How are you doing today? TGIF is all I can say! What a week I’ve had alone with my kiddo but hubs is back now, and I am spelled off from 24/7 solo childcare. To all you single parents out there…you have the hardest job in the world.
I’m glad that yesterday’s Vegan Chocolate Macaroons were looking so yummy to you. Thanks for all the great comments and props! Muah!!!! And thanks to the new readers and commenters for checking out my blog! Lord knows I don’t make any money blogging so just having people say they found me, are following me, and are digging my blog helps keep me going!
And yes, they are as good as they look.
But here’s what I made that’s super easy…
Overnight Tropical Soaked Oats
I made these with So Delicious Vanilla Coconut Milk Creamer which is intended for coffee or even vegan baking, but dang it sure made the oats really creamy.
1/3 c dry oats
2/3 c Vanilla Coconut Milk Creamer (or Lowfat Vanilla Almond Milk from TJ’s is my usual liquid)
1/4 c coconut flakes
1 Tbsp Chia Seeds (optional)
1 piece of dried mango, tore up into pieces
Vanilla flavored Liquid Stevia
1 heaping Tsp Cinnamon
Stir it all up & refrigerate for 8-12 hours
Voila. Creamy, sweet, hearty, and with a taste of the tropics in your bowl from the mango and coconut.
Dinner was aparagus, tomatoes, greens, carrots, red & yellow peppers, cukes, dressed with OJ, agave, and cracky blacky
Oh and I also got my hands on some Nuttzo after seeing the lovely Jenny rave about it. Dang, this stuff is really delish!
Here’s the nutritional stats
And you can see the Omega 3 happy flax seeds even through the container. Two thumbs up for Nuttzo!!! It’s sort of sweet like sunflower seed butter, but thicker more like peanut butter, but with the crunch factor of the flax seeds that I really enjoyed! A winner no doubt! Slather this stuff on anything from the top of your oats to Mary’s Cracks to the Matter of Flax Raw Vegan Crackers I mentioned the other day to a nice dipper for some fresh fruit. Yum.
I also wanted to mention a great baked squash recipe that I’ve been making for years. This recipe works for buttercup squash (buttercup is otherwise known as kaboucha as I learned on HEABs blog).
I have always called kabouca buttercup squash and this recipe works great with buttercups! Or you could use it for butternut or acorn squash too:
(pics from http://whatscookingamerica.net/squash.htm)
Averie’s Sweet Mustard Oven-Roasted Squash
1/4 to 1/2 c Dijon or Honey Mustard
1/4 c Maple Syrup (or agave)
1/4 c EVOO
Optional: 1/4 c brown sugar
Seasonings such as 1 Tsp of each (some or none, whatever you like): cinnamon, ginger, cumin,
Salt & Pepper to Taste
Squash halves should be face up. Take the mixture you just made and smear paint it on your squash and let it accumulate in the hole of your de-seeded and cleaned squash.
Bake at 300 to 350F til done, probably about an hour. Because of the sugar in the recipe, I would cover with foil for at least the first half of your cooking time so nothing chars.
Super easy and your house will smell delish!
VeganMofo in the house today.
And now for Flashback Friday Pictures! Janetha and Deb are pros at this, and I figured I’d get in on the action today!
Here’s me 3 days before I delivered my daughter. I didn’t gain much weight being pregnant because I had horrible morning sickness.
I was on a Caribbean vacation 3 weeks prior to this pic where I was even smaller. A woman told me I had a beer belly. I was like lady, I am 8 months pregnant. She’s like nice try, nice beer belly. Very pregnant and very hormonal, I almost beat her up.
And this is me holding my new bundle, Skylar Lotus, an hour after I had her. All natural childbirth. Read: 100% drug free. And I’m still smiling. Tired, but smiling. In fact, I checked out hours later. Why I didn’t just stick to my instincts and have my daughter at home, I don’t know but hindsight in all things, especially motherhood, is 20/20.
And this was her first trip out of the country when she was a little peanut. She loves the beach! Wonder who she gets that from?
Now she’s almost 3 going on 13!
