Need Recipe Suggestion for CCFA Holiday Party

I just discovered Liberte Yogurt and the coconut is the most opulent yogurt I have ever tasted. It's so silky and creamy and just divine! I would prefer it to any other dessert - it's heaven!

Donna, I agree, and in fact the member of our support group is bringing some of the Liberte coconut. It's the best tasting yogurt I have ever eaten as well, but it is loaded with sugar and calories and I had to kick it off my diet. You are correct, it is like eating a dessert. But it is off the board any way because that other member told me he is bringing Liberte coconut yogurt to the party. It's a general rule of pot luck parties that you never bring something that will compete with something that someone else is bringing, which is why I am thinking of nut flour based cookies. 3 other people in the group besides me are on carb restricted diets and don't do white flour. Interestingly these are people who have UC and Crohn's.

OK...where do you get this Liberte coconut yogurt? I've
never heard of it... :-)

Yogurt is the worst since it is all sugar and carbs. unless you make it yourself. I eat plain goat yogurt if I go into the yogurt area.

I made a good tres leches the other day with almond meal and coconut condensed milk, all sugar/dairy and gluten free I don't have the recipe since it is a bit of a mess and I just moved, crap is everywhere!

Check these out! http://www.amazingpaleo.com/20...a-christmas-special/

http://www.naturalsweetrecipes.com/honey-caramels/

http://chocolatecoveredkatie.c...nt-chocolate-bars-1/

It isn't nut flour based, but if you have paleo/grain-free type dieters in your group, bacon wrapped dates are always a big hit. The dates have a lot of natural sweetness, they can pass for dessert. I wouldn't mess around with artificial sweeteners at an event for IBD patients!

Thanks Vanessavy, I appreciate it. I was hoping you had something battle tested. I thought you had mentioned pistachio cookies??? I am pretty much a rookie at cooking any baked goods with nut flours.

Pluot,

Thanks for the tip. Diet is a huge regular topic in our group and we do have such dieters so I will be mindful of the use of artificial sweeteners.

The top one will be the easiest, the bark. if you aren't a baker then these recipes will be good to go. Baking nut flours can be science. You can try these though
http://chowdivine.com/grain-fr...ocolate-chip-cookies

Also, not all almond meal is the same. I get my nut flour from http://www.nuts.com nuts.com

Bob's products are horrible, not healthy and grainy.

I do a lot of deserts with ground up dried fruits (figs, dates, cherries, or apricots) that I roll into a log and then in chopped nuts (walnuts, cashews, pistachios or sesame seeds) and then cut into slices. I flavour them with a few drops of rose water of orange blossom water...they are very, very yummy, sugarfree, gluten free and artificial everything free.
1 cup dried fruit
1 tbls rose or orange blossom water
a few drops of warm water,
a few drops sesame oil or any nut oil (almond, walnut...)
ground cinnamon, ground cloves, cardamon...are all flavour options that you might want to incorporte into the log
Chopped nuts (salted or unsalted according to your taste)
In the bowl of a food processor, throw in all of the drid fruit and chop with the pulse button, add a few drops of the rose or orange blossom water, a few drop of warm water and nut oil until you have a thick and slightly chunky paste. Add any spices that you like now. If it is too thick add more water or oil.
Using a sheet of wax paper, roll it into a log and place in the fridge for 1/2 hr...roll in the chopped nuts an cut into slices.
Serve in little paper cups.
Sharon

Sharon,

That sounds great. My grandmother did something similar at the holidays, but she flavored it with bourbon, and rolled the mixture into balls. We called them bourbon balls. Your recipe sounds a bit more IBD friendly!!!

Thanks for the suggestions.

yup, we use it too for the holidays...there are as many different reciepes as there are families...if you are anywhere near a Lebanese grocery store, take a look to see if they sell apricot paste...it comes in thin sheets that are wraped in celophane and folded into a package...the other favorite reciepes are with almond paste, whole dates (pitted or not), pitted prunes, ground almonds, slivered almonds and apricot paste.
1. Fancy fruits:
12 pitted dates
12 pitted prunes
12 dried apricots
1 lb almond paste
natural food coloring
ground nuts (pistachios, almonds, walnuts, chopped nuts...)
sugar or icing sugar opional
Divide the almond paste into 2 or 3 large pieces. Add a drop of food coloring to each pieces and knead a bit to mix the color into them. (ususally we use red, green and yellow but have fun with it)
Make little coloured balls out of the almond paste (about the size of a very large bean).
Cut open the dates, prunes, apricots etc and pit them if they aren't already pitted then stuff them with the almond paste balls. roll them into the chopped nuts or place a 1/2 walnut or pistachio on top. You can sprinkle them with powdered sugar or icing sugar if you like.
With the apricot paste: cut it into about a 4inch wide, 12inch long strip. Roll the almond paste into a 11 inch long rope (about 1/4 inch diameter) and place it on the edge of the apricot paste and roll it into it. The almond paste should be completely covered with the apricot paste. Cut into 1 inch pieces and place them on a cookie sheet to dry. Place a 1/2 almond or pistachio on top and sprink with either icing sugar or dried nuts. Serve!
Hope you like these: No gluten, no sugar, not problem except for maybe the prunes...
Sharon

Hi CTbarrister,

I didn't realize there was a CCFA support group in our area. Can you post a link to the website or give me the name of the head of the support group.

Thanks, KangaRoe

Hi KangaRoe,

I sent you a PM with the info.