Snack: Nana ice cream

Hello my sunshines! How are you today? Well I said that I'll make a series of snack/lunch that I ate in my examens week. So this recipe is the classical Nana Ice Cream or Nicecream, this "ice cream" is the key to not skipping your healthy diet it's fully raw,sugar free, gluten free,dairy-free and 100% natural. 

This is a bless of heaven for me in the hot afternoons now here,we're in Spring so the weather is starting  to change and it's  becoming  hot these days.

So let's go to the recipe

The regular base for any kind of nana ice cream:

2 frozen ripe bananas

A sweetner of your choice(dates,agave,stevia or honey)

2-3 tbsp of milk(oat,rice,almond,soy)

To make the base you just need to put all the ingredients in a blender or a food processor and mix until gets a creamy frozen consistence.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Now I'll show you 3 simple and healthy ways to customize:

   The detox nana ice cream

1 kale

1 kiwi

1 apple 

1/2 lemon

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Super Berry nana ice cream

                                                                 5 strawberries

                                                                 6 blackberries

                                                                 4 raspberries

Tropical uh la la nana ice cream 

1/2 cup frozen mango

1/2 cup of fresh pinnapples

Mint leaves

I don't have a photo to show for you guys but I was in the blog Grateful Grazer (check out her blog she's lovely) well it looks like this:

If you guys want to make this more healthier you can add some seeds like chia,flex or hemp seeds. 

Instead of  milk you can change for water too and after you prepare feel free to add as much fruit as you want!

Have a great day

Victoria

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Vegan guava tart

Hello my sweeties!How are you?Well let's talk about this babie, I had some guavas in the fridge and I was thinking what can I do with them. So I was in the website from Bela Gil, if you do know her you must. She's  daughter of the great singer of brasillian popular music(MPB) Gilberto Gil and she's very popular in Brasil. She made a Guava Pie so I adapted a little bit because she made the filling with walnuts, but I think that nuts leave some taste and sometimes is not cool.

I'm sorry I made the tart and I don't take one single photo while I was making,but the results are pretty good. The only demage of this tart it's when you take off of the freezer you need to eat quickly, because the base got soft after put it back in the fridge the leftover tart. If you want to make the base gluten free or you don't to make you base soft: 1) You can make your base with soaked nuts and coconut oil  2)you can make a normal base but using gluten free flour instated.

The recipe make 6-8 medium slices.

For the base:

2 cups of rolled oats

2 tbsp of honey

1 tbsp of chia seeds

3 tbsp of oil (coconut,canola)

1 tspn of water

For the filling:

2 guavas

1/2 tbsp agar agar

1 cup of plant based yogurt

1/2 cup of sugar (I used demerara sugar)

1 cup of water

For the base:

In a food processor or blender, put the oats and crush until you get a fine dust. Then mix the remaining ingredients until you get a crumbly texture.Place in a pan with false bottom and bake for 10 minutes or until the edges become golden and brown.

For the filling:

Dilsove the agar agar and the sugar in the water and bring to boil fot 2-3 minutes. Blend the guavas until gets smooth and add the agar agar mixture, combine the yogurt and mix everything together.

Put the mix in the crust and leave 30 minutes to 1 hour in the freezer. Enjoy!

Have a great day

Victória

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Snack recipes: Truffles with carob chia seed

         

Hello guys! So yeah...The week is ending and finally lack a few tests for me to do! Anyway this week I needed some snacks in moments of study not to follow the lazy and eat a lot of bread and chocolate. So I did three vegan snacks without sugar and that will leave you full all morning or afternoon in my case and they will be posted here and also posted on instagram.
I'm sorry guys for not post anything here in this whole week.. but I'm so tired I had 3 works and 10 tests this week, and I need to Prepare for the enem, the enem is a test that takes place every year in Brazil to help students earn scholarships at colleges or got the much desired vague in a federal college. So my life is a mess currently, though let's talk about these beauties
I know...carob truffles are already extremely popular but these truffles I added chia seeds to be able to keep you satiated for longer if that hunger happens at night, and you guys already thought to cover truffles with granola. My God is so good is to use a cool granola with many pieces that they will give a crunchy texture.

The Recipe is pretty simple you only need 3 ingredients and you can topped with anything that you like or have in your house.

Ingredients: (makes 6 little balls)

7 dates 

1 tbsp of carob powder

1 tsp of chia seeds

1 tsp of water

Toppings:-optional-

Coconut flakes, cracked walnuts and granola

Instructions:
If your dates are a bit hard to cut, leave fifteen minutes to soak in the water to let it softer. In a food processor place the dates and process pulsing well first and then for a few more minutes until they become a smooth and creamy. Mix the chia seeds and water and process a bit more last place carob powder and transfer to a bowl and leave 10 minutes in the freezer. Then and only shape into balls and place the cover on your preference.
Coconut flakes,carob powder,granola, nuts are really good options.

