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Banana Cashew Ice Cream (dairy-free) with a Hazelnut Waffle Cone (gluten-free/dairy-free)

This gorgeous ice cream is completely dairy-free, naturally-colored, creamy, and delicious. I made this a while back for Bob’s Red Mill.

I made it right before the Easter holiday, but it’s amazing all year long.

I also created a Hazelnut Waffle Cone recipe to go along with the ice cream. It’s also gluten-free and dairy-free.

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Hazelnut Waffle Cone (gluten-free/dairy-free)

makes 8 cones

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup @bobsredmill hazelnut flour
  • 1/3 cup @bobsredmill oat flour
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup almond milk
  • 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
  • 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Preheat a waffle-cone maker (or a griddle if you don’t own a waffle-cone maker—P.S. I don’t own one, so you can definitely do without).
  2. In a bowl, whisk together all wet ingredients (eggs, milk, maple, oil, vanilla). Add in dry ingredients (flours). Stir together for at least 1-2 minutes. Make sure there are no lumps.
  3. Spoon 2-3 tablespoons of the batter onto waffle-cone maker (or griddle). Cook until golden brown. (If using a griddle, flip like a pancake and press with the turner to make sure it is cooked evenly and stays flat.)
  4. Once golden brown on both sides, quickly remove from heat and shape around a cone roller or mold into a cone shape. (I used my ceramic cone shown in picture, lined with parchment.) 
  5. Repeat with remaining batter and set cones on cooling rack to cool and harden. Makes 8 cones.

Creamy Banana Cashew Ice Cream (dairy-free)

makes 2-3 servings

Ingredients

  • 3 bananas, sliced and frozen
  • 1/4 to 1/2 cup cashew butter (depending on how creamy you want it)
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1/4 cup almond milk

Instructions

  1. Put sliced/frozen bananas in blender (or food processor) first. Blend slowly for a few seconds to start breaking them apart.
  2. Add in the remaining ingredients. Blend until smooth, making sure to blend at a LOW speed.
  3. Add superfood powders for color. I used blue spirulina powder (for the blue), pitaya / pink dragonfruit powder (for the pink), and orange dunaliella powder (for the orange). You can find these from Amazon, Terrasoul Superfoods, or Suncore Foods.
  4. Eat immediately for soft-serve or freeze for 3-6 hours to get a firmer texture. Serves 2-3.

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Creamy Strawberry Protein Smoothie

After not being able to even look at fruits and vegetables for months (thank you morning sickness during pregnancy), I can finally get back to making smoothies and smoothie bowls! It only took until the 3rd trimester!

I have been overly excited to share my favorite smoothie concoctions with you! (More to come!)

My absolute go-tos when making smoothies include: adding yogurt to make it creamy and frothy, and adding lemon juice (or any other citrus) to balance the sweetness.

Creamy Strawberry Protein Smoothie

  • 2 cups frozen strawberries
  • 1 banana
  • 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 2 scoops vanilla protein powder (optional)
  • 3 cups liquid (milk or water) + add more if needed

Directions:

  1. Pour all ingredients into a blender. Process until smooth.
  2. Taste and adjust ingredients as needed.
  3. If you’re feeling adventurous, pour your smoothie into a bowl and swirl with fresh fruits and superfood powders.
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Delicate Arch Smoothie Bowl

Delicate Arch Smoothie Bowl.

This #EdibleLandscapeBowl is in Moab, Utah (located in Arches National Park). If you haven’t been, you’re missing out on some breathtaking views!

We were there in 2018 for Spring Break. I was 4 months pregnant with my first kid (see photos below), and had intense morning sickness and fatigue. We’d hike half the day, then come back to the motel, and I would sleep for the last part of the day. Haha. Oh my goodness…good times.

Now it’s 2021 and I’m pregnant with my second kid. We’re debating if we should travel to an area like this in Southern Utah for Spring Break again. Although this time, I’ll be 8 months pregnant…so a little more intense (and scary)! I just REALLY don’t want to go into labor while we are hiking. I asked my husband if he was comfortable delivering our baby…he didn’t seem too intimidated by it! However, I’d prefer to give birth in a hospital, rather than in a hot desert.

Decisions, decisions.

Meanwhile, let me tell you about this bowl!

This bowl is made with a base of cooked oats, Silk almondmilk yogurt, and colored with superfood powders: blue spirulina, beet, goji berry, orange dunaliella, and cocoa.

Here’s how to make a superfood smoothie bowl…

Superfood Smoothie Bowl

  • 1 cup cooked Quaker oats (rolled or steel-cut)
  • 1 cup Silk almondmilk yogurt (or any type of yogurt)
  • Superfood Powders to create your design (any type will do)
  1. In a bowl, add in your cooked oats (feel free to season with salt and sweeten as needed).
  2. Next, cover your cooked oats with yogurt.
  3. Now it’s time to design and swirl!
  4. Beforehand, have an idea of how you want your bowl to look. You can keep it simple with just a few superfood powders. Use a very small spoon to carefully sprinkle your powders on top of the yogurt. Use a toothpick to swirl the powder into the yogurt. Keep repeating with different colors.
  5. Alternatively, you can separate your superfood colors into individual bowls of yogurt (just a spoonful of yogurt will do). Then use those yogurt-superfood colors to design your bowl. This strategy makes designing a little easier and more predictable.

Happy creating!

XOXO, Sarah



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VELVETY CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM (DAIRY-FREE & NO PROCESSED SUGAR)

This ice cream. It’s non-dairy and has no added processed sugar. It’s creamy and rich. It’s seriously so yummy.

