dessert

Vanilla Nice Cream & Chocolate Chia Pudding

Nice Cream:
2 frozen bananas
a dash of vanilla powder
2 tbsp oat milk

Place the ingredients into a blender and blend until soft serve.

Chia Pudding:
1 cups oat milk
3 fresh pitted dates
2 tbsp raw cocoa powder

Place the ingredients into a blender. Pour the mix into a jar and stir in 1/4 cup chia seeds. Leaving to thicken for 10 mins, stir and put into a fridge for 1 hour or more.

Fill half of a bowl with vanilla nice cream and the other half with chocolate chia pudding. Top with your favorite topping, for example banana slices, coconut shavings, raw chocolate and dates.

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Vanelja’s Mother’s Day Cake

vegan, gluten-free

Cake:

½ cup oat milk
4 tbsp ground flax seeds
1/3 cup coconut oil, melted
⅔ cup applesauce, unsweetened
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup almond meal by Risenta
⅔ cup oat flour (or grind rolled oats in the blender)
½ cup coconut sugar
2 tsp baking powder
tiny pinch sea salt

Filling & on top:

Coconut whipped cream or soy whip
fresh berries
banana
almond flakes

Tin diameter: 16-18 cm / 6,5 – 7 inches

Preheat the oven to 180 C / 350 F degrees. Mix the oat milk and ground flax in a small bowl and leave to thicken for 10 mins.

In the meantime measure the coconut oil, applesauce, apple cider vinegar and vanilla in a big bowl and stir well. Mix the almond meal, oat flour, coconut sugar, baking powder and salt in another bowl and mix then with the wet ingredients. Stir in also the flax gel. Grease a cake tin with coconut oil and pour in the cake dough. Bake for about 40-45 mins, until a toothpick comes out clean. Note that the texture of the cake should be a bit moist.

Take the cake out of the oven and let cool completely. Split the cake in two with a sharp knife. Fill with coconut whipped cream or soy whip and banana slices. Set the other half on top of the lower half and frost the cake with coconut whipped cream or soy whip and place lots of fresh berries on top. Finalize with edible flowers.

Vanelja’s Apple Pie

Plant-based, vegan, gluten-free, naturally sweetened

2 tbsp ground flax + 6 tbsp water
1 ½ cup rolled oats
½ cup almond meal
¾ cup coconut sugar
1 tsp baking soda
tiny pinch of sea salt
¼ cup coconut oil, melted
½ tsp cardamom
⅔ cup natural oat yoghurt or almond yoghurt

On top:

1-2 sweet apples
½ tsp Ceylon cinnamon
almond flakes

Cake tin diameter: 18-20 cm / 7-8 inches

Preheat the oven to 225 C / 430 F degrees.
Measure the ground flax and water into a small bowl or drinking glass. Stir and leave to thicken for 5 minutes.

In the meantime place the rolled oats into a blender and blend until flour. Pour into a bowl and pour the rest of the dough into a bowl and stir in the rest of the ingredients. Stir in also the flax gel. Cover the bottom of the cake tin with a piece of parchment paper. Separate 2 tbsp batter into a small plate and pour the rest of the batter into a cake tin and smoothen the surface.
Remove the cores from the apples and cut the apples into very thin slices. Stack the slices in overlapping rows into a circle on the dough. Press the slices gently so that they go a bit deeper into the batter. Add small chunks of the remaining batter you had set aside here and there on top of the apple slices. Sprinkle on some cinnamon. Top with a small handful of almond flakes. Bake for about 25-30 minutes until you get a nice golden color.

Take out of the oven and let cool slightly. (Note, If you’re using a smaller cake tin you might have to bake the cake a bit longer to get it done. Cover then with a foil to prevent the apples from browning.) Serve for example with vanilla nice cream or vanilla sauce of your choice.

Blackcurrant Oat Yogurt Bites

Makes about 12

½ cup oat yogurt 
½ cup blackcurrants
2-3 tbsp cashew butter (or other nut butter)

Pour the yoghurt into a bowl and stir in the blackcurrants. (If you like it to be sweeter, stir in a couple of drops of stevia or sweetener of your choice.) Spoon in the cashew butter and lightly stir with a spoon so that it leaves nice white stripes. Spoon into chocolate molds or ice cube molds and freeze for a couple of hours.

Summer Kisses

12 cookies (recipe below)⠀
whipped coconut cream (recipe below)⠀
12 big strawberries⠀
raw chocolate or dark chocolate
⠀⠀
p e a n u t b u t t e r c o o k i e s:⠀

1 cup almond flour⠀
¼ cup xylitol (or erythritol or coconut sugar)⠀
1 tsp baking soda⠀
½ tsp vanilla powder⠀
½ cup peanut butter⠀
1 tbsp coconut oil, melted⠀
pinch sea salt⠀

c o c o n u t w h i p p e d c r e a m:

2 cans (á 400 g) full fat coconut milk or coconut cream, kept in the fridge
2-4 tbsp maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract⠀

Cookies: ⠀
Preheat the oven to 180 Celsius / 350 Fahrenheit degrees. In a large mixing bowl combine all the ingredients and mix well. Divide the dough into 12 small balls. Flatten the balls with your fingers on a baking tray covered with baking paper to get round cookies. Bake for 10 minutes, until golden. Take out of the oven. Let cool completely. The cookies are really soft at this point. They will harden in 30 mins or so. ⠀

Whipped coconut cream:
Scoop out the white thick paste from the coconut milk cans into a bowl. Add syrup & vanilla. Whip with a stand mixer. If the mixture becomes too runny, place it in the fridge for a while.⠀

Assembly: ⠀
Place the whipped coconut cream in a piping bag. Place one strawberry on top of each cookie. Frost the cookies with the whipped coconut cream so that it totally covers the strawberry. Place the cookies into the fridge for a minimum of 1 hour so that the frosting hardens. Dip the whipped cream top in melted chocolate. Pop back into the fridge to harden. Top with flowers.

Big Fat Chocolate Smoothie

1/4 cup almond butter
1/2 avocado
3 tbsp raw cocoa powder
3 tbsp chia seeds
1 cup full-fat coconut milk
1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk or oat milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
some stevia or maple syrup to taste
tiny pinch of sea salt

Place all the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Taste and add more sweetness, if desired. Leave to thicken for 10 mins (in the fridge if you like it cooler). Enjoy as it is or top for example with berries & nut butter.

Chocolate Frosted Blueberry Nice Cream Balls

2 cans full fat coconut milk
4 tbsp white almond butter (or norman almond butter or some nut butter)
⅓ cup blueberries (preferably wild blueberries)
1 pipet vanilla stevia

Place all the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Taste and add more sweetness, if you like. Pour into a bowl and chill in the freezer for 45 mins so that the mixture gets cold. Pour the mixture into an ice cream maker and prepare ice cream according to the instructions of the manufacturer. If the ice cream is not hard enough you can still freeze it for 1 hour in the freezer. If you don’t have an ice cream maker, you can just freeze the mixture in the freezer for about 3 hours, or until you get a good consistency, stirring the mixture every 30 minutes. Thaw on the counter for 5 minutes.

Scoop out balls from the ice cream and keep them in the freezer for 30 minutes. In the meantime melt some raw chocolate or sugar-free dark chocolate. Dip the ice cream balls in the chocolate so that they get a nice thick frosting. Freeze 10 more minutes or more so that the chocolate hardens. Serve and enjoy! (If the ice cream feels too hard, let it thaw a while before serving.)

