I made whipped cream the other day. .. all vegan! It’s so simple.
Refrigerate a can of full fat coconut milk,
Scrape the cream into a bowl, user the milk in another recipe or smoothie.
Add:
Whip with a mixer. Enjoy!
Yum! I’m doing this on my pumpkin pie (no condensed milk, subbing coconut milk here, too) for thanksgiving.
How to make a Pineapple Kale Green Smoothie + Coconut Whipped Cream
All Vegan!
Pineapple Kale Coconut Island Green Smoothie
Ingredients:
For Smoothie:
1 Can Full Fat Coconut Milk, refrigerated, separated. (see below)
1/2 Banana
3 large rings Pineapple (fresh or frozen)
2 C Almond or Soy Milk
2 large handfuls KAle or Spinach blend
2 caps Juice Plus Garden Blend, opened and poured into blender
1/3 C Vanilla ?Juice Plus Complete Powder
1 C Ice
1-2 C Water, as needed for blending
For Coconut Whipped Cream:
1 Can Full Fat Coconut Milk, refrigerated, separated. (see below)
1-2 packets of Stevia
1t Vanilla
First separate Coconut milk after it is cold. Do not shake, remove cream gently with a rubber spatula and place in a medium mixing bowl.
Pour remaining thin coconut milk into blender. Add all other ingredients except water. Blend and add water as needed for proper blending and desired consistency. When using kale you will need a Vitamix or other comparable blender. Pour into glasses.
Add vanilla to the coconut cream bowl and whip with mixer until frothy.
Top your smoothie with the cream.
Enjoy with a friend!
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Mini Vegan Sammies
Peanut Butter and Jelly Smoothie
Want the flavor of your favorite sandwich in a smoothie? Well, search no more! This smoothie is as satisfying as a meal and sooo much better than a sandwich! Kids love this one too! The berries hide the greens, sneaky, yeah?
Ingredients:
Throw all the ingredients into your high powered blender and turn on med high then turn to high for up to 2 minutes until every green bit is blended well.
Enjoy your sammy! I mean smoothie!
This recipe is super yummy! It is so easy!
You can even add a half or an ounce of chis seeds to your water bottle. This will make you feel fuller and sustain you with the electrolytes for high endurance activities such as running!
Whisk chia seeds and non daily milk and place in a bowl in refrigerator overnight. In the morning stir well and add vanilla, dash of salt and agave. Serve with berries.
~Top 10 Benefits of Chia Seeds~
Here are the Top 10 reasons to add chia seeds to your life:
1. Fight Diabetes
Chia is being studied as a potential natural treatment for type-2 diabetes . It has the ability to slow down digestion. There is a gelatinous coating around chia seeds that develops when exposed to liquid. This can also prevent blood sugar spikes.
2. A Way to Eat More Fiber
1 ounce serving of chia has 11 grams of dietary fiber. Consider adding chia to your life is an easy way to get fiber. Fiber is important for digestive health.
3. Get tons of Omega-3’s
Chia seeds have tons of omega-3 fatty acids, almost 5 grams in a 1 ounce serving, and these fats are very important for brain health. Researcher Wayne Coates states,
(chis seed is a) “…better conversion of omega 3s into the plasma or into the food than with flax seed.”
4. Your dentist will be happy! Get stronger Teeth And Bones
One ounce has 18% of the RDA for calcium. Calcium is important for maintaining bone and oral health, and preventing osteoporosis.
5. Manganese, what is that?
Manganese is important for our health, one ounce of chia seeds, or 28 grams, has 30 % RDA of this mineral! Manganese is essential for our bones, it also helps our bodies use biotin and thiamin.
6. Get your Phosphorus on!
Chia has 27% RDA for phosphorus and helps maintain bones and teeth. Phosphorus is also important to synthesize protein for cell and tissue growth and repair.
7. Pack In The Protein, yep that is Right! Full protein from a tiny seed!
Chia seeds are definitely a great source of protein for vegetarians and vegans. And chiaseeds don’t have any cholesterol. One ounce serving of these amazing super seeds has 4.7 Grams of Protein!
According to BodyBuilding.com:
“In either case, chia was a staple crop among both ancient civilizations. The Aztecs reportedly prized it even more highly than the Mayans, using chia as medicine, offering it to the gods during rituals, and demanding it as annual tribute from conquered tribes. One refrain you’ll see repeated often by chia advocates is that the Aztecs considered it ‘more valuable than gold’.
The word Chia comes from either the Mayan word chiabaan, for ‘strengthening’, or the Aztec word chian, for ‘oily’.
Chia’s nutritional profile is undeniably broad and impressive. A standard 2 tbsp (24 g) serving of chia seeds contains:
8. Fight That Spare Tire!
Chia stabilizes blood sugar and also fights insulin resistance which can be tied to an increase in belly fat, according to Live Strong. Resistance to insulin can also be harmful for your overall health in many ways.
9. Feel Fuller Faster
Tryptophan, an amino acid, is found in chia seeds. Tryptophan is responsible for helping regulate appetite, sleep and improve mood. It also triggers that strong urge to nap after a big Thanksgiving dinner because it is present in turkey meat.
