An Inconvenient Food

Friday, December 11, 2009

Ah, Paleo… I love how you boost my health, improve my athletic performance, help my sleep, shrink my butt… but do you have to be so damn messy? Salads are amazing, until you try to eat one in the car (lesson: stop eating in the car). Soups and stews? Delicious, but if your tupperware leaks, you’re out one really nice messenger bag. And if you’re trying to feed a child? On the road? Oh my.

But, but, but! I did it! The following recipe produces grain-free, sugar-free biscuit/cookie things that a 10 month old can and will eat with gusto without choking, that are free of potential allergy hazards (egg whites, tree nuts, dairy), and that are tasty enough that I tend to gobble up what Etta doesn’t finish. Also, mess-free. Behold!

Coconut Things (not so good at naming foods, me)

1 cup ground coconut (take 1 1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut and run it through your coffee grinder until it’s flour-like. The volume will decrease.)
4 egg yolks (save the whites for breakfast tomorrow)
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup frozen raspberries, crumbled up into little bits
Optional add-ins:
- cinnamon and ginger, to taste
- dried blueberries
- chopped nuts

Mix it all up in a bowl, form little hamburger-like patties, and bake on a parchment-lined cookie sheet at 350 degrees until they’re firm to the touch. Cool, then chow down. Makes 9. Or 12. Depends on how big you make your patties.