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These Heavenly Hunks use rolled oats, shredded coconut, and cocoa butter to make a sweet, chewy hunk that's closer to dessert than breakfast.

In the order I tried them:

Birthday Cake: The first I tried (it was on the discount shelf) and somehow my favorite, which is a huge surprise to me, a person who never seeks out coconut. But these taste like a vanilla coconut cake with frosting (!!) as the cocoa butter brings a creamy richness reminiscent of buttercream. These hunks say to refrigerate after opening, for freshness. I did, but it makes the hunks more dense. I've read some people prefer them that way for texture reasons, but I don't, and since the other bags don't recommend keeping them cold, I don't think I will.

Peanut Butter Chocolate: Smells like peanuts, doesn't really taste like them. The coconut feels like a weird third wheel here, but the mini chocolate chips are nice and smooth.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip: A lot like the peanut butter chocolate hunks, only without the (false) promise of peanut butter. A bit dry and crumbly, good chocolate, weird coconut threads.

Brownie: This one doesn't have coconut in it and reminded me of the no-bake chocolate oat lumps they used to serve in my elementary school cafeteria except dry, not as delicious, and ever so slightly gritty. Very cocoa forward and as such kind of acrid. I wanted them to be saltier, too. Probably my least favorite flavor.

My local Kroger analogue is selling these now, and Costco has a big bag of the choc chip for a very good price.

mific

This is very much my version of muhammara, after trial and error. It has a lot less pomegranate molasses than the trad version as I found that made it taste too jammy. And the special aleppo pepper in the original recipe was too mild and relatively tasteless for me, and harder to find. Sub away, as I have. The core flavours are the roasted peppers, walnuts, cumin, and garlic.

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sonia

20-Minute Creamy Coconut Rice Pudding Recipe by Mama Gourmand, website tagline "gluten-free made easy." The recipe includes an optional cinnamon whipped cream topping which I didn't attempt.

What I had in the house was a can of coconut cream, so I scooped some out into a 3/4 cup measure, and added water to fill both the can and the measuring cup. Turned out great! I used the full amount of sugar, 1/3 cup, and it tasted a little too sweet.

Recipe as I made it:
Time
20 min

Tools
Medium pot, stove

Ingredients
2 cups cups cooked white rice
13.5 ounce canned coconut cream (not milk)
⅓ cup granulated sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ cup: scoop of coconut cream, add water to make 3/4 cup, and add water to fill the can of coconut cream back up.
1 large egg
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

( Comes together pretty fast )

sonia

Following up on cereal snacks, I also like to snack on granola, but there's always that worry that the oats will be cross-contaminated. Purely Elizabeth granola uses organic certified gluten-free oats, and is made in a facility that processes soy, milk, eggs, peanuts, and other tree nuts.

The Chocolate Sea Salt flavor is crunchy, chocolate-y, and delicious. For some reason, it comes with added probiotics. To seem healthier, maybe? No soy lecithin! The salt isn't overly intrusive the way it is in some chocolate salt combos. A real treat!

Full ingredients: Organic Certified Gluten Free Oats, Organic Coconut Sugar, Organic Coconut Oil, Organic Fair Trade Dark Chocolate Chunks (Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Chocolate Liquor, Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Vanilla Extract), Sunflower Seeds, Organic Puffed Amaranth, Cocoa Powder, Organic Quinoa Flakes, Cinnamon, Sea Salt, Organic Chia Seeds, Probiotic Cultures (Inulin, Palm Oil, Bacillus Coagulans GBI-30 6086).

The Pumpkin Cinnamon flavor is also crunchy, still pretty sweet, but less obviously dessert-like. The dominant note is cinnamon. It has pumpkin seeds rather than pumpkin flesh, so it's not really pumpkin-flavored. Also delicious.

Full ingredients: Organic Certified Gluten-Free Oats, Organic Coconut Sugar, Organic Coconut Oil, Organic Pumpkin Seeds, Organic Sunflower Seeds, Organic Puffed Amaranth, Organic Quinoa Flakes, Organic Chia Seeds, Organic Cinnamon, Sea Salt.

And I see on the Purely Elizabeth website that they now sell Chocolate Chip Cookie granola which looks pretty amazing, but I haven't had it. Has anyone here tried that?

fred_mouse

Over on my journal, I've typed up a recipe (with annotations) for Rosemary and Walnut Scones - this is a somewhat simplified recipe compared to the ones I've found in GF baking books.

