Chocolate Coconut Munchy Cereal

Another breakfast treat ๐Ÿ™‚ I had to call this munchy cereal because if you are like me you will have a hard time leaving this one just for breakfast. It is so good!!! It is also deelish without the dehydrator as well. I am sure you good sprinkle this on top of yogurt for a great treat or eat it plain with almond milk or just munch on it on its own. This is such a great combo of sweet, salty, crunchy and chewy! mmmmm

Pre-Dehydrator Munchies

Pre-Dehydrator Munchies

After the dehyrator and ready to munch :)

After the dehyrator and ready to munch ๐Ÿ™‚

Chocolate Coconut Munchy Cereal
4 cups of dried coconut
1/3 cup of cocao nibs
1 teaspoon of celtic sea salt
1/2 cup of honey or agave
1/4 cup of pitted dates

In a food processor combine the dried coconut, cocao nibs and sea salt. Process until fine. Add the honey and dates and process until well combined. Empty the processor onto a teflex dehydrator sheet and dry at 115 degrees for 12-15 hours.

Banana Date Chia Pudding

I had read Sarma’s post on banana milk and thought it was pure genius!! I figured I could sweeten my almond milk the same way. I normally use sweeteners like agave and honey, but I loved how simple it was to sweeten this pudding with just dates and bananas. So fabulous! I have to tell you this was one of my Favorite Chia Puddings ever! SOOO GOOD! Breakfast is such a good meal!! Now that I am fully hooked I wonder how I ever lived without it ๐Ÿ™‚

Love this Breakfast!!

Love this Breakfast!!

Banana Date Chia Pudding
serves 3-4

1/2 cup chia seeds
2 cups almond milk
2 bananas
5 dates, pitted
a few dashes cinnamon
a pinch of salt

Place the chia seeds in a bowl.ย  In a Vita-mix blend together the almond milk, bananas, dates, cinnamon, and salt.ย  Pour this mixture over the chia seeds and whisk together with a fork.ย  Let it sit for 10 minutes in the fridge and then whisk again to get rid of any clumps. Cover and set in the fridge overnight. In the morning whisk one more time and then enjoy!! Yum Breakfast!!!!

I looked up the nutrition stats again ๐Ÿ™‚ I hope this helps out!

279 Calories, 7g fat, No Saturated fat or Cholesterol, 122mg Sodium, 52g Carbs, 13g Fiber, 32g Sugar and 7g Protein

Raw & Vegan Double Cacao Pudding

I doubled this recipe and I am so glad I did ๐Ÿ™‚ It was deeelish! Super chocolatey and smooth pudding. MMMM! 2 young thai coconuts gave me about 2 cups of coconut meat. This is one of those raw dishes that anyone would love (except if they did not like chocolate!). This also left me with delicious coconut water leftovers that we happily used in our smoothies. So refreshing and good!

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Raw & Vegan Double Cacao Pudding
Recipe by Matthew Kenny

  • 3/4 cup coconut meat
  • 4 tbsp raw cacao powder
  • 5 tbsp agave syrup
  • 1/3 to 1/2 cup coconut water
  • seeds scraped from 1/2 vanilla pod
  • 1/4 cup cacao nibs

Blend Coconut Meat, Cacao Powder, Agave, Coconut Water and Vanilla –
stir in half of the nibs and use the rest on top as a garnish

Young Thai Coconuts

Young Thai Coconuts

RAW Orange Goji Berry White Chocolate

I have been waiting to make this dessert for such a long time and I am soooo happy I finally did! This is going to be repeated (which I almost never do because there are so many other dishes I want to try!) It was super simple to make, froze quickly and eaten very happily afterwards ๐Ÿ™‚ If you want this for dessert I would suggest setting it in the freezer just before preparing dinner and then dessert will be ready to serve immediately after. The chocolate becomes this gorgeous bright red-orange color that is sweet but chewy with crunchy bites. It is amazing!

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before freezing

frozen and ready to enjoy

frozen and ready to enjoy

RAW Orange Goji Berry White Chocolate
Posted by Sheryl Duruz on RFT

Grind up:
1/2 cup goji berries (usually sticky, not really a powder)

Blend until smooth:
1/2 cup melted cacao butter
1/2 cup raw cashews (grind these first, it will be easier that way)
1/2 cup agave nectar

Blend in Goji powder

Then by hand mix in whole:
1/2 cup cacao nibs (optional)
1/2 cup whole goji berries
The zest from 1 orange finely zested

Spread in a glass pie plate (think chocolate almond bark).

Chill in the freezer until firm.

Raw Strawberry Banana Crepes

It was our 1st anniversary this weekend (yeah!!!!) and I thought what better way to start it off then with some delicious and decadent crepes! mmmmm! These were amazing! They were also pretty light as we were not weighed down by sugar, flour, heavy cream etc. The crepes had the texture of banana fruit roll-ups and went so perfectly with the cream and the berries! There was only enough cream for 6 of the crepes, but 3 each was more than enough. They were so good! They were also quite simple. You have to plan ahead with the crepes and soaking the cashews but they are both so quick and easy it was no trouble at all ๐Ÿ™‚ and soooo worth it!

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Raw Strawberry Banana Crepes
Recipe adapted from http://rawmazing.com/
Dehydration Time 6-8 hours Makes 8 crepes

Crepes:
3 Bananas
juice from 1 lemon

Place bananas in food processor. Add lemon juice and process until liquid. Pour into 5โ€ณ rounds. Dehydrate overnight at 110. Do not over dry these. You want them to be flexible.

