, but I was intrigued by Deb&#8217;s casual comment about using these tomatoes in a white bean salad with fresh basil. YES! I thought, and pulled out a can of white beans post-haste. But I couldn&#8217;t just stop there. Inspired by our upcoming planned trip to Israel, I wanted to put a bit of a middle-eastern slant on things. I had a lovely bottle of lime olive oil and a new herb blend called sabzi (intended for use in <a href="http://javanehskitchen.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/koofteh-or-meatballs/" target="_blank">koofteh a.k.a. meatballs</a>) that I&#8217;ve been obsessed putting on everything EXCEPT meat, and I thought they would add a lovely touch to the recipe. I&#8217;ve also been obsessed with my <A href="http://www.amazon.com/Herbamare-Original-500g-1-1LB-Brand/dp/B0002DU87K/ref=as_li_wdgt_fl_ex?&#038;camp=212361&#038;creative=383961&#038;linkCode=waf&#038;tag=wwwglutenfr0d-20" target="_blank">herbamare salt blend</a>, thanks to <a href="http://www.nourishingmeals.com/" target="_blank">Ali of Whole Life Nutrition Kitchen</a> and our friend <A href="http://www.thespunkycoconut.com/" target="_blank">Kelly of Spunky Coconut</a>. I mixed it all together, thought it needed a touch of color and sprinkled a little paprika. Whalah, a beautiful and healthy salad with all the addicting qualities of slow-roasted tomatoes but with protein to boot. Nice. The DH and I gobbled it up and wanted more. If only I had more white beans! Time to stock up. I&#8217;ve made 3 or 4 batches of these slow roasted tomatoes and am planning on freezing some so I can enjoy this taste of summer in the heart of winter when the ae nemic tomatoes in the supermarket make me want to cry. Besides being wonderful in this salad, they are great on pasta, on gluten-free focaccia, on crackers, and I bet as Deb suggests they would be divine on gluten-free bagels with cream cheese. Who needs lox when you have slow-roasted tomatoes?</p>
<p>-I shared this recipe with <a href="http://www.realsustenance.com/seasonal-sunday-08-28-11/" target="_blank">Seasonal Sunday</a> and <a href="http://grocerycartchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/08/gcc-recipe-swap_26.html" target="_blank">GCC Recipe Swap</a> .</p>
<p>*Note: Adopt a Gluten-free Blogger will be open for sign-ups on September 15th as we will be overseas in early September </p>
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1/3 to 1/2 cup slow roasted baby tomatoes halves*<br />2 cups or 1 can white beans, rinsed and drained<br />lime olive oil (or lemon olive oil, or plain), for drizzling<br />2 tbsp. fresh basil, chopped<br />dried sabzikoofteh herb blend (savory, parsley, dill, leek)**<br />herbamare or your favorite salt<br />smoked spanish paprika, regular paprika, cayenne or chipotle powder
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Gently fold together your roasted baby tomato halves with the white beans and drizzle with lime olive oil. Toss some fresh basil and dried herb blend on top and mix it in to evenly coat the salad. Sprinkle top with herbamare (if needed) and a little paprika for garnish.
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*To roast baby tomatoes, Preheat oven to 225F. Prepare a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Slice your tomatoes in half. I used yellow pear and black cherry tomatoes; yum! Place halves on parchment paper with the &#8220;cup&#8221; facing up so the tomato holds in its yummy juices. Drizzle with olive oil or grapeseed oil. Toss some fresh herbs on top. I like thyme and marjoram, but also usually throw on some sage and basil if I&#8217;m feeling crazy. . Sprinkle lightly with salt. Slow cook tomatoes for at least 3 hours. Don&#8217;t dry the little darlings out too much; you want them to still be moist and tender, not dehydrated chips of tomato. If your baby tomatoes are large, you may wish to cook for up to 5 hours. Remove from oven, let cool, and place in a tupperware, drizzling them with a little additional olive oil to store. I assume you will taste a few. Try not to gobble them all up on the spot. This is definitely a temptation.</p>
<p>**I buy this at a Middle Eastern market, specifically Caron Intl. Food Market in Sunnyvale. If you can&#8217;t find it in your area, you can blend your own and use dried chives or dried onion instead of the leek OR just use your favorite green dill spice mix.</p>
<p>I served this with an heirloom baked potato drizzled in wonderful tahini from a Middle Eastern Market, seasoned with herbamare and more sabzikoofteh. Delish!