Notes:

It uses sorghum and maize corn flour, because those are my flours of choice. I assume as long as some amount of 'sticky' flour is included, they'll come together fine
vegan option: replace the butter with oil; if I could get it I'd use macadamia oil; if I couldn't, I'd use rice bran oil.
my jug measure is probably 1.5 cups total

jesse_the_k

I’m a big ginger fan, so a new entry in the ginger cookie space inspired a comparison between

Partake
MI-DEL
Tate’s

for science!

( all three have good points )

sonia

This is a cereal of small round o's that carefully never mentions Cheerios on the packaging. They're slightly smaller and slightly crunchier than I remember cheerios being, but they're a pretty good substitute. If you like putting any kind of milk over your cereal (which I don't), I bet these wouldn't get soggy too fast.

It says gluten-free right on the front, but then in small print on the side (I noticed after buying them) it says, "Made in a facility that also processes soy, dairy, wheat, eggs, sesame, and tree nuts." It also says "Top 9 allergen free" and "3rd party tested." So it's a judgment call. I don't think I would buy them again myself, especially since it's $7 or 8 for a 7 oz box.

There's a whole holier than thou "pure foods" blurb on the back of the box that I was willing to ignore, but it makes the facility thing even more annoying.

The plain unsweetened version has organic cassava flour, organic coconut oil, and sea salt. They have a slightly sour taste that must come from the cassava, but it's a fine plain snack.

The cocoa version has organic cassava flour, coconut flour, organic coconut sugar, organic cocoa powder, organic coconut oil, organic vanilla extract, and redmond real sea salt. These are a great chocolatey snack! I would really be tempted by these if it weren't for the facility thing.

I bought the cinnamon version a while ago and wasn't so impressed with that one, but I gave these other flavors a try because they were on sale.

Company website: https://lovebirdfoods.com

jesse_the_k

These are graham crackers, except graham flour by definition is wheat. Crispy and decorative diamonds a little bigger than your thumb, these cookies are really tasty. They claim that watermelon seed(!) contributes to the crispiness but my money is on the tapioca. As my local GF pal put it, "1 box = 1 serving." (Actually, 1 box has ~120g, or four servings.)

Dairy-free as well as gluten-free.

Current Ingredients Seed & Nut Flour Blend (watermelon, cashew, sunflower, flax), Tapioca Starch, Arrowroot, Coconut Sugar, Organic Coconut Oil, Honey, Honey Extract, Organic Cinnamon, Baking Soda, Rosemary Extract (for freshness), Sea Salt, Cream of Tartar, Vanilla Extract

My first GF graham cracker was Pamela’s, available in either honey or honey cinnamon. Now they sell rectangular ones, but I loved the mini hexagons sized for snacking. The Simple Mills version are just as tasty and don’t have milk.

mific

I wasn't a kale fan until I tried these, which are an easy way to eat a lot of greens! They're a little fiddly the first time you make them, but once you figure out the quantities and timings for your oven or microwave, they're definitely low effort.

Ingredients:
big heap of kale (I had about 5 cups, initially, ripped up)
1 tbsp garlic olive oil (or regular olive oil)
sprinkle of salt
several grinds of black pepper
¼ tsp MSG or 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
a squeeze of lemon juice

( directions here )

sonia

I got a hankering for nutritional yeast, saw some that was labeled gluten-free at Trader Joe's, and went hunting for a recipe. This one for 30-Minute Cheesy Kale Chips at the Minimalist Baker looked good.

I did an even more minimalist version (below) that turned out fine, and I bet the original version is yummy if you can tolerate the full list of ingredients. I will admit to being impatient and tired and having some turnips I also wanted to bake, so I crowded the veggies on a baking sheet without patting them dry first, and my "chips" did not turn out crisp, for the most part. They still tasted good!

Got any other recipes you like with nutritional yeast as a condiment?

Ingredients

1 bunch kale leaves, approx 10 oz
2 Tbsp (1/8 cup) olive oil
4 Tbsp (1/4 cup) nutritional yeast (plus extra as a topping)
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp white pepper

Oven at 300 degrees F.

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runpunkrun

Nature's Bakery Fig Bar: Raspberry: I mostly gave these a try because they had ingredients I could eat. I was pleasantly surprised by how soft and tender the cookie part is, though I can't say it has a flavor beyond being pleasantly whole grain. The filling is sweet and crunchy with fig seeds, and I could really taste the raspberries. Could I taste the figs? Maybe, in that they were toning the raspberry flavor down in an earthy kind of way.

This is called a bar, but really it's a Fig Newtonesque cookie, two per package, with six packages in a box. I found them at Target in the granola/protein/snack bar aisle, but they're too sweet for me to be anything but a dessert. They're also marked "low sodium" (70 mg for two cookies), but they always make me very thirsty, so idk.

