Debbie's Delicious and Easy Hazelnut Fruit Cobbler

I like to make this simple cobbler with the leftover bags of frozen fruit that I find in my freezer. You see we have a fruit lover in our house and he has a daily ritual of frozen fruit, but usually it's mangoes, so I'm safe to steal the rest. Tonight after he tasted this cobbler, he said that it would be fine for me to use some of his mangoes next time.

This is the same topping I use on my "Apple Pie" but using frozen fruit takes much less time and energy than peeling, cutting, and chopping apples. I'm all for low energy output, but great taste these days.

Debbie's Delicious and Easy Hazelnut Fruit Cobbler - Gluten, Dairy and Sugar-Free

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit

Filling:
2 cups of frozen organic fruit, thawed a bit (I like mostly blueberries, a few cherries, and a few peaches)
Pour into the bottom of a pie pan and set aside.

Topping:
1 cup Hazelnut meal (Bob's Red Mill)
3/4 cup arrowroot flour
3/8 cup Earth Balance Buttery Sticks
1/8 cup agave nectar
1/4 teaspoon sea salt

Using a food processor, mix all topping ingredients together until it forms a ball. Then crumble on top of the fruit.
Bake for 30-35 minutes or until the fruit is bubbling and the top is brown. Watch carefully because the top will brown very well with the agave nectar.

Gluten-free birthday parties

What a celebration, now we are eight! My youngest son just had his birthday and the party was lots of fun! We ate cupcakes made with Bob's Red Mill Chocolate Cake Mix frosted with Enjoy Life Foods recipe of what we renamed Oosey Goosey Icing made with coconut milk instead of rice milk, Organic Yummy Earth Lollipops, organic air-popped popcorn with melted Earth Balance Margarine and sea salt, and Green Mountain Gringo Tortilla Strips. For a healthy addition, we served organic carrot and celery strips and then finished off with a drink of Sugar-free Ultima Replenisher Raspberry Flavored drink mix that is sweetened with stevia.

I enjoyed the comments from the "gluten-eaters." Two of the kids said that they didn't like cake or icing, but that they loved these. Maybe this is because the schools here do not allow homemade goodies to be brought in to share with their classmates. I expect these children don't like the taste of the artificial ingredients most store-bought cakes are laden with, but enjoyed
the healthy taste of natural food...even gluten-free!