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A Delicious Homemade ENERGY BAR … No Cooking Required!

maud — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 23:28:04 +0000

It’s healthier (and cheaper!) to make your own energy bar snacks at home. Here’s a healthy recipe with dates, nuts, cocoa powder, coconut and vanilla that is really decadent and delicious. No cooking! You will be amazed with the end result.

Here is the recipe:

Chocolate-Cashew-Almond Energy Bar Recipe

Ingredients:

2 Cups (300g) Moist Medjool Dates, pitted and chopped
2 Cups (280g) Raw Cashew Nuts
½ Cup (60g) Raw Almond (without skin)
¾ Cup (75g) Cocoa Powder
A Pinch Of Sea Salt
½ Cup (40g) Unsweetened Shredded Coconuts
2 Tbsp Vanilla Extract
2 to 3 Tbsp Cold Water

Before making this, check to see how dry the dates are since you want them to be relatively moist. You may want to soak them overnight in water before tossing them in the food processor with all of the other ingredients. Make sure that the all of the pits are removed, too!

Equipment needed:

Food processor
Loaf pan: 11½ x 4½ inches (29 x 12 cm) , lined with aluminum foil

Preparation:

Combine chopped dates, cashews, almonds, cocoa powder, and sea salt in a food processor.

Pulse and process all the ingredients together until the texture is coarse.

Then add the shredded coconut, a quick pulse, and add the vanilla extract, a little water at a time until it reaches a dry but moist dough consistency.

Scrape the dough mixture into the lined pan, press evenly with a rubber spatula, and chill for about an hour before serving.

Source: Angie Tee

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Homemade Apricot Cashew ENERGY BARS with a Special Sweetener

maud — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 21:25:54 +0000

Try these scrumptious and healthy homemade energy bars made with apricots, cashews, unsweetened coconut, rolled oats and hemp seeds. Quick energy in the morning, or later in the day! The sweetener in this recipe is agave syrup, but you could always use honey as a substitute.

You’ll find that this is a perfect snack to include in a packed lunch … much healthier than the store-bought granola bars and snack bars that are stuffed with artificial flavors, colors, added sugars.

Here are the ingredients you will need for this recipe:

INGREDIENTS

1 cup dried Turkish apricots

½ cup raw cashews

¾ cup shredded unsweetened coconut

⅓ cup rolled oats

2 tablespoons agave syrup

1 tablespoons coconut oil, melted

2 tablespoons hemp seeds

¼ teaspoon sea salt

Here are the easy instructions to make these yummy energy bars:

INSTRUCTIONS

Line and 8 inch baking pan with parchment paper or saran wrap, and set aside.

Pulse cashews in food processor until crumbly, place in a separate bowl.

Pulse apricots in food processor until finely chopped. Add all other ingredients to the apricot mixture and process until well combined.

Add the chopped cashews to the mixture and pulse until combined.

Firmly press the apricot mixture into the baking pan, using the flat surface of a measuring cup to create a flat even layer.

Place pan in the freezer for one hour, then remove and cut into 8 rectangle bars (or more or less, depending on desired size).

Place in an airtight container and store for up to one month in the fridge.

Enjoy!

Source: Christal

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Make Delicious OVERNIGHT OATS with Blueberry-Cashew Cream on Top

maud — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 12:32:49 +0000

This healthy and delicious recipe for Overnight Oats with a Blueberry-Cashew Cream topping is made to provide sustained energy for the whole day. This is because it contains complex carbohydrates that release slowly into the blood stream, along with other healthy nutrients. It’s also useful to know that the oats contain a natural sedative (called alkaloid gramine) that benefit anyone with excessive nerves or anxiety.

With the blueberry cashew cream on top, this version of Overnight Oats contains extra antioxidants, fibre and plant protein — not to mention the awesome and addictive flavor.

Here are the basic ingredients to mix up the Oats:

1/2 banana mashed

1/2 cup oats

1/4 cup almond milk

1 tablespoon chia seeds

1 tablespoon flaxseeds

Here are the additional ingredients you’ll need for the special Blueberry-Banana Cashew Cream topping:

1/2 banana (frozen if possible)

1/2 cup blueberries

1 medjool date

2 tablespoons cashew nuts

2-4 tablespoons of water / dairy free milk

Now just follow these 4 simple steps to make this special Overnight Oats with Blueberry-Banana Cashew Cream:

For the oat mixture, mix all ingredients together in a bowl, make sure the banana is mashed before you add it!

For the creamy topping add all ingredients to your blender and simply blend until totally smooth.

Add the oats to the bottom of a jar, or glass and top with the cream.

Leave in the fridge overnight and enjoy in the morning.

Source: Saskia Gregson-Williams

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Overnight Oats Recipe with Blueberry-Nut Cream

maud — Mon, 14 May 2018 00:42:19 +0000

The banana, blueberry, date and cashew cream topping makes this version of overnight oats truly unique and special. Everything goes well together, with a perfect taste and creaminess. If cashews aren’t your favorite, try lower-calorie almonds, instead.

This will take you about 5 minutes to make the evening before, giving you a ready-to-go healthy and nutritious breakfast in the morning. It’s also good as a refueling snack with a wealth of sustaining complex carbohydrates for sustained energy. Oats also contain gramine, a natural treatment to suppress anxiety, depression and insomnia.

Here are the ingredients you’ll need for the basic Overnight Oats:

1/2 banana mashed

1/2 cup oats

1/4 cup almond milk

1 tablespoon chia seeds

1 tablespoon flaxseeds

Then, to make a BLUEBERRY-BANANA CASHEW CREAM topping, use:

1/2 banana (frozen if possible)

1/2 cup blueberries

1 medjool date

2 tablespoons cashew nuts (or substitute)

2-4 tablespoons of water/ dairy free milk

The preparation instructions are on the next page …

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Delicious Cream of Broccoli Cashew Soup

maud — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 20:41:20 +0000

It is a challenge to include healthy broccoli in a recipe that everyone loves. Sarah found a way to do this by using cashews to make the “cream” for Cream of Broccoli Soup. The Cashew Cream is rich and creamy with a hint of spice that you can dial up or down depending on whom you’re cooking for.

Steaming is the healthiest way to enjoy broccoli, especially if you consume the steaming water as well. In this case of this soup, the water in which the broccoli is cooked, gets blended up into the final dish, making this a mineral-rich soup where very little nutrition is lost.

Here are the ingredients you’ll need to make enough of this delicious soup to serve 6:

1 lb / 500g onions, chopped
1 knob coconut oil
½ tsp. sea salt
6 cloves garlic, minced
2 lbs / 1kg broccoli, chopped into florets
6 cups vegetable broth
fresh green chili, minced (enough to suit your taste)
½ cup nutritional yeast
1 cup packed flat-leaf parsley, leaves and tender stems only
2 tsp. lemon juice
sea salt to taste
chili flakes for garnish, if desired

The ingredients for the Cashew Cream are on the next page, along with the detailed preparation instructions:

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