Date Fudge

Date Fudge

Vegan and 0 added processed sugar!

You will need
1/2 cups raw almonds
1 cup raw cashews
8 pitted Majool dates
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 t vanilla extract
2 t water
1/4 cup dried cranberries
Milk substitute of choice (I used coconut milk, which gave it a great flavor)

Rough chop almonds in a food processor and put aside
Pulse cashews until fine and add cocoa powder...pulse
Add dried cranberries and pitted dates... pulse
Add water and vanilla extract.. pulse
Add "milk" until everything starts to come together...
Lastly mix in your rough chopped almonds.
Put in a pan and let sit in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour... will be chocolaty, sticky goodness with no dairy, no gluten, and no added sugar!!!

THE BEST onion rings EVER!

The BEST onion rings EVER

Oh and yes they are VEGAN

Thanks to the Vegan Stoner for the inspiration behind these! 

http://theveganstoner.com/

-What you will need-
Yellow or white onion cut into rings
Corn starch
EVOO
Whole wheat bread crumbs
Non-dairy milk of choice
Salt
Whole wheat flour
Ground red peper
Black pepper
Cutting Board, 2 dishes, baking sheet

Lets get started!

Preheat oven to 450

-Prep work-
Cut onion into rings and leave on cutting board
In dish #1 mix 1/2cup flour, 2 spoonfuls of cornstarch, 1/2cup "milk"
In dish #2 mix 1 cup bread crumbs, dash of salt, dash of black pepper, red pepper to taste, and 2Tbsp EVOO
Oil up your baking sheet

Your set up

-Note- While dipping it is super helpful to have a "wet hand" and a "dry hand"
Left hand "wet hand" pick up onion, place container #1, cover with flour mix, take coated onion from container #1 and drop into container #2
Right hand "dry hand" coat onion with bread crumb mixture and place onto greased baking sheet
**This assures the avoidance of the dreaded "club hand"**

Repeat the above process with all of your onion rings

Place into oven for 8 minutes
Flip (tongues work GREAT here)
Back for another 8 minutes

Eat alone, dip, or add to the top of your favorite bean burger!

Summer Veggie Tian

Summer Veggie Tian

Man, just have to love this SUPER SIMPLE recipe

-What you will need-

EVOO

4 cloves of garlic

1 yellow or white onion

Any of your favorite in season veggies

     I used 1 sweat potatoe, 1 yellow squash, 1 green squash

Ground black pepper 

1 nice sharp knife (oooor if you are a little lazy a mandolin) 

Ramekin and tin foil 

This recipe is great because you can make it ahead of time, cover it with aluminum and place in the fridge, then when you are ready take it out of the fridge and out it into the oven

Start by taking all of your veggies and cutting them into equal slices (this is where the mandolin comes in handy if you have one)

Smash, peel, and dice your garlic also dice up your onions

Cover skillet with THIN layer of EVOOturn to medium low (3-5 on most stoves) 

Place garlic in pan and let heat

Place onions in with EVOO and garlic and allow to cook until translucent

Once cooked place into the bottom of your ramekin and spread out evenly 

Alternate veggies in the ramekin (on top of garlic onion mixture) into a beautiful pattern

Sweet potato, Squash, Zucchini.... repeat, repeat, repeat

Top with pepper or other fun flavors

Cover tightly with tin foil 

At this point you have 2 choices

1) I'm freaking hungry, I want to eat NOW... in this case heat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit, place the dish in and cook for 30-40 minutes (depends on how cooked you want your veggies) 

2) I am not hungry now... but this would be great to eat later... place in fridge ...wait... Okay, now I am hunger! Look back at choice 1 

Hope you all enjoy!!

Raw Carrot Cake and Cashew "Cream"

Raw Carrot Cake and Cashew "Cream"

So the next time that you juice some carrots be sure that you save the carrot pulp, this is so worth it! 

Once again, lets give credit where credit is due, thanks to the boho girl for giving the inspiration, http://thebohogirl.wordpress.com/, here is my recipe with a few little tweeks... 

What you will need Cashew "cream"

~NOTE~ MAKE THIS AHEAD OF TIME AS IT WILL NEED TO SIT FOR AN HOUR

2 cups raw cashews

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup apple juice

Place all ingredients into a food processor blend for 2-3 minutes and vuala! Let sit in the refrigerator for at least a hour before you serve!

What you will need Carrot cake

2 cups pulp of carrots (~6-8 carrots) 

2 cups oats (ground to flour)

2 cups dates

1 Tbs nutmeg

1 Tbs cinnamon

1 Tsp vanilla extract 

Splash of apple juice

Honey

Use the pulp left over from juicing carrots

Place 2 cups of oats into food processor and grind to a flour

Place 2 cups of date pieces into food processor and process

Add all ingredients into bowl (except honey and apple juice) and mix until evenly mixed

Add splash of apple juice

Add honey to taste and until all ingredients can be rolled into a ball.

Make "cake" into whatever shape you wish, I did mounds, I think that this would be really good as cake balls... whatever you want...

Top with your cashew cream and ENJOY!