Yoga is Urdhva Dhanurasana (Full Backbend)
Tip of the Day: Amanda’s Gluten Free Cookie Giveaway!
What’s your favorite thing to do on a Friday night when you know you have the weekend ahead of you? I like to try to get an early start to the power walk I do nightly with my family and then try to have a mellow, yummy, dinner at home. I like keeping things very low key these days. Do you go out? Stay in? Catch up on work, kitchen prep work, your workout, none of the above? Do tell!
Stay tuned for my kale chip recipe!
Comments are closed on this post due to spammers! Thanks to everyone who's made this recipe and commented already!
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I just made up a batch of the chocolate coconut snowballs and I can't wait until they're done freezing!
Oooh Averie! These chocolate coconut snowballs are *awesome*. I used 1/2 cocoa powder and 1/2 carob powder, and also used a bit of coconut butter along with the oil. Divine! Thank you so much for your simple, yummy and inspiring creations. Your blog is always a go-to when I'm craving something. Inevitably, you've got something that I want to make right then and there!
YUM YUM YUM!! Those little babies look fantastic!
Thanks for all of your fun recipes! I'm adding you to my blog list!! :o)
I just bought some cocoa today so I will definitely have to try this recipe!
get out! i knew about the make your own granolas, but i had no idea there were bars too!
Oh wow, I just discovered your blog yesterday, amazing stuff!
I tried out these snowballs today and my parents gobbled them down with my help in no time. I added some oats and rolled mine in coconut after to give them that snowy effect.
You're incredibly creative and I'm loving your recipes. Thank you so much for sharing and inspiring vegans.
okay, i made these this morning thinking they'd be a great afternoon snack for me and the kid – um, yea, there is NO way these babies are making it past lunch!! LOVE LOVE them. my fave raw dessert yet i do believe;) Thanks for Sharing, once again!!
mmm… the snowballs look great! Definitely going to have to try this recipe!
can we have a snowball fight?? lol, i need to make those when i find my way back to my kitchen :) and that banana bread? oh my, too delicious to be behind a computer screen!!
Those snowballs are KILLING me! They kind of remind me of those no bake cookies (you're a Midwest girl, you have to know what I'm talking about) but 10x better.
Mmmm Barney Butter!! I love that stuff – the crunchy is amazing! Hope you had a wonderful Wednesday :)
I actually made those snowballs this morining based on a recipe from another raw vegan I saw. Same thing, but she called it something different.
I like youbars, A LOT
Lovin' the yoga pose, snowballs, and extensive nut butter stash :)
Chocolate and coconut…. ummm… doesn't get much better than that! They are two of my favorite things to eat!!!! Seriously you make yoga look so easy… though I feel each day that I am doing it I am getting stronger. It really is helping me and the sis with our depression. Yeah!!
Wow, you have so many different kinds of nut butters! I am going to have to check some of those out for my smoothie creations! :)
Those coconut chocolate balls look amazing!
Wow…you have a big stock of nut butters! Can I move in? :) You're at it with your creations again – those snowballs look awesome and I'm curious about that hummus! I'm sorry I'm behind on posts…please forgive me..
OK these snowballs look seriously dangerous – especially because I have all the makings for this dessert in my kitchen as I type. I love how simple it is – although I think I'd be sneaking in a couple tbsp of almond butter just because I can't resist the AB!
I used to eat those hostess marshmellow snow balls like it was my JOB when I was a youngin' — so I really appreciate this recipe. Sweet sweet nostalgia!
Just catching up now but the hummus sounds fab! I wonder if it'll work in my magic bullet?! hmmmmmm.. I may have to buy a vitamix just so I can make everything you make because I kind of want to be youuuu.
You have to give me the dish on the Better N' PB.. (obvs not as a replacement to regular PB.. nothing beats the real shizz) but have heard good and bad things. I am so curious and have been dying to try it. May have to take the plunge and order some – but I need to know from my food guru.. what are your thoughts?
btw what are the red and green specs in the pic?
oh my goodness a_ the cocoa balls look amazing b_peanut butter nuts! I have to try PB2. c_ those bars look yummy!
you need to make a cookbook, missy! you have too much goodness coming out of this blog, i can't keep up!
ps. would you believe i've NEVER had a raw baked good? blasphemy, i know!
