2 cups chocolate amazake
1 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 tablespoon kuzu root mixed with1/4 cup water
1/4 cup chopped almonds, toasted
16 cherries, seeded and chopped
- Heat the amazake to just under boiling.
- Lower the heat, add vanilla, and stir in kuzu root. The amazake should thicken to the consistency of pudding.
- Pour the amazake into 4 pudding cups or small bowls.
- Sprinkle chopped nuts and cherries on top of each cup.
- Chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes before serving.
6-7 dried pitted dates
1 cup rolled oats
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
1/4 tablespoon nutmeg
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup maple syrup
- Soak dates in 1 cup of water for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Combine oats, flour, coconut, cinnamon and nutmeg in a bowl.
- Add oil and syrup and mix until all ingredients are moist.
- Form little balls and place on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
- Press cookies lightly so they do not roll off cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Take out cookie sheet and flip cookies.
- Bake an additional 10 minutes.
1 8-ounce package of soft tofu, drained
3 cups fresh or frozen and thawed mixed berries, divided
4 tablespoons orange juice concentrate
4 teaspoons honey
Mint leaves for garnish
- Drain the tofu by pressing it between paper towels.
- Mix the tofu, half of the berries, orange juice concentrate and honey in a blender.
- Divide the remaining berries amongst 4 dessert bowls and drizzle tofu mixture over fruit.
- Decorate with mint leaves.
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup almonds
1 cup spelt flour
1/2 cup corn or safflower oil
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup brown rice syrup
Fruit-sweetened jam of your choice
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine oats and almonds in a blender or food processor and blend until they have the consistency of flour.
- Add to a large bowl with spelt flour.
- In a small bowl mix together the oil, maple and brown rice syrup.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients and mix well.
- Make 1-inch balls with your hands and press flat onto a cookie sheet.
- Make an indentation with your thumb into the center of each cookie.
- Fill each cookie with a teaspoon of jam.
- Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.
- Cool and enjoy!
2 1/2 cups shredded coconut
1/2 cup whole wheat, spelt or alternative pastry flour
1/4 teaspoons sea salt
1/4 cup brown rice syrup
1/4 cup maple syrup or honey
1 teaspoons almond extract
1/3-1/2 cup water
- Line baking sheet with parchment paper or brush lightly with oil.
- In a large bowl combine coconut, flour and sea salt.
- In a small bowl, add the syrups, almond extract, water and mix.
- Combine wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix well.
- With moist hands, form mixture into balls and place on baking sheet.
- Bake for 20 minutes, until golden on top.
- To bake evenly, rotate baking sheet after 10 minutes.
1 bag frozen mango
1 bag frozen blueberries
1 tablespoon agave syrup or honey
1/4 cup apple juice
- Put all ingredients into a blender or Vita-Mix.
- Blend until creamy, about one minute. You may have to scrape down the sides of the machine a few times if using a regular blender.
- Serve immediately.
- Place the rest in a Tupperware in the freezer to enjoy later.
- You can use any frozen fruit you like or freeze fresh fruit such as bananas and strawberries.
1 package silken tofu
3 tablespoons maple syrup
1-2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1-2 tablespoons almond or cashew butter
- Blend all ingredients into a blender or food processor until smooth.
- Place in fridge to chill.