I found oat flour for a great price at an Amish grocery store near my house and decided to use it to make cookies when I was home last week on a snowy day.  Oats are gluten free which makes them great for low allergy cooking.  However, if you are someone who is especially sensitive to gluten, be sure to look for a “gluten free” label on the oats you buy because sometimes oats contain traces of wheat due to the fact that producers tend to use the same equipment to process both grains.

Here is the recipe I used.  The cookies turned out a little crumbly, but that is to be expected with any gluten-free cookie since gluten is what makes wheat flour hold together so nicely.  Despite the crumbliness (which I actually enjoyed), the cookies were delicious.

Ingredients:
2 ¼ cups oat flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp finely ground Celtic salt
1 cup butter or coconut oil (I used a 50/50 mix of the two since I ran out of butter)
2/3 cup xylitol or granulated sugar
¾ cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt.
In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar, and brown sugar until well blended.
Beat in eggs and vanilla until smooth.  Gradually add flour mixture.  Stir in chocolate chips and nuts.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.

I’m sure many, if not most of you, have either tried or are now using the SuperForce herbal tincture.  I have been surprised over the years to hear of its many uses – from sprinkling on popcorn (it really is good!), to flavoring soups, spicing up a salad dressing and even using topically  – I’m sure the list goes on and on.  And these uses are in addition to how it’s “normally” taken internally to fight bacterial, fungal, and viral infections.  It really is an all-purpose tonic!

Do you have any special ways you use Superforce?  We would love to hear your ideas.

Here’s a link to the MFC web site for SuperForce, and it’s on sale!

http://www.marilynfarms.com/index.php?main_page=mfc_product_edible_info&cPath=65&products_id=62

A nutritionist friend of mine found this website and was kind enough to send it on.  It contains lots of great info on – you guessed it – healthy foods!  Here’s the link:

http://101foodsthatcouldsaveyourlife.answerstv.com/AnswersTV/index.aspx