Marijuana Cooking: Good Medicine Made Easy

This quick chocolate treat is made by simply melting your favorite chocolate (presweetened chocolate chips, or bars of sweet chocolate), stirring in the marijuana butter or coconut oil, and remolding.

In a double boiler, or a stainless steel bowl placed over a sauce pan, slowly melt the chocolate over boiling water, stirring continuously with a rubber spatula. Add the butter and stir until completely incorporated.

Remove from heat. Stir for a minute or two as the chocolate cools. Pour on a piece of parchment paper or a nonstick cookie sheet, or into chocolate molds.

To remove chocolate from the molds, allow to cool, or put in the freezer for up to 3 minutes. Invert on a flat surface and tap to release chocolate from the mold.

Chocolate molds can be purchased in fine kitchen stores and should come with directions for using. I like using molds because each piece has a consistent amount of butter and is easy to use as a single dose. The chocolate really does help make the medicine go down!

Diet-Wise Coconut Banana Cookies

If you want a healthy treat with an intense flavor burst, this cookies the one for you.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup pitted dates

• 2 cups of rolled oats

• ½ cup cannabis coconut oil, softened

• 1 tablespoon vanilla

• 1 cup shredded coconut

• ½ teaspoon salt

• ripe bananas

Optional:

• 1 tablespoon of cinnamon for added flavor

• Coatings of coconut, sesame seeds or ground nuts

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: Preheat oven to 350°F/177°C. Bake each sheet of 12 cookies for 12–15 minutes per batch.

Yield: 2 dozen = 1 teaspoon oil per cookie = medium dose

Instructions:

Put ingredients, one at a time, into a food processor, pulsing to incorporate, in the order listed: dates, oats, oil, vanilla, coconut, salt, and ripe bananas. Pulse until a dough is formed.

These can be dropped by heaping teaspoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet. For a smoother cookie, roll into balls. Dampen your hands first with a small amount of water to prevent sticking.

Roll balls in small bowls of the following coatings—coconut, sesame seeds, finely chopped nuts—or leave plain. Place on ungreased cookies sheets and flatten with the palm of your hand.

For a really fancy treat, make a thumbprint in the center of each cookie and fill it with a scoop of your favorite jelly or jam. Bake for 12–15 minutes, removing when the cookies just begin to brown.

Bliss Balls

This savory treat is ideal if you prefer to avoid sugar or flour. Bliss Balls can also be made with coconut oil for bite-sized snacks that are “dairy-free.”

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of marijuana butter

• 2 cups of chopped nuts

• 1 or 2 cups of seeds

• ½ to 1 cup of dates

• 1 cup of shredded coconut

• 1 cup other dried fruit

Optional: carob powder

Preparation time: 1 hour

Yield: 4 dozen, each containing 1 teaspoon butter = medium dose

Instructions:

This is an uncooked nut/seed ball that needs to be refrigerated in order for it to keep its form. There is no sugar or flour in this recipe, so it is ideal for people with restricted diets. The coconut oil produced in method IV was developed for this recipe, for folks on a dairy-free diet. You can use either of the butters. The method II oil will not work because it doesn’t harden when cooled.

This is a very flexible recipe. Choose your favorite nuts and seeds in any combination. Sometimes I finely chop everything and the “dough” is much like a flour dough. Other times I put large pieces of nuts and seeds in for a really chewy treat. Experiment to find what pleases your palate best.

Gently melt the coconut oil or butter in a pan of warm water until it becomes liquid.

Note the white color of the coconut oil in the picture (top of next page). Once the oil is melted, it returns to a beautiful green color.

Melting the butter

Measure the butter

Add to ingredients

Add carob powder

Add smoothie

Measure 1 cup of butter. Measuring the amount of marijuana butter or coconut oil is critical if you need to have measured doses. Set aside.

In a large bowl, mix together the following. Hands work best for this:

• 2 cups chopped nuts (any combination of raw almonds, pecans, hazelnuts, cashews, macadamia nuts or others will work) These can be chopped in a food processor or by hand.

• 1–2 cups of seeds (any combination of sesame, sunflower, pumpkin or others) Lightly chop if desired or leave whole.

• ½–1 cup dates, chopped by hand or in food processor, according to need for sweetness

• 1 cup shredded coconut

• 1 cup other dried fruit. (raisins, craisins, apricots, mango, pineapple, or other favorites) Chop to size of seeds.

• carob powder (optional)