Raw food goodies!

Yesterday I had a uncooking day. Came up with 3 lovely recipes starting from the left:
Chewy dark caramel squares, Bee pollen chocolate and Green Bee hills.

Chewy dark caramel squares
For the caramel:
1/2 C raisins (gives it a VERY rich flavor, you can use dates as well, I just didn't have any at home)
2-3 T mesquite powder
50 ml cacao oil/butter

Blend raisins and mesquite first until well blended then add the cacao oil. Make a square out of the dough on a baking paper, refrigerate.

For the chocolate top
2 T cacao
1 T Lucuma
1 T cacao butter
1 T coconut oil
pinch of salt

Blend well by hand and put on top of the caramel. Garnish with some cacao nibs. Leave in the fridge for an hour to set before cutting up to squares.

Bee Pollen Chocolate
1/4 C bee pollen "flour" (grounded)
handful of nibs
1 T Maca
3 T Cacao
pinch of salt
25 ml yacon syrup
50 ml cacao butter
1 T coconut oil
1 T Lucuma

Mix everything by hand, pour into your favorite mold, refrigerate, ENJOY!

Green Bee hills
1/3 C raisins or dates
1/4 C bee pollen "flour" (grounded)
1 T Lucuma
0.5-1 T Spirulina
1 T coconut butter

Blend roll to balls and roll in desiccated coconut!

Yacon syrup

Have been updating very bad lately I know, but I have been working and being busy. Anyway, I though I would write a little bit about my new favorite: Yacon syrup

Yacon syrup is an natural sweetener which is low in calories, GI and carbohydrates. It is build up mainly of fructooligosacaride (FOS) which the human body is lacking enzymes for, which means I'll will go through undigested. The undigested portion of yacón serves as food for “friendly” bacteria, such as Bifidobacteria and Lactobacillus species, in the colon. Other benefits from yacon syrup are increasing absorption of magnesium and calcium, elimination of toxins, increasing bone density, one of the highest levels of potassium found in any plant, contains all the essential amino acids, high in calcium, magnesium, phosphor and iron. There is a lot more other properties of yacon syrup.

Taste: It is not as sweet as agave, it has a very rich flavor a little bit liqourishy almost, even though I HATE liquorish, I LOVE yacon.

And as all other super foods It's Peruvian :)

Raw Cookie dough Ice cream! Just like Ben&Jerry's but BETTER

Today I have made MAGIC in the kitchen. I used to LOVE Ben & Jerry's cookie dough, it was sooo yummy! It was my favorite. For a long time I have made these excellent Raw chocolate nibs (chips) cookies and I though what If I manage to make a sick raw ice cream and then combine these two? That was what happened today , and OMG SO GOOOD!!

Here is the recipe, Have to share the love!

For the vanilla Ice Cream
1 C cashews soaked or unsoaked doesn't matter
1,5 C water
1 C cashew mylk
1 whole vanilla bean (put the whole bean in)
1/2 C raisins
1/2 C agave light or if you use the dark one a bit less
2 small chunks of cacao butter
a pinch of salt

Blend in a high speed blender until smooth, then put it in a ice cream maker or your favorite way to make ice cream.

For the chocolate nibs cookies
I never measure this recipe but this is my guess, too simple you can't make it wrong :)
2 C oat "flour"
1-1.5 C cashew "flour"
2-3 T coconut butter
agave after taste
a pinch of salt (optional) taste awesome without to be honest
cacao nibs a handful

Mix everything in a high speed blender/food processor except the cacao nibs.
When the dough is smooth put it in a bowl and add the cacao nibs, mix by hand and add a little bit of love:)

Use some of the dough for making cookies (which can be dehydrated, I eat them as they are and I love them that way) and roll small balls with the rest and mix in to the already made ice cream, put in the freezer to firm up a bit (If you can manage) otherwise just eat straight away!
Hope you enjoy it as much as myself!

Raw cream of Orange soup & Raw Protein bars

This is one of my favorite soups of all times, I LOVE IT!

Cream of Orange Soup by Shazzie
juice of 4 oranges
1/2 - 1 Avocado
1 little piece of ginger
zest of 1 lemon

Blend til smooth. Enjoy!
Serve with cashew or macadamia cream on top!
soooo good

Can up with a quite successful protein bar recipe before, turned out to be soo yummy, unfortunately, I have run out of cacao!!! I know, end of the world!!! Otherwise I bet they would have turned out even greater :)

This is what I used to make 4:
2 scoops Sun Warrior protein powder
a small handful of soaked almonds
2 T Maca
3 Medjool dates
1 T Mesquite powder
1-2 T yacon syrup
half a teaspoon of each cinamon and nutmeg
1 T cacao butter
pinch of salt

Blend, shape in to 4 bars, wrap in cling film, take them when in a rush or whenever, eat, feel good, enjoy!

Raw yummy Protein smoothie

Good morning! Today I started the day with 30 min running/jogging then I had some orange juice with crushed gojiberries and a pear on the side, then I jumped into the shower and now I am enjoying a 100% total raw protein shake!

Raw Protein smoothie
1 C cashew mylk ( water works fine )
0,5 C water
1 scoop Sun warrior protein powder
1 T mesquite powder
1 T chia seeds or "flour"
1 T yacon syrup
a bit of a vanilla bean (had some left over piece from yesterday used the seeds yesterday and had just the "shell" left, you can use that to mix in with your mylk, waste to throw it out)

Blend and enjoy!

The protein powder I use is from Sun warrior it's 100% vegan raw. You can buy three different flavors natural, chocolate, vanilla. I have only used the natural, so I can mix in what ever flavor I am up for! The protein powder is made from bio fermented brown rice. You get 16g of protein per serving, it has a 98% correlation rate to mothers milk and a 98.2% digestion efficiency. It contains all essential amino acids plus a few more.

Now I gonna experiment making a raw protein bar, good to take when you're in a rush or have in your bag for your lunch break when there is no fridges to store your lunch box (working in hospitality, when you get to eat there)

Bed time!

I started a new job today , yey :) In a juice bar, called health burst. It's basically like Boost juice bar. Gonna properly start tomorrow today was just a trial.

Haven't posted any new recipes on desserts yet because I RAN OUT OF STUFF last week and I ordered things on Friday so I hope they will show up soooooon!!!

HAVE CHOCOLATE CRAVINGS :D

Nighty nighty

Raw Creamy Vegetable Soup

Raw Creamy Vegetable Soup
1 zucchini
1 cucumber
1 big carrot
1/2 avocado
a piece of chili
a piece of capsicum (bell pepper)
1 T tamari
1 T nutritional yeast
1 T sesame oil
1 clove of garlic
2 spring onions

Blend in a high speed blender until very smooth, you may wanna add water. I added roughly 1/4 C water.

To garnish
a handful of sprouts
a small handful of cashew nuts
black pepper
nutritional yeast flakes
handful chopped coriander!

Enjoy!