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		<title>Gluten-free Potato-free Pattypan Squash Latke Fritter Recipe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here at our house the pattypan squash are taking over the garden! It turns out that I am bad at harvesting vegetables in a timely fashion, and so I blink and suddenly our pickling cucumbers are the size of my arm, and the pattypan are monster-sized. So, here at the House of Yum we&#8217;ve been [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/pattypanfritter2.jpg"><img src="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/pattypanfritter2.jpg" alt="" title="pattypanfritter2" width="299" height="450" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-7507" /></a>Here at our house the pattypan squash are taking over the garden! It turns out that I am bad at harvesting vegetables in a timely fashion, and so I blink and suddenly our pickling cucumbers are the size of my arm, and the pattypan are monster-sized. So, here at the House of Yum we&#8217;ve been eating pattypan squash daily. Being me I can&#8217;t just eat it plain. God forbid I steam the stuff. I have to try and make it taste completely different each and every time I cook it. I&#8217;ve made pattypan chips (delicious), a pattypan &#8220;tart&#8221; crust, pattypan un-hash-browns and these wonderful and extremely easy fritters. I like pattypan so much more than zucchini, which is a good thing when it shows up in every meal. This recipe can be made with normal, farmer&#8217;s market sized pattypan, or the starchier home-grown monster pattypan. And best of all, for those of you with potato allergies, aged pattypan is an excellent substitute for grated potato! Toddler Yum has been skeptical of some of my pattypan creations, but she happily chomped on these. Enjoy! And I will try very hard NOT to make this the Book of Pattypan&#8230; although I have a few more interesting recipes that I might just have to share with you.</p>
<p>Other fun squash recipes from my gluten-free friends:<br />
Kim has <A href="http://cookitallergyfree.com/blog/2010/07/zucchini-fritters-gluten-free/" target="_blank">Zucchini Fritters Recipe</a><br />
Elana has <a href="http://www.elanaspantry.com/squash-fries/" target="_blank">Butternut Squash Fries Recipe</a><br />
Alta shares a <A href="http://tastyeatsathome.wordpress.com/2010/10/17/curried-acorn-squash-sweet-potato-and-apple-soup/" target="_blank">Curried Acorn Squash Soup</a><br />
Stephanie has <A href="http://www.wasabimon.com/archive/vegan-squash-blossoms-recipe/" target="_blank">Vegan stuffed Squash Blossoms Recipe</a><br />
Nancy has a <A href="http://www.thesensitivepantry.com/the-sensitive-pantry/2010/9/10/simple-summer-squash-bean-soup.html" target="_blank">Summer Squash Bean Soup</a><br />
Melissa has a <a href="http://www.glutenfreeforgood.com/blog/spicy-squash-salad" target="_blank">Spicy Squash Salad Recipe</a><br />
Stephanie has a <a href="http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/10/crockpot-butternut-squash-soup-recipe.html" target="_blank">Crockpot Butternut Squash Recipe</a><br />
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		Pattypan Squash Latke Fritter Recipee
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4 cups (about 1 1/2 lbs) large pattypan squash (5 inch or larger in diameter)<br />3 eggs, whisked together<br />1/2 cup almond meal (Trader Joes or homemade ground whole almonds with skin)<br />1/2 cup almond flour (I used Honeyville. You could probably substitute Almond meal OR homemade ground blanched almonds)<br />1/2 tsp. baking powder<br />1 tsp. seasoning blend<br />1/2 tsp. herbamare or your favorite salt </p>
