Banana Bread Instead of Sweet Bread
Ingredients:
• 6 ripe bananas,
• 2/3 cup coconut sugar (or your preferred sweetener),
• 1 teaspoon salt,
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract,
• 2 cups oat flour,
• 1 teaspoon baking powder.
How to make it:
Preheat your oven to 170°C (340°F). Blend all ingredients until smooth! Pour the batter into a loaf pan. Feel free to add dried fruits, dark chocolate chunks, or nuts. Bake for 20-25 minutes, then enjoy cooled, plain or with fruit or cream of your choice!
Homemade Bonbons Instead of Chocolate Eggs
Ingredients:
• ½ cup almond butter,
• 3 tablespoons maple syrup,
• 2 tablespoons defatted peanut butter (or substitute with oat flour, but add more syrup for texture),
• 1 teaspoon maca powder (optional),
• ¾ cup chopped dark chocolate or raw cocoa powder.
How to make it:
Blend almond butter, maple syrup, peanut butter, and maca powder until smooth. Shape into small balls and chill. Once firm, roll them in melted chocolate, cocoa powder, or chopped nuts. Keep refrigerated until serving.
No-Bake Chocolate Brownie Instead of Carrot Cake
Base ingredients:
500g soaked, pitted dates, 2 cups toasted hazelnuts, 5-6 tablespoons raw cocoa powder, 4 tablespoons maple syrup, a pinch of salt.
For the cream:
• 250g soaked, pitted dates,
• ½ cup raw cocoa powder,
• 100g coconut oil,
• 1 cup almond milk.
How to make it: Toast hazelnuts in a 180°C (355°F) oven for 5-10 minutes, stirring often. Let cool, then grind to crumbs. Mix in dates, cocoa powder, maple syrup, and salt until combined. Press into a small (27x20 cm) pan and chill. Blend cream ingredients until smooth, spread over the base, and sprinkle with chopped hazelnuts. Chill for 3-4 hours before serving!
Easter Nest Instead of Muffins
For the nest: 1½ cups puffed rice or quinoa, 1/3 cup raw cocoa powder, 6 tablespoons maple syrup (or honey), 5 tablespoons coconut oil, 2 tablespoons almond butter.
For the eggs: 1 cup cashews, 100g melted cocoa butter, ½ cup raspberries (fresh or frozen), ½ cup strawberries (fresh or frozen), 4 tablespoons maple syrup (or honey), juice of ½ lemon, 1 teaspoon turmeric, ½ teaspoon vanilla powder (or extract), a pinch of salt.
How to make it: Start with the nest. Warm coconut oil, cocoa powder, almond butter, and maple syrup in a small pot for about 5 minutes until silky. Stir in puffed quinoa, then let cool slightly. Spoon into a muffin tin, shaping little nests, and chill. For the eggs or bunny shapes, blend cashews until creamy. Add cocoa butter, vanilla, syrup, and salt, blending for 3 more minutes. Split the mixture in two; mix berries into one half and blend 2 more minutes. Pour into silicone molds and freeze. Mix lemon juice and turmeric into the other half, pour into separate molds, and freeze. Keep refrigerated until serving!