10. Love our Hearts
According to the Cleveland Clinic, chia seeds have been shown to improve blood pressure in diabetics, and may also increase healthy cholesterol while lowering total, LDL, and triglyceride cholesterol. Yea!
Sources:
The Huffington Post Canada
Bodybuilding.com
Cleveland Clinic
Live Strong
Wash the lentils and add to pan with water, garlic, salt and bbq sauce. Cover and cook until tender. (10-15 minutes) Grate cauliflower, ginger, garlic, and carrot. Chop small other veggies and broccoli stems. Add to a wide pan and dry roast the vegetables for 3-5 minutes. Combine the veggies, flax, and sesame seeds to the cooked lentils. Add spices and bbq sauce. Mix well, taste and adjust salt, spice, and bbq sauce. Add GF flour and then GF bread crumbs as needed to form into burger patties.
Bake the patties at 400 degrees F for 20-25 minutes. Once baked, these patties can be grilled quickly for grill marks.
Place on Gluten Free burger buns, top with Mango Slaw.
Toss with Rice vinegar, raw sugar, pink salt, and Veggienaise. Mmmmm!
Inspired and reposted from Chocolate Covered Katie
How did I accomplish this huge feat? Starve them out. Yep. That’s right. Don’t but the junk. Don’t bring them fast food. Leave them at home with ‘nothing good to eat’.
After they figure out your not caving then they will have to eat. Lol. It’s taken me at least 6 months. Seriously I’ve introduced over 100 of my Green smoothies and my son tells me they are nasty. Until this week.
Breakthrough!!!
Note he is still on the computer but… hey! He’s smiling AND drinking the green smoothie!
I thought it would never happen.
I’m a happy momma.
Yes!
How else are you going to get a teenager to eat two huge handfuls of organic kale, spinach and baby chard, plus a mango, a kiwi, half of a lime, some orange juice some Complete Powder and the whole pint of blackberries in one sitting!
This cinnamon roll can be made in the microwave, for a fast homemade treat, next time I am doubling the recipe, it is just that good. What to do with the bananas when they get brown? This is a perfect recipe. It is also vegan and gluten free, yeast free, with no refined sugar!
Dough:
Cinnamon Filling:
Icing Ideas:
Mix all dough ingredients. Place some extra flour on a smooth board or counter and press dough into a long thin rectangle, adding more flour to the edges to keep from sticking too much.
Melt coconut oil and mix in coconut sugar, add cinnamon. Spread over the dough.
Using a flat scraper or butter knife, flat edge, peel dough off starting at one end and roll into a cinnamon roll shape. Place in a microwaveable cup. Microwave 1-1/2 to 2 minutes, don’t overcook. Let sit a minute. Top with 1/2 t coconut sugar if desired.
Add Icing of choice!
Enjoy!
Adapted from a recipe from Kylie at Yeah… immaeatthat
These bars are so good that they almost did not make it into the fridge to set up. It is yummy crunchy coconut-ty and healthy! Do you love Rice Crispy Bars but really think marshmallows are gross? Me too.
It is vegan, raw, no refined sugar and no cook… and so satiaiting! I adapted my recipe from Chocolate Covered Katie and created this bar mix in my Vitamix Dry container. You can use a blender or food processor too, Im sure. I just love my Vitamix.
Mix all ingredients in the dry mix container beginning on variable speed 1 and work up to medium speed until combined and swirling around like a very thick milkshake. Remove and scrape into silicone baking forms. I used heart ice trays and cupcake holders. Place in refrigerator 1 hour or 15 minutes in freezer. Enjoy! If you have any left, cover with Glad Press and Seal in the fridge.
PS I made this into a vegan dessert because I don’t support gelatin as a food. I love horses, so if you do too, please don’t buy it or eat it.
These muffins are so easy and so amazing. Anytime you have some extra bananas this is a great way to use them up. I used 2 2/3 bananas instead of 3 because my Cavalier King Charles Spaniel bags for bananas! Guess where the other third went?
GF banana flax muffin ingredients
1 scoop Chocolate Juice Plus Complete Powder (1/3 C)
1 1/2 C Gluten free flour (I used Cassova flour)
1 t Xanthan Gum
1 1/8 whole rolled organic or instant oats GF
2 t baking powder
1 t baking soda
1/2 t cinnamon
1/2 t pink salt
2/3 C Turbonado Sugar ( I use Sugar in the Raw)
Mix all dry ingredients above. In a separate bowl mix wet ingredients:
3 soft bananas
2 organic eggs, beaten
1/3 C melted organic extra virgin coconut oil
3/4 plus 1 -3 T almond milk
1 t vanilla extract
1/3 C GF mini chocolate chips (I use Enjoy Life)
In a bowl mash bananas. Mix coconut oil and eggs together to keep oil from hardening up. Add eggs and coconut oil and vanilla to dry ingredients. Add almond milk reserving the 3 Tablespoons in case you need it.
When mixture is thick but everything is mixed up (but not sticky) then add the chocolate chips.
Place in silicone muffin cups or foil lined muffin cups sprayed with organic Pam. Bake at 400 degrees for 17 minutes using a convection fan or a little longer with no fan; check with a toothpick. The outside will be fairly crispy but make sure the middle is completely cooked.
Enjoy!
