Gluten Free Peach Blueberry Cobbler

Making peach ice cream.

North Carolina grows peaches. Lots of peaches. I always figured Georgia had the peach thing covered but North Carolina really takes the cake in my opinion. As a kid I used to hate peaches. Truth be told, I hated a lot of foods that I love now. Most of those foods I have only come to appreciate in the last year thanks to my new lifestyle. A funny thing happens when you get rid of processed foods. Once your sugars normalize you realize how sweet natural foods can be. You find that salt is not really necessary and that a little black peppercorn ground on a steak can be the most perfect seasoning ever. I hated onions, peppers, squishy fruit like peaches and plums. I hated "gritty" fruit like pears and just about anything that wasn't orange macaroni and cheese. My dad used to joke that I would serve mac n cheese at my wedding. I tried as a joke to include it but they didn't offer it on the venue's menu. Thank goodness.  

Roadside peach stand. 

This spring with our new dietary restrictions in place my husband and I made a sort of unofficial challenge to only shop at the farmer's markets. That challenge has changed our lives. I have a greater appreciation for each piece of produce now. I can taste the region as the seasons have changed and I now know that eating squash more than once a month won't kill me. In fact, it has become another challenge to add variety to my repertoire of recipes. 

Tree ripened Sandhills peaches are something to relish while the sun is beating down. The sweet juicy peaches that grow here are massive. Growing up I swore I hatted peaches for two reasons. 

1. I wasn't familiar with how to eat them and didn't know much about them.

2. Peaches in a can was pretty much it. If you grew up under the California sun that made every tinned fruit a gooey warm mess, you would hate peaches too. 

27 minutes in 94F heat. Add 4 minutes to help a hurt racer.
 This was our 2nd 5k race.

I, like most people, assumed that peaches were a Georgia thing. Turns out that they are 3rd on the list of peach producing states. NC, even with its over 100 cultivars, is not in the top three. California and South Carolina taking the lead. 

To celebrate peach season (June-August) we ran the 3rd annual Peachy Feet 5K and listened to bluegrass at the Peach Festival. Gotta love small towns. Enough of that. Let's eat!

Peach Blueberry Cobbler 

Insides: 

• 4-5 Fresh peaches
• 1/2 -3/4 cup of fresh blueberries or thawed from frozen
• Optional 1/3 cup sugar to coat the fruit. I don't like to use much sugar so I omit this typically. 

The cobbler part:

• 1 cup almond flour
• pinch sea salt
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves (optional)
• 1/4 cup melted coconut oil
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Peel the peaches with a peeler or by cutting an X in the bottom and boiling them for 30 seconds then plunging them in an ice bath. After the bath the peels should come off smoothly. Slice and discard the pit. Slice the slices into smaller pieces. Mix with the blueberries and sugar and place in the bottom of a 9x9 pan.

In a bowl mix the dry ingredients then add the oil and extract. This should form a loose crumble. Apply over the top of the peaches and place in the oven for 20 minutes at 350F. 

Enjoy.