
Karina's Gluten-Free Apple Crisp Recipe without Oats Recipe originally published in the Fall of 2011. Perhaps the only sensible response is this. So if this I does not exist- who is craving this apple crisp? The nattering, unreliable voice in my head. The I that does not exist, because the I is only ego. My experiential perception of myself (also expanding).

The Universe (it's expanding, you know, faster than they first calculated). And whatever micro-teeny part I play in this infinite universal system called Life, I intuitively know one aspect of it, thanks to five-plus decades of living.
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The Big Mystery is far greater and more full of awesome than I can ever attempt to imagine. Closing the book on the question of Who am I, exactly? would be foolish.

It clips the wings of possibility- the bigger truth that exists beyond my small understanding. As in, subscribing to a system that has it all "figured out".Īs Anne Lamott likes to say, certainty is the opposite of faith. I instead wander the hours of my days seeking answers that lead to more questions. The alleged prize of fame and fortune remains less than compelling, my least urgent motivator. I do not identify with how many paintings I've painted or sold, or how many likes I receive on Instagram. Even my skills are a poor capture of who I really am. My beliefs, or assumptions, or my random monkey thoughts. I derive no solace in my mental quirks either. The older I get, I find less and less comfort in defining myself at all- never mind defining myself by my various bodily quirks (not to mention, my southerly migrating butt). I am also not this post-menopausal body that has brilliantly succumbed to a gravitational force superior than lunges and squats (in the end gravity wins, I am sorry to tell you). Or the silvery streaked hair that bristles like a squirrel on this prone-to-migraines head. Just as I am not my post-cataract lens implants. And I have screwed up villi.īut I am not my screwed up villi. Today I am pulling it from the archives to share with apple lovers everywhere.

This is a gluten-free recipe worthy of your attention. Ever since I started using quinoa cereal flakes in crisp and crumble toppings I've been dreaming of making an apple crisp.
