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20 min. Yeast-Free, Gluten-Free Italian Bread & Easy Mezzetta Olive Tapenade

My favorite holiday memories are of having lots of family and friends over for big meals. I love doing the cooking, preparing holiday recipes, the noise and laughter in the house, and of course, eating the food. I've happily adapted most of my old recipes to gluten-free but I had one more challenge. I was missing crusty chewy   Italian bread that I could make into Crostini! I've always loved warm toasted chewy bites of Italian bread at holiday parties. Topped with Tapenade or made into Bruschetta, they are my favorite appetizers, but I hadn't quite found the right gluten-free flour blend to achieve that wonderful chewiness, until now! I'm so excited to share my NEW 20-minute Gluten-free, Yeast-free, Egg-Free, and Xanthan Gum-Free Italian Bread Rolls with you and did I say, they only take 20 minutes? No yeast, no rising and so easy to make. This amazing dough is also perfect patted out thin for flatbread or pizza crust. Scroll down to see my new Pizza crust u

Peach & Mango Berry Crisp, gluten free, sugar free, dairy free, grain free

 
Do you love Berry Crisp as much as I do?  Especially when it's still warm with frozen yogurt made from my homemade Greek Yogurt on top!  I used frozen peaches, blueberries and a fresh mango that I needed to use up but you can use whatever you have on hand.
I thought that peaches would go great with the almond meal crust.  

I usually bake with Stevia but I decided to use some Splenda with fiber that I had in the cupboard for this desert.  Splenda tastes better and bakes up more like sugar.  You can substitute whatever works for you. Here's my favorite Stevia conversion chart .

I soak my raw almonds overnight, drain the water and then dry them slowly in the toaster oven on the lowest temp (mine goes down to 150) until they are just crisp.   Then I grind them in small batches in my coffee mill. I hope you enjoy! 

 Just Peachy Mango Berry Crisp, gluten free, sugar free, dairy free, egg free, grain free

Ingredients:

Filling:
  • 2 cups fresh or frozen peaches, sliced
  • 1 mango, cored and sliced 
  • 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1/2 cup Splenda or Erythritol or equivalent of choice
Topping:
  • 1 cup almond meal, finely ground
  • 1/2 cup almond meal, coarsely ground
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut, ground or shredded
  • 1/2 cup sweetener of choice
  • 4 tablespoons coconut oil or butter, softened
  • gluten free cinnamon, dust on top
Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

  1. Prepare fruit. Wash, peel if needed, slice or lightly defrost if using frozen fruit.   Add fruit to a large oven proof casserole dish
  2. Stir in lemon juice,  Splenda or sweetener of choice and cornstarch
  3. Make topping.   In a large bowl add ground almonds, coconut, Splenda or sweetener of choice.  Add coconut oil or butter and mix with a fork until crumbly
  4. Sprinkle topping evenly over your fruit
  5. Bake 30 minutes or until top is brown and filling is bubbling.   What's your favorite Crisp desert?

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