Recipe Idea

[Guest guest]

>

Seems pretty healthy to me. Nothing wrong with oats

> Have any of you ever had No Bake Cookies? I love them. They are

> awful for you, but I love them. Last night I tried to adjust the

> recipe to use VCO and other healthier alternatives and this is what

> I came up with. It was surprisingly good. It makes a nice little

> treat and it a good way to get a daily does of oil in you. I admit

> I am new to a healthy lifestyle in general so please don't totally

> blast me if I have some toxic, cancer causing product in there...I

> swear I don't know it if I do! :-)

>

> I must admit, I mostly just threw a glob here and a glop there so

> these are approximate measures.

>

> 1/4 c. virgin coconunt oil (melted at a low temp)

> 1/4 c. organic agave nectar

> 2 Tbs. organic cocoa powder

> 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

> 1/4 c. raw almond butter (but it might have been more like 1/3 cup,

> I think)

> 1.25 c. oats

>

> Melt the VCO, add in agave, vanilla, and cocoa powder and mix

well.

> Then stir in the almond butter until it is well blended. Last, add

> the oats. Glop a cookie size amount onto a cookie sheet or

> wax/parchment paper and stick in the fridge until it sets. Peel

off

> the paper or cookie sheet and enjoy! The only heat I used was to

> melt the VCO. Then I took the pan off the heat and added the rest.

>

> While I am trying to really adopt a healthier way of living, I

still

> can't seem to get past my sweet tooth. I know it will get better

in

> time, but for now this is how I have found to give me a yummy treat

> that's not filled with complete junk! The original version of this

> recipe calls for 1/2 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, peanut butter, cocoa

> powder, vanilla, and 3 cups of oats. I cut it in half, subbed the

> almond butter for the peanut butter, agave for the sugar, and VCO

> for the butter. Agave is sweeter then sugar so I used much less.

> Plus the orginial recipe is WAY sweet so I cut back a little more

to

> make it less so. Wasn't sure on a sub for the oats, but maybe

> chopped nuts would do the trick if you don't do oats? It would

take

> a lot of them, but it would probably work and be pretty good.

>

> Tara

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone -

Wonder for an alfredo sauce would I thicken with rice flour or corn starch?

Would I use sweetened or unsweetened crème substitute?

Can alfredo sauce be made out of soy milk?

C

From: Mann [mailto:cathyomann@...]

Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 10:27 AM

Cara De Urioste

Subject: Check it out.

<http://www.mimiccreme.com/> http://www.mimiccreme.com/

GF plus ND.

_____

The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox.

Get started.

<http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID27925::T:WLMTAGL:ON:

WL:en-US:WM_HMP:032010_3>

1 of 1 File(s)

winmail.dat