This is the second dessert I've found since changing my food to gluten & dairy free. This pie is easy to make, delicious, and you will not be disappointed! I found this recipe at www.SimplyGluten-Free.com but made a few quantity changes to accommodate my 12" disposable pie plate. Ingredients Crust 2 cups blanched almond flour 7 large medjool dates, pits removed, chopped finely (found them in the produce section of my grocery store) 1/8 tsp sea salt 3 tablespoons coconut oil (more if Continue reading
24 December 2012 
Chocolate Sprinkled Coconut Macaroons – Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Egg Free
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Since going gluten, egg and dairy free I haven't had any obvious choices for dessert - which is probably a good thing! Now that it's Christmas I'm missing cookies and I want dessert with my Christmas dinner! I don't like to spend a lot of time grocery shopping or preparing, so the following recipe is one that was adapted from several and is based on what was already in my kitchen. Ingredients 4 cups of coconut (I had two types flaked & desiccated, used all of it) 1/2 cup of almond flour Continue reading
10 October 2011 
Best Apple Crisp Ever
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I began making this apple crisp while living in Toronto. The basic recipe came straight out of an old Betty Crocker cookbook circa 1987, which is likely the year I began enjoying the dessert. While I was working as a counsellor at the Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf, I would get together for dinner with a couple of fellow employees who happened to be married. They made the best apple crisp I'd ever tasted and they shared their secret ingredient with me. For the record, I usually double Continue reading