In addition to Raspberry, they come in Blueberry and Pomegranate. If you're in the market for a GF Fig Newton analogue, you might give these a try. Though for whatever reason they don't have one that's just fig.

Certified GF, vegan, kosher, non-GMO. Made in a dedicated peanut and tree nut free facility.

Current Ingredients: Brown Rice Flour, Brown Rice Syrup, Fig Paste, Raspberry Jam (Naturally Milled Sugar, Cane Sugar, Glycerin, Rice Starch, Raspberries, Apple Powder, Natural Flavor, Pectin, Citric Acid, Locust Bean Gum), Canola Oil, Cane Sugar, Gluten Free Five Grain Flour (Amaranth, Quinoa, Millet, Sorghum, Teff), Date Paste, Whole Grain Oats, Glycerin, Flaxseed, Leavening (Monocalcium Phosphate, Baking Soda), Sea Salt, Xanthan Gum, Natural Flavor, Citric Acid.

jesse_the_k

makes 12–15 balls, 3–5 servings
prep 30 - cook 40

2 large eggs
1 lb ground turkey
1/2 c grated parmesan
1/2 c minced fresh parsley
1 c GF rolled oats
1 Tbs olive oil
1 Tbs tamari
2 Tbs red wine vinegar
1.5 Tbs ground basil
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground mustard

( roll these babies )

jesse_the_k

The European Schär company, located in South Tyrol, produces a range of gluten-free savory and sweet eating in cheery yellow and blue packages. My recent experience is with two of their crackers.

Schär's Gluten Free Table Crackers are all about the crunch -- the closest I've tasted to Saltines since I quit gluten. They're so fragile I couldn't spread anything on them: the weight of the knife crushed the cracker. That's probably because they're all starch:

corn starch, corn flour, blend of vegetable fats and oils (palm fat, sunflower oil), maltodextrin, rice syrup, modified tapioca starch, soy flour, sea salt, yeast, guar gum, modified cellulose, cream of tartar, ammonium bicarbonate, baking soda, citric acid, natural rosemary flavor. Contains: Soy May Contain: Tree Nuts

On the other hand, they are the perfect thing to crumble in a soothing soup. I've only tasted the plain ones; the multigrain version has some flours with protein (millet, buckwheat, sorghum, flaxseed, poppy seeds) so they could be more elastic.

Schär's Gluten Free Crispbread "Cracker Toast" is indeed crispy crunchy, and not only can I spread jam on them, they stand up to melting cheese in the toaster oven. All structure and taste like absolutely nothing -- seems like just air in there. Well, there's a wee bit of flour:

rice flour, corn flour, sugar, salt. May contain: soy, tree nuts (chestnut)

Schär also sells a multigrain crispbread which could taste of something. I hope it will be a replacement for my pseudo rye-bread buckwheat Pain des Fleurs, which is no longer sold locally.

corn flour, rice flour, teff flour, buckwheat flour, pea fibre, salt, maltodextrin, apple extract, May contain: soy, tree nuts (chestnut)

Schär sell nine types of bread and rolls, as well as corn/rice pastas. Have you tried them?

runpunkrun

These barely sweet muffins have hearty ingredients but a wonderfully tender crumb. Adapted from Amanda's Drozdz's Easy Flourless Muffins, Bars & Cookies.

Ingredients:

121 grams oat flour
21 grams ground flaxseed
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp fine salt
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
3 large eggs
200 grams unsweetened applesauce (177 ml)
96 grams almond butter
85 grams honey
2 tsp vanilla extract
115 grams finely grated carrot
76 grams golden raisins
58 grams chopped pecans

( recipe )

Questions? Ask 'em!

runpunkrun

Snyder's GF pretzels come in several shapes. I've tried both the mini pretzels and the pretzel sticks, but I prefer the sticks for structural and texture reasons. Both taste exactly as you'd expect from a bagged pretzel, right down to the slightly fishy aftertaste commercial pretzels sometimes have. I don't remember if the intensely starchy mouthfeel is also authentic to wheat-based pretzels, but they have that too.

If you want a crunchy, salty pretzel you can probably find in your nearest natural food store, these will do, and an opened bag stays fresh for weeks, so you don't have to snarf them all down in a matter of days unless you want to.

Current Ingredients: corn starch, potato starch, tapioca starch, palm oil, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, dextrose, salt, sunflower lecithin, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), yeast, citric acid, soda.

mergatrude

One of my favourite snacks is muesli/granola bars, but my favourite brand of GF bars is a little expensive so I thought I'd try my hand at making something myself. After a bit of trial and error, I've come up with my own recipe that's both repeatable and adaptable.

m's snack bars

1/2 cup almond butter
1/2 cup honey
2 cups puffed quinoa
1/2 cup cranberries
1/2 cup pepitas
1/4 cup flaxseeds, ground
1/4 cup sunflower seeds

( To make )

runpunkrun

Our prompt for March is snacks!

