Monday, March 26, 2012

Superfood Nut and Fruit Clusters + Stevia Giveaway

All of our baking has been in the freezer lately! Treats come together so quickly when you don't have to bake them. Plus it's been really hot lately which is really weird for Canada at this time of year. We don't really know what to do. Half of us are still wearing our winter coats afraid that it will start snowing again like it usually does. I personally have been wearing full out summer clothes everyday this week! I'm also keeping cool with my favourite freezer treats including these jam-packed nut and fruit clusters using superfoods and a carob-chocolatey coating. 

For the coating:

6 tbsp almond butter
3 tbsp coconut oil, melted
10 drops vanilla stevia
1/4 cup carob powder

Combine in a bowl, set aside.

1/4 cup each of:

Raw almonds
Raw cashews
Sacha Inchi seeds
Goji berries
Hemp seeds
Dried cranberries (juice sweetened)
Coconut shreds (I dusted mine with spirulina, didn't really stick though)

Add nuts and fruit into chocolate mixture and stir until fully-coated. Scoop out onto parchment paper in cluster shapes. Freeze for about 2 hours. Eat. Feel super.

Superfood central


Only good stuff

Oh and guess what? We're giving away a bottle of our favourite stevia ever! "NuNaturals Vanilla Stevia" and a box of powdered stevia as well. And even better, we will be giving away 4 packages to 4 readers, so the odds are pretty good ;).

To enter:
1. Leave a comment telling us the sweetest thing in your life right now. (aww isn't that sweet!)
2. Follow us on Facebook
3. Leave a comment on our facebook wall (say hello!)

Giveaway closes Friday, March 30th


You'll win this

And this

58 comments:

  1. The sweetest thing in my life is definitely my bf. :) Sounds like a wonderful giveaway.

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  2. Sweetest thing in my life right now is enjoying [lots of] [good] food and recovering from my eating disorder :-)

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  3. The sweetest thing in my life right now is knowing that my friends will be with me to celebrate my 22nd birthday this weekend!

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  4. The sweetest thing in my life is being able to actually live my life again and see hope for my future.

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  5. I commented on your page (Sarah Garvey).

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  6. I literally have a cupcake in my lunch bag right now... and THAT is the sweetest thing that will happen for me on this Monday.

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  7. The sweetest thing in my life right now is the big jug of locally-made maple syrup bought off the side of a country road from Mennonites while driving to Sauble Beach on a beautifully warm and sunny March day.

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  8. This recipe looks yummy as does so many. The sweetest thing in my life is my family...and the chocolate in the fridge that I'm avoiding due to Lent. Wah.

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  9. Ooooh those look so good! The sweetest thing in my life right now is my Mom who just spent WAY too much on a birthday present for me :-)

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  10. The sweetest thing in my life right now is my precious 13 month old vying for my attention over the computer. LOL This comment has taken me 5 minutes to type as he is currently nursing and slapping at the keyboard.

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  11. the sweetest thing right now is spring sun!

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  12. The sweetest thing in my life is my little girl! She's 19 months old now and has recently taken to giving lots of hugs spontaneously. I love her so much! :-)

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  13. The sweetest thing in my life right now is thinking of all the good things to come with spring.

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  14. The sweetest thing in my life right now is my wonderful boyfriend that I live with. I love waking up and coming home to him every day. Hooray for sweet domestic bliss!

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  15. The sweetest thing in my life is the wonderful weather!

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  16. Liked you on facebook and commented :)

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  17. The sweetest thing in my life right now has to be my friends :)

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  18. I "like" Sketch-Free Vegan Eating on facebook!

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  19. deliciousness! if i had those sitting my freezer, i still would be lingering by every hour to nibble on one!

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  20. hmm...my dogs and cat are probably the sweetest things in my life right now.

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  21. The sweetest thing in my life right now is the early spring in the northeast! Great giveaway, btw.

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  22. oh yum, these look so good, i will give them a try!

    your give away is sweet and yummy.

    the sweetest thing in my life at this moment: peace

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  23. I'm following you on Facebook.

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  24. Left a comment on your FB wall!

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  25. The sweetest thing in my life is my little girl. Or are we talking about food? My fav thing is kale smoothie or jasmine pearl infused chia seed pudding that I have posted here. http://sweetroots.blogspot.com/2012/03/jasmine-pearl-infused-coconut-chia.html

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  26. thanks for holding this awesome giveaway! The sweetest thing in my life right now is my coworker, who honestly is an angel in disguise.

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  27. The sweetest thing in my life right now is my two friends who each drove several hundred miles to visit me in Portland, where I'm living for the month and knew no one. Their encouragement was much needed! I'm following and enjoying...

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  28. Liked on on Facebook! These treats look awesome... and I totally dig "freezer-baking" so much more pleasant for me (where I live is way hot, and the oven turns my house into a sweat-box!) They are on my TO MAKE list :)

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  29. The sweetest thing in my life is the promising spring weather and budding flowers outside. That and my two darling rescue chihuahuas who remind me to keep going.

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  30. Such a great idea to make clusters! The sweetest thing in my life right now is the fact that I'm on spring break right now, and we had sunny warm (ish) weather in Seattle over the weekend. Thanks for doing the giveaway! I liked & commented on Facebook, too.

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  31. The best thing in my life right not is this glorious weather!

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  32. The sweetest thing in my life right now is getting ready to move out of the city and back onto an acreage again. FINALLY! :)

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  33. How serendipitous! I've been researching stevia for a while now and have had a problem finding powdered stevia without alcohol! So, thank you for this valuable info. The sweetest thing in my life is my relationship with my mom! I'm just so happy and grateful for her support.

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  34. Sweetest thing in my life? My mother who is fighting a courageous battle with cancer.

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  35. Do you have to do all of the three to enter? I'd really like to, but I'm not going to give my personal data to a criminal organization to do that. :-/

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  36. The sweetest thing in my life right now is the brownie-like cookies I made Sunday! =]

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  37. So I gave up sugar a couple of months ago and haven't felt this great in years...stevia has added a little bliss to my sugar free life. I would love to try a new brand! Thanks!

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  38. sweetest thing in my life is the dark cocoa green monster smoothie i just ate :)

    katherinedibello (at) gmail (Dot) com

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  39. The sweetest thing in my life is my lovely boyfriend who is overseas and send me lovely messages every day that make my heart melt =)
    Love that you guys have a facebook page now (I liked it too!)

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  40. I haven't had any form of sugar in over 3 months now, due to my anti-candida diet, including fruit. So not much sweetness going on in my food right now.

    The sweetest thing in my life is my amazingly supportive boyfriend, accepting my new strange diet and giving my the strength to continue when it gets hard.

    I would love to try the vanilla stevia, it sounds really good and I miss vanilla extract - I need to find a non-alcohol based one!

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  41. ive been searching for a good sweetner, that isnt ridiculously expensive. the sweetest thing in my life is that i got a new job last night! high five for being able to pay rent and eat something other than beans on toast!!!

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  42. The sweetest thing in my life right now is good friends. Tough times don't stand a chance when you have good friends around you!

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  43. My youngest son is the sweetest thing in my life right now. He is going through a really cuddly, loving stage and I love it!

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  44. I like your facebook page as Jonnie JB Hartling

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  45. Ok. The sweetest thing in my life right now is spring in Amsterdam!

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  46. 3 Researches PROVE How Coconut Oil Kills Fat.

    This means that you actually burn fat by eating Coconut Fat (also coconut milk, coconut cream and coconut oil).

    These 3 researches from large medical journals are sure to turn the traditional nutrition world upside down!

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