No-Bake Coconut Crackles

top crackle flipped over to show "secret" treat for Big Brother

Are you looking for a no-bake version of Passover coconut macaroons?  Are you avoiding all top allergens and wanting to make something like this delicious treat? We will be enjoying these this year for Passover, and for everyday tea time as well. For the original recipe, click here: 

What you need:

2 cups of organic, unsweetened desiccated coconut, about 125 g 
2 heaping tablespoons raw local honey
pinch real salt
splash of vanilla
Enjoylife chocolates chips, optional

What to do: 
Add all ingredients to TM bowl

Mix, Reverse, speed 6 until mixture is well combined.  (I think that if you combine without reverse spoon, then you'd get a more compact mixture, but with less coconut flake texture)

Press down into lined or silicone cupcake tray

Freeze until set

Pop out and store crackles in fridge

New Food Introduction: Corn

We have introduced gluten-free cereal grains and pseudocereals to Baby Brother in the following order: rice, quinoa, millet, gf oats, buckwheat and amaranth. When was the time going to feel right for trying corn?  

We recently gave corn a go after wanting to fill the house with Freedom Foods cereals and realizing that they all contained corn. Sometimes, packaged cereal is needed. With this realization we started corn in packaged cereal, moved on to homemade corn tortillas, and then to corn/quinoa herb muffins. It feels good to have another pantry staple to incorporate into our family diet.  

The boys are loving the process of making tortillas, almost like safe edible play dough with a super cool flattening device called the tortilla press.  Big Brother and I used to make these tortillas weekly prior to wheat and dairy allergy. 

These delicious corn muffins work well for breakfast with homemade coconut yogurt or sliced avocado.  I am enjoying them for lunch to go along with simple ground turkey and veg and humble stews. They will be a great addition to my Thanksgiving dinner. 

Are you looking for safe, organic, sprouted corn? Allergen free and free of GMO's? I have found this sprouted, organic corn flour, and will be switching over from Bob's Redmill gluten-free masa harina to this. 

Baby Brother not so sure he wants to try
first time presented with his corn muffin

corn muffins for breakfast served with
local strawberries, defrosted wild blueberries
and homemade coconut yogurt
local raw honey and coconut oil for spreading

Baby Brother eating tortilla without toppings
for taco night.  Prefers chicken drumstick as is. 

Big Brother eating his taco sandwich

We are having so much fun making tortillas again
It's been a while! So liberating adding corn!

Baby Brother likes his toppings on the side
Aren't the plate's compartments awesome!?

Shortbread Cookies

I was so delighted to open my Valentine's present a few weeks ago and find four boxes of flavored shortbread cookies.  There was vanilla, lavender, citrus and chocolate.  The best part was that they were gluten and allergen free for all of us to enjoy together.  My husband had wanted to find a special treat for all of us to share, one that I could just open and not bake myself.  He did some good research to find these for us.  If you would like to see the full range of allergen-friendly treats Natural Decadence is baking and can send to your home, click here. 

Gluten Free Facility, Nut Free Facility

Time to enjoy

Baby Brother's cookie

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