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Cut off top with stem and peel your *overgrown pattypan squash. You can slice off any skin that is difficult to reach with a peeler. Slice into large pieces that will fit into a food processor chute and run through the large hole grater. The ideal method for draining your grated pattypan is to press it in a potato ricer. The grated pattypan is too big to go through the holes, but some liquid will come out the holes and you can also drain it off the top of the ricer cup. Empty the drained grated squash onto a clean kitchen towel and repeat until all of your squash has been pressed. Fold up in your towel and press any additional moisture out. </p>
<p>Place your grated, drained pattypan squash into a large bowl. Fold your eggs into the squash. Add your almond meal, almond flour, baking powder and seasonings including salt. Fold together until you have a batter. </p>
<p>Heat 1 or 2 tablespoons of your oil in a large skillet on medium-high. Form golf-sized balls of the batter in your hands and flatten patties into the oil in the pan. Fry until golden brown and then turn. Remove onto a large plate and reserve. You will have to make several batches to use up all the batter.</p>
<p>Delicious as-is or with your favorite sauce!
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 I have not tested this, but if using a regular petite pattypan, you shouldn&#8217;t have to peel it. However, a petite pattypan probably has more water content so you may have to add more meal and/or flour.
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		<title>Gluten-free Coconut Sugar Sweetened Apricot Cobbler Recipe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back to Cobbler Week at the Book of Yum! This time I&#8217;m doing a recipe geared towards those who prefer not to use processed sugar and dairy. I&#8217;ll tell you a secret, though. Even though this recipe is allergy-friendly, uses special coconut sugar and contains no dairy, it was met with unbridled enthusiasm from [...]]]></description>
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Welcome back to Cobbler Week at the Book of Yum! This time I&#8217;m doing a recipe geared towards those who prefer not to use processed sugar and dairy. I&#8217;ll tell you a secret, though. Even though this recipe is allergy-friendly, uses special coconut sugar and contains no dairy, it was met with unbridled enthusiasm from gluten-eaters who can eat any darned thing they like. My Dad who is visiting us right now has fond memories of a neighbor lady&#8217;s apricot cobbler that he ate when he was a child. He said this recipe made him feel like a seven-year-old again, knocking at the door of his neighbor&#8217;s house asking for cobbler. I never thought I liked apricots that much, but somehow these large, golden fruits fresh off our own tree taste different than they do in the supermarket, and even I gobbled up this cobbler. The DH preferred it over the plum cobbler, and we were all fighting for the last piece. If you don&#8217;t have coconut sugar in your pantry, never fear. You can substitute ordinary sugar, but you might want to decrease the amounts in that case. I like coconut sugar because it has a neutral flavor reminiscent of a less sweet brown or raw sugar and gives a mild sweetness to your recipe.  After all, apricots are pretty sweet all by themselves.<br />
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It is funny the things that having fruit trees change. I dehydrated apricots for the first time, and the DH made apricot freezer jam, and I made this cobbler. And we still have a table covered in apricots. I&#8217;m thinking we&#8217;ll have to make another cobbler&#8230; or two. And maybe even freeze one, if I can pry it away from my Dad and the DH.<br />
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I have a fondness for this apricot tree because it was the tree that dropped its leaves <a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/farewell-to-neko-beloved-kitty-and-my-first-baby-5755.html" target="_blank">on the day Neko left us</a>. And now, every year we enjoy the fruits from this tree, I can remember him.<br />
