OATS!

oats are gluten-free.
but, gluten-free oats are not the same thing.
we know this, and this is an established thing.
so, when you wanna make oatmeal things for gluten-freebies,
y'gotta go get a whole other 'nother special batch of those jauns......or else.
now, i'll mention that i do have gluten-free oats that are also gluten-free-
and the good news is that i got half as many for four times the regular price
of just plain ol' naturally but not *environmentally* gluten-free oats.
my point is, i got 'em, so i could get into some things.
if that's what has to happen then that is exactly what happens, y'feel me?
neighbors, i LOVE oats.
the most.
my favorite non-wheat grain, no question, is the oat.
and y'know what goes great with oats?
yup.
that's right: coconut.
here's the question, though-
what if the coconut was processed in a factory that at one time
had, like, a sheaf of wheat nearby, once when it opened or whatever?
i dunno.
but, i guess we're gonna find out-
because i made some gluten-free treats again,
and i might've used coconut that possibly walked by a speck of flour at some point....
yup.
i'm livin' dangerously, dudes.
check the teleport:

OATMEAL-COCONUT BARS!!!
they taste great.
they feel great.
they've got raw cacao nib sprankles for crawnch,
and dark-chocolaty ganche drizzlers for exxxtra sexxxinesss, too.
so, they don't suck, that's for sure.
and also, i remembe how to make them, so i'll just go ahead and share that with y'all:
-
*
GF COCON'OATMEALTIME!
-
preheat your oven to 350℉
-
in a medium-sized metal mixing bowl... or ceramic, or plastic, or whatever,
combine:
3/4 cup sugar;
1 stick vegan butter;
2 tsp vanilla;
1/2 tsp salt;
cream well, and fully,
and add:
1 cup freshly-ground unsweetened unsulphured coarse coconut meal, milled from flakes;
1 cup quick-actin' rolled gf oats;
1 cup mama's almond flour blend;
1 cup garbanzo-based bob's gf ap flour;
3 T tapioca;
2 tsp baking powder;
1 tsp baking soda;
1 tsp xantham gum;
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk.
stir and stir and stir until that's all one solid, semi-spongy batter,
and spread it out evenly in a 9 x 12 rectangular greased, lightly g-f-floured non-stick pan.
bake it for 30 minutes,
and let it cool completely before icing.
-
the icing is easy-
1/4 cup dark chocolate vegan chips;
melted on low heat with 1 T non-dairy milk
and 2 tsp raw cacao butter.
that's it.
stir it up until it's allllll smooth, and pipe it out through a plastic baggie
with one corner tip slightly clipped to form a lil bitty baby hole-
-
then blast it with those nibs, nerds.
as many as you'd like, or as many as you have, even.
just hook it up, b. and when you see how expert these are,
you'll be excited that you made the effort.
trying hard is good for you.
***********
can o' worms, man.
can o' frickin' worms.
y'ever live alone for years, and then look around and realize you're weird as F*?
it's not unique to me, i'm sure, but man, oh man, does it sure seem
like super-weirdie weirdness snuck up on me outta nowhere.
i keep finding MORE sh!t i have to eff with within
this nook'd and crannied Folk Life & Liberty Fortress,
and it makes me anxious.
hmm?
no. not in a bad way. jeez. take it easy-
it makes me anxious, because it's time to exorcise and amputate and eliminate
some of these trappings that've trapped me for a little while now-
y'know?
i'm doing something every day, and every thing is time consuming in proportion to
how long i've neglected paying attention to it...
that's a debt i aim to repay in full, and the cost of this time is well worth
the intentionally oblivious half a decade i took up ignoring all this stuff.
so, it's waves of bye bye and hello all at once,
and both of my hands are frantically flapping back and forth
whenever they're not sorting or carrying something to somewhere else.
it's all really happening, because it's past time and overdue.
i'm anxious with anticipation;
never quiet, never soft.....