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DRAGON FRUIT and Chia layered smoothie

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Firstly, you gotta make sure you check out the Pink Power Tonic by Misty Day Plant Potions. The powder gave this smoothie those beautiful shades of pink and a sweet but refresssshing flavour.

100% VEGAN. 100% Dragon fruit (Pitaya) powder. 100% natural and contains NO sugar. You can add a teaspoon of powder into hot drinks, desserts, smoothies, drinks and baking in general for extra nutrition and colour! I love knowing that I have a completely natural and vegan food colouring for my smoothies. It’s quite pricey for 50g BUT it will last if you use it well and is very much worth it.

Click here to view the product, they also do a range of other tonic powders that help provide energy, detox, calmness and have their own individual benefits.

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RAW Matcha and Cacao oat slices

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Last nights full moon had me doing so many things, and even though I have actually been VERY exhausted, I’ve managed quite easily. My mind is constantly running through things that I want to do and then figuring out ways that I make those things happen. It’s been difficult trying to sleep at night because I have all this energy and excitement that’s keeping me up (makes a change). Up until a few days ago, I’ve been so unmotivated and drained and have struggled to get out of this mess that I am in. I’ve also stopped doing so many things that I love doing due to being that drained. So trust me, I’m THANKING the full moon for sending me that positivity this week.

Annnd, because of yesterday’s full moon’s expressive energy, I managed to put together a recipe for these yummy Matcha and cacao oat slices.

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Oats and Green smoothie Energy balls

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As usual, I didn’t plan to make these cute little energy balls. I really just wanted to make a nice green smoothie. But here, this is what I came up with…

Just so you know, they taste really nice and are super healthy! (Apart from the maple syrup)

INGREDIENTS

1 cup of oats (blended into flour)

1/4 cup of oats (whole)

2 tablespoons of Maple Syrup

3 tablespoons of Chia seeds

3 tablespoons of melted coconut oil

1 tablespoons of VEGAN dark chocolate sauce – or make your own. But that is kind of long when all you want to do is hurry up so you can eat them.

4 tablespoons of the green smoothie from my previous post (This basically replaces the milk as well as giving the energy balls a greenish colour)

INSTRUCTIONS

Probably the most easiest recipe.

  1. Add and mix all of the above ingredients, including the 4 tablespoons of green smoothie, into a bowl.
  2. Using your hands, combine the ingredients together until it forms into dough. If you find that your dough is quite dry, add a little bit more of the green smoothie into it. Alternatively, just use milk.
  3. Roll into little balls.
  4. Top with the chocolate syrup and then leave in the fridge for a few hours.

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Caramel and White Chocolate Oat Squares

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They were originally supposed to be JUST oat bars so that I could call them healthy but as always I took it too far to satisfy my sweet tooth and added that niiiiiceeee caramel layer. I am forever hearing “its nice but why is it so sweet?” when the family try, literally, EVERYTHING I make…sorry.

Any way heres the recipe, they are honestly really nice though…

To make the oat base:

120 grams of coconut oil

1/4 cup of maple syrup

2 cups of oats (blended so that it becomes flour)

50 grams of quinoa flour (optional)

1 tsp of cinnamon

2 handfuls of dried apricots and raisins

Handful of pumpkin seeds

Melt the coconut oil and maple syrup until they have combined. Add the oat flour and quinoa flour and stir together until it becomes kind of a sticky, rough dough. Pour the mixture into a non stick baking tray, flatten using a spoon until it fills the tray evenly, including the edges.

Cook for 15-20 minutes.

While that is cooking, prepare your caramel and white chocolate mixture…

Caramel and white chocolate mixture:

Half a cup of vegan white chocolate

1 tbsp of caramel syrup

1 tsp of salt

Half a cup of dates

Half a cup of hot water

3 tbsp of coconut oil

1 tbsp of vegan butter

Put the dates, salt and caramel syrup into the blender, cover with boiling hot water and blend. Then add the white chocolate and stir until melted. You can either do this OR make the white chocolate separately. If you want to make it separately, just melt the white chocolate with the coconut oil and butter.

Once your oat base has cooked and cooled down, pour the date and white chocolate mixture over the top of it, also making sure to cover the edges.

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Cool in the fridge overnight or until the caramel has hardened.

