Cucumber Mint Juice (Gluten-Free)

Fall mean apples and apples mean joy. Fresh homemade applesauce is one of my favorite ways to partake in that joy. This recipe is easy to make, and delicious. I put this applesauce on ice-cream, pancakes, waffles, peanut butter sandwiches, and many other things. I prefer to warm it up just a bit, but this easy homemade applesauce is either warm or chilled.
Ingredients:
5 Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored, and quartered
5 Gravenstein or Fuji apples, peeled, cored, and quartered
1¼ cups unfiltered apple juice
2-3 tablespoons brandy or cognac
3 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons sugar
Scant 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Splash of lemon juice
Dash of salt to taste
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Cook until apples are soft when poked with a fork. ...

Celiac.com 11/05/2013 - Halloween is over, and this year we offered a fun alternative to the standard store-bought fare--marshmallow caramel puffs.
They are fun and easy to make, and kids just love to help make them, and, of course, to eat them. They turned out great, so I thought I'd share them here for next year.
This recipe makes a dozen marshmallows, but it's easy to scale accordingly.
Ingredients:
1 dozen regular marshmallows
1 dozen Kraft caramels
¾ cup almonds, crushed
6 ounces melted dark chocolate
Directions:
Place crushed almonds into a bowl.
Melt caramels in a double-boiler.
Dip marshmallows halfway into the melted caramel.
Remove, and let the excess drip off, then dip in crushed almonds.
Place on a lightly oiled parchment-lined baking ...

If you love mangoes, and with frozen summertime treats, then these frozen mango lassi pops with hit the spot.
Ingredients:
8-10 fresh yellow Ataulfo mangos, peeled and seeded ⅓ cup fresh whole milk yogurt ⅓ cup fresh cream ¼ cup coconut milk ⅓ cup sugar, as desired pinch of kosher salt Directions:
Special equipment: four 4-ounce ice-pop molds or six 3-ounce molds, 4 or 6 ice-pop sticks
Cook the coconut milk, cream, sugar and a pinch of salt in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar is completely melted, about 5 minutes.
Let cool completely at room temperature, at least 30 minutes.
Put coconut mixture and mango pieces into a blender and blend well.
Pour the mixture into the molds, leaving space at the top for expansion. Inser...