Gingerbread Tiramisu Dream Cake

Cream filling:
1 cup cashew nuts, soaked for 30 mins & rinsed
½ cup oat milk or coconut milk or 1:1
2-3 tbsp juice from a lemon
4 tbsp coconut oil, melted
4 tbsp coconut syrup or some liquid stevia
½ tsp vanilla powder or 1 tsp vanilla extract
pinch of sea salt

Mocha filling:
½ cup cashew nuts, soaked for 30 mins & rinsed
½ cup almond meal
4 tbsp raw cocoa powder
¼ cup coffee (I used Lost Leaf espresso blend by Keakoffee through Slurp)
¼ cup oat milk or coconut milk or 1:1
4 tbsp coconut syrup or some liquid stevia
1 tsp gingerbread spice mix
4 tbsp coconut oil, melted
pinch of sea salt
+ 1 tbsp rum, if desired

Tin size: 15 x 15 cm

Place all the ingredients of the cream filling into a blender and blend until smooth. Taste and add some of the spices or sweetener, if desired. Pour into a bowl. Place then all the ingredients of the mocha filling into the blender & blend until smooth. Taste and add some of the spices or sweetener, if desired. Pour the mocha filling into a cake tin covered with parchment paper. Pour the cream filling on top. Sprinkle some cocoa powder on top and freeze until solid. Take out of the freezer, let thaw for 15 mins & enjoy!

Berrylicious Cacao Dream Cake

Crust:
1 ¼ cup almonds
6 fresh dates, pitted
1 tbsp almond butter
1 tbsp coconut butter/coconut manna, melted (or coconut oil, melted)
pinch of sea salt
½ tsp cardamom

Base:
2 cups cashew nuts, soaked for 1 hour & rinsed
½ cup full-fat coconut milk
juices from half a lemon
1 tsp pure vanilla extract (or ½ tsp vanilla powder)
½ cup coconut oil, melted (prefer neutral taste)
¼ cup maple syrup

Cacao filling:
Half of the base filling + 3 tbsp raw cacao powder + ½ cup Yosa Cocoa Oat Drink (or ½ cup oat milk and 1 tbsp more raw cacao powder)

Berry filling:
Half of the base filling + ¼ cup raspberries (and/or blueberries) + 4 tbsp Yosa Oat Snack Forest Berries (or ¼ cup more berries)

Crust:
Place a piece of parchment paper onto the bottom of the can tin. Place almonds into a blender. Blend until fine crust. Add the rest of the ingredients. Blend until moldable dough. Separate about ½ cup of the mixture into a bowl. Press the rest of the dough firmly onto the bottom of the cake tin. Roll the dough you separated into small balls.

Filling:
Place all the base filling ingredients in a blender. Blend until as smooth as possible. The mixture will remain quite crumbly at this point. Separate half of the mixture into a bowl. Place the cacao filling ingredients into the blender. Blend with the remaining base mixture until smooth. Pour the mixture into the cake tin. Freezer for 30 mins. Wash the blender, pour in the remaining base mixture and add in the berry filling ingredients. Blend until smooth. Spoon the pink filling on top of the cacao layer. Freeze until solid. Decorate with the truffles you’ve made. Let thaw for about 30-45 mins. Enjoy!

Mocha Dream Cake

Crust:
½ cup pecan nuts
½ cup almonds
7 fresh dates, pitted
½ tsp cardamom
pinch of sea salt

Filling:
2 cups cashews, soaked for 1 hour and then rinsed
juices from half a lemon
½ cup coconut oil, melted (with neutral taste)
½ cup coconut syrup
⅓ cup oat milk +2 tbsp instant coffee & 3 tbsp raw cocoa powder

On top:
Raw cocoa fudges or raw chocolate

Pan diameter: 18 cm / 7 inches

Place a piece of parchment paper in the bottom of a cake pan. Place the almonds & nuts into a blender and blend until crust. Add dates, cardamom and salt and blend until moldable dough. Press the dough firmly into the bottom of the cake pan.

Place all the filling ingredients (except instant coffee & raw cocoa powder) into a blender and blend until smooth. Add some oat milk, if needed, to get a smooth texture, still keeping it as thick as possible. Pour half of the mixture into the cake pan and smooth out the surface. Add coffee & cocoa powder to the blender and blend with the remaining mixture. Taste and add some of the spices, if needed. Spoon the filling into the cake pan and even the surface gently with a spoon so that you don’t mix the two fillings. Place the cake pan into the freezer for about 3 hours or until the cake is solid. Remove the cake from the pan and place it on a serving dish. Let thaw for a moment. Serve & enjoy!

Pastel Semlas

¼ cup coconut oil, melted (or about 75g local organic butter/vegan butter, melted)
1 cup oat milk
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cardamom
½ cup xylitol or erythritol
1 cup almond flour
1 cup rice flour
½ cup psyllium husk powder
1 local organic free-range egg (or 3 tbsp chia ½ cup water)

Preheat the oven to 200 C / 400 F degrees. Mix the melted oil (or butter) with the oat milk. Add in the rest of the ingredients. If using chia-water mixture, let it thicken to gel for about 10 minutes before adding). Stir well and leave to thicken for 20 minutes. Now the dough should be easily moldable so you can create round buns from it. Add a bit of rice flour, if needed. Form 8 small buns and place them on a baking tray covered with baking paper. Bake for about 20-25 minutes until slightly golden. Let cool completely before cutting in half.

Fill with almond paste and coconut whipped cream (colored with pink pitaya powder or beet powder and/or turmeric).

 

Coconut Whipped Cream

2 can full-fat coconut milk (keep in the fridge)
1 tbsp coconut syrup (or for example maple syrup)
½ tsp vanilla powder

Take the coconut milk cans from the fridge and scoop out the white thick paste into a bowl. Add syrup and vanilla. Whip until fluffy. If the mixture gets too warm and runny, keep it in a fridge for a while so that it gets as thick as normal whipped cream. Use as a filling in semlas with almond paste.

 

Almond Paste

1 cup almond meal
3-5 tbsp coconut syrup or maple syrup
½ tsp vanilla powder or seeds from half vanilla bean

Mix all ingredients in a small bowl with a spoon. The dough should be easily moldable, like playdough, not too dry or crumbly. Add more syrup or almond meal if needed. Roll the dough into a pole (about 5 cm / 2 inches thick) and roll it inside a parchment paper or plastic wrap. Put it in the fridge and leave to thicken for at least 1 hour, or overnight. Cut the pole into 1 cm/½ inch thick slices. Use slices inside semlas with coconut whipped cream.

Roasted Vanilla Pears

4 ripe pears, cut in half & seeds removed 3 tbsp coconut oil
1 tbsp coconut syrup (or maple syrup)
1⁄2 tsp vanilla powder

Cashew Cream, for serving
1 recipe Nut Crust, for garnish

Preheat the oven to 400° Fahrenheit / 200° Celcius. Place the pears on a baking tray. Melt the coconut oil in a small saucepan on low heat. Add the coconut syrup and vanilla and mix well. Pour the mixture evenly over the pears and bake for about 20 minutes or until the pears are soft. Remove the pears from the oven, top with Cashew Cream and Nut Crumble. Serve and enjoy!


