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My but that stirred up an old memory I hadn't thought of in

decades! When I was a kid Mama stuffed dates with pecans and then

rolled them in shredded coconut. We also made our version of the

Lara bars, we'd grind dates and raisins (whatever dried fruit you like),

and finely chopped nuts and just mix them. Again, roll in coconut. We

made small round balls of them and kept them in the freezer which

somewhat helped the " eat the whole batch " problem. At

least they were out of sight.

Since I do tolerate whole nuts at this juncture, a preferred procedure is to put 2-3 dates, and tuck 2-3 pecan halves into them, squishing the date around the nuts. I get dates, and nuts, but no spices -- and I control how much carb I'm eating by controling how many dates I eat.

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When I was a kid Mama stuffed dates with pecans and then rolled them in shredded coconut. We did something similar with my Grandma, although we stuffed them with peanut butter and rolled them in sugar...hehe =/ Peace =)Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Azathioprine 50 mg 1x per dayPrednisone 35 mg 1x per day

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Funny, made me think about peanut butter and honey balls/cookies that my mom put in the freezer (sometimes with corn flakes but not usually) and we ate them frozen.  Was so good back then.  Why is it better when your mom makes it?  <grin>

 

Debbie 40 cd

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When you decide to make your trail mix, I have a suggestion. A few

months into SCD I decided to try to make some cookies. I was nowhere near

eggs then, but I thought OK, what if I get almond flour out and some

almond oil and make it the consistency of shortbread cookies? I put a

little honey or stevia (I forget) in, too. I patted it out and cut

it in squares and baked it until it was light brown... and found, it

didn't stick together. I had invented delicious cookie crumbs. But

something like this might be just perfect for trail mix.

I'm not advanced enough for Larabars, but I think a good old

fashioned homemade trail mix would be awesome emergency food.

[Guest guest]

That is a great idea for people in the early stages! Thanks!

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> When you decide to make your trail mix, I have a suggestion. A few

> months into SCD I decided to try to make some cookies. I was nowhere

> near eggs then, but I thought OK, what if I get almond flour out and

> some almond oil and make it the consistency of shortbread cookies? I

> put a little honey or stevia (I forget) in, too. I patted it out and

> cut it in squares and baked it until it was light brown... and found,

> it didn't stick together. I had invented delicious cookie

> crumbs. But something like this might be just perfect for trail mix.

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> I'm not advanced enough for Larabars, but I think a good old

> fashioned homemade trail mix would be awesome emergency food.

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