26 May 2010
by marisashealthykitchen
in Raw Desserts and Treats, Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: chocolate, cocoa, coconut, cookies, dates, dessert, entertaining, maple syrup, quick and easy, raw, snack, vegan, vegetarian
I love Coconut, Chocolate and Mint! YUM!!!!! If you are not into mint just leave it out and enjoy the chocolate coconut goodness! This was super simple and fast to make and more importantly to enjoy!! Love that! Keep these babies cold and they are perfect for these already super hot summer days!
Meltaway Peppermint Patties
recipe adapted from Elaina Love
Mint layer:
3 cups dry, raw shredded coconut
1/3 cup maple syrup
1/2 tsp. mint extract or 3 drops peppermint essential oil
Chocolate or carob layer:
3 cups dry, raw shredded coconut
1/3 cup maple syrup or date paste (made by blending dates and water)
1/8 cup organic cocoa powder or raw carob powder (add until mixture reaches desired color)
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/8 tsp. Celtic sea salt
1: Blend the first 3 cups of coconut in a dry blender on low speed with the lid off. Use a spatula to keep things moving until it becomes the consistency of butter. Make sure you do not blend so long as to separate all the oil from the coconut. This step is tricky, and takes a good blender like a Vitamix. If you don’t have a Vitamix, you can still do this step, although you may need to separate the coconut into 2 batches.
2: Remove the coconut and put in a mixing bowl. Add the sweetener and mint extract. use a spatula to mix well. Set aside.
3: Blend the coconut for the chocolate layer. Mix the coconut by hand with the rest of the ingredients in a bowl.
4: Separate the chocolate mixture into 2 halves. Take one half, and press it into the bottom of a 4 x 4 baking dish or Tupperware. Put it in the freezer for 5 minutes until it is solid.
5: Remove your dish from the freezer and add all of the mint layer. Place in the freezer again for a couple of minutes.
6: Add the second half of the chocolate mixture to the top of the mint layer. Freeze again until solid or refrigerate.
7: Pop the meltaways out of the container by twisting or using a spatula to pry up. Place on a cutting board and cut your candies into whatever shape you like using a sharp, thin knife. Enjoy and store in the refrigerator.
28 Mar 2010
by marisashealthykitchen
in Raw Desserts and Treats, Raw Vegan Recipes, Superfoods, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: breakfast, dessert, quick and easy, raw, smoothie, snack, superfood, vegan, vegetarian
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10 Mar 2010
by marisashealthykitchen
in Raw Desserts and Treats, Raw Vegan Recipes, Superfoods, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: agave, almond butter, banana, chocolate, cocoa, comfort food, dessert, quick and easy, raw, sauces, snack, strawberry, superfood, vegan, vegetarian
I love Banana Ice Cream! It is always so deelish and you can have so much fun playing around and making so many yummy flavors. Michael and I were Loving this one! Sundaes are so comforting and fun to eat. They are even more fun when they are healthy and delicious!
Pre-Topping Yummyness
Complete Sundae Love!
Raw Ice Cream Trio Sundae
2 big servings
3 frozen bananas
2-3 tablespoons nut butter (I used almond)
2 tablespoon agave nectar
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
dash sea salt
2 1/2 cup frozen strawberries
1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa powder
toppings of your choice
- Start off my combining the frozen bananas, nut butter, agave nectar, vanilla and dash of sea salt in a Vita-mix, blender or food processor until well combined and smooth.
- Have 2 serving bowls ready and using a large ice cream scoop or spoon, scoop out 1 scoop for each bowl and set in the freezer.
- Next, add the frozen strawberries to the frozen banana mixture in your blender and process until well combined.
- Take the bowls out of the freezer and add 1 scoop of the gorgeous strawberry “ice cream” to both bowls and put back into the freezer.
- Add the cocoa powder to the strawberry “ice cream” and process until well combined.
- Take the bowls out of the freezer and add 1 scoop of the chocolate “ice cream” to both bowls and put back into the freezer to set.
- Feel free to eat as is or add toppings. I made a strawberry sauce out of agave and strawberries in the blender. I also used chocagave on top, yum! Use nuts, cocoa nibs, etc.
- DEVOUR and ENJOY 🙂
10 Mar 2010
by marisashealthykitchen
in Raw Desserts and Treats, Raw Vegan Recipes, Superfoods, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: avocado, banana, breakfast, dessert, Lucuma, Mesquite, quick and easy, raw, sides, snack, superfood, vegan, vegetarian
This is a super fast and easy recipe to whip up. I ate it plain for breakfast and snacks. I also made delicious sandwiches with it for lunch. I loved this so much! Raw Rob said you can also use it for a cake filling but I have not tried to yet. This may not be the prettiest of foods, but it sure was really yummy!