Cashew Cream:

1 cup raw cashews, soaked for 30mins & rinsed
1⁄2 cup water
1 tbsp coconut syrup (or maple syrup)
1⁄2 tsp vanilla powder tiny pinch of sea salt

Place all the ingredients in a blender. Blend until smooth and creamy.


Nut Crumble:

1/3 cup pecans
1/3 cup almonds
1/3 cup pine nuts
3 fresh dates, pitted & chopped

Place all the ingredients in a blender and pulse until a crumble forms.

Vanelja’s Licorice Nice Cream

4 ripe bananas, frozen & cut to pieces
3-5 tbsp coconut milk (or almond milk)
2 tbsp dark tahini
1 tsp licorice extract powder (or 3 tsp licorice powder)
1/2 tsp activated charcoal
1 tsp vanilla extract

Place all ingredients into a blender or food processor. Blend until soft serve. Add a bit more liquid, if needed. Taste and add some of the ingredients, if needed. Enjoy right away or freeze for 30 mins.

Snickers Moon Balls

Makes about 12 truffles

2 cups peanuts
½ cup raw cocoa powder
7 fresh dates, pitted
3 tbsp maple syrup
pinch of sea salt
peanut butter
100 g / 3,5 oz raw chocolate or dark chocolate, melted

Preheat the oven to 175 Celsius / 350 Fahrenheit degrees.
Spread the peanuts onto a baking sheet covered with baking paper. Roast the nuts in the oven for 15 minutes stirring once after 10 minutes.

Let the nuts cool and pour them into a blender. Blend until fine crust. Separate about ¼ cup of the mixture into a small bowl. Add cocoa powder, pitted dates, maple syrup and salt into the blender. Blend until moldable dough. Take about 1 tbsp of the dough and create a ball. Press your thumb inside the ball to create a hole. Add about 1 tsp peanut butter into the hole. Press the sides of the truffle to cover the hole. Prepare the rest of the dough the same way. Dip each ball into melted chocolate. A good tip is to use a toothpick for dipping. Sprinkle on the peanut crust you saved. Freeze the truffles for 1 hour. Serve and enjoy. Store in the fridge or freezer.

Blueberry Crumble Pie

About 9 pieces

1 ⅓ cup gluten-free rolled oats
1 cup almond meal
⅓ cup coconut sugar
1 tsp lemon zest
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp cardamom
pinch of sea salt
1 cup coconut oil, melted
3 tbsp raw organic honey or coconut syrup

Filling:

1 cup blueberries
1 ripe banana
1 tsp vanilla extract
dropperful liquid stevia
1 cup blueberries & 4 tbsp chia seeds

On top:

Blueberries
edible flowers
coconut milk powder, optional

Dish size: 20 x 20 cm / 8 x 8 Inches

Preheat the oven to 175 Celsius / 350 F degrees. Cover the pan with parchment paper. Mix the base ingredients in a bowl with a spoon so that you get a crumbly but slightly moldable dough. Press about ⅔ of the crust dough firmly onto the bottom of the pan.

Prepare the filling. Mix 1 cup blueberries, banana, vanilla extract & stevia in a blender until smooth. Scoop into a small bowl and stir in the whole blueberries and chia seeds. Leave to thicken for 15 minutes. Spread the berry mixture onto the crust. Sprinkle on the remaining crust dough. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until nice & golden. Take out from the oven and let cool completely. Cut to pieces, top with blueberries and edible flowers and sprinkle on some coconut milk powder. Enjoy! Store in the fridge.

Vanilla Choco Nice Cream Sandwiches

About 4 big or 6 small pieces

Vanilla n’ice cream:

3 ripe frozen & sliced bananas
1 can full-fat coconut milk (kept in a fridge)
½ tsp vanilla powder

Place all the ingredients into a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. You may have to scoop down the sides. Pour the ice cream mixture into a freezer-safe tin and freeze for about 30 mins. Prepare the cookies.

Chocolate Cookies:

1 cup almond flour
1 cup oat flour
4 tbsp raw cocoa powder
3 tbsp flax meal
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp vanilla powder
8 tbsp water
3 tbsp coconut oil, melted
4 tbsp maple syrup or coconut syrup

Preheat the oven to 175 C / 350 F degrees. Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl. Add water and melted coconut oil and syrup. Mix. The dough should be easily moldable. Add water or flour if needed. You should be able to make a big ball out of the dough with your hands. Place a dough ball between two pieces of parchment paper. Roll out to ½ inch thickness. Cut the dough into cookies with a knife or use a cookie mold. Place the cookies gently on a baking tray covered with a baking sheet. Bake for 8 – 10 minutes. Allow to cool completely. The cookies will get crispier as they cool.

Chocolate frosting:

½ cup coconut oil, melted
3 tbsp raw cocoa powder
2 tbsp coconut syrup

Mix the melted coconut oil, cocoa powder and coconut syrup in a small bowl.

Assembly:
Scoop about two spoonfuls of the ice cream and place it on the backside of one cookie. Place another cookie on top of the ice cream and press down gently. Drip some chocolate frosting on top of the sandwiches and top with shredded coconut. Freeze for 30-60 minutes.

Vanelja’s Raw Magnums with PB & Jam

(Makes about 6 popsicles)

Ice cream:
1 cup cashews, soaked 5 hours or overnight, then rinsed
½ cup full-fat coconut milk
½ cup coconut yoghurt, natural & unsweetened
1 tsp lemon juice
1 dropperful liquid stevia
1 tsp xylitol
1 tsp vanilla extract

Jam:
2/3 cup raspberries
3 tbsp chia seeds

Filling:
peanut butter

Frosting:
raw chocolate or dark chocolate

Place all the ice cream ingredients into a blender and blend until super smooth. Add a bit more liquid, if needed, but keep as thick as possible. Taste and add sweetness, if desired.
Pour the ice cream mixture into ice cream molds and freeze for 2 hours until solid. In the meantime prepare the chia jam.
Mash the raspberries and stir in the chia seeds. Add some stevia, if you like. Leave to thicken for 2 hours.

Take the ice cream pops from the freezer and remove the molds. Spread about 1-2 tbsp peanut butter on top of each popsicle. The spread on the chia jam. Put in the freezer for 30 minutes.

Melt the chocolate and dip the ice creams in it. Top for example with peanut butter swirls or coconut flakes. Put back into the freezer for 30 mins, until solid. If you store the popsicles in the freezer longer, let them thaw for 15-20 minutes before serving.

Vanelja’s 3 Ingredient Plum Pie

2 cups sweet plums, cut into slices
1 ⅓ cup (3 dl) rolled oats
4 tbsp melted coconut oil
+ 1/2 tsp cardamom & 2-3 tbsp coconut sugar or erythritol for extra sweetness, if desired

Pan size: 7 inches/18 cm

Preheat the oven to 425 F/225 C degrees. Place half of the plum slices in a blender. Puree until smooth. Add rolled oats and coconut oil. Blend well. Taste and add some coconut sugar and cardamom, if desired. Cover the bottom of a cake pan with parchment paper. Pour the batter into the pan and spread evenly. Cover the surface of the pie with the remaining plum slices. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until nicely golden and the sides and the surface look done and dry. Take out from the oven and let cool. Serve and enjoy for example with coconut whipped cream. Store covered at room temperature or in the fridge.

