As always, 100% organic, vegan, whole foods.
- 8 oz of coconut oil
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 Tbl vanilla
- 1 cup pecans
- 2 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
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This is a staff favorite!!
Use one 10 inch spring form pan
Process in Cuisinart food processor:
- 2 cups coconut flakes
- 4 oz. dates
- 1/4 cup lucuma powder
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. vanilla
Pat into bottom of spring form pan
Blend in vitamix:
- 3 cups soaked cashews
- 3/4 cups coconut milk
- 1 cup agave
- 1 cup orange juice
- zest of one orange
- 3 TBL. vanilla
- 1/2 tsp. salt
Then add and blend :
- 1/4 cup lecithin
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1/2 cup scented coconut oil
Chill overnight
Tagged in: vanilla , soy lecithin , raw recipe , orange , lucuma powder , dessert , date , coconut oil , coconut milk , coconut flakes , cashews , agave
Ingredients
1/4 cup Lucuma powder
- 3 cups dried coconut flakes
- 1 cup coconut syrup/nectar
- 1 1/4 cup pecan flour (fine ground pecans- you can use a coffee grinder)
- 1 Tbl. Vanilla
- 1/3 cup Coconut Butter (melted)
- 1 1/2 tsp. Salt
Tagged in: vanilla , raw recipe , pecans , pecan , lucuma powder , dessert , dehydrator , coconut nectar , coconut flakes , coconut butter , back to basics recipe
Recipe by Chaya-Ryvka Diehl
Chaya@theLivingVision.com
Calling all raw chocolate lovers, hear yee, hear yee; If you would love to be able to take 6 simple ingredients, turn them into the most delicious chocolate treat ever, and do it in less than 10 minutes this recipe is perfect for you!
I suggest printing this recipe out and pinning it up to your fridge because I am sure you will be making it on a regular basis. Make it with your children, and enjoy it as a healthy dessert alternative! If you want a chocolate free version use carob powder, or lucuma powder (for a blonde version) instead of the chocolate (you may want to reduce the sugar a bit because carob and lucuma are both already slightly sweet).
Tagged in: vanilla , soy-free , simple recipe , raw recipe , lucuma powder , Gluten-Free , dessert , coconut sugar , coconut oil , carob , cacao powder , almond butter
For those of us who are gluten-free and/or vegan and need to find good baked goods to enjoy while everyone else is pigging out on the "regular" stuff, this is recipe is for us. And all of my friends who AREN'T gluten-free or vegan totally enjoy these treats as well. I was at my friend Debbie's house when she made these for her first time, and we both discovered our new favorite cookie. Even if you don't have time to make the icing, these cookies are great all by themselves. But we highly recommend the full experience. And yes, they do taste like my favorite Girl Scout Cookie, Thin[k] Mints. Enjoy!!!
Tagged in: xanthuan gum , vanilla , sugar , peppermint , Gluten-Free , dessert , coconut oil , cocoa powder , chocolate chips , baking soda , arrowroot , applesauce
Chaya@theLivingVision.com
The following is a simple and simply delicious recipe - perfect for this season while we still have an abundance of strawberries available. Use it on your favorite yogurt, ice cream, fruit salad....the possibilities go on, on and on. I first created this recipe when playing with raw ice creams and ice cream sunday’s. When I tasted this strawberry sauce the carefree fun feelings of childhood were instantly re-awakened throughout every cell of my being! It’s so easy and so good. I hope you try it out for yourselves and love the outcome as much as I have!
Tagged in: vanilla seed , strawberries , sauce recipe , raw recipe , lemon juice , dessert , coconut sugar
Dear community,
Ingest this good information about one of our favorite sweeteners at Cafe Gratitude: dates!
Phoenix dactylifera is the date palm family where dates come from, from the greek daktulos which translates as "fingers". Dates come in thousands of varieties different in color, shape, taste, seasonality, and more. Dates are a type of fruit and what a blessing they are. Since they are fruits they are almost 100% fructose or simple carbohydrates that the body quickly & through easy enzymatic reaction turns into pure dynamite energy. Next Bay to Breakers marathon, chew on dates instead of that plastic pre-packaged/who-knows-what’s-inside-it energy bar.
Cafe Gratitude recipes (especially bakery items) mostly use dates in them as sweeteners; there are several factors why we went with them aside from so many other sweetener options out there:
- Dates are almost local! Yes, almost is just that; almost. they come from Mecca, California (South of Los Angeles) from the most beautiful hard working family, look at the pictures!
- Dates are pure fructose, no added nothing. They just take the pits out and chop them to create a paste
- Organic! This is a committed family, really.
- Although they are not emulsifiers chemically, they work like that! Dates makes food smooth & pasty, they contain very little (muy poquito) fat and their flavor is honey-like delicious. Chop nuts and add whipped date paste and you will see the perfect pie/cake crust every time.
Tagged in: Vendors of Cafe Gratitude , toasted sesame seed oil , tamari , snack , sauce recipe , rice vinegar , red pepper , raw education , produce , ice cream , dessert , date , cilantro , cashews , cafe gratitude vendor , almond butter
recipe by Chaya-Ryvka
This recipe comes from my level 1 dessert class series
Makes 2 servings
- 2 cups creamy almond mylk (blend 1 cup soaked almonds to 3 cups of water. Set in the fridge until it’s completely cold)
- ½ cup medjool dates (this is a wet measure. Wet measure is when you add the ingredient into a liquid and measure by how much the liquid rises. If you have 2 cups of almond mylk you will add the dates until the mylk rises to 2 1/2 cups. Make sure the dates are fully immersed in the liquid.)
- 3 Tbs. almond butter (optional for creamier shake)
- 5 Tbs. raw cacao powder
- 10 drops vanilla flavor extract, 2 Tbs. liquid vanilla or 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- Pinch sea salt
Blend well to emulsify dates.
Tagged in: vanilla , raw recipe , liquid vanilla , dessert , date , cacao powder , almond milk , almond butter
Just in the time for the heat to roll in, I bring you this luscious recipe for lemon meringue pie. This crust is by far one of my top favorite things from Cafe Gratitude! This pie isn't on the menu right now, but we might see it return in a new reincarnation of the concept. Meanwhile, as you sit on your balcony or porch, or lounge at the park, you can relish this magical pie through this recipe!
This recipe is in our I am Grateful recipe book along with savory treats, entrées and other desserts as well as in our Sweet Gratitude with all desserts!
Tagged in: turmeric , soy lecithin , raw recipe , macademia , liquid vanilla , lemon , Irish moss , dessert , coconut water , coconut meat , coconut butter , cashews , agave