After I finished them I put in a air container and leave with me to the libary. They did not even last 2 hours I was craving by sugar so they were a great option and more healthy as well.

Have a great day guys

Victoria.

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Passion fruit Mousse with chocolate shavings

Hi guys! So the recipe of toda, I've been craving about:A really creamy mousse.. but since I'm dairy intolerant, I unfortunally can't eat.(T-T) so this is a adapted version of many many many recipes that I've been trying. Passion Fruit mousse is pretty popular in Brazil, but the traditional mousse is made with heavy cream(or egg whites),condensed milk and passion fruit juice, but for do a good mousse is dificult because the condensed milk makes toomuch sweet and the heavy cream gives a heavy texture.

This recipe is vegan, gluten-free,dairy-free and it has a lightweight consistency.

Ingredients:

1 cup of passion fruit juice (2 passion fruits)

1 cup of water

1 tsp of agar agar

3/4 cup of sugar(any kind of sugar is OK i use demerara sugar)

1 cup of soy cream or plant based yogurt

Instructions.

Make the passion fruit juice and Strain the juice and set aside. In a saucepan dissolve the agar agar with water and sugar. On medium heat stir until the sugar dissolves and then over high heat let the agar agar boil for two minutes turn off the heat and let it cool.

Mix the juice,the agar agar and the cream or yogurt in a blender.

Blend for 2-5 minutes until  the mixture becomes aerated, put in a beautiful bowl or in separeted cups and let in the fridge for 4 hours.

Tip: If you want more deliciouness you can put some digestive biscuits in the bottom of the bowl.

On top I used dark brown chocolate shavings, but a good option and more low calorie will be a fruit passion jam or a berrie jam will be nice too!

Have a wonderful Saturday!

Victoria

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Breakfast:Chia pudding with strawbeery Jam

Hey there!So I was yesterday trying to think in something to do in today's breakfast when I saw a video from the channel I could kill for a desert, for you guys that don't it's a website from a confectioner called Daniele Noce, and she teached how to make a chia pudding with coconut milk and raspeberry jam so I adapted the recipe and the result were great!

Ingredients

For the pudding:

1 tbsp of chia seeds

1/2 cup of soy milk

1/4 cup of yogurt

A few drops of vanilla extract ou vanilla beans

For the jam:

5-6 strawberries

1/2 tspn of agar-agar

2 tbsp of any kind of sweetner(honey,agave,refined sugar,demerara sugar)

1 cup of water

Instructions: 

For the jam, mixture the agar-agar with the water in medium heat until boil. When it boils let sit for about 2-3 minutes and turn off the heat. Mash the strawberries and add to the agar-agar with the sweetner and mix until everything is all combine.

photo by food Iva Kitchen

The agar agar it's a natural gelatine made from algues and it's really healthy.Then sit the mixture in the freezer for 10 minutes.

To make the chia pudding mix all of ingredients in a jar and guys seriously LET'S BURN SOME FAT shake it well and sit for 10 minutes.

Then all you need is find some cute jar,bowl or you can be a little fancy like me lol

Have great day!

Victoria 

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Spiced banana and Plum overnight oatmeal

Hello sweeties! How are you?So yeah.. another oatmeal recipe, I know,i know but in the week I don't have time to make pancakes,smoothies or porridge in the morning, because my class start at 07:00 a.m so I have to be quick .But in my defense I need to say how wonderful this oatmeal taste, really guys this recipe will now in my morning oatmeal recipes. It's not simples, requires a bit of time but the results are fantastic!Guys I need to explain something,I live in Brazil and fruits like raspberries,blueberries,plums,kiwis,pomegranates are really expansive and a bit hard to find because guess what? It's a tropical country, it's hot like a oven here even in the winter, i live in the south and now we're are close to start the spring and today is doing 32ºC!(in the summer this temperature it's considered normal/slightly cold)So this kind of autumn/winter fruits don't adapted well and they get bad really quickly. BESIDES of that yesterday I went to the grocery store and i'm having cravings for eating plums and kiwis in the breakfast and I bought some of them and I'll be posting these days some recipes with tropical fruits and veggies (because is more cheap here) and with fruits and 
veggies more exotic.


Ingredients

1/4 cup of oats(organic,rolled,fine oats)

1/4 cup milk(soy,rice,almond)

1 tbsp of chia seeds - optional-

1/4 of yogurt(greek,planted based)

Cinnamon and nutmeg

1 plum

1 banana

Raisins and granola-optional-

Instructions

In a bowl add the oats,milk chia seeds and the yogurt and mix well. Mashed the banana and add and mixture again until forms a really thick and creamy texture and add the spices. Now that the base is formed you can finish in two ways: 1. Leave like this and just put the sliced plum on top or 2. you can alternate plums and the oatmeal making layers in a mason jar. This way will be more pretty and fun to eat. I was too lazy last night so I just chopped and mixture in this lovely bowl.