Blueberry Truffles

1 cup shredded coconut
¾ cup macadamia nuts
⅓ cup coconut butter
⅓ cup blueberries, fresh or frozen
5 tbsp raw organic honey or coconut syrup, or other natural syrup of your choice
3 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla extract

Place all ingredients into a blender or food processor and blend until a thick paste. Form small balls. Sprinkle on some coconut milk powder. Freeze for 1 hour. Store in the fridge or freezer.

Strawberry Creamsicles with Raw Chocolate Frosting & Clover Flower Sprinkles

2 cups organic strawberries
1,5 cup cashew nuts (soaked for 1 hour)
2 tbsp melted coconut oil
1/2 tsp vanilla powder
few drops of stevia

Cut strawberries into pieces snd remove stems. Add strawberries, soaked&drained cashews and coconut oil into a blender and blend until smooth. Add vanilla and a few drops of stevia and mix. Check the taste. Pour the mixture into ice pop molds and freeze until solid.
Frost with melted raw chocolate and sprinkle some clover flower pieces or for example nut crust on. Serve & enjoy!

Midsummer Pancake Cake

serves 6

Pancake:

1.5 cup full-fat almond flour
1 cup gluten-free oat flour
3 tbsp ground flaxseeds

5 tbsp coconut sugar
2 tsp baking powder
3 tbsp coconut sugar
pinch of sea salt

2 cups oat milk
1 tbsp coconut oil

Coconut Whipped Cream:

2 (14-ounce) cans of full-fat coconut milk (refrigerated overnight)
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 tbsp coconut syrup or raw organic honey

On top:

3 ripe bananas fresh berries

Open the coconut milk cans and scoop the white thick paste into a bowl. Add the vanilla and syrup and beat with an electric mixer until fluffy. If the mixture becomes too runny, place it in the fridge or freezer until firm.

Preheat the oven to 400 F. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl. Add oat milk. Mix. Leave to thicken for about 10 min. Cover a baking tray with parchment paper and grease it with coconut oil. Pour the dough onto the tray. Spread evenly so that the pancake is about half-inch thick. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Take from the oven and let cool. Prepare the coconut whipped cream.

Cut the pancake into 6 equal-sized pieces. Pile the pieces into a cake and add coconut whipped cream and banana slices in between pieces. Frost with coconut whipped cream. Top with berries. Serve and enjoy!

Cinnamon Roasted Peaches

4-5 fresh peaches, pitted & sliced
2-3 tbsp organic butter or coconut oil, melted
2 tbsp erythritol (or coconut sugar)
1 tsp Ceylon cinnamon
1/2 tsp cardamom

Preheat the oven to 200 C / 400 F degrees. Place the sliced peaches on a covered baking tray. Drizzle on the butter/oil and the spices. Bake for 20-25 mins until soft and juicy. Serve for example with porridge. (Here served with oatmeal, almond butter & hemp seeds.)

Chai Banana Bread

3 ripe bananas, mashed
2 tbsp flaxseed meal and 5 tbsp water (or 2 local organic eggs)
½ cup oat milk or almond milk
2 cups almond meal
1 cup rolled oats
1 ½ tsp Ceylon cinnamon
¾ tsp cardamom
¼ tsp ground ginger
½ tsp nutmeg
1 tsp vanilla extract
¼ tsp sea salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp erythritol (or coconut sugar)

Pan size: Approx. 20 x 10 cm / 8 x 4 inches

Preheat the oven to 180 C / 350 F degrees. Grease a loaf pan and set it aside. Mix the flaxseed meal and water in a bowl and let thicken for 5 mins. In a big bowl mix all the ingredients. Pour into the loaf pan. Bake for 40 mins or until done inside. Take out of the oven and let cool completely. Serve for example with peanut butter and raspberry chia jam.

Lemon Cardamom Cookies

(keto & plant-based)

1 cup almond flour
¼ cup erythritol or xylitol
1 dropperful liquid stevia
3 tbsp coconut oil or grass-fed butter, melted
lemon zest from one lemon
½ tsp vanilla extract
¼ tsp cardamom

Preheat the oven to 175 Celsius / 350 Fahrenheit degrees. Add all the ingredients to a bowl and mix with your hands until moldable dough. Cover a baking tray with a baking sheet and divide the dough into 8-10 balls. Flatten the balls with your fingers. When flattened you can cut them with a cookie-cutter into a certain shape or leave them round. Bake for 8-10 minutes until slightly golden on the sides. Take out of the oven and let cool completely before removing them.


Glaze:

¼ cup erythritol, powdered
2 tbsp lemon juice
½ tsp vanilla extract

Add all the ingredients to a bowl and mix. If you don’t have powdered erythritol you can make it by blending normal erythritol full-speed in a blender so that it turns into powder. (Remember to close the lid well!) Spread the glaze on top of the cookies and decorate with dried edible flowers and leave to set for 10 mins before serving.

Gingerbread Fat Bombs

(Keto, Vegan)

makes 12

Truffles:

2 cups almond flour
3-4 tbsp erythritol, powdered *
1 dropperful liquid stevia
8-10 tbsp local grass-fed butter, melted OR IF VEGAN: mild coconut oil, melted
2 tsp Ceylon cinnamon
½ tsp powdered ginger
½ tsp cardamom
1 tsp nutmeg

Glaze:

5 tbsp erythritol, powdered *
2 tsp water
½ tsp Ceylon cinnamon

Place all ingredients into a bowl and combine. Taste and add seasoning or sweetness, if desired. Mold into balls. Freeze for 30 mins. Prepare the glaze.

Measure the erythritol, cinnamon and water into a small bowl and combine. When the truffles have hardened & cooled a bit, spread about ½ tsp of the glaze on top of each truffle. Sprinkle on some cinnamon. Store in the fridge.

*You can make powdered erythritol in a blender by blending erythritol full speed for 10 seconds in a high-speed blender.

Cinnamon French Toasts with Apple Jam

4 oat breads (I used Vaasan Ohut Kaura 100)
⅓ cup oat milk
1 ½ tsp Ceylon cinnamon
½ tsp cardamom
½ tsp vanilla
2 tbsp erythritol or xylitol
+ 1 tsp coconut oil for frying

On top:

Whipped coconut cream
Apple Chia Jam

Toast the oat bread slices in a toaster to get them really dry and crusty. Heat a lightly oiled skillet over medium heat. Pour the oat milk into a small bowl and stir in the spices and sweetener. Dunk each bread slice in oat milk mixture for a few seconds. Don’t over-soak them so that they don’t become soft. Place in pan and cook on both sides until golden. Serve with whipped coconut cream and apple chia jam.

Apple Chia Jam:

2 apples
¼ cup water
4 tbsp chia seeds
½ tsp vanilla powder
½ tsp Ceylon cinnamon

Blend one and a half apple in a blender and blend until smooth puree. Cut the one apple halve into tiny cubes. Place water into a small pot and add in the apple cubes. Cook on low-medium heat for a few minutes until apple cubes soften a bit. Take off the heat and pour in the apple puree, spices and chia seeds. Leave to cool down and thicken. Store in a sealed jar in a fridge and use within 5 days.