AHAHAHA oh there is no turning back now – you are a true food blogger with a nut butter stash like that. ;)
Re: tea, since I know you're a TJ's lover, I just picked up their decaf green Candy Cane Tea and it's AWESOME (and $1.99!). Otherwise I am primarily devoted to loose green teas because I lived in China and Japan for a while and I'm a snob like that. Yogi teas are also good for bagged though, and I drink a mug of peppermint tea (Celestial Seasonings) every night after dinner.
Oh, more raw food treats to make!
I love the idea of using an ice cream scoop. I need all the portion control help that I can get when it comes to sweets :)
Those would probably be very dangerous to have in the house. I'd probably eat them all :P
stop that recipe now. I would haev seriously sat down on the couch with the tupperware container, a spoon (scratch that…a pitchfork) and devoured that ENTIRE container. I'm hungry now.
Yum! I was just telling Ingrid (Raw Epicurian) that I was out of cacao powder and cacao nibs and I needed to make an emergency trip to the co-op. Now I really do!!
Bars, bars, lots of bars! I'm working on it ; )
Have an awesome day!
Nicole
eekk averie,I am finally back home,where my parents have a vitamix,food processor and all my other fave things,and I am going to town to make all your recipes. I am so excited.:)
OHHH Warrior III
now…… point your toe….Take your arms and put them out to your sides (palms up) and smile and put on skates
YOGA on ICE
added it to my list
HEY, I should see how many skating positions are yoga related and post pics….
sorry, I've had 2, yes 2 cups o joe this am.
TEA…right now I have a green with jasmine that I love.
MMM
oh and I am still eating my choco coco macs frozen…YES YES frozen choco coco ANYTHING is like a frozen Mounds bar.
HEAVEN
That snowball looks so good! I think I might try making it this weekend with my daughter! She loves anything chocolate and it sure would be nice if it had some hidden healthy benefits to it ;)
I just found your site thanks to Eric Marcus' website. I'm so happy to find this blog! There are so many wonderful looking recipes I am looking forward to trying. I am a vegetarian, contemplating a switch to vegan. I love veggies & yoga too & am training for my first marathon. You are an inspiration! I definitely need that some days!! Thank you so much for sharing!
Amy
love your snow ball recipe it is so simple yet looks so complex!! LOVE IT!
I have heard of those youbars…what did you think of them? I have heard mixed things abotu them but always wanted to try them!
you have so much nutbutter it looks delicious all lined up like that! I cannot seem to get my hands on barney butter! they are not in my whole foods and I dont feel like spending 8 dollars for shipping! Guess I will have to wait till they get here!!
More amazing recipes from Averie!! I just love it, although I can't keep up, my printer is running in full mode! HAHA!
Hey Averie, great looking blog. I just posted a link to your Snowballs recipe:
http://www.vegan.com/blog/2009/10/21/raw-vegan-chocolate-coconut-snow-balls/
Can't wait to see more of your stuff!
Averie, your but butter stash is OOC (out of control) lol. LOVE IT. So im not a HUGE coconut fan.. do you think something else could be substituted in place of it for your lovely snow balls???? Im thinking perhaps some rice crispies or something??
I LOVE LOVE LOVE tea.. I drink about 3 cups of green everyday.. I prefer to just get the dry tea and seep my own, but equal exchange (yaa fair trade) has a really awesome bagged organic green!
Those snowballs look wonderful! I love that there are no nuts in the recipe, and therefore no need for the food processor to come out. Sometimes I am lazy and would love to be able to mix up a treat like this by hand. Thanks for the recipe, I will be trying it very soon :)
I too was a coffee hound, but haven't had any in nearly two months! I weaned myself off with tea– I started with Tazo Awake tea (a strong, high caffeine black tea) and after a while switched to loose leaf Hojicha tea. It's very earthy and energizing in a clean, un-jittery way (unlike coffee, which gave me the shakes!).
