PIE CRUST

PIE CRUST

Makes 1 pie crust We’ve tried lots of different ways to make pie crusts and never found one to our liking. Some were too sweet, some were too flaky, some were even too difficult to make. One morning, Stacy woke up early and headed to the kitchen, determined to solve...

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COCONUT CREAM PIE

COCONUT CREAM PIE

Serves 8–10 The first time we made coconut cream pie, we had a serious accident! We forgot to let the pie chill in the fridge, so when we tried to move it, it spilled everywhere! We made it again in hopes that it was tasty after all. Luckily, it’s delicious and sets...

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WHIPPED COCONUT CREAM

WHIPPED COCONUT CREAM

Makes 1 cup of whipped coconut cream We love to put berries and coconut cream on our Sunday morning Frozen Waffles, but they’re also a delicious treat all by themselves. If you like to get the can of whipped cream from the fridge and spray it on your dessert, this is...

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BANANA BUBBLE PUDDING

BANANA BUBBLE PUDDING

Provides 10–12 servings Tapioca pearls look like hundreds of tiny bubbles when you cook them, but really they’re just tiny balls of starch made from the cassava root. We add them to pudding and, voila, bubble pudding! Tapioca pearls can be found affordably and easily...

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CHERRY MACADAMIA CRUMBLE

CHERRY MACADAMIA CRUMBLE

Serves 10 We love cherry picking! After climbing the trees and picking these little cute gems, making this delicious dessert is the perfect way to end the day. It’s even better with our Honey Nut Ice Cream (p. 237) on top! We use a cherry pitter (we got ours at the...

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MINI NUT BUTTER CUPS

MINI NUT BUTTER CUPS

Makes 24 mini cups or 9 muffin size These mini muffins taste like a peanut butter candy walked into a muffin, only they’re much healthier. If you’ve never tried sunflower seed butter before, you’re in for a treat! It’s the seeds of a sunflower ground up like peanut...

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HAWAIIAN VACATION SMOOTHIE

HAWAIIAN VACATION SMOOTHIE

Makes 16 oz smoothie Sometimes, especially in the cold of winter, it’s fun to use your imagination and pretend you’re on vacation. Use tropical fruits like mango and pineapple to make a “vacation smoothie” like this one. Then put on your bathing suit and sunglasses...

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CHERRY CHOCOLATE BALLS

CHERRY CHOCOLATE BALLS

Makes about 24 balls One of our favorite activities is picking fruit from our local “u-pick” farm. When cherries are ripe, we always pick lots and lots of them because it’s fun to climb trees and it’s nice and shady picking. We pit them, freeze them, and use them all...

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CANDIED NUTS

CANDIED NUTS

Makes 6 cups of granola Having changed what you eat, you probably miss cereal from time to time. We’re not going to lie: we miss cereal, too. Granola has always been a favorite, but with the traditional variety containing oats, we have to pass it up at the store. The...

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ANYTIME COOKIES

ANYTIME COOKIES

Makes 24 cookies A certain blue-furred monster has been known to say that cookies are a “sometimes” food. Normally that’s absolutely true, except in our house we make cookies entirely out of healthy foods and eat them anytime! They remind us of a flavorful shortbread...

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