My sweet husband posed for this photo. He’s pretty patient when it comes to me taking photos of my food.

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, he took me to The Melting Pot (a fondue restaurant). Although it was a little pricey, we had a great time. What did you do for Valentine’s Day?

VELVETY CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM

Ingredients

  • 1 cup cooked mashed orange sweet potato (about 1 medium-sized one)
  • 2 cups room temp canned coconut milk (shake the can well)
  • 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips* (see below for dairy free and sugar free options)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt

Instructions

  1. Cook your sweet potato, using your cooking preference. I baked mine in the oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for about an hour. You can even cook yours in the microwave.
  2. Meanwhile, melt chocolate chips in a double-boiler on the stovetop—set aside once melted. Alternatively, you can melt your chocolate chips in the microwave.
  3. After the sweet potato is cooked through, allow it to cool for a few minutes, then peel off the skin. In a high-power blender (or food processor), add in the sweet potato and coconut milk. Blend for about 10 seconds.
  4. Pour in melted chocolate chips. Blend again on high power for about one minute, until completely smooth. You don’t want any chunks.
  5. Add in vanilla and salt. Blend for another 30 seconds.
  6. Taste the mixture. If you want it sweeter, add in a little sweetener of choice. I thought it was the perfect balance of sweetness to creaminess, so I didn’t add any additional sweetener. Also, if you want it more bitter/chocolately, then you can add in a spoonful of cocoa powder. Keep in mind—if you add cocoa powder, you’ll want to add a touch of sweetener. (Remember the story: “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”? Yeah, it’s kind of like that if you choose to add the cocoa powder.)
  7. Grab a freezer-friendly container and pour this ice cream mixture in there. Put on the lid and place in the freezer. Check it out and stir every 30 minutes (as the edges will freeze first)—this part is optional, but I found that it ended up freezing faster/more consistently this way.
  8. After about 3-4 hours, it should be frozen and ready to devour!

*Chocolate Chip options:
Dairy-free: Guittard, Enjoy Life, Thrive Market
Stevia-sweetened options: Lily’s Sweets, Wholesome Provisions

Recipe inspired by The Vegan 8

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Secret Ingredient Hummus

Doesn’t the arugula make this hummus look so fancy? 🤴🏼Technically this arugula wreath is called a “laurel wreath” or “civic crown” that Julius Caesar wore to symbolize victory. Good ol’ history.

The secret ingredient in this recipe is peanut butter. Add it in addition to tahini. It’s seriously SO GOOD.

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SECRET INGREDIENT HUMMUS

  • 2-3 garlic cloves, peeled & chopped
  • 2 cans chickpeas/garbanzo beans, 1 can drained (& 1 can undrained)
  • 1/4 cup olive oil (add more if needed)
  • 3-4 teaspoons lemon juice (or juice from 1 freshly squeezed lemon)
  • 1/4 cup tahini
  • 2 tablespoons peanut butter
  • spices: 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon cumin, 5 dashes hot sauce

Directions:

  1. In a food processor, pulse the garlic.
  2. Pour in the chickpeas, the liquid from one of the cans, olive oil, lemon juice, tahini, and peanut butter. Blend until smooth.
  3. Add all the spices and blend for another full minute.
  4. Taste. Add more spices or ingredients, as needed.
  5. If too thin, add in a spoonful of peanut butter or powdered peanut butter. If too thick, add in a tad more olive oil and lemon juice.
  6. Keep blending/processing until really smooth!

You’ll want to eat this stuff all by itself!

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No Sugar Added Chocolate Ice Cream & Fudge Chunks (high protein/dairy-free/processed sugar-free)


Do you have a New Years Resolution to eat less sugar? I love creating dessert recipes that use no-to-little sugar. This is one of those! I’ve been making this ice cream and and fudge chunk dessert for about 5 years now, and it’s still one of my favorites.

Happy New Years Resolutions!

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CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM (NO PROCESSED SUGAR)


2-3 frozen bananas
1-2 scoops chocolate protein powder, about 1/2 cup (I love the Orgain brand)
2 teaspoons cocoa powder
1/4 milk of choice

Directions:

  1. Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth.
  2. Stop periodically to stir.
  3. Pour out of blender into a freezer-safe bowl. Freeze for about 20 minutes, until more firm.
  4. When ready to eat, remove from the freezer and scoop into a bowl.
  5. NOTE: Add in a spoonful of nut butter if you want it more creamy.

Toppings: chocolate protein fudge chunks (see below), cocoa nibs


FUDGE BARS/CHUNKS (NO PROCESSED SUGAR / HIGH PROTEIN)


1 cup peanut butter or almond butter (I love the Adams brand)
1 cup peanut butter powder, mixed with a little water to make a paste (I use PB2 Foods)
3/4 cup honey or agave
2 1/2 cups oats (quick or rolled-quick makes them less chunky)
2-3 scoops protein powder, between 1/2 to 1 cup (I love the Orgain brand)
1/8 cup milk of choice or water (add more if needed)


Directions:

  1. In a microwave-safe bowl, combine nut butters and honey/agave and warm in microwave for about 30 seconds. Stir together well.
  2. Pour nut butter/honey mixture into a large mixing bowl.
  3. Add in the remaining ingredients and stir very well. Keep mixing until combined. (Add more milk or water, if a little dry.)
  4. Pour into a 9×13 pan, lined with parchment paper on bottom.
  5. Pop into the freezer to chill for about 30 minutes.
  6. Remove from freezer and cut into squares (cut some into cubes for chocolate ice cream dessert).
  7. Store these in a gallon zippie, in the freezer.