Peanut Butter Mallow Blaster Cups + Hummus

We have another grain -free freezer treat for you this sunny Friday. Peanut Butter Mallow Blaster Cups! It sounds like a hard core junk food doesn't it? Believe it or not these little guys are completely sugar free and 100% pure.

Chocolate Coating:

3/4 cup almond butter

6 tbsp coconut oil, melted

20 drops vanilla stevia

1/2 cup carob powder

Mix all ingredients together. Layer 1 tbsp on the bottom of 6 baking cups. Place in the freezer for a few minutes.

Next, spread a bit of peanut butter on the chocolate coating and then dollop a bit of marshmallow creme (click link for recipe) over the peanut butter. Spoon on more of the chocolate coating until flat on top. Freeze for about 1/2 hour until chocolate is set.

Cuppa cuppa

Blast off!

We also made this edamame hummus but didn't write down the recipe! It's basically just hummus with edamame beans and chickpeas. :)

Eda

And this is our new favourite coconut water! It's frozen, raw and unpasteurized and therefore not as sweet as the canned or boxed coconut water, but it has such a complex, stronger taste and flavour. So refreshing!

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 ;).

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Frozen Tahini-Banana Bites + Sunbutter-Tamari Salad Dressing

We have two recipes for you today! Both are painfully simple and use the painfully cheap tahini and sunflower seed butter. We have been loving bananas + tahini ever since seeing it on Pure2Raw. It's such a good flavour combo. You wouldn't think by the sounds of it, but you just gotta try it! 

Bananas and tahini with cinnamon, coconut and quinoa puffs

Knowing the flavours work so well together I made a frozen treat using only a few simple ingredients. And it came together so quickly, making more time for munching!

What you need:

1 banana, frozen and cut into slices

2 tbsp tahini

2 tbsp coconut oil

4 drops of vanilla stevia (optional)

Sesame seeds (optional) 

Gently heat up the tahini and coconut oil ( just until the coconut oil melts, make sure the mixture stays room temperature). Dip slice of banana in the tahini/coconut oil and flip over to coat evenly. Scoop out with a fork and place on a piece of parchment. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Repeat with the rest of the banana slices. Store in the freezer or the fridge (if you have sensitive teeth lol) until the outside shell is firm. 

Now for the second recipe. It's the easiest asian-inspired salad dressing ever! I don't usually make oil-vinegar dressings just because I prefer creamier dressings. I've always used tahini to make creamy dressings, but never thought to try sunbutter! And it worked so well! All you need is:

2 tbsp sunflower seed butter

2 tsp tamari

5 tbsp water

Mix together until totally smooth. Drizzle over salad!

Arugula, grated carrot, avocado, sauerkraut, lightly steamed broccoli, cucumber, dulse flakes, sesame seeds, hemp seeds, Sunbutter-Tamari Dressing

No salad is complete without avos

Sesame!

This is definitely a restaurant worthy salad. Mmmmm!

Here's some other dressings/sauces made with tahini that we love:

Pumpkin "Cheez" Sauce

Miso-Tahini Sauce

Smokey Tahini Dressing

White Tahini Cheez Sauce

Juice Report: 

Cucumber, Celery and Kale = Surprisingly delicious

Carrot + Celery + Grapefruit = Surprisingly Yucky

Frozen Carob-Tahini Balls

So you probably could have guessed me and Jenn are back on the sugar-free train. And you know we can't go on without treats. I made a batch of these after I organized my cupboard, because, well it was all organizey and nice and I wanted to put it to good use. So I used all of my uniquest ingredients to come up with a yummy, sugar-free treat!

I used this Quin Wow's quinoa crisp in this recipe, it is a unique ingredient and is only found in health stores in Ontario and Quebec, unfortunately for you Americans! (although you can order it online on their ordering site). If you can't get your hands on this ingredient, you can use crunchy granola or rice cereal as well.

Crispy candy! Cut in half.

4 tbsp tahini
3-4 tbsp water*
20 drops stevia
1/4 tsp vanilla bean powder (or extract)
3 tbsp carob
6 tbsp oat flour
Tiny pinch of salt
2 tbsp sesame seeds
2 tbsp quinoa crisp (or other crispy grain cereal, optional but so worth it!)

Start by mixing the tahini and water together until thickened, it should be the consistency of a pudding, *depending on the type of tahini you have you may need to add less or more water/tahini to get proper consistency. Mix in stevia, vanilla powder (or extract) and salt, then mix in all other ingredients until you have a dough. Add in sesame seeds and crisp, you can also add in shredded coconut, different seeds, chia seeds. Roll into balls and store in freezer.

Raw Blueberry Cream Pie Pudding (Vegan, GF)

I haven't made a pudding in a while and had a perfectly ripe and creamy avocado staring at me, so I figured it was time. I also had wild blueberries in the freezer so I made a blueberry-avocado concoction. Then I decided to make a bit of a layered parfait because I had some soaked almonds ready and some chia seeds to make blueberry jam with! I peeled the almonds so the cream would be perfectly white and I sweetened it with a bit of stevia. This was seriously amaaazing! I love having dessert for breakfast! And it's relatively low in sugar. Just the stevia and the sweetness of the blueberries. 


Blueberry-Avocado Filling:
1/2 cup blueberries
1 large avocado
6 drops of stevia
a splash of water
1/4 tsp lime/lemon juice


Blend in blender (I used my magic bullet) until whipped and creamy


Blueberry Jam:
1/2 cup frozen blueberries (defrosted)
1 tsp chia seeds
3 drops stevia


Let sit for about five minutes or until "jellied" .


Almond Cream:
1/2 cup peeled almonds
1 tbsp melted coconut oil
2 tbsp water
3 drops stevia


Whip in food processor until creamy.


Layer the blueberry-avocado mixture on the bottom. Next spoon on the blueberry jam and then the almond cream. Sprinkle with quinoa crunchies. Let sit in the fridge for at least an hour before eating.

Quinoa crunchies can't be beat! They make each meal a special treat!

I'm definitely making this again...Maybe a key lime pie pudding...Why am I so obsessed with pie themed puddings?


Raw Apple Pie Pudding
Almost Raw Banana Cream Pie Pudding
Pumpkin Pie Pudding


-Jennifer

Raw Green-Chocolate Pudding w/ Stevia (Vegan, GF)

Another pudding, this time with a super healthy spin. SPIN-ACH. Spinach blends nicely in puddings, the leaves are very soft and full of moisture so there's no obvious green taste or texture. Great for breakfast or post workout protein pudding. Yes it looks like swamp sludge, but it's nutritious, delicious swamp sludge. AND I finally found stevia that doesn't taste weird! I contacted the vice president of NuNaturals and asked if there's any corn or soy in the glycerine, it's made from only coconut...cool.

1 avocado
handful of spinach
2 tbsp raw cacao powder
1 tsp maca powder
1/3 cup chia gel
1 scoop hemp protein powder
8 drops NuNaturals vanilla stevia
Pinch of sea salt

Combine ingredients in food processor or blender. If you like your pudding sweet add in some dates or agave/raw honey.

-Jac