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VEGAN PROTEIN SMOOTHIES

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• DAIRY FREE • GLUTEN FREE • NO SOYA • NO ADDED SUGAR •

Seriously though, don’t you love the idea of having a natural protein shake/smoothie instead of raw eggs, or protein powder that lets be real, you don’t actually know how they’ve made it, no matter how healthy the ingredients may look to you. Plus why not have a tasty smoothie as well as gaining the right amount of protein you need from it??

I had someone suggest that I do a post on this so I literally put my maths to work and managed to put together a few smoothies for you that contain between 25-36 grams of protein. It took quite some time considering that I am the WORST at maths. Just realised, that probably doesn’t make this seem accurate to you guys now, but take my word for it, it is.

I am not one to keep track of all the protein I consume a day, to be honest I couldn’t really care, I probably should though right? Anyway, I’m not one of those people who obsess over the amount of calories etc they have a day, I kind of just listen to my body and see what it needs then and there. But that’s mostly because I know that I have a balanced and healthy diet! A lot of you do keep track and I 10000000% admire that, so this is for you.

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Benefits of Cornflower Tea

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Cornflower has antiseptic properties guysss! (only the blue coloured ones though). You can use it externally as well as internally, to help heal wounds and reduce inflammation. I had no idea, I originally purchased the petals for decoration for my smoothies, so you can imagine how amazed I was to learn how great this flower really is.

  • It’s high in calcium and Vitamin C!
  • Good for the digestive system – Constipation.
  • Rich in folic acid
  • Known to help protect the liver

So literally add a teaspoon of dried cornflower petals into a pan of water and boil for 5 minutes. Or just add the petals directly into your cup of boiling water and sit for 5-7 minutes.

I found my cornflower petals on Amazon, £2.75 for 5g jar, it’s small but seeing as you will only use a teaspoon every now and then, it will last you long enough!  – click here to view/buy.

Herbal tea is amazing for you! Seriously, if you are the type of person to get quite hungry during your meals, make a tea! It helps with cravings because they normally taste really nice plus it’s completely natural.

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Chocolate fudge cups with coconut & peanut butter filling

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For the chocolate fudge base and top:

4 bars of dark chocolate

1 cup of vegan butter

2 tablespoons of coconut oil

3 tablespoons of maca powder

1 tsp of salt

2 tabespoons of maple syrup

Step 1

Add all of this to a frying pan until the chocolate has melted! Once it has melted, pour half of the chocolate fudge mixture into silicone cupcake holders and place them into the fridge for 30-40 minutes, longer if you have time!

Middle part/filling:

Half a cup of desiccated coconut

Half a cup of peanut butter

1/4 cup of maple syrup or agave

2 tbsp of matcha powder

1/4 cup of almond milk

Step 2

Blend it all until thick and smooth. Place it in the fridge for 15-20 minutes. Only when your chocolate fudge has hardened can you then add this on top…

Step 3

Use the remaining chocolate to pour on top of the coconut and peanut butter mixture! Your are basically layering!

Step 4

Top with pistachios, coconut flakes, maca powder. Whatever you like. Then place them back into the fridge for at least an hour until they have all hardened!

Optional – chocolate icing

I had to add this because I am literally a fan of icing. I’m that person who will eat all the icing and leave the actual cake.

1 cup icing sugar

3 tbsp almond milk

Step 5

If you do have chocolate let over, simply add the icing sugar to it and stir until it becomes thick. Add a bit of almond milk if you have to.

Chia, Pineapple and Blackberry 🌼

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Note to self: NEVER drink coffee on an empty stomach.

I don’t even drink coffee but before making this smoothie, I attempted to make a cinnamon and chocolate latte for you coffee lovers. Yeah, it sounds nice but it really wasn’t. Thought it might have just been me as obviously coffee is not for me, but nope, my mum (who LOOOOVES coffee) also hated it.

Okay so, I currently feel really sick. Coffee does this thing to me where it makes my heart beat really fast. SO FAST! Not sure if that is normal…it doesn’t feel normal.

On a more positive note,

Pineapple and Blackberry combined together taste AMAZING!! You guys have to try it, if you haven’t already.

 

 

• The bottom layer is Blackberry

and chia seeds.

• Middle layer is blackberry, chia

seeds and a handful of pineapple

(The pineapple will make the

smoothie go a lighter shade

purple).

• The top layer is just pineapple.

Easy 😌

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Chia seeds help to make smoothies thick enough so that you can layer them. Just add it to the fridge for a few minutes before using it.

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