<a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/apricot3.jpg"><img src="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/apricot3.jpg" alt="" title="apricot3" width="299" height="450" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-7427" /></a>Look for my Mr Linky on Friday, and add your recipe links for your favorite gluten-free cobbler, pies, and crumbles then!<br />
In case you also have more apricots than you know what to do with, here are some<strong> recipes to inspire</strong>:<br />
<a href="http://thehealthyapple.com/2011/04/06/gluten-free-agave-apricot-quick-bread-ratio-rally/" target="_blank">Agave Apricot Quick Bread Recipe</a> (Ratio Rally)<br />
<a href="http://www.elanaspantry.com/gluten-free-apricot-power-bars/" target="_blank">Gluten-free Apricot Power Bar Recipe</a><br />
<a href="http://simplysugarandglutenfree.com/dairy-free-apricot-carob-blondies/" target="_blank">Dairy-free Apricot Carob Blondies Recipe</a><br />
<a href="http://glutenfreehomemaker.com/2011/01/nutty-apricot-balls/" target="_blank">Nutty Apricot Ball Recipe</a><br />
<a href="http://www.elanaspantry.com/food-light-and-apricot-salad-dressing/" target="_blank">Apricot Salad Dressing</a><br />
<a href="http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/10/brie-with-apricot-topping-crockpot.html" target="_blank">Crockpot Brie with Apricot Topping Recipe</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/blog/gluten-free-hypo-allergenic-rotation-diet-menu-apricot-glazed-roasted-brussels-sprouts-recipe-4251.html" target="_blank">Apricot Glazed Roasted Brussels Sprouts Recipe</a><br />
<a href="http://www.elanaspantry.com/apricot-butter/" target="_blank">Apricot Butter Recipe</a> </p>
<p>This recipe shared with <A href="http://www.thewholegang.org/2011/07/real-food-weekly-july-21-2011/" target="_blank">Diane&#8217;s Real Food Weekly Roundup</a><br />
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1/2 C coconut sugar or regular white sugar (add more if your apricots are under-ripe)<br />6 C fresh apricots<br />3 tbsp. cornstarch or arrowroot starch<br />1 tbsp. butter or vegan margarine (optional)<br />1 tsp. almond flavoring<br />1/2 tsp. vanilla</p>
<p>3/4 C sorghum flour<br />1/4 C potato starch, arrowroot or corn starch<br />1/2 C tapioca starch<br />1 1/2 tbs coconut sugar or regular white sugar<br />1/2 tsp salt<br />2 1/4 tsp baking powder<br />5 tbsp. palm oil shortening<br />1/2 C milk (dairy-free milk is fine)</p>
<p>coconut sugar or raw sugar for garnish
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Get a deep, ceramic pie pan out of the cupboard and preheat oven to 350F.</p>
<p>Pit your apricots and cut into bit sized wedges and place into a large mixing bowl. Sprinkle with cornstarch, flavoring and sugar and fold in so they are evenly distributed. Melt your butter or margarine and gently fold into the apricot mixture. Reserve. If you like you can pour this apricot mixture into your pie pan and use the bowl for the cobbler.</p>
<p>Combine your flours, starches, sugar, salt and baking powder in a bowl. Cut in your palm oil shortening with a fork, pastry cutter, or (my personal favorite) your fingers. When the shortening has been worked into the flour and you have a crumbly texture of dough, fold in your milk. Spoon your biscuit mixture on top of the apricots in your pie pan, sprinkle the top with coconut sugar or raw sugar for sparkle, and bake at 350f for around 35 minutes or until cobbler turns a light golden brown and seems firm on top.</p>
<p>Enjoy with a dairy-free vanilla ice cream or plain. Delicious!
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Cobbler runnier than you like? Store it in the refrigerator and the filling will set up.
