Gluten Free Pistachio Cookies
Naturally colored, these Gluten Free Pistachio Cookies are a delicious after school or after work treat.
As a single parent to a teen daughter (who made me read the entire Hunger Games Series), the odds are not in my favor. I have statistics constantly tell me the limitations and disadvantages of single parenting. But, I for one, have never been a fan of statistics.
In fact, I think this single parenting thing comes with it’s set of perks and advantages. For example, before my daughter was in my life, my roommates poked fun of me for talking to myself.
However, after my daughter came along, I wasn’t talking to myself anymore about the news, work, or the latest Robin Cook book! I was talking to her! Back then, if I had had an Unlimited Talk Text and Data/Web plan, I might have talked to her all day while she was at daycare and I was at work! Bit much – huh?
As a result of all that talking early on, my daughter would often surprise me with her use of “big” words. Very often these words would come out during her bath-time as she played with her “Rubbadubbers”.
One evening, when she was around 4, she had me play the role of “Winona” Rubbadubber who happened to communicate by squeaking! Of course, she bossed me around as to what I should or shouldn’t be squeaking as Winona, and I of course didn’t stick to her script. As she started to get frustrated with me, she blurted out “Mommy YOU are PARAH-NOID!”
At first, I was thrilled that my little girl used “paranoid” in a sentence. But, then I started wondering if she really knew what it meant. When I asked her, she said “you know, parah-noid; a parent being annoying!” 😯
Her younger self might have used that word completely out of context, but, I think her younger self was psychic! Because, all through her growing up, I sure have been one paranoid (not parah-noid) parent!
Now that she is in high school AND driving, my paranoid self has one rule and that is she calls before she gets in her car AND as soon as she gets to her destination – no matter how many places she goes back and forth from!
To date, she has humored my paranoia and faithfully called me. Sometimes, she has even sent me a Google-hangout invite so we can chat face to face when she gets home – as she stuffs her face with homemade, better-for-her, only 138 calorie, Gluten Free Pistachio Cookies like these ones. That blender I purchased over a month ago sure has come in handy in grinding nuts!
So, let’s just say you left home, reached your destination, and figured out you didn’t have your phone on you…
Would you turn around and go get it and be late getting back? Or, would you go without it for as long as you have to?
And so I am not the only paranoid person around these parts – what are you most paranoid about?
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups shelled and ground pistachios
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 4 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1/4 cup tapioca flour can substitute for ground up oats – though ground up oats will make these softer than the tapioca flour did
- 1/4 cup white chocolate chips optional
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients together
- Preheat oven to 350 and form into cookie shapes
- Bake for 10-12 minutes and enjoy when cool
It looks like you raised yourself a fine young lady. I love that she still faithfully listens to you! I love these 5-ingredients, gluten and diary free cookies. I need to make some! Pinning.
All right. You might have a few paranoid ‘things’ (Note, I wasn’t the first to say that, haha), but that doesn’t matter at all because you can bake these delicious cookies, Shashi! 🙂 And remember please, never ever never ever ever could chocolate be optional! It’s a must! I might have told that already, but I’m willing to remind your every time!:) Well done, indeed!
Hey Shashi – Love these cookies. And your daughter. Way to define paranoid. Kids: can’t live with ’em. Can’t live without ’em. Four, huh? My little Charlie used to use the word elusive and ominous at that age and it used to give us such a kick. If I don’t chat with you before the weekend….have a WONDERFUL weekend with your wonderful daughter. Save me a pistachio cookie. Pistachios are my fave.
Haha yes, I definitely fit into the category of parents being annoying! I love pistachios and grinding them to make these bright and beautiful cookies is such a delicious idea!
Your little girl (not so little now by the sounds of it!) always sounds like such a delight and I would love to meet her (and you of course!) Pistachios are obviously the ‘theme’ of the week because I just posted a pistachio recipe myself!
I absolutely love any kind of healthy snack that tastes as good as I think these would. They are a great fun green colour, too!
Pistachios! LOVE!! These cookies are brilliant.. Love it.. 😀
oh yes, your cookie and my bite need a date! but let’s remember our phones! p.s. I wouldn’t go back for my phone. I dont think. But it depends on where i am going first
Haha! Wait – so now they date after they get married??? I’ve been out of the loop too long!!! 🙂
I love pistachios, these cookies looks absolutely delightful Shashi!
Thanks so much Manali!
Okay, so I just loved your background story on paranoid parenting. I love that your daughter continuously obliges your request (demands) that she check in before and after (a rule I share with my daughters). Great post. Thank you for sharing.
Haha – you hit the nail on the head when you said “demands” Rose! 🙂
Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting!
You are fast becoming my “go to” source for free-from recipes. And you constantly amaze because I ever actually think of them being gluten and/or dairy free, if that makes sense? A sign of a talented cook. 🙂
Love reading about your daughter learning to speak too 🙂 And hey – what’s wrong with Hunger Games? What do you mean you were “forced” to read them? 😉
Pinning of course!
You are too kind – thanks so much Nagi!
My daughter read all the books before I did. When she was younger, I used to have a rule that if she wanted to see the movie version of a book, she had to read the book first.
Well, that sort of stuck with her and she read the Hunger games series way, way before it became popular. So, when the movie came out, I took her to see it and well, I hadn’t read the books then, and I came from a country where children were being kidnapped by terrorists back then and being trained to be “killing machines” so when I saw the movie – well – I didn’t like the whole premise of it and my daughter and I did ALOT of debating about it all – she then convinced me that if we were gonna talk more about it, I had to read ALL the books and so that’s what I meant by being forced to. That was one heck of a long answer – I hope I didn’t loose ya…