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Celery Boats
Kids especially love this easy-to-prepare snack
8 celery stalks, cut in half
¾ cup sunflower seed butter
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
raisins* to garnish (*use organic-es)
Add the cinnamon to the sunflower seed butter, and stir well. Spoon or pipe the mixture into celery
halves.
Garnish with raisins before serving.
Yield: 4 to 5 servings

Change it Up...
Fill the “celery” boats with Mummy’s Yummy Hummus (page 50+) instead of sunflower butter.
If nuts are not an allergen concern, substitute almond, cashew, or other nut butter for the sunflower
butter.
+Hummus is a traditional recipe using chickpeas olive oil, cumin and garlic.
The Ultimate Allergy-Free Snack Cookbook: Delicious No-Sugar-Added Recipes for the Allergic Child by Judi and
Shari Zucker contains more than 150 easy-to-make recipes that contain no milk, eggs, wheat, peanuts,
tree nuts, soy, fish, or shellfish. In soft-cover, 184 pages, it can be found in bookstores and online for
$15.95.

Ellen Sue is a freelance writer in the area of food and health. She has
a degree in Ed. and one in Nutrition Ed. As a natural foods cook, she
creates meatless dishes that she considers to reflect The Good Taste
of Health. Checkout her 9 year-old website: www.menupause.info for
recipes as well as book reviews, nutritional information, etc.

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