2 Ingredient Mango Sorbet

Hello Miami!

What better to eat in Miami than fresh mango sorbet?

This is so easy and sooooo satisfying. :)

Ingredients:

3 fresh mangos-peeled and seed taken out (or 2 1/2 cups frozen mango, thawed)
2 Tbl lemon juice

Process: Put mango and lemon juice in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Place in a flat freezer safe container. Freeze until ready to eat. Take out and let thaw for about 2 minutes and scoop out.

I topped mine with a little cayenne pepper. Super delicious mix of sweet and spicy.

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Happy Birthday to ME! Raw Raspberry Chocolate Cheesecake!

So I have been having a LOT of trouble lately with allergies and not knowing what I am allergic to food wise... Hopefully my test comes back soon!
So I decided to make a birthday treat that I knew I could have and not feel sick after! :)

I give you RAW Chocolate Raspberry "Cheese"cake!

INGREDIENTS

Crust:
1 1/3 cup raw pecan halves
1/2 cup raw cocao powder
1/4 cup raw honey (can use agave or maple syrup)

Filling:
2 cups raw cashews (soaked in water for at least 2 hours and drained)
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 1/2 Tbl coconut oil
1 cup fresh or frozen raspberries
1/4 cup honey (can use agave or maple syrup)


Process:
Blend pecans until fine. Some small chunks are ok and give the crust a nice texture. In a bowl, mix ground pecans, cacao, and honey until well combined. Smush into the bottom of a glass pie dish so the bottom is evenly coated. Place all ingredients for the filling in a blender and blend until smooth and creamy. Pour over crust and freeze for at least 2 hours . ENJOY!!! :)

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Raw Vegan Tiramisu Mousse

This was just a, "Hmm what am I going to do with the next few minutes--I feel like making something," spur of the moment creation.

Ok so there are a few things you should know about me...
1) I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Coffee....
2) Dark chocolate has a special place in my heart.
3) I am in love with coconut milk.. Especially the kind from a can. SO GOOD.
4) Tiramisu is one of my all time fave things and is rarely done well when made vegan.

So here is a little spin on the traditional tiramisu.

                                                p.s. there is no sugar in here. Get excited.


Ingredients:
1 can full fat coconut milk that has been chilled overnight (seriously the reduced fat stuff will not work and this is the good fat. :) )
9 dried dates (pitted and cut in half)
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 packets of Stevia in the raw
1 Tbl espresso powder (mixed with 1tsp warm- hot water)
3 Tbl cocoa powder (I like to use dark cocoa powder)

 Process:
Scoop your coconut milk out into a bowl. Just the super thick white part, save the watery bit for a smoothie or an after workout drink. Take half of the thick coconut milk and put it into a blender or food processor (I used my magic bullet). To the coconut milk in the blender, add: the dates, 1 tsp of the vanilla, 1 packet of stevia, the mixed espresso powder, and the cocoa powder. Blend until smooth. While that is blending, take the other half of the coconut milk and put it in the bowl of your mixer, add 1 tsp vanilla and 1 stevia packet. With the whisk attachment, whisk until medium stiff to stiff peaks form. Take a ramekin (I used a fairly large ramekin, so it just made one. If you have smaller ones you can make 2-3 depending on the ramekin size) and pour in the chocolate espresso mix. It will be fairly bitter - just like real tiramisu. Tap the ramekin lightly on the table so the mixture levels out. Finally, spoon the whipped coconut milk on top. Smooth out with the back of a spoon or rubber spatula.  Cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate until set. About 2 hours.

--This is a slightly bitter treat, yet the coconut milk is very light and sweet. If you prefer the chocolate espresso part to be sweeter, either add more dates or stevia!

I am literally in food heaven, you guys... ENJOY! :)

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Out of This World Oatmeal Cookies

Have you ever been to Starbucks? Of course you have. You don't live under a rock. So they have these  "Outrageous Oatmeal" cookies that are to die for... I'm serious guys, I think the first time I had one I levitated a little bit. This was all before I was vegan... I wanted so badly to find the recipe and lo and behold they had it on their website. But get this... One cookie had like 650 calories!!!!!! That's like half a day of calories... In ONE stinking cookie.

So I decided to get a little crazy and make my own recipe. Over the years I have tweaked it and this is by far my favorite version of this cookie.

Also, you should know that before I made these, there were two things I HATED in my cookies... Raisins and Oatmeal. Guess what these contain. BOTH! Get excited. I sure am.

Ingredients:
1 cup natural, unsweetened applesauce
1/4 cup flax seed meal
1 Tbl maple syrup
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
2 cups oatmeal
1/4 garbanzo bean flour (or any other gfree flour)
1/4 cup flax seed meal
1/4 cup craisins
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup yellow raisins
(extra raisins to top cookies)


Process: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper. Mix wet ingredients until smooth. Add dry ingredients. Scoop out by the tablespoonful onto the prepared cookie sheets and flatten. Bake for 5 minutes. Take out of the oven and sprinkle raisins on top (if you do it when you first put them in the oven, they will burn). Bake for another 5 minutes or until cookies are set. Makes 2 dozen.

I keep a bag in the freezer and take one in my bag to class to fend of the morning tummy rumbles.

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