Cashew Vanilla Cream
Pulp from one young coconut
1/2 C Cashews, soaked overnight
splash of madagascar vanilla
2 tablespoons agave

Place the cashews in Vitamix blender. Blend on high speed. Add the coconut meat, vanilla and agave. Process until well blended. You can refrigerate to thicken if needed.

1-2 cups of berries

Assembly
Spoon the Cashew Vanilla Cream into half the crepe. Top with berries and add more cream. Fold over and experience joy!

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Holiday Chia Pudding

I am always experimenting on myself by changing up my eating. Starting this week I have incorporated breakfast instead of just my juice. I am still drinking my juice, but having a solid breakfast first. I have already started to notice changes so I think this was a great decision for me. For this first week I decided to make Kristen’s Chia Pudding- I have wanted to make this for a while. As you know I love all things chia so I thought this would be the perfect go-to breakfast of choice. The best part is you can make a big bunch and it stays fresh in the fridge for 5 days or so. I doubled the recipe so that it would last me the whole week and it did ๐Ÿ™‚ I over did it on the spices, so just have a lighter hand than me when you get to that part. Other than that this was deelish and a welcome change to my morning routine.

perfect little breakfast portions

perfect little breakfast portions

Holiday Chia Pudding
By Kristen Suzanne
Yield 1 1/4 cups

1/4 cup chia seeds
1/4 cup dried coconut, shredded & unsweetened
1 cup water
1/4 cup raw cashews (soaked 1 hour, drained and rinsed)
4 soft medjool dates, pitted
2 cloves
1 teaspoon lucuma powder
1/2 teaspoon powdered ginger
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon

Place the chia seeds and coconut in a small bowl, briefly stir to mix, and set aside. Blend the remaining ingredients until smooth. Pour the blended cashew mixture into the bowl with the chia seeds and coconut and stir. Wait a few minutes and stir again. Wait a few minutes, again, and stir. Do the โ€œwait and stirโ€ once more, and then place the Holiday Chia Pudding in the refrigerator for about 15 – 20 minutes (or longer, if desired). I normally leave them in overnight. Then, enjoy.

Banana Coconut Cookies

These were super good! I love banana and coconut and this was such a great combo! If you want them gooier take them out of the dehydrator earlier. Enjoy ๐Ÿ™‚

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Banana Coconut Cookies

1 cup of cashews
4 cups dried coconut
3 ripe bananas

  1. In a food processor combine the cashews and coconut until chopped fine
  2. Add the the bananas and process until smooth
  3. Roll the dough into your hands into cookies and flatten them.
  4. Dehydrate at 115 degrees for 8-10 (overnight) ten hours
  5. Enjoy ๐Ÿ™‚

Super Simple Blueberry Topping

I was planning on making banana ice cream with fruity topping but realized I was out of my frozen bananas. I had made another peach cobbler with all of our Hampton’s peaches so I figured that would be super great with fruit topping. I was right!!! I could have probably just eaten the topping but it went so well with the cobbler. I am sure this would be great with any dessert and I bet you can switch out the blueberries for other fruit as well.

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Super simple Blueberry Topping

  • 1 pint of blueberries
  • 1/4 cup of agave

Blend blueberries and agave together until till smooth More

Blueberry Sorbet

I am so obsessed with fresh summer fruit and I have always loved frozen treats! For me in the summer there is no better dessert. Cool, sweet, fruity and refreshing! Deelish!

This mixture would work great in an ice cream maker, but if you do not have one you can simply freeze this in ice cream trays. After it is frozen add the cubes back to the blender for the perfect smooth treat!

You can also substitute raspberries, strawberries or any other fruit you want for the blueberries. I am sure it would come out delicious every time! Enjoy!!! ๐Ÿ™‚

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Blueberry Sorbet
makes 4 servings

2 cups blueberries
1 1/2 cups almond milk
3/4 cup agave
1 tbs. lemon juice
2 tsp. vanilla

Blend until smooth. Chill and then process through an ice cream maker or freeze in 2 ice cube trays and blend.

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Luscious Peach Cobbler

I was loving all the gorgeous peaches that we picked yesterday so much that I decided to make a Raw Peach Cobbler. I know one of Michael’s favorite desserts is cobbler and I was so happy to make a raw version for us. We thought it tasted amazingly close to the original version! Either way it was so good!! This dish was also beyond fast to make and then to serve. The original recipe called for Pineapple in the glaze over the peaches, but instead I just used more peachy goodness.

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Luscious Peach Cobbler
Recipe adapted from Purely Delicious Magazine
Serves 6-8

Filling:
4 fresh organic peaches, with seeds removed

1/2 C fresh dates, pitted
2 fresh organic peaches, with seeds removed
2 T honey or agave nectar
1 T lemon juice
1/2 tsp. alcohol-free vanilla
1/4 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. sea salt

Topping:
1 C cashews
1/2 C pecans
1 T coconut butter
1/4 C dates, pitted
1/2 tsp. alcohol-free vanilla
pinch of sea salt

Preparation:
Slice peaches very thin and place them in a medium-sized bowl and set to one side. Process remaining filling ingredients in a blender or food processor until smooth. Pour over peaches and gently toss to coat well. Place mixture in cobbler dish. To make the topping, place all topping ingredients in a food processor and blend until well-combined, with the nuts finely chopped. Sprinkle over peaches and enjoy!

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