Tiramisu Pancake Stack

(serves 2)

Pancakes:

½ cup rolled oats
1 ripe banana
½ cup almond meal
½ cup oat milk
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp pure vanilla extract

Coconut whipped cream filling:

2 cans of full-fat coconut milk (refrigerated overnight)
1 tsp organic local honey or some liquid stevia
½ tsp vanilla powder

Other fillings:

¼ cup strong brewed coffee
2 tbsp raw cacao powder
If not vegan: ½ cup organic mascarpone

Measure all the pancake ingredients, except the filling, in a blender. Blend until smooth. Heat a pancake pan over medium heat. Pour ¼ cup of batter into the hot pan and spread it a little bit. Cook for 1,5 minutes, flip and cook the other side too. Cook the rest of the pancakes. Leave to cool down and prepare the filling.

Open the coconut milk cans and scoop the solid coconut cream into a bowl. Mix with beaters until fluffy. Mix in honey or stevia and vanilla. If the mixture gets too runny, place it in the fridge for a while.
Place a pancake on a serving bowl or plate, brush some brewed coffee on top. Add a layer of mascarpone, if using, and then some coconut whipped cream. Otherwise, add only a layer of coconut whipped cream. Sprinkle on some cocoa powder and add another pancake over the top. Add again the brewed coffee and the fillings. Place the third pancake on top and top with coconut whipped cream and cocoa powder. Serve & Enjoy right away.

Tip! Try also banana slices as a filling.

Vanelja’s Strawberry Dream Cake

Crust:

1 cup almonds
½ cup pecan nuts
4 tbsp raw cocoa powder
5 tbsp coconut oil, melted
1 tbsp almond butter
1 dropperful liquid stevia (or 2 tbsp organic honey or maple syrup)
pinch sea salt

Filling:

3 cups raw cashew nuts, soaked for 1-5 hours, then rinsed
1 cup strawberries (fresh or frozen & thawed)
½ cup coconut oil, melted
½ cup full-fat coconut milk
3 tbsp juice from a lemon
2 dropperfuls liquid stevia (or 4 tbsp organic honey or maple syrup)
½ tsp vanilla powder

Can tin: approx. 23 x 23 cm / 9 x 9 inches

Cover a cake tin with baking paper. Place the almonds and pecans into a high-speed blender or food processor. Blend until fine crust. Add the rest of the crust ingredients and blend until well combined. Press firmly into the cake tin.

Place all the filling ingredients into a high-speed blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Add a bit more liquid, if needed, so that you get the mixture super smooth, still keeping it as thick as possible. You may have to scrape down the sides occasionally. Taste and add some sweetness, if desired. Pour on top of the crust and smooth out the surface with a spoon. Freeze for 2 hours or until solid. Let thaw for 30 mins before serving. Top with LOADS of fresh berries, the more the merrier.

Blueberry Fig Dream Pie with Lavender

Filling:

2 cups cashews, soaked for at least 1 hour
1 cup oat milk, or other vegan milk
7 tbsp coconut syrup (or organic raw honey, if not vegan)
5 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla powder
1 cup coconut oil, melted
3 fresh figs
3 tbsp blueberries
1 tsp dried lavender


Crust:

1 ⅔ cup almonds
⅓ cup coconut flakes
6-7 fresh dates, pitted
tiny pinch salt

Tin size: 18-20 cm / 7-8 inches

Prepare the crust first. place the almonds and coconut flakes into a blender or food processor and blend until fine crust. Add the dates and blend until moldable dough. Take about 4-5 tbsp dough and set aside. Press the remaining dough into a cake or pie tin so that you cover also the sides. Take the dough you set aside and press it to a 0,5 cm / 0,2-inch thick plate for example on top of parchment paper. Cut with a small cookie cutter to get about 6 small cookie dough pieces, for example flower-shaped. Prepare now the filling.

Place all the filling ingredients into a blender or food processor and blend until smooth mass with no crumbs. If needed, add just a little bit more liquid to get it smooth, but keep the mixture as thick as possible. taste and add some of the spices or more sweetness, if needed. Pour the mixture into a cake tin on top of the crust. Place the cookie dough pieces on top and place them into a freezer for about 2 hours or until solid. Take out of the freezer and let thaw for about 30 minutes. Top with some fresh blueberries and lavender, if you like. Serve and enjoy!

Thick Mint Chocolate Smoothie

1 banana⁣
½ cup frozen spinach⁣
½ cup chickpeas⁣
2 tbsp almond butter⁣
5 tbsp raw cacao powder⁣
Big handful of fresh mint or peppermint leaves (or ½ tsp natural peppermint extract)⁣
1 cup oat milk⁣

Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Taste and add more cacao or mint, if desired.

Tip! For the decoration, you can use coconut yoghurt and stir in some spirulina powder & peppermint extract.

Chocolate Pancakes

1 ½ ripe banana
1 cup rolled oats
¼ cup raw cocoa powder
½ cup oat milk
1 tsp baking soda
3 tbsp raw cocoa nibs

Place all ingredients, except the cocoa nibs, into the blender and blend until smooth. Stir in the cocoa nibs and leave to thicken for 5 minutes. Heat a frying pan over medium heat. Drop about 2 heaping tablespoons of the batter onto the pan and cook until the surface looks almost dry. Flip and cook the other side too.

Baked bananas

2 ripe bananas
Ceylon cinnamon

Preheat the oven to 175 C degrees. Cut the bananas lengthwise and sprinkle on some cinnamon. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes until soft. Serve with pancakes.

Vanelja’s Feel-good Blueberry Pancakes

Makes about 7 small pancakes⠀

1 ripe banana⠀
1⁄2 cup rolled oats⠀
1⁄2 cup oat milk (or other vegan milk)⠀
1 tsp baking powder⠀
1 tsp vanilla extract⠀
1⁄4 cup buckwheat flour⠀
1 tbsp coconut sugar⠀
1 tsp coconut oil, melted⠀
1/2 cup blueberries⠀

Place all the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Let the dough thicken for 10 minutes. Heat a frying pan over medium heat. Drop about 2 spoonfuls of the batter onto the pan, drop a few blueberries in and cook until the surface looks almost dry. That should take about 2 minutes. Flip, and cook until nicely browned on the other side. Repeat with the remaining batter. If the pancakes remain too pale, lift the heat up a bit or if they get too brown, lower the heat. Serve with peanut butter & blueberries.

Vanelja’s Crunchy PB Chocolate Seed Donuts

(Makes about 6)

¼ cup pumpkin seeds
¼ cup hemp seeds
¼ cup sesame seeds
¼ cup pine nuts
100 g / 3,5 oz raw chocolate or dark chocolate, naturally sweetened
3-4 tbsp peanut butter

On top:

dried rose petals, if you like

Measure the seeds and pine nuts into a bowl. Melt the chocolate and pour it onto the seed mixture. Stir well. Spoon a little bit of peanut butter on the bottom of donut molds. If you want to use rose petals, add them before the peanut butter. Add a couple of spoonfuls of chocolate seed mixture into the donut molds on top of the peanut butter. Spread evenly. Freeze for 2 hours or more until the chocolate gets hard. Take out of the freezer and immediately remove from the molds. Serve and enjoy. Store in the freezer.

