Saturday, October 15, 2011

Juaniques Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Cookies

I sometimes get urges for junk food...I'm only human right? When I do get those urges, I make this!!  

Juanique’s Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Oatmeal Cookies
1 Cup Coconut butter
4 eggs
½ cup honey
1 tsp liquid vanilla 1
½ cups rice flour
3 cups oatmeal
1 tsp Xanthum Gum
½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips or raisins

1) Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2) Heat the coconut butter until it’s liquefied. Mix the butter with the eggs, honey and vanilla
3) Add the rice flour. Mix.
4) Add the oatmeal. Mix
5) Add the xanthum Gum. Mix
6) Add semi-sweet chocolate chips or raisins
7) Once all ingredients are mixed, put balls of the dough onto a lightly greased oven pan. 8) Bake for 10 minutes or until the tops just begin to brown
9) ENJOY!!

Sugar: the Bitter Truth

Yes this is long but if you have time, watch it and be ready to have your cerebellum blown to bits! :P

Friday, October 7, 2011

NOW We Are Getting Somewhere

I don't know about you but I've been trying to tell this to people for a while! More veggies and protein, less grains. I don't think it's perfect (yet) but it's better than what it was before.

http://lifehacker.com/5842833/the-harvard-healthy-eating-plate-offers-politics+free-nutritional-guidelines