Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Monday, March 25, 2013

Vegan no flour Peanut Butter Cookies

I needed a sweet fix last night, so I automatically thought of cookies...who wouldn't? So, I made a small batch of these and they did the trick...and are still doing the trick (maybe too much ;) )

Vegan No Flour Peanut Butter Cookies

1 cup Peanut Butter
1 cup Sugar ( should be granular)
1 Egg replacer - so this could be the actual 'Egg replacer' that you can buy, flax seeds, or chia seeds. Whatever you normally use for your egg replacement. 

You can add chocolate chips if you want, I added 1/4 cup.

Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees, mix everything together and bake for 10 - 12 mins. This makes roughly 24 small cookies.

:D


Monday, March 11, 2013

Vegan Black Bean Brownies

Vegan Black Bean Brownies

I broke my nice casserole dish a few months ago, so I made these in my mini cupcake tin. They came out as two bite brownies! So fun! This recipe is from Happy Herbivore.

15 ounces Black Beans, drained and rinsed
2 whole Bananas
1/3 cup Agave Nectar
1/4 cup Unsweetened Cocoa
1 tbsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/4 cup Raw Sugar (optional)
1/4 cup Quick Oats

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 8x8 pan and set aside. Combine all ingredients, except oats in a food processor or blender and blend until smooth, scrapping sides as needed. Stir in the oats and pour batter in pan (OR mini muffin/cupcake tin!) Bake for approximately 30 mins (even in the mini tin!) or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool before slicing.

If you find that the brownies are too soft or too fudge-y, add another 1/4 cup of oats or flour of your choice.




The many uses for coconut oil

My gorgeous, talented, sweet friend Sara just posted this video and I wanted to share it!

I use coconut oil for cooking, in my hair, on my skin after a shower/bath, for oil pulling and have recently even used it in my nose for dry nose season. I know, yuk, but I was beside myself with pain and it wasn't getting better, so I put a bit inside my nostril and POOF - cure all!


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