Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Raw Vegan Pineapple-Berry Cheesecake Bites!



Raw Vegan Pineapple-Berry Cheesecake! It is so delicious and so good for you. It is all organic, uncooked, raw plant-based ingredients - but you'd never know it!

Crust
1 cup raw pecans
5 pitted dates
1 tsp coconut oil 
Grind in food processor and press into a circle on a pizza plate.

Filling 
1 1/2 cups raw, soaked cashews
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/2 cup raw honey
1 tsp real vanilla
1/2 cup raw almond milk 
1 1/2 cups fresh pineapple
juice from one lemon
Mix in Vitamix


Pour out HALF of the filling onto the pie crust
Spread over crust. 
Put in freezer for one - two hours.
With the remaining filling in the Vitamix, add, 6 large fresh strawberries and 1/2 cup fresh blueberries. Mix until berries are well-combined.
Spread onto frozen cheesecake. Put back in freezer until frozen.

When ready to serve remove from freezer and let sit out at room temperature for 30 minutes-one hour. Add fresh fruit, shredded coconut and raw nuts on the top. Serve and EnJOY!

Peace & Love, Dayna

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Nutritionally Dense Chocolate Pudding!



The chocolate pudding recipe is my own creation, formulated to be the healthiest dessert ever!
To make this yummy pudding you need:

Chocolate Pudding
3 Avocados
2 Bananas
1/4 Cup coconut oil
1/4 raw almond butter
1/4 raw honey
1 tbl. real vanilla
1/2 cup raw cacao powder
1/2 cup vanilla almond milk

Add all ingredients to food processor until smooth and creamy

Coconut Creme
2 cans coconut milk (Thai Kitchen brand)
take solid coconut milk from top of both cans.
Beat with 1 tbl maple syrup
1tsp. vanilla

Beat until fluffy.Put pudding in a glass bowl
Top with coconut whipped creme
Add fresh fruit and cacao nibs, coconut

Chill for 1-2 hours

 


Enjoy! ALL of my kids loved this pudding!! Even my son's teenage friends ate every bit and said it was delicious! You would honestly never guess that this has so many healthy ingredients.

There is nothing better than food that tastes like it is bad for you.... but it is really GOOD for you!

Peace & Love, Dayna

Sunday, March 8, 2015

COCONUT CREME..... Where Have You Been All My VEGAN LIFE!?


This week, I discovered the JOY of making a delicious, whipped creme out of coconut milk! I have been making new vegan deserts JUST to use the coconut creme! So, ya.... I guess you could say I am obsessed! Coconut Creme is even tastier than traditional, cow whipped creme and I will never not have a few cans of coconut milk in my fridge!



Chewy Vegan Brownies
  • 1 Flax Egg (1 TB ground flax seeds mixed with 3 TB warm water)
  • 3 Tablespoons Coconut Flour
  • 1/4 Cup Raw Cacao Powder
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1/2 Teaspoon of Salt
  • 1/2 Cup Raw Agave
  • 1 Cup Almond Butter 
  • 1/2 Cup Almond Milk 
  • 1 Tablespoon Pure Organic Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Cup Raw, Chopped Pecans
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make the flax egg and set aside. In another bowl, combine coconut flour, raw cacao, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix in the raw agave and almond butter. Whisk the flax eggs until they are an even consistency and add the vanilla extract and whisk again until combined. Add the vanilla flax mixture to the rest of the ingredients. Add the almond milk and mix until everything is combined. Pour batter in a greased 6 inch pan and place in the oven for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when removed. Top with COCONUT CREME and Berries, or whatever else you like! ENJOY!

Berry, Coconut Creme Parfaits! 

These delicious parfaits are easy, beautiful and so delicious on all of their simplicity! Make Coconut Creme. Set aside. Mix one cup of berries with 2 Tbl of maple syrup or agave. Start layering the berries with the coconut creme in a glass or jar, or anything else you can see the layers through. There is something so appealing about desserts that you can see layered in a glass! 
Serve and EnJOY!!

Peace & Love, Dayna