chemical kitchen: nut-free, soy-free vegan baking(!)

This blog is for my modified vegan recipes. My gf and I are making the best attempt we can at a vegetarian diet with the following food allergies: tree nuts, peanuts and all other legumes, strawberries, melon, shellfish, eggs, and mild allergies to milk and soy. In the process, we are also trying to NOT induce any new allergies (such as wheat or gluten) by overloading on meat-alternatives like seitan. I would appreciate any feed back!

2009-04-10

nut substitute?? sweet and salty toasted rice

I took lots of pictures since I didn't really measure out anything. My goal was to find something to sub for nuts in a recipe instead of just leaving them out.

I started with butter, honey and vanilla extract.

I put this in the microwave for ~30 seconds to get the butter melted and then started adding rice that was leftover from dinner.

I added rice until all of the grains were pretty well coated and not "too soggy." I also tasted it periodically and added a little more honey. Then I spread the rice onto a greased baking sheet, and put it in the oven at 325 degrees.