To fill this prompt, you can:

Slide into the comments of this post and share a link to a recipe, product, or resource and why you like it.
Write up a favorite recipe and post it to the comm.
Post a review of a related product or cookbook to the comm.
Try someone's recipe and reply to their post (or comment) with any changes you made and how it turned out.

This prompt lasts all month, but it's only for inspiration and not a requirement. You can still post anything you like during this time as long as it meets the community guidelines.

Here's what's going on in the comments:

Snack recs? for sonia

mific

Apropos of nothing, but I invented this recently and it's quick and very tasty. GF, Low Carb, Vegetarian. Serves 1.

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Fast and yummy.

mific

Another way to tart up zucchini!
GF, Low Carb/keto, Vegetarian
Servings: 1-2

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jesse_the_k

for our March prompt, raw

prep time: 2 minutes (and then you have to cut up the veg)

Combine equal volumes miso and peanut butter. Stir in rice wine vinegar by spoonful until the mixture is soft enough to dip.

Good dipping partners (preferably bias-cut):

carrots
celery
apples
daikon radishes
zucchini (courgette)
cucumbers

This makes a good traveling snacker for the car, as it doesn't need refrigeration.

( What even is miso? )

mific

This is a version of granola I road tested and adapted that's delicious and nut-free, and can be dairy-free (the original recipe I adapted it from used coconut oil but I get heartburn with too much coconut). A lot of nut-free granolas are heavy on grains like oatmeal, but this one's low-carb and fits with a keto eating plan.

Prep Time: 5 min | Cook Time: 5-10 min | Servings: 12 portions

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It's not as crunchy as other granolas, but has lots of texture and is firmer if kept cool.

mific

This is something for any Kiwis following the comm, and I think they may be based in Aussie as well, maybe? Anyway, they mailorder.

Crumpets may not be well known in America being more of a British thing, but they're one of my absolute fave winter treats. When I was a kid there was a nearby bakery that made (non GF of course) excellently thick, chewy/crisp crumpets - the square-shaped ones, but in recent years all the supermarkets seem to sell is lighter-weight, less stodgy (and to me, less satisfying) (and of course, still non-GF) ones, mostly circular, but sometimes square. Smaller than the crumpets of old, though.

Then I was randomnly searching the internets for GF crumpets, like you do, and I discovered this LOCAL Christchurch company that makes GF crumpets. https://liberate-foods-nz.myshopify.com/

I've had a couple of deliveries so far, and they're the stodgy, delicious, square crumpets of my childhood, in spades!

Preferences for what to have on crumpets vary, but for me it has to be butter and honey, every time. YUM. Highly recommended!

The only problem is how fast I eat them once a parcel arrives. And one time the idiot courier guy left them at my neighbour's, which was briefly worrying, but the yumminess was eventually retrieved.

Seriously, if you can access these, give them a try. With butter and honey, of course! You toast them (I don't have a toaster but I brown them a little on both sides in a dry non-stick pan).

( pic here... )

mific

This is good if you're cooking for one. It's fast and easy, and keto-friendly. It tastes a bit like a cross between bread and a cheese omelette but that's okay if you want something savoury.

Mix all the following directly in a 4 inch ramekin.

( Ingredients here... )

Mix well with a fork.

Bake in microwave uncovered on high for 90 sec.

You can slice it horizontally once cool, and use the two slices as one closed or two open sandwiches. Toasting it in a dry non-stick pan would crisp it a bit more, as well. Or just cut it up and have it with soup, stew, etc. I was dubious about whether it would come out of the ramekin cleanly but it was pretty good. If you want a really clean release, mix it in a small bowl and put a circle of baking paper in the ramekin's base before adding the mixture. I didn't find that was necessary, though.

jesse_the_k

Six minutes from desire to eating

40 g frozen cranberries
1 Tbs (7 g) almond flour
3 Tbs (55 g) cooked squash
30 g frozen blueberries
5 drops sesame oil or pat of butter

( Three steps! )

rafiwinters

Hi all! I baked for the first time in a while, today, and these crackers came out to be very tasty. Try 'em!

I will note: the dough was a little dry at first. I had to add a little bit of hot water and a little bit of olive oil beyond what the recipe says. And I hadn't used a pastry mat or rolling pin in a while, so they didn't exactly come out all the same thickness. But they're yummy!

https://comfybelly.com/2010/07/almond-saltine-cracker/

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