I told you it is not the prettiest, but it sure is tasty!!
Banana and avocado sweet snack
Recipe from Raw Rob
- 1/2 avocado
- 1 banana
- 2 teaspoons mesquite meal
- 2 teaspoons lucuma powder
Simply mash the avocado and banana with a fork, then mix in the powders.
15 Feb 2010
by marisashealthykitchen
in Raw Desserts and Treats, Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: agave, cacao, chocolate, coconut, coconut oil, comfort food, cookies, dessert, quick and easy, raw, snack, vegan, vegetarian
These are DIVINE! I love anything chocolate, mint and coconuty so this is the perfect snack for me! YUM! They were incredibly fast to throw together and were ready and set super fast in the fridge. I was surprised… normally it takes at least a half hour to an hour for my desserts to set and this one was ready so fast! I would suggest doubling this recipe if you want them to last at all 🙂
If you are not into mint, I would recommend leaving the peppermint oil out and making them chocolate coconut cookies. I am sure that would be deelish as well!
YUM!! Such chocolate goodness!
Cookie batter is always so good, but now that I know how good this was Done, I was happy I waited 🙂
Spoonfuls, ready to start setting
So easy to peel these off and munch!!!
ENJOY 🙂
Raw Chocolate Mint Coconut Cookies
1/2 cup Cold Pressed Coconut Oil
1/4 cup Raw Cacao Butter
1/4 cup Agave
2 Tablespoons Raw Honey or agave
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1/4 teaspoon Celtic Sea Salt
5-10 drops organic peppermint oil
1 1/2 cup Raw Cacao Powder
1 1/2 cup Shredded Coconut
- Combine all ingredients except the cacao powder and coconut in a Vita-mix or food processor and process for 2 minutes till completely combined.
- Place the Cacao Powder and Coconut in a bowl and pour the liquid mixture on top and combine with a wooden spoon.
- On a small baking tray lined with wax paper, place tablespoon spoonfuls of the mixture and set in the fridge for 10-15 minutes. By the time you know it they will be ready to munch on. Be careful, they go quick 🙂
03 Feb 2010
by marisashealthykitchen
in Raw Desserts and Treats, Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: agave, banana, Cashews, comfort food, dates, dessert, quick and easy, raw, sides, snack, strawberry, vegan, vegetarian
I love frozen desserts! It’s funny, I am craving soup to keep me warm and then I end up making some frozen deliciousness to end my meal. Good thing I have my fabulous husband and my snuggie to keep me warm 🙂
This was so delightful and I loved the color so much that I had to feature it in a special glass. I always make banana ice cream as my go to dessert (see my Banana Ice Cream Love) and decided to make strawberries the star this time around. YUM!!!!!
Pretty in Pink Frozen Strawberry Dessert
serves 2
2 cups Frozen strawberries
1 banana
5 dates, pitted
4 tablespoons agave
1 1/2 teaspoons Vanilla
1/2 – 2/4 cup Cashews (optional)
fresh strawberries for garnish (optional)
In a Vita-mix, processor or blender combine everything except the cashews and fresh strawberries. If you are having some trouble blending add a little bit of water. Pour into a pretty glass or bowl.
If you prefer to have this a little creamier add cashews to the blender with all the other ingredients and blend away. I chose to do a half and half…. I poured out half the mixture into our bowls and then added the cashews. I poured that mixture on top of the bowls. Add fresh strawberries on top and enjoy tremendously! YUM!
15 Dec 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in Raw Desserts and Treats, Raw Vegan Recipes, Superfoods, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: almond butter, banana, breakfast, chocolate, cocoa, comfort food, dessert, goji, ice cream, Lucuma, maca, Mesquite, protein powder, quick and easy, raw, snack, superfood, vegan, vegetarian
mmmmm!! We have been eating Banana Ice Cream for so long and I have never posted it! I am sorry not to have shared this beloved ‘secret’ recipe with everyone before!! It couldn’t be simpler (to make and ingredients) and is so delicious! For us it is super easy because we always keep a bunch of frozen bananas in the freezer to make smoothies and ice cream, so there is no planning for this fabulous dessert, ever! Since this recipe is really just bananas, you can enjoy it anytime; even for breakfast!! How great is that, Ice Cream for Breakfast! There are so many twists and additions you can make with this recipe, so have fun with it! Let me know anything else you try and love!
