Snack

Quick Chocolate Fudge

INGREDIENTS:
½ Cup Tropical Traditions Coconut Cream
1 tsp. Sweet Leaf Stevia Plus
3 Tbsp. Agave
2 Tbsp. Organic Macadamia Nut Oil
½ Cup Cold-Milled Flaxseed
2 Drops Organic Red Mandarine Orange Essential Oil - optional
5 Tbsp. Powdered Organic Unsweetened Chocolate
2 Tbsp. ACCELL
2 Tbsp. Powdered Maca - this is used because of its excellent health benefits, plus it neutralizes the negative effects of the chocolate
1. Start with the coconut cream and add stevia, agave, mandarine orange essential oil, and macadamia nut oil . Stir with a fork until well blended.

2. Stir in the chocolate, maca , flax , and accell.

3. Pat this mixture into a dish and refrigerate. As long as it is cold, this will cut like fudge and have the texture of fudge. When it is room temperature, use it as a spread.

Soaked Seed Pudding

Ingredients:

Equipment:
1 Wide Mouth Quart Glass Canning Jar

¼ Cup Chia Seeds
½ Cup Hempseed (Nutiva)
¼ Cup Flax Seed
¼ Cup Almonds
¼ Cup Pumpkin Seeds
1 Drop Organic Food Grade Essential Oil, Red Mandarin, Lime, Lemon, etc.
Living Harvest Vanilla Hempseed Milk

1. Measure all the seeds into the jar. Mix thoroughly. Fill the jar to the top with the Vanilla Hempseed Milk. Add the drop of essential oil. If more than one drop comes out, it is okay.

2. Put on the lid and shake. Check to see if more milk can be added. Put in refrigerator overnight.

Optional:
- This mixture tastes great as it is, but I like to add a spoonful of Maca and Accell to my dish and mix it in before I eat it. Sometimes I add a little more Hempseed milk to make a more creamy texture - similar to when you put milk on oatmeal.

-After refrigerated overnight you can put it in the Vita Mix Blender with Hempseed Milk until desired texture.

Vanilla Soft Custard

INGREDIENTS:
2 Scoops Vanilla - Whey Protein Powder 
½ Cup Vanilla Almond Milk or Hempseed Vanilla Milk
1 Cup Ice Cubes
½ tsp. Vanilla

1. Place all ingredients into blender. Blend on "High." Within 30 seconds you will have a vanilla custard. Make sure your blender will handle the task of grinding ice cubes. I prefer to use a Vita Mix Blender. (When using a Vita Mix, use the tamper to push the ice cubes down into the mixture as you are blending on high.)

Optional:
Fruit can be added to this recipe for more flavor. Instead of ice cubes, frozen fruit of your choice can be used. If using the frozen fruit, you will need 16 oz. bag to work with as the fruit is not as dense as the ice cubes to get the same consistency of soft ice cream.
We have used black sweet cherries, blueberries, pineapple, or peaches. One application is to use the black sweet cherries and spoon the mixture over frozen blueberries for variety of flavor. Frozen bananas can be used in the vanilla custard for more of a banana split taste and poured over frozen fruit.

Vegan Sour Cream

Ingredients:
1 Can Organic Premium Thai Kitchen Coconut Milk
6 Tbsp. Fresh Meyers Lemon Juice
2 tsp. Agave Nectar
4 tsp. Rice Vinegar, smooth, mild, reduced with water to 4.2% acid
2 Tbsp. Cold-Milled Flaxseed

1. The Organic Premium Coconut Milk will be very thick cream that you will have to spoon out of the can (if it has been placed in the refrigerator). Place the coconut cream into the Vita Mix Blender with the other ingredients. Blend on high for at least 30 seconds.

2. Pour into dish, cover and refrigerate. As soon as it is cold it will thicken like sour cream.

Important:
Do not mix by hand. We tried to mix it by hand. The difference was that you could taste the coconut flavor. When we put it into the Vita Mix there was no coconut flavor to it.

Vegan Sweet & Sour Cream

Ingredients:
1 Can Organic Premium Thai Kitchen Coconut Milk
6 Tbsp. Fresh Meyers Lemon Juice
2 Tbsp. Agave Nectar
4 tsp. Rice Vinegar, smooth, mild, reduced with water to 4.2% acid
2 Tbsp. Cold-Milled Flaxseed

1. The Organic Premium Coconut Milk will be very thick cream that you will have to spoon out of the can (if it has been placed in the refrigerator). Place the coconut cream into the Vita Mix Blender with the other ingredients. Blend on high for at least 30 seconds.

2. Pour into dish, cover and refrigerate. As soon as it is cold it will thicken like sour cream.

Important:
Do not mix by hand. We tried to mix it by hand. The difference was that you could taste the coconut flavor. When we put it into the Vita Mix there was no coconut flavor to it.

Vegan Sweet Vanilla Cream

INGREDIENTS:
1 Can Organic Premium Thai Kitchen Coconut Milk
½ tsp. Vanilla
1 to 2 Tbsp. Agave Nectar

1. The Organic Premium Coconut Milk will be very thick cream that you will have to spoon out of the can (if it has been placed in the refrigerator). Place the coconut cream into the Vita Mix Blender with the other ingredients. Blend on high for at least 30 seconds.

2. Put into dish and refrigerate.

Almond Butter Coconut Candy

INGREDIENTS:
1 - 16oz, Jar of Roasted Almond Butter, organic brand if possible
2 Scoops (½ Cup) American Whey Vanilla Protein Powder
2 Cups of Fresh Shredded Coconut or 3 Cups of Dried Unsweetened Coconut
FRESH COCONUT :
1. Mix all ingredients together. As it combines and thickens, you can knead it like bread.
2. Roll into small balls and roll these in shredded coconut if desired.
3. Cover and refrigerate.
DRIED COCONUT:
1. Blend the 3 Cups of dried coconut on high speed in the blender.
2. Mix all ingredients together. There will be a difference in the texture. This combination when using the dried coconut will be more of a gooey mass and not able to roll in any shape. So, just put in a pan like you would fudge and refrigerate. You will be amazed as this gets cold, it will turn into the same texture and hardness as fudge. Cut just as you would fudge. This has to be kept cold. If it comes to room temperature, it will again turn into a gooey mass or spread texture. (This could also be used as a spread or as a frosting on cake or cupcakes).
*The American Whey is cold filtered ion-exchanged whey protein isolate with a profile of 18 amino acids sweetened with stevia. This product is used to build lean muscle mass. I use it in this recipe to add nutritional punch.