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Treeline Treenut Cheese: French-Style Soft Cheeses

Scallion Flavor: Flavored with chopped scallions for a tangy flavor and creamy texture.

Now, keep in mind I haven't had any dairy in, well, more than two years, but this stuff tastes just like cream cheese. It's soft and spreadable, and deliciously tangy. I spread it on some homemade crackers and it was all I could do to not eat the whole tub. I also tried it on a sweet apple, but it had a weird aftertaste; maybe it'd be better on a tart apple like a Granny Smith. I would have tried it on toast, but I had to make the bread first, and didn't.

Ingredients: Cashew nuts, filtered water, onion powder, sea salt, dried scallions, lemon juice, L. Acidophilus.

Herb-Garlic flavor: Flavored with fine herbs and garlic for a sophisticated and complex flavor.

Tried this one too, and it tastes very similar to the other, though not nearly as garlicky as I expected/hoped/feared. (I have garlic issues.)

Ingredients: Cashew nuts, filtered water, sea salt, lemon juice, dried scallions, garlic powder, white pepper, onion powder, L. Acidophilus, dried basil, dried oregano.

I found these at Natural Grocers, but Treeline products are available in a lot of places in the US, including Kroger stores. The soft cheese comes in several more flavors, and there's a hard cheese, too. Treeline is made in New York and is gluten free, dairy free, lactose free, soy free, palm oil free, probiotic, vegan, and certified non-GMO. From their FAQ: "No gluten is processed or used in our facility." From the packaging: "We do not process dairy, eggs, meat, fish, shellfish, gluten or peanuts in our facility."

Highly recommended for my dairy-free, soy-free, cashew-capable friends.
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I needed a recipe to go with our current theme of Recipes For Small Appliances, so I cracked open Sweets in the Raw from Laura Marquis and found my bookmark at these Orange Zest Brownie Bites. Orange and chocolate? Past me knew what she was doing.

So I whipped up a batch, and they smelled great and tasted as good as they smelled, with the sweet orange and vanilla right up front, and the earthy cacao and walnuts bringing up the rear. No oven required.

Ingredients:

1 cup raw walnuts (100 grams)
1 1/3 cup deglet noor or medjool dates, pitted (200 grams)
1/4 cup cacao or cocoa powder (25 grams)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/8 tsp fine salt
zest from one orange ~1 Tablespoon
juice from 1/2 orange ~1/4 cup

recipe )

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Baked cheese snacks have improved my life. I always carry some to snack happy while others are eating things I can’t. They’re great alone and wonderful additions to soup or salad — they provide the same crunch as croutons and the same fatty umami as bacon bits.

Advantages

  • portable
  • high-protein
  • low/no carb
  • super salty
  • high-fat therefore gratifying
  • many are vegetarian

Drawbacks

  • expensive: US$4 for 2 oz / 50 g and up.
  • highly packaged: come in rigid plastic shells or (frustrating) ziplock bags which don’t protect them from smooshiness

I stumbled on one brand at a discount store, and I’ve systematically tried all the ones I can lay my hands on. Read on for my thoughts on various brands and links to the nutrition info.

seven brands )

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I'm trying to go back to paleo for reasons, and I thought I'd share this breakfast recipe in hopes to motivate myself. This was my go-to for breakfast when I did my first stint with paleo and had it practically every morning for two years.

The recipe is inspired by a breakfast I had in London one time at a gluten free café or something, I don't remember. It was seven years ago.

3 eggs
a large handful of fresh spinach (more than you think you'll need)
1/2 tsp chia seeds
3-4 san marzano tomatoes or equivalent of other tomato you enjoy
Salt & pepper or other spice you enjoy
olive oil to fry

the rest of the recipe below the cut )
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Here’s a recipe for low-carb gluten-free bread rolls. It's incredibly fast and easy to make, and very reliable - always works well. I love it as it's great to have a bread recipe I can have every day, and a couple of rolls per day gives me a ton of fiber. Originally from here but I've added my own notes to it.

Ingredients

1¼ cups almond flour (aka almond meal)
5 tbsp ground psyllium husk powder (I use unflavored metamucil as it turned out to be as cheap as buying psyllium powder, for me, and my online grocer has it)
2 heaped tsp baking powder (it pays to be generous with this, definitely makes the rolls stay risen rather than collapsing a bit after baking)
1 tsp salt (original recipe said sea salt, but regular salt is fine and dissolves way better. If I use sea salt again I'll dissolve it in the boiling water before adding that)
2 tsp cider vinegar
1 cup boiling water
3 egg whites (I experimented with using 2 whole eggs instead but the egg whites definitely make them rise better)
1-2 tbsp sesame seeds (optional, or poppy seeds)

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