Granola Apple Crumble ⠀

Apple filling:

5 medium apples, seeds removed & cut to thin slices⠀
3 tbsp local organic honey or maple syrup⠀
2 tbsp potato starch⠀
2 tbsp juice from a lemon⠀
1 tsp Ceylon cinnamon⠀
1/2 tsp ground cardamom⠀
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg⠀
3 fresh dates, pitted & cut to pieces⠀

Topping:

1 cup rolled oats ⠀
1/2 cup oat flour (you can blend rolled oats into flour)⠀
1 cup Tesco Free From Berry Granola⠀
3 tbsp peanut butter⠀
2 tbsp local organic honey or maple syrup⠀
1 tsp Ceylon cinnamon ⠀
1/2 cup coconut oil, melted (or organic butter)

Preheat the oven to 350 F / 175 C degrees.
Place all the filling ingredients on a pan and cook on medium heat for a couple of minutes while stirring constantly. Remove from the heat and prepare the topping. Measure all the topping ingredients into a big bowl and combine well. Pour the apple filling into a baking dish and spread it evenly. Sprinkle the topping mixture on top of the apple mixture. Bake for 40-50 minutes until the apples get soft & juicy and the topping is golden brown. Remove from the oven and let stand for 15 minutes. Serve for example with vanilla ice cream or natural yoghurt of your choice.

Pumpkin Pie Nice Cream Sandwiches

Nice Cream:

5 ripe bananas, cut to pieces & frozen⠀(+3 tbsp maple syrup, if desired)
¼ cup pumpkin puree⠀
¼ cup coconut milk⠀
1 tsp ground cinnamon⠀
¼ tsp ground ginger⠀
¼ tsp ground nutmeg⠀
¼ tsp ground cloves⠀

Cookies:

Tesco Free From Stem Ginger Cookies

Place the frozen banana slices, pumpkin puree and coconut milk into a high-speed blender or food processor. Measure in all the spices. Blend until smooth. Taste and add some of the spices, if desired. Pour into a freezer-safe container and freeze for 1 hour. Once solid, scoop out an ice cream ball and place on top of a cookie. Top with another cookie and press slightly. For extra pleasure, dip in melted dark chocolate. Serve & enjoy right away.

Raw Lemon Poppy Seed White Chocolate

1 cup grated cacao butter
0,5 cup cashew nuts (soaked)
1 tsp lemon zest
3 – 4 tbsp local organic honey (or coconut syrup or erythritol)
1 tsp vanilla extract
0,5 tsp poppy seeds

Soak cashew nuts for about 1 hour. Rinse the nuts and add to a blender. Melt the cacao butter in a warm water bath and pour also it into the blender. Add the lemon zest, honey and vanilla extract and puree into a smooth paste. Taste and add more sweetness if desired. Mix poppy seeds into the mixture with a spoon and pour the mixture into chocolate molds. Freeze for about 30 minutes. Serve and enjoy! Store in the freezer.

Vanelja’s Simple Choco Crepes

Makes about 8 crepes

1 cup chickpea flour
⅓ cup raw cocoa powder
1,5 cup oat milk or other vegan milk
3 tbsp coconut sugar

Place the chickpea flour, cocoa powder, milk and coconut sugar into a blender and blend until smooth. Leave to thicken for 5 minutes. The batter should still remain quite runny so that you can prepare thin crepes. Preheat a non-stick pan in the middle heat. Measure about ⅓ cup of the batter on the pan and spread with a spoon until a thin crepe. Bake for 50-60 seconds. Flip gently with a thin spatula and bake slightly on the other side too. When all the crepes are done, let them cool a bit. Fill with coconut whipped cream and fruits & berries of your choice. Drizzle some peanut butter on top. Serve and enjoy!

Vegan Chocolate Pudding

1,5 cups oat milk (or coconut milk)
6 tbsp chia seeds
3 fresh dates (pitted)
2 tbsp nut butter
5 tbsp raw cacao powder
1 tsp vanilla extract

Put the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Taste and add more sweetness if desired. Pour into jars and let the magic happen in the fridge overnight.

Strawberry N’Ice Cream

2 cups fresh strawberries
1 ripe banana
1 cup cashew nuts
1/2 tsp pure vanilla
0,5 cup almond milk (or other plant-based milk)

Place all the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Pour the mixture into an ice cream maker and prepare ice cream with the directions of the manufacture. If you don’t own an ice cream maker pour the mixture into a freezer-safe jar and freeze for 3-4 hours stirring the mixture every 30 minutes. Serve crusted nuts, small date pieces and a dash of cardamom.

Apricot Strawberry Bars

0,5 cup almonds
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup almond flour/almond meal
4 tbsp organic honey
50 g organic butter (or 5 tbsp coconut oil)
½ tsp cardamom
pinch of salt

5 apricots
1 cup strawberries
juices of a lemon
4 tbsp organic liquid honey

Tin size: 20 x 20 cm / 8 x 8 inches

Preheat the oven to 175 Celcius / 350 Fahrenheit degrees. Put the almonds into a blender and pulse until rough crumbs form. Pour the crumb into a bowl and add rolled oats and almond meal. Stir in honey, melted butter or oil and spices. Mix. Take out about 5 tbsp of the mixture and press the remaining dough into a greased tin covered with parchment paper slices.

Cut the apricots into slices and remove the stones. Cut also the strawberries into pieces. Add strawberry and apricot pieces into a bowl and add lemon juice and honey. Mix. Pour the mixture into the tin on top of the crust. Crumble the rest of the dough on top of the strawberries and apricots. Bake for about 30 minutes or until golden. Take out and let cool. Store in a fridge and cut into pieces when totally cooled. Serve for example with ice cream.

Tahini Licorice Nice Cream Popsicles

3 frozen bananas, sliced
5 tbsp oat yoghurt
1 tbsp tahini
2 fresh dates, pitted
1 tbsp licorice root extract powder
1 tsp vanilla extract

Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth soft serve. You can do the blending also in smaller portions. Drizzle some tahini inside popsicle molds and fill the molds with the soft serve. Place the ice cream sticks and freeze. Frost with melted raw chocolate and decorate with sesame seeds. Enjoy!

Peanut butter Waffles with Roasted Apple Slices

For 2

2 organic eggs
½ cup unsweetened peanut butter
½ ripe banana (mashed)
1 tsp coconut oil
5 tbsp oat milk (or almond milk)
2 tbsp coconut flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp Ceylon cinnamon
½ tsp vanilla powder

On top:

Roasted apples (recipe below)
Date caramel sauce (link to the recipe on my bio)
Whipped coconut cream (from 1 can full-fat coconut milk, refrigerated + some vanilla & honey or coconut syrup)

Preheat the waffle iron. Break the eggs into a bowl, add peanut butter, mashed banana, coconut oil and oat milk. Mix. Add dry ingredients and mix well. Dose some dough into the waffle iron and cook for about 2 min.

Roasted Apple Slices

2 sweet apples
Ceylon cinnamon

For roasting:
coconut oil

Preheat the waffle iron. Cut the apples into thin very slices. Grease the waffle iron with coconut oil. Place the apple slices inside the waffle iron, sprinkle on some cinnamon, close the lid and roast for about 2 minutes. Serve with waffles.

Chocolate Vanilla Chia Popsicles with Cherry Mash

2 cups almond milk (or oat milk or coconut milk)
1 cup sunflower seeds
2 ripe banana
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 tbsp + 4 tbsp white or black chia seedsv
3 tbsp carob powder or raw cocoa powder
2 tbsp almond butter (or tahini)
3 fresh dates, pitted + 1 cup cherries

Place almond milk, sunflower seeds, bananas and vanilla extract into a blender and blend until smooth. Pour about ⅓ of the mixture into a bowl or jar and stir in half of the chia seeds. Leave to thicken. Add carob/ raw cocoa powder, almond butter and dates into a blender and blend with the remaining mixture until smooth. Pour the mixture into another bowl and stir in the remaining chia seeds. Leave to thicken for about 15 minutes.