Leave in the fridge for ate least 4 hours or overnight and in the next morning topped with some seeds,fruits,granola and add more of spices if you like.

Have a lovely day guys

Victoria

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SUPREME RAW CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

Hello lovely people.. So today is sunday and i'm having more time to cook and relax and i make this supreme raw chocolate brownies with chocolate chips and the best they1re sugar free,gluten free,dairy free, quick to make and the best FUDGE! I'm obsses with fudge brownies but the regular recipe is full of eggs,fat and sugar so i wanted to make a recipe close to the regular brownies and keep them fudge too...

    Ingredients:  (Make 6 medium squares)

1 cup of walnuts

1/3 cup of dates

2 tbsp cocoa powder

1 tbsp of oil

(cocunut oil will be the best in this case but you can use canola oil)

1/2 of chocolate chips

Instructions

Soak the walnuts in the water for at least 4 hours or overnight, chopped the dates(if they're to harden you can soft them in the water for 30 min) and the cocoa powder,put in the food processor and pulse until you get a creamy consistency, add the remaining ingredients and pulse until is everything is combine. Put the batter in a pan and chilled them in the fridge for at least 2 hours or 30 min. in the freezer. Cut in squares, or you can use cookie cutters to make in different shapes that will become really cute brownies.

For this recipe I recommend to use a fake bottom baking sheet, to make more easy to take off the brownies.

If you don't have a food processor, and you want to make this in a blender,add 1 or 2 tablespoons of water to make it easy to blend.

They were extremely photogenic right? 

Note: At the end of this posting they've all been eaten.

Have a lovely day

Victoria

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Chocolate chia seed overnight oatmeal

Hello my darlings!How are you? Guys I'm really tired because in a few days my school exames begin and NOO I DON'T WANT THIS , do you guys go to gym frequently? Well I'm trying to change my lifestyle of fangirling foodaholic girl who spends ALL DAY & NIGHT in front of my computer watching series and movies and etc.. So I started the gym and,seriously i'm dying, gym is killing me! After the gym I went to my home and I was so tired that i just wanted to take a shower,eat something and DIE sleep. This is normal to happen?(Maybe i can be allergic to exercises bwahahaha just kidding).

So because of my busy days and the gym, I've been in need of some pleasure in the morning, and what better pleasure than chocolate, like Lin from the blog So fine was the morning(If you don't know her,you must follow her on instagram she's so cute and her recipes are super yummy!) says ''Chocolate is the new cocaine'' and oh my God she's totally right, this oatmeal is really quick,creamy and easy to make.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup of rolled oats

1 tbsp of chia seeds

1/2 cup of soy milk (use the milk that you prefer)

1/4 cup of greek yogurt

1 tbsp of unsweeted cocoa powder

Instructions

Mix all of the ingredients in a bowl and set in the fridge for at least 4 hours or overnight.In the morning it's just chop some fruits(strawberries are really cheap now so i'm using them a lot) and I sprinkle a little bit of this gorgeous honey granola.

(If you like your oatmeal even more creamy you can add 1/2 a cup of greek yogurt.)

Have a lovely day

Victoria 

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Strawbeery Jam the easiest jam in the world!

Hello my sunshines! I'm sorry to not be able to post these weeks, I've been really busy, but i'll do my best to post more I Swear!
Well let's talk about this recipe, first i'll let clear that I'm a JAMholic!I'm obsses with jam and a thick slice of toast (my morning pleasure) and today jam are full with sugar,preservatives,food coloring and a bunch of artificial stuffs,and here where i live a small pot of these guys are a bit expensive so i think LET'S DO SOME JAM OH YEAH!

Ingredients
2 cups of fresh strawberries(organic will be the best)
3/4 of granuleted sugar(you can use any kind of White sugar)
A juice of a lemon
One mason jar,or regular jar,container (simmered)

Instructions
Cut the strawberries in tiny pieces and mash them with your hand or a fork.In low heat add the strawberries,sugar and lemon juice in a pot and stir until the sugar is dissolve.Turn to high heat and bring to boil stiring all the time.When the mixture becomes thickens turn of the heat and put the mixture in the jar.The cool the mixture in a pot with room temperature water for at least 20 min.THERE YOU HAVE YOU OWN NATURAL JAM!
So tasty and the best is that you can do this with any kind of fruit that you like.
Have a great day guys
Victoria

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