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
Eating Healthy & Delicious is a Win Win Win
Situation!
Eat, Live & Party Well
Blog post by Chef Mark Cleveland
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