Mash cherries with a fork on a plate and set them aside.
Spoon some chocolate mixture into popsicle molds, add in some cherry mash and fill the molds with the white mixture. Stir a couple of times, add in the popsicle sticks and place into a freezer and freeze for about 2 hours or until the popsicles are totally frozen.

Blueberry Crumble Bars (Vegan, gluten-free)

About 9 pieces

1 ⅓ cup gluten-free rolled oats
1 cup almond meal
⅓ cup coconut sugar
1 tsp lemon zest
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp cardamom
pinch of sea salt
1 cup coconut oil, melted
3 tbsp raw organic honey or coconut syrup

Filling:

1 cup blueberries
1 ripe banana
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup blueberries & 4 tbsp chia seeds

On top:

blueberries
edible flowers
coconut milk powder, optional

Dish size: 20 x 20 cm / 8 x 8 Inches

Preheat the oven to 175 Celsius / 350 F degrees. Cover the pan with parchment paper. Mix the base ingredients in a bowl with a spoon so that you get a crumbly but slightly moldable dough. Press about ⅔ of the crust dough firmly onto the bottom of the pan. Prepare the filling. Mix 1 cup blueberries, banana and vanilla extract in a blender until smooth. Scoop into a small bowl and stir in the whole blueberries and chia. Leave to thicken for about 15 minutes. Spread the berry mixture onto the crust. Sprinkle on the remaining crust dough. Bake for about 25-30 minutes, until the pie gets a nice golden color. Take out from the oven and let cool completely. Cut to pieces, top with blueberries and flowers and sprinkle on some coconut milk powder. Store in a fridge.

Rose Strawberry Soft Serve

5 tbsp full-fat coconut milk (the can be refrigerated overnight)
3 ripe frozen bananas
1 cup frozen strawberries
1 tsp vanilla extract (or ½ tsp vanilla powder)
1-2 tsp organic rose water
2 tbsp organic maple syrup, optional

Toppings:
Raw Chocolate Cookie Dough Balls (recipe below)
almond butter
fresh strawberries, sliced
coconut flakes
crushed almonds
edible flowers

Start by preparing the Raw Chocolate Cookie Dough Balls (recipe below). Open the coconut milk can and scoop out 5 tablespoons of the white thick paste to a high-speed blender. Add bananas and strawberries and blend until smooth. Add vanilla and rose water and blend again. Taste and add more spices or a bit of maple syrup, if needed. Pour the soft serve into bowls. Top with a drizzle of almond butter, strawberries, coconut flakes, and crushed almonds. Add a couple of Raw Chocolate Cookie balls as well. Serve and enjoy right away!

Raw Chocolate Cookie Dough Balls

makes 6-8 small balls

1/2 cup pecans
1/2 cup almonds
5 fresh dates, pitted
3 tbsp raw cacao powder
½ tsp ground cardamom

Place pecans and almonds in a blender and grind until rough crust. Add dates, cacao powder and cardamom, and pulse until you get a nice moldable dough. Pour the dough into a bowl and with the help of your hands, form small balls. Place the balls into a freezer for a few minutes to set. Store any leftovers in the fridge.

Vanelja’s Chocolate Muffins

1 cup organic gluten-free flour blend
½ cup almond flour
5 tbsp raw cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
tiny pinch of salt
½ cup coconut sugar
1 cup oat milk or other vegan milk
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp vanilla extract
¼ cup coconut oil, melted
¼ cup peanut butter, melted

Preheat the oven to 175 C / 350 F degrees. Cover a muffin pan with muffin liners or use silicone molds. Mix flour blend, almond flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt and coconut sugar. Melt the coconut oil and peanut butter in a warm water bath until liquid. Stir in the oat milk, apple cider vinegar and vanilla. Mix with dry ingredients. Pour into muffin molds and cook for 15 minutes. Take out of the oven and let cool.

Vanelja’s Chocolate Waffles

Makes 3-5 waffles, depending on the size of your waffle iron

1 cup oat milk, or other vegan milk
¼ cup coconut oil, melted
¼ cup maple syrup (or raw organic honey)
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 ½ cups gluten-free flour blend
½ cup oat flour, or rolled oats
¼ cup raw cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
tiny pinch sea salt

Combine oat milk, melted coconut oil, syrup, apple cider vinegar and vanilla. In another bowl mix all the dry ingredients. Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients and stir well. Taste and add sweetness or some spices, if you like. Let thicken for 5 minutes and preheat the waffle iron. Grease the waffle iron with coconut oil and prepare the waffles according to manufacturer instructions. Enjoy for example with coconut whipped cream, banana slices and berries.

Vanelja’s Cashew Cream Frosting:

2 cups cashew nuts, soaked for 1 hour
3-5 tbsp coconut milk or other vegan milk
½ tsp vanilla powder
¼ cup maple syrup or raw organic honey
1 tsp Ceylon cinnamon
3 tbsp lemon juice

Rinse the cashew nuts you have soaked and place the nuts into a blender. Add coconut milk, vanilla, syrup, cinnamon and lemon juice. Blend until smooth mixture with no crumbs. Add a little bit more liquid to get it as smooth as possible, but keep the mixture thick like cream cheese. Taste and add more sweetness with some of the spices, if needed. Use as a spread. Store in the fridge.

Vanelja’s Raspberry Chocolate Truffles

1 cup almond flour/almond meal
½ cup coconut flakes
4 tbsp coconut butter
¼ cup raspberries
4 tbsp maple syrup or coconut syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract

Frosting:

Raw chocolate, melted

 

Place all the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth dough. Pour the dough onto a plate and form truffle balls with your hands. If the dough feels too soft, add some almond meal so that you get a consistency that is easy to mold. You can also keep the truffles in the fridge for 1 hour which helps them to harden. Dip the truffles into melted chocolate and freeze for about 1 hour. Store in the fridge.

Vanelja’s Blackberry Dream Cake

Crust:

1 cup almonds
7 fresh dates, pitted
½ tsp ground cardamom
tiny pinch of sea salt

Filling:

3 cups cashew nuts, soaked for 1 hour
5-10 tbsp full-fat coconut milk, kept in the fridge (the white thick paste)
juices from half a lemon
⅓ cup coconut syrup
1 cup coconut oil, melted
2 tsp vanilla extract

⅓ cup blackberries
⅓ cup raspberries
½ cup blackberries for the decoration

Cake tin diameter: 16-18 cm / 6-7 inches

Prepare the crust and place the almonds in a blender and blend until fine crust. Add dates and salt and blend until moldable dough. Cover the bottom of the can tin with a piece of parchment paper so that the cake is easier to remove later. Press the dough into the bottom of the cake tin. Prepare the filling.

