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Noop

Proud of his chewy piles of turd

A few days before his third-and-a-half birthday, Miles declared that he wanted to make Noop. He said that noop is mashed berries, flour, sugar, and cinnamon ("cimanin"), and you microwave it for one minute.

We'd like to think that he called it Noop because it's nuked goop, but probably not.

So, we made it. It was very very chewy, but it tasted good. Cinnamon and strawberries! Who would've thought?

After batch #1 (photographed), he wanted to try again to make it more dry, so we did another batch with more flour, but he didn't like it because it had less strawberry flavor. So I am blogging version one until we make further adjustments. He says that the next batch will have chocolate chips, brown sugar, and puffed kamut in it. (I vetoed adding raw farro.) Let's call this batch #2 - not worth keeping.

UPDATE Batch #3 - Miles wanted to add oats and chocolate chips. So we did about 1 teaspoon of quick cooking oats, 10-15 chocolate chips, and no flour. We microwaved for one minute. The result was goopy and saucy, and only a little bit chewy. It required a spoon. Daddy thought it would make a great cake filling or topping for pancakes or ice cream. Miles wasn't so sure if he liked the texture, but the chocolate was a keeper. Maybe if we added back the flour in addition to the oats, it would be solid enough to pick up again.


The Recipe: (serves 3)
1/2 c mashed strawberries
2 tb flour
2 tb sugar
1 tb cinnamon

  • Mix ingredients. Microwave for one minute at a time until desired consistency is reached. We ended up with 2 1/2 minutes.

The Verdict:
Overall grade: D+
Overall reason: The flavor is good, but the texture needs some work
Time to prepare: 5 minutes
Mommy quote: "Mmm, it's chewy like a gummy candy."

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