Thursday, July 2, 2015

Chef Mark Cleveland :: Vintage Post :: Whole Life Times :: Sweets for Kids

Long before everything was blogged, print ruled the sentences.  Here’s the culinary history of Avanti & the musing of Chef Mark Cleveland in culinary fun stuff from before any #face had been #book-ed
October 28, 2002
 December 2002 Whole Life Times Food Column

 Family Affair – Let’s Make Holiday No-Bake Cookies w/ the Kiddies!

With any luck your five-year-old is already an avid label reader, prowling supermarket aisles and quickly returning packages of kiddy treats containing hydrogenated trans fats and high fructose corn syrup to the shelf with a hearty toddler sized ‘humph’ of righteous indignation.  Still, if your little nipper is not yet quite so savvy, here’s a great opportunity for a family project to indulge creativity and exercise dexterity while enhancing their nutritional knowledge. 

You’ll use a stovetop or micro to melt and heat, but with no sharp objects or blasting ovens to temp your little Hantzels and Gretels, those good-time-ending cuts and burns are a non-issue this holiday season.  Kids particularly will enjoy the culinary irony of using chow mein noodles in sweet treats.  So wipe off the table, set out the ingredients, prepare some cute boxes or tins to showcase your family handiwork and rock the season with a holiday healthful homemade cookie bonanza!



May peace prevail on earth and let it begin with everyone!

Candy Bar Cookies

Recipe By:         Mark Cleveland
Serving Size:         18
Preparation Time:         0:20
Categories:         Cookies        

Amount         Measure         Ingredient         Preparation Method
1         cup         almond butter        
1         cup         brown rice syrup        
3/4         cup         brown sugar        
1/2         cup         currants        
1/2         teaspoon         vanilla        
6         cups         corn flake cereal        
1         cup         semisweet chocolate chips        
2/3         cup         pine nuts        

In a large saucepan combine almond butter, brown rice syrup & brown sugar.  Cook over medium heat until smooth.  Stir in currants and vanilla.  Then stir in corn flakes chips and pine nuts.  Stir until well mixed and evenly coated.  Press into a lightly greased 9 x 13 baking dish.  Cool, then cut into bars.

Per serving (excluding unknown items): 274 Calories; 14g Fat (43% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 39g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 8mg Sodium



Chow Mein Clusters

Recipe By:         Mark Cleveland
Serving Size:         24
Preparation Time:         0:15
Categories:         Cookies         Holistic Gourmet Spice Blends        

Amount         Measure         Ingredient         Preparation Method
1         cup         butterscotch chips        
1         cup         white chocolate chips        
1         teaspoon         China 5   Chinese 5 Spice Powder        
2         cups         chow mein noodles        
1         cup         cashew pieces        

Melt chips w/ China 5 in double boiler over simmering water or in the micro on low stirring after each minute until smooth.  Stir in noodles and cashews.  Drop by teaspoon onto parchment paper.  Chill until firm.

Notes:         Use all butterscotch or all white chocolate for flavorful variations.

Per serving: 129 Calories; 7g Fat (48% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 16g Carbohydrate; 1mg Cholesterol; 22mg Sodium

Arctic Snowballs

Recipe By:         Mark Cleveland
Serving Size:         25
Preparation Time:         0:20
Categories:         Cookies        

Amount         Measure         Ingredient         Preparation Method
1         cup         organic butter        
4         tablespoons         rice dream®        
1         teaspoon         cardamom        
1 1/2         cups         brown sugar        
1/3         cup         cocoa powder        
4         cups         oatmeal        
1         cup         coconut flakes        
1         cup         macadamia nuts         crushed

Cream butter with rice dream and cardamon.  Add sugar, cocoa, oatmeal and mix well.  Roll into one inch balls.  Add more rice dream if necessary to create the proper texture.  Roll half the balls in coconut flakes, and the other half in the crushed macadamias. 

Per serving: 194 Calories; 11g Fat (47% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 24g Carbohydrate; 20mg Cholesterol; 220mg Sodium

Vegan Chocolate No Bake Cookies

Recipe By:         Mark Cleveland
Serving Size:         18
Preparation Time:         0:15
Categories:         Cookies        

Amount         Measure         Ingredient         Preparation Method
3/4         cup         maple sugar        
3         tablespoons         unsweetened cocoa powder        
1/3         cup         soy milk        
1/2         cup         soy nut butter        
1 1/4         cups         rolled oats        
1         tablespoon         vanilla extract        

Line a baking sheet w/ parchment.  Combine maple sugar and cocoa in a medium saucepan.  Stir in soy milk and soy nut butter.  Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.  This part is hot, so be very careful.  Stir in oats and vanilla, remove from heat and stir until well blended.  Drop by spoonfuls onto parchment.  Chill until firm.

Per serving: 59 Calories; 1g Fat (16% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 11g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 2mg Sodium

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