Dense Desserts

I scream. You scream . . .

You get the idea.

And what better way to get giddy about the most popular dessert known to man, than to dress it up in a cone. Or, if you don't have a cone, put it in a cup to make it look swirly nice.

For this demo, I made the Raspberry Banana Ice Dream recipe. 

If you have cake piping bags, then you're ahead of the game.  But if not, all you need is a plastic sandwich or freezer bag.

Scoop all that goodness out of your food processor or blender and into the bag. 

Nip the tip with scissors.

Then squeeze the creamy treat into your cone or cup, making a swirling motion as you go.

Top with nuts or coconut or cacao nibs for that over the top goodness.

Chocolate Truffles

I've been meaning to post this recipe for some time. 

Talk about easy, versatile and out of this world gooey and good.

Ingredients:

1 cup almonds

1/2 cup walnuts

1/2 cup dates

2 TBS Honey

3TBS Cacao (or Cocoa) Powder

Directions:

Place almonds in food processor and blend for 30 seconds.  Add walnuts and blend for 30 more seconds till mixture is fine granules. Add dates, honey and cocoa powder and blend till thoroughly mixed. Mixture should start to stick together and that's good. If not, add a tsp of water and blend till sticky.

Remove container, take mixture and roll into balls. This makes about 24-30 balls.

When complete, roll balls into coconut flakes, shredded almonds or a powder of cinnamon, nutmeg and dash of cayenne. (The options are endless)

 Put in freezer. Take out ten minutes prior to serving. 

Serve by itself or with above Ice Cream desserts.  

Enjoy!

Banana Raspberry Nice Cream Dessert

Frozen raspberries seem to be sweeter than frozen strawberries (who knew?!), so this combination of banana and raspberry is my latest treat. The almond butter is optional, but adds a little more weight, thus making the dessert a little more satisfying/fulfilling.

Ingredients:

1 frozen banana

1 cup frozen raspberries

1 TBS Almond Butter (optional)

1 TBS Almond/Coconut Milk (optional) 

Serves 1-2

Process/Blend all ingredients until smooth, creamy consistency, scraping sides down as needed.

Put in bowl and top with favorite nuts or cacoa nibs.  

Enjoy!

RAW Banana "Ice Cream"

Since eating more raw and vegan, there is little convention in my mind that says we have to eat dessert after dinner. 

I mean, dessert can BE dinner. 

What's better than that I ask? 

Crickets.

I thought so.

If you followed the Almond Butter Brownie recipe from yesterday, I mentioned topping that sweet li'l sucker with this banana "ice cream." 

Without further adieu, I give you the mind blowing-ly simple compliment to any raw or vegan brownie, cake or pie.  

 Ingredients:

3 frozen bananas

1-2 tsp vanilla

1 TBS cinnamon

1-2 TBS Almond or Coconut milk (not pictured, optional)

It's pretty normal around here for me to buy 5-6 bunches (or is it bushels?) of bananas per week. Aldi's sells them for .44/lb.  It's totally worth it since I use them in smoothies daily, various dessert recipes, and this wonderful treat.

1. So first you peel the bananas and put in a freezer bag. Freeze for at least 3-4 hours. (I have dozens of frozen bananas in my freezer. They keep for a long time that way.)

2. Then take them out, let them sit for about 10-15 minutes for the surface area to soften.

Now break up those 'naners and place in food processor or blender.

Tic, toc, tic, toc . . .I'm sure this step is taking forever.

3. Okay, add the rest of ingredients and blend until creamy, scraping sides down as necessary to get it all into a consistent creamy mixture.

Like so.

That's it, folks! 

Now grab a spoon and taste test that goodness. 

You like?

If you want a chocolate banana taste, you can add and blend in a 1/4 cup of cocoa powder.

Now if you want to get fancy schmancy, grab an ice cream scooper and top your fav raw vegan dessert. 

Add some walnuts.

Then drizzle with a little agave nectar.

Um, folks, is it just me, or does this look decadent and delish, or what? 

Raw-la-mode in the hizzay!

Well, it certainly is delicious.

My boy and I ate this for dinner!

Protein, potassium, fiber and lots of other good vitamins. 

Complete. Success.