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		<title>Gluten-free Roasted or Grilled Vegetable Quinoa Recipe with Lindsay Kalamata Olives</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Wendy of Celiacs in the House approached me about developing a recipe for Lindsay olives I was intrigued. Baby Yum and I both love olives and I thought it sounded fun. I looked through the extensive recipes on their site and found one for Roasted Vegetable Couscous. I was initially looking for a recipe [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/DSC_0544sm.jpg"><img src="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/DSC_0544sm.jpg" alt="" title="DSC_0544sm" width="299" height="450" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-7325" /></a>When Wendy of <a href="http://celiacsinthehouse.com/" target="_blank">Celiacs in the House</a> approached me about developing a recipe for Lindsay olives I was intrigued. Baby Yum and I both love olives and I thought it sounded fun. I looked through the extensive recipes on their site and found one for <a href="http://www.lindsayolives.com/recipes/main-course/roasted-vegetable-couscous.html" target="_blank">Roasted Vegetable Couscous</a>. I was initially looking for a recipe using quinoa because, as Karina the Gluten-free Goddess demonstrates <a href="http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/2009/07/quinoa-salad-with-yellow-tomatoes.html" target="_blank"> in this recipe olives complement quinoa</a> beautifully. Since I didn&#8217;t find any in the Lindsay recipe index, I thought it was high time to make one!</p>
<p>The Lindsay people kindly sent me two jars of their kalamata olives for my recipe development and a jar of their mellow onion-stuffed Green Queen Olives and pimiento-stuffed Green Queen olives just for fun. I haven&#8217;t tried the pimiento ones yet, but the onion-stuffed ones are buttery and tasty. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/DSC_0481sm.jpg"><img src="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/DSC_0481sm.jpg" alt="" title="DSC_0481sm" width="299" height="450" class="alignright size-full wp-image-7333" /></a>Then it was time to work on my recipe! The first thing I changed was swapping quinoa for couscous. I cooked the quinoa in a rice cooker rather than on the stove to approximate the speed and ease of cooking couscous. Quinoa takes a little longer to cook than couscous, but it is gluten-free and so easy to make in the rice cooker (or even on the stove) it ends up being very little effort to make up a batch. In this case, I added green onions and used no-chicken vegetarian broth and water as the liquid in the rice cooker and let it cook. While the rice cooker was steaming, I put my sweet potato cubes and onions in a roasting dish, drizzled them with olive oil and seasoned them with smoked paprika, cumin, marjoram and rosemary in addition to salt and pepper. I used the same seasoning on my pattypan squash, which I used instead of the zucchini in the original recipe, but I grilled them instead of roasting because I like the flavor and attractive grill marks that this adds. Also, since squash cooks a lot faster than sweet potatoes, this allows you to keep the sweet potatoes in the oven for longer so that it achieves a nice, browned, slightly caramelized texture. </p>
<p>Chopping up the olives and parsley was a simple job. The only complication was Baby Yum, who kept stealing (and eating) my olives. That&#8217;s my girl! Her Daddy doesn&#8217;t like olives as much as I do, but I&#8217;ve been giving Baby Yum olive nibbles (especially of Kalamata olives, my favorite) since she was a wee one. I only had raw cashews, so I dry-toasted them on medium heat on the stove and lightly salted them for additional flavor. Then it was time to mix up the salad, drizzle with orange juice, and sprinkle with the toasted cashews. Baby Yum was a complication again, because she kept trying to steal the quinoa, or &#8220;rice&#8221; as she calls it. My girl does love quinoa.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/toddlercollage.jpg"><img src="http://www.bookofyum.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/toddlercollage.jpg" alt="" title="toddlercollage" width="500" height="375" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7337" /></a></p>
