nut balls.

For awhile (a seemingly long while) Ash's two favourite words were nut and ball.  So you can imagine his delight when we decided to make some nut-balls.   In fact the delight is so outstanding this is becoming a weekly habit (very dangerous for the parents if you dip a few in good, dark chocolate).  This is one healthy, fun food idea for kiddies.

1 cup nut butter (almond, peanut, cashew etc.)

3/4 cup chopped dates

1 1/2 cups unsweetened, shredded coconut

1/2 cup ground nuts or seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, etc..)

Reserve 1/2 cup coconut.  Combine nut butter, dates, coconut and ground seeds.  Form into balls and roll in reserved coconut.

disappearing dozen.

Working on my gluten free, no sugar baking recipes.  This one is a hit so far.

Banana Muffins

1-1/4c.  barley or brown rice flour

1c.  rye flour

1/4c.  almond flour/meal

3t baking powder

3/4t sea salt

1-1/2c. mashed bananas

2 eggs

1/2c. honey

1/4c. olive oil

2t. vanilla

Add raisins, dates, or other dried fruit (and if you feel like a little bit of sugar choc chip would be yummy).

Bake at 350deg. for 15 to 18 minutes.  Makes one quickly disappearing dozen.