Place the cashews, coconut milk, lemon juice, syrup, coconut oil and vanilla in a blender and blend until a very smooth mixture. Add a little bit of liquid, if needed, so that you get a smooth texture with no crumbs, but keep the mixture as thick as possible. Taste and add more sweetener, if you like. Pour half of the mixture into the cake tin and smooth out the surface with a spoon. Drop a handful of blackberries or raspberries here and there into the mixture. Place the raspberries into the blender and blend with the remaining mixture until smooth. Spoon the pink mixture on top of the white layer into the cake tin. Smooth out the surface with a spoon. Freeze for 2 hours or until solid. Take out of the freezer & remove from the cake tin when frozen. Let thaw for about 30-60 minutes before serving. Top with berries, pumpkin seeds/pistachios & coconut whipped cream drops.

Vanelja’s Crepes:

Makes about 5 crepes

1 cup oat flour (or rolled oats blended to flour)
5 tbsp potato starch
2 tbsp coconut sugar
tiny pinch of sea salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup sparkly water
2 tbsp coconut oil, melted

Preheat the skillet. Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl. Add vanilla, sparkly water and oil. Stir until even. Add a drop of coconut oil to the skillet and pour on some dough so that you get a thin round crepe. Cook until the surface looks dry, flip with a thin spatula and cook the other side. Prepare the rest of the crepes.

Caramel sauce:

6 fresh dates, pitted & peeled
3 tbsp peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
+ little bit of water

Place the dates, peanut butter and vanilla into a blender and blend until smooth. Add a couple of tablespoons of water so that you get a smooth texture.

Raw Snickers recipe from It's a Pleasure cookbook by Virpi Mikkonen

Vanelja’s Snickers Bars

BASE:

5 tbsp grated raw cacao mass
5 tbsp peanut butter
2 tbsp local organic honey or coconut syrup or maple syrup

NOUGAT FILLING:

0,5 cup almond flour
5 tbsp peanuts
0,5 cup coconut milk
5 tbsp melted coconut oil
2 fresh dates
0,5 tsp vanilla extract

TOFFEE FILLING:

5 tbsp peanut butter
5 tbsp local organic honey or coconut syrup or maple syrup
¼ cup coconut milk
0,5 tsp vanilla extract
4 fresh dates, pitted

NUT FILLING:

¼ cup slightly ground peanuts
0,25 tsp sea salt

CHOCOLATE ICING:

¼ cup raw cacao mass
2 tbsp smooth nut butter
4 tbsp cold-pressed coconut oil
1 tbsp local organic honey or coconut syrup or maple syrup
0,25 tsp sea salt

Tin size approximately 6 x 8 inches

BASE. Melt the raw cacao mass in a warm water bath. Add the peanut butter and honey. Mix. Pour the mix into a tin greased with coconut oil or covered with parchment paper. Place into the freezer.

NOUGAT FILLING. Grind the peanuts in a blender. Add the almond flour, melted coconut oil, coconut milk, dates and vanilla extract. Mix well. Take the base out of the freezer, and pour the filling on top. Return back into the freezer.

TOFFEE AND NUT FILLINGS. Mix all ingredients in a blender.
Break ¼ cup of peanuts for example with a mortar & add a pinch of salt.
Take the dish out of the freezer and pour the toffee and nut filling on top. Smooth with a spoon. Return to the freezer.

CHOCOLATE ICING. Melt the raw cacao mass in a warm water bath. Add the nut butter, coconut oil and honey. Mix well. Add a pinch of sea salt. Bring the dish out of the freezer and pour the chocolate icing over the toffee filling. Pop back into the freezer for half an hour.

Take the dish out of the freezer. Cut and serve.

Vanelja’s Raw Chocolate Covered Gingerbread Fudge

⅓ cup coconut oil, melted
5 tbsp coconut sugar
5 tbsp coconut syrup
2 tsp gingerbread spice mix
½ cup almond meal
½ cup coconut flour (or rice flour or half & half)
1 tbsp flax meal

Frosting: Raw chocolate, melted

Place the coconut, coconut sugar and coconut syrup into a small pot and on medium/low heat bring to a simmer. Mix well. Pour in the spice mix and take from the stove. Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl, pour into the pot and mix everything into a smooth batter. Press pieces of the dough into chocolate molds or form tiny balls. Place into the fridge and let thicken overnight or for about 1-2 hour in the freezer. Take the fudges out from the molds and dip them into melted raw chocolate. Store in the fridge or freezer.

Vanelja’s Cinnamon Donuts

1 cup oat flour
½ cup almond meal
½ cup potato starch
2 tbsp ground flax
½ cup + 5 tbsp coconut sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 tsp ceylon cinnamon
½ tsp cardamom
½ tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp vanilla powder
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
½ cup oat milk (or other vegan milk)

Preheat the oven to 175 Celsius or 350 Fahrenheit degrees. Grease the donut pan. Mix all the dry ingredients in a big bowl. pour in the applesauce and oat milk and combine well. Leave to thicken for 10 minutes. Pour the dough into donut molds. Bake for about 20 minutes, take out from the oven, let cool, remove from the molds and sprinkle on some cinnamon and coconut sugar or icing of your choice.

Vanilla Crepes with Berry Coconut Cream filling

Makes about 5 crepes

Crepes:
1 cup oat flour (or rolled oats blended to flour)
5 tbsp potato starch
2 tbsp coconut sugar
tiny pinch of sea salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup sparkly water
2 tbsp coconut oil, melted

Preheat the skillet. Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl. Add vanilla, sparkly water and oil. Stir until even. Add a drop of coconut oil on the skillet and pour on some dough so that you get a thin round crepe. Cook until the surface looks dry, flip with a thin spatula and cook the other side. Prepare the rest of the crepes. Set aside & prepare the filling.


Berry Coconut Whipped Cream:

1 can full-fat coconut milk, kept in a fridge
2 tbsp maple syrup
½ tsp vanilla powder
2 tsp blueberry powder

Open the coconut milk can and scoop out the white thick paste into a bowl. Add the remaining ingredients and whip with a mixer until fluffy. If the mixture becomes too liquid, place it into a freezer for 10 min.

Filling and toppings:
berry coconut whipped cream
blueberries and blackberries
banana slices
peanut butter
coconut milk powder

Assembly:
Spoon about ¼ cup Berry Coconut Whipped Cream down the center of each crepe. Add a few banana slices and berries, whole or mashed. Roll up. Top with peanut butter, berries and coconut milk powder. Serve and enjoy right away!

Vanelja’s Raw Carrot Cake
with California Raisins

Base:
2 carrots, peeled & chopped
1 ½ cups raw walnuts
½ cup California raisins
7 fresh dates, pitted
1 tsp vanilla extract
¼ tsp sea salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground cardamom
½ cup almond flour

Frosting:
1 cup cashews, soaked for 1 hour & rinsed)
5 tbsp coconut cream
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract

Grind the carrots into popcorn sized pieces in a food processor. Add California raisins, walnuts and dates, vanilla extracts, salt, cinnamon & cardamom and pulse to mix. NOTE! The batter should remain coarse and have a cake-like texture so be careful not to over-blend it until smooth. Pour into a bowl and stir in the almond flour. Line a 7-9 inch springform pan with parchment paper and scoop the batter in. Spread and press down evenly.
Add the cashews to a food processor or to a high-speed blender with coconut cream, lemon juice, syrup and vanilla. Blend until silky smooth. The icing should resemble cream cheese. If needed, add a little water. Spread the icing over the cake. Pop the cake in the freezer for 3 hours. Bring back to room temperature and remove from the cake tin. Let thaw for 30 minutes. Decorate and enjoy! Store in the fridge and use within a week.