<p>We enjoyed this quinoa salad recipe with grilled asparagus and (non-veggie) kabobs out on our patio at twilight with the light of a little fire. My husband&#8217;s parents are visiting from Colorado and we had a great little meal. Afterwards we walked to a neighborhood park to watch fireworks.</p>
<p>This was a fun experiment and just goes to show how easy it is to adapt any recipe to be gluten-free and even vegetarian. This recipe is naturally vegan and a fresh and healthy addition to any picnic. Even Toddler Yum enjoyed this recipe, although she picked out her favorite parts&#8230; &#8220;More nuts, Mommy!&#8221; &#8220;More rice (quinoa), Mommy!&#8221; she begged. Due to her deep rooted suspicion of orange foods she wouldn&#8217;t eat the roasted sweet potato, but that just meant more for me. The DH enjoyed the recipe as well, and commented that while sometimes he doesn&#8217;t like kalamata olives because they are bitter, these particular olives were mild and not overpowering. And for me, well, I never met a kalamata I didn&#8217;t like. Now if you&#8217;ll excuse me, I&#8217;m going to go nibble on some onion-stuffed Queen olives.</p>
<p>Follow <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/lindsayolivest" target="_blank">Lindsay Olives on Twitter</a>, or on <A href="http://www.facebook.com/lindsayolives" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p>
<p><em>Here are the recipes my gluten-free friends have developed using Lindsay Olives:</em><br />
<a href="http://celiacsinthehouse.com/2011/06/gluten-free-summer-cooking-with-lindsay-olives.html" target="_blank">Grilled olive Relish Recipe</a><br />
<a href="http://www.lifeasaplate.com/2011/06/27/champagne-nectarine-tapenade/" target="_blank">Champagne Nectarine Tapenade Recipe</a><br />
More coming soon!</p>
<p>Shared with <a href="http://glutenfreehomemaker.com/2011/07/gluten-free-wednesdays-7611/" target="_blank">Gluten-free Wednesday</a> and <a href="http://www.thewholegang.org/2011/07/real-food-weekly-july-7-2011/" target="_blank">Real Food Weekly</a>.</p>
<p>*Lindsay Olives compensated me for creating this recipe, so consider this the first step on my career as a gluten-free recipe developer. Woo hoo! I promise to only do yummy recipes, whether it is just for my family or for companies with tasty products.</p>
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1 large yam or sweet potato (8 oz.) peeled and diced (1/2-inch)<br />1 medium red onion, peeled and diced (1/2-inch)<br />2 pattypan squash sliced 1/2-inch thick<br />2 tablespoons olive oil<br />smoked paprika or chipotle pepper<br />toasted cumin powder<br />dried marjoram<br />dried rosemary leaves<br />1/2 teaspoon kosher salt<br />1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper<br />1 1/2 cup no-chicken or other vegetarian broth<br />1 1/2 cup water<br />1 1/2 cup or 12 oz. quinoa<br />1/2 cup chopped green onions<br />1 cup halved LindsayŽ Greek Kalamata Pitted Olives<br />3/4 cup cooked or canned garbanzo beans<br />1/3 cup coarsely chopped cashews, pan toasted and salted<br />1/4 cup chopped parsley or other herb (fresh dill, basil, arugula etc)<br />1/4 cup orange juice<br />Smoked paprika or Chipotle pepper to taste
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Heat oven to 450°F. Place your yam, and onion on a 15&#215;10-inch jelly roll pan or baking sheet, drizzle with 1 tblsp. of olive oil and season with your spices, herbs, salt and pepper to taste. Bake at least 30 minutes until vegetables are lightly browned and tender, stirring once.</p>
<p>I chose to grill my pattypan squash, drizzling the slices with 1 tbsp. of olive oil and the paprika, cumin, marjoram, rosemary, salt and pepper. You could also roast it in the oven until browned on both sides, turning once.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, rinse your quinoa and put it in your rice cooker. Add your broth, water, and green onions to the rice cooker and start it.* When quinoa is done, fluff it with a fork. Add olives, garbanzo beans, parsley or other herbs, and orange juice. Add additional paprika or chipotle pepper if desired. Top quinoa with roasted vegetables or stir them into the quinoa. Sprinkle your cashews on top. Enjoy!
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*Otherwise, combine ingredients in a pot with a lid, bring it to a boil on medium-high, lowering the heat to low and then add the lid. Let simmer for 15 minutes and turn off heat, Fluff and reserve.
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