Yes! It is that time of the year again, when I head up to London with the family and discover what’s new in the world of freefrom food, and meet some lovely freefrom people! It is the Allergy & Freefrom Show!
This year I am looking forward to finally meeting Kate from The Gluten Free Alchemist along with hooking up with Mel from Le Coin De Mel and going on a clue hunt courtesy of Allergy Adventures (who incidently has just launched her school education pack that includes videos and lesson plans to educate kids about food allergies…please let your local school’s know!).
I am also looking foward to meeting my favourite coconut suppliers, Coconut Merchant and visiting the Nature’s Path stand who I create recipes for…like this cheese apple and sundried tomato soda bread (which I have to confess is one of my favourite ever recipes I have created!)
I’m also looking forward to meeting the people behind the Zero Gluten Breadmaker…as I speak I have some rolls baking ready for our ‘car picnic’ later after school!
But, and there is one big but! Visiting somewhere with lots of delicious food and not being able to eat any of it is going to be very tough! In fact it was after gorging on sweet processed food last year that my health took a tumble and my candida flared up in a dramatic way!
Not this time. I will be saying a firm ‘no’ to any sample offered for me to try. My family, by contrast, will be saying ‘yes’ to everything! It is the one place that Roo can visit and can try almost everything (she puts aside her intolerance to dairy and goes for it!)…and for her it is like heaven!
Anyway, in a bid to avoid temptation I have made a batch of my cinammon coconut crips to snack on as I wander around. They are crip and satisfying and contain only three ingredients. You can whip them up in 10 minutes and I challenge you to leave them alone!!
Here’s the recipe. Let me know what you think if you make them and please share your photos of them on your favourite social media channel, tagging me with #freefromfairy!
Cinnamon Coconut Crips
Ingredients
- Approx. 120g coconut chips
- Drizzle organic or raw honey
- Sprinke cinnamon
Method
- Place the coconut chips in a baking tray so that they are well spread out and not overlapping
- Drizzle with as much or little honey as you like (I would suggest a max. 1 tsp)
- Sprinkle over the cinnamon
- Place the baking tray in a pre-heated oven at 170 degrees (150 degree fan oven, gas mark 5) and leave for 2 minutes
- Remove from the oven and gently mix the chips around to coat in the honey and cinnamon mixture
- Place back in the oven for a further 5-7 minutes depending on how crunchy you would like them
- Remove from the oven, loosen them in the tray and then leave to cool in the tray
- Transfer to an air-tight container to store for up to a week
Catherine says
These sound delicious. Have pinned 🙂
#pocolo
Vicki Montague says
Oh good! Let me know if you try them!!
Kate - glutenfreealchemist says
These look so crisp! Interested by the cinnamon with coconut. It is not a pairing I would have automatically thought of…. Hopefully I can sneak a nibble of one if you bring any to the Free From show, and test for myself!
Looking forward to meeting you!
Vicki Montague says
Ah no! Only just read this. I had them with me too…you could have tried them. Now you will just have to make them yourself ;). It was SUPER meeting you at long last. You rock!
Kate - glutenfreealchemist says
Ha…. Fab to meet you too! I nearly asked you if you had any, but thought you might think I was being really cheeky! I went and bought some coconut chips from the Coconut Merchant instead…… guess I will just have to make them xx
Vicki Montague says
They take so little time! I hope you like them…I love them!
Verily Victoria Vocalises says
I expect that you are up in London as I type! I am looking forward to hearing how you got on at the show and I hope I can get there at some point. Loving the coconut crisps. Thank you for linking to #PoCoLo x
Vicki Montague says
It is a great show…I’m sure you would love it!
Heather @ Cook It Up Paleo says
What an easy, yummy snack! I absolutely love coconut, and toast it with honey and cinnamon.. well I might eat the whole batch! 🙂
Vicki Montague says
Yes, eating the whole batch is pretty much what happens here!
Jules says
This is an awesome idea and would fit with my clean eating plan at the moment. Glad I found you through #TastyTuesdays
Vicki Montague says
Great! Let me know what you think. They are pretty hard to resist!
Fola lewis says
Looks delicious, I’d love to buy a coconut and do this myself but I’m not a big fan of honey. Anything else you’d recommend instead?
Vicki Montague says
Hi Fola. If you don’t like sweeteners at all then make it without…it would still be delicious! Otherwise try a drizzle of your favourite liquid sweetener. Let me know how it goes!
Fola lewis says
Thankyou! I’ll try it without any sweeteners, I keep coming back to look as coconut must be my favourite thing but it’s very rarely ripe when I buy it pre packaged.
Great idea!
Vicki Montague says
I made it last with no honey and it was totally delicious still!