Banana Ice Cream
1-2 frozen bananas per person serving
any toppings or additions you want to add
So Simple! Just take the bananas and blend away in your Vita-mix, Blend-tec, blender or food processor until smooth. ENJOY 🙂
Suggested Topping or Add-Ins
- The pictures in this post, we used our beloved Agave Pecan Butter, basically making an amazing frozen version of Chocolate-Covered Katie’s Banana Butter
- Sometimes we add in Cocoa Nibs and we get amazing Chocolate Chip Ice cream
- ChocAgave –yummy raw chocolate sauce, or just use regular chocolate syrup
- Goji berries for a great chewy taste
- add other berries in the mixture to change up the taste, or as a topping
- add cocoa powder to make chocolate ice cream
- maca, mesquite, lucuma , protein powders
- have fun, this is such a great treat to play with
08 Dec 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in Cleansing, Raw Desserts and Treats, Raw Vegan Recipes, Superfoods, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Tags: agave, breakfast, comfort food, dates, dessert, Mesquite, quick and easy, raw, smoothie, snack, superfood, vegan, vegetarian
Butterscotch Smoothie anyone? OMG! This was so good! Non-green smoothies are rare in my house and normally a weekend treat. This one is perfect for a treat anytime though! SO good! Mesquite is always a great addition. If you have never had it before I would definitely suggest this sweet, butterscotch tasting powder that is made from ground mesquite pods. Check it out here.
Plus they match the wood 🙂
Butterscotch Smoothie
4 large ripe bananas (I used some frozen and some ripe)
1 ½ cups water
4-6 dates
1 tablespoons of agave nectar
2 heaping tablespoons mesquite powder
Also the best thing about this smoothie, is you just put everything in the blender and blend away! You can add more mesquite or sweetener to taste.
30 Nov 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in Raw Desserts and Treats, Raw Vegan Recipes
Tags: agave, almonds, breakfast, buckwheat, coconut, cookies, dates, dessert, flax, oats, raw, snack, vegan, vegetarian
More Apple Cookies 🙂 I am on a kick here. These were great! They had a bunch of ingredients and made a little more than I wanted, but since when do I complain about too much of a good thing?!?! It was a little hard to work with all these ingredients in the food processor. I would suggest processing all the dry ingredients and then pouring that mixture into a large bowl. Then adding the wet ingredients to the processor and then combining dy and wet together…that would simplify matters. But either way I am sure you would be happy with the results. These are good!
Buckwheat Apple Cinnamon Cookies
Recipe from The Sunny Raw Kitchen
makes a big batch of cookies
1 1/2 cups soaked almonds
1 1 /2 cups soaked buckwheat
2 cups apples, peeled and roughly chopped
1 cup dates, soaked
3/4 cup dried coconut
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup agave nectar (or to taste)
1/4 cup liquid vanilla
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup ground oats
1/4 cup ground flax
1 tbs cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup oat flakes
Mix all ingredients except oat flakes in a food processor until well incorporated. (You may need to do this in more than one batch!)
Transfer batter to a large bowl and mix in the oat flakes by hand.
Drop by the spoonful directly onto a dehydrator mesh and flatten with a spatula or a glass. (Mine were about 1/3″ thick.)
Dehydrate overnight at 110.
18 Nov 2009
by marisashealthykitchen
in Raw Desserts and Treats, Raw Vegan Recipes
Tags: agave, coconut, cookies, dessert, quick and easy, raw, snack, vegan, vegetarian
Ahhh Fall we meet again 🙂 When I think of fall, I think of fresh and crisp apples. There are so many varieties and so many flavors! Love them! Such a great snack, but also so fun to cook with of course.
This was something I was able to just throw together to have healthy and quick snack bites in the house. They turned out deelish! They are super light and slightly chewy inside. So perfect for a great, sweet, apply bite.
Apple Cookies
3 apples, cored
1 cup walnuts
1/4 cup raw honey or agave
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 cup dried coconut
Blend/Process everything till combined. Either form into balls with your hands or use an ice cream scoop to drop cookies directly onto teflex sheet. I love using an ice cream scoop for raw and non-raw cookies alike. They make everything uniform and are so super easy to use. Dehydrate cookies for about 10-12 hours until solid on the outside but still chewy inside. ENJOY 🙂
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