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CallaFirestormBW -> RE: The CollarMe "Biggest Loser" Gang WANTS YOU!!1! (1/10/2010 5:19:17 AM)
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Linn, I know this is a little late, but congratulations! (I've been spending a lot less time on the computer, of late...)
In terms of the carbs... it's been COLD here (like most of the country!), but here in Houston, we just don't -get- temperatures in the teens and '20s, and what I wanted this morning was HOT CEREAL... now, I don't eat grains, and some of you have seen me after a few days of carb-loading, so you know -why-... but that hot bowl of oatmeal was calling my name... On top of that, everyone else in our household but me is SICK SICK SICK. It's passing me by, so far, and that was enough to give me a little corner of rational thought to work from. I suspect that I'm healthy and they're sick because I haven't been slowly poisoning my body for the past several months -- just the occasional times I slip off the wagon leaves me feeling run down for days, so I have been pretty good about not torturing myself that way... so... with that in mind, I created THIS -- it completely satisfied the hunger for hot cereal, and was soooo tasty even I was surprised!
2 organic medjool dates
2 dried apricots
1/4 cup dried mixed raisins
1/4 cup dried sour cherries
1/2 cup cashews
1/2 cup walnuts
1/2 cup pecans
1/4 cup shelled hemp seed
2 tablespoons dehydrated palm syrup OR 2 tablespoons maple syrup
1 cup nut milk (I like hazelnut milk for this!)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon freshly-grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
Combine nuts and fruit in the bowl of your food processor and chop until very fine. Some chunks are ok, and add interesting texture, but it's important to get most of the ingredients down to a fine meal. Pour into a small saucepan. Add hempseed, sweetener, nut milk, and spices. Cook over low to medium-low heat until mixture comes to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to stand for about 2-3 minutes, then serve. This makes about 3 servings (a serving is about 1/2 cup and VERY filling).
This is amazingly tasty, and leftovers keep for a few days in the fridge (I'm thinking about making some up on the weekends and taking the leftovers with me to work a couple of days during the week).
If one is very active and doesn't get enough staying power from just the above, my son says that his serving lasted him longer if he added 1/4 cup of half-and-half, like pouring milk over cereal when serving it. He said that, with that, the 1/2 cup serving lasted him over 4 hours before he was -really- hungry again, and that with working outside helping his dad clear gutters. For me, the 1/2 cup serving is actually a little -too- much... 1/3 cup lasts me about 3 hours before I get hunger signals again, which is just about right.
Anyway -- I hope this helps folks who are struggling with nostalgia and/or carb cravings in these cold days.
Calla
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