Starting with the black tea then switching to a lower caffeine variety really helps prevent withdrawal headaches.
I want your PB2 stash!
Question: Did you use sweetened flaked coconut or unsweetened?
Those balls look mighty delicious! Ha! :D
Yummy frozen macaroons, a.k.a. snowballs. When you take them out of the freezer, you should cover them in more coconut "snow." Then, they'd really look like snowballs. Or, make a vanilla version.
I actually like making "cake" snowballs, like the Hostess treat. I should post them the next time I make them.
As for tea, I've been drinking Trader Joe's Ruby Red Chai, but I want to try Zhena's two holiday flavors I saw in my newest issue of VegNews. I have my eye on the Gingerbread Chai.
mmmmmm!! Just like others I have a list of your creations that I want to make, but I think this one might go to the top! They just look so yummy!
Wow you have alot of peanutbutter!!! Love it and love all your amazing creations! Thanks for the comments on my blog!
OMG they look amazing!! I love coconut!
Oh wow Averie! You have outdone yourself…again! Those snow balls looks so perfect and delicious. I can't wait to make them for the holidays :)
Those chocolate snowballs look amaaaazing. I must make them. Soon. Maybe before work!
I love tea, and my favorite right now is an Almond Rooibus. I really like Rooibus actually, more than any other variety. I also prefer loose teas :)
Good Morning from the eastern sea board. So this morning I was feeling a little stressed (which is not a good way to start the day)PMS is on the way and I have been craving sweets like crazy and wasn't sure how I was going to handle it and have to go to the gorcery store. And I don't know about you but candy bars, m&m's yikes. but anyway I get up start my morning with tea and averie and she has saved my day! Coco snow balls! I am like I have all of this in the house!!!! This can't long. So right now in the freezer is my snow ball ceration. For those of you that can't do coco – I did carab powder and I can't handle alot of sugar. I half the agave and used little coconut milk to cream them up. can't wait till snack time.
As for tea. I love tea. Cheap, expensive I'll drink and now with coconut creamer (that I make my self since Wilmywood doesn't carry the cream yet which is regular coconut milk that I addvanilla extract to it.) Cheap celestial teas can't be beat. I like Morning Thunder, Echinacea complete care, am detox, sleepy time extra, and then they have some season stuff. Sometimes I drink teas for the flavor but I also pick them out for their benefit. I also like the Tazo brand, andTraditional Medicials. Both of thoese are sold at heath food stores and regular grocery.
Can't wait to make the hummus. Yummy!
What will she have for us tomorrow…
Hello! Loving catching up on your blog again :) I've missed your yoga inspiration.
I have only just started tea drinking. I didn't think it was really my thing, but I just re-quit coffee and I still wanted something warm on these autumnal London mornings. So far I have enjoyed the yogi cinnamon tea – which doesn't actually have tea in – and also the celestial apple cinnamon one. It's pretty sweet but it's pure comfort.
Have a good day :) Emily.
Averie! How funny! I posted nearly the identical recipe tonight as you did! Seriously! Check it out…mine is a bit different (I used more coconut, plus some optional add-ins…) but my pics of the scrumptious finished product look just like yours. Chocolatey coconutty goodness, yum yum yum. My kids scarfed these down today.
Great vegan mama minds think alike :)
Your food looks delicious as usual, and your yoga poses are AMAZING.
Thanks for sharing your yummy recipes!
Chocolatey hugs,
Sheri xo
Really, I have a list a foot long of things of yours that I have to make, and now I've just added one more. You really are AMAZING! The texture on these snow balls looks just delicious, can't wait to try them.
And yay, warrior pose is my favorite! It really does make me feel like a strong, fearless warrior, and I love it!
Averie, I can't even keep up with all your amazing creations! I was just going to comment on your hummus, which I plan to make soon, and when I popped over from my reader to your blog, I was greeted with the magic coco snow balls! Gahhh!!! These are a perfect holiday "cookie"!! My list of "things that Averie creates that look fan-freaking-tastic that I need to try" is growing exponentially!