We made healthy Rice krispy treats last night with all 3 kids using gluten free/casein free ingredients and TA-DAAAA! I was mommy of the year!the recipe was surprisingly simple:
3 tsp GF/CF butter (I used Smart Balance with Olive Oil, but it does contain fish oil if you happen to be vegan.. so you can find a vegan butter that would work)
2 cups Ricemellow (which is a whole tub)
6 cups puffed rice cereal (I used Arrowhead Mills b/c it only had one ingredient!)
1 tsp vanilla
melt the butter in a sauce pan. Add in Ricemellow and let warm. Stir in vanilla. Do not overheat the ricemellow or it tastes funny!!!Then I put the puffed rice in a big bowl and poured in the Ricemellow/butter mixture. then with MOIST hands (if they aren't moist, you'll end up with sticky puffed rice all over you!!!) mix it all together, then press into pan to cool.SUPER easy!
I read that you can add carob chips (like chocolate chips) to this to add more sweet... but we did not. They do NOT taste exactly like a gooey rice krispy treat, but they are a lighter taste and were very good. It's different to those of us that grew up on those sickeningly sweet treats, but they are good. A lot of the GF/CF stuff is like that.. good in it's own right. It's funny, though.. since we started eating healthier and since we started this diet for our son, I can taste every chemical and all the junk in the foods I used to eat.. like certain types of peanut butter that I used to just love now taste like chemicals to me as I've gotten so used to the natural peanut butter. It's all what you get used to I suppose. One day at a time, though, we're making the change, and it's definately for the better!!!
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