Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Cinnamon Brownies (Video. Raw, Vegan, EASY!)

by Kristen in cacao brownie, cacao foods, raw food, raw recipe, recipe, video

I recently shared with you a list I keep for ideas of easy raw foods to keep me inspired and to show me that I have tons of options. On that list is raw brownies because they always satisfy and they’re mega easy to make. With that… I share my latest recipe with you for Cinnamon Brownies (update… I just added a video below showing how I make them!).

I like cinnamon in them because cinnamon helps with blood sugar. I like using sprouted and dehydrated sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds because they have tons of great nutrition. The walnuts I’ve been using lately? Well, I was supremely blessed by my friend in Europe who sent me freshly cracked walnuts from her grandmom’s garden! She also soaked and dehydrated them for me. Can you imagine how fresh and delicious they are? I’m in love with them.

Confession: I ate 7 of these in one day.

Cinnamon Brownies

Yield one 8×8 glass baking dish (12 to 16 brownies)

1/2 cup raw pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds
1 cup raw walnuts
Pinch Himalayan crystal salt
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon (or more)
1/2 cup raw chocolate powder
12 to 15 soft medjool dates, pitted

Using a food processor, fitted with the “S” blade, grind the seeds, walnuts, salt, cinnamon, and chocolate powder to a coarse grind. Add the dates. Process until it starts to stick together. Press into an 8×8 glass baking dish. Enjoy!

Food Journal – The Last Week

by Kristen in cacao brownie, cherry chocolate bomb shake, food journal, green juice, green smoothies, kale chips, kevita, sirova, sun warrior rice protein

I’ve been tracking my food intake for the past week. Here are all of our good eats!

Sunday

All Raw – All Vegan – All Organic

All Delicious – All Nutritious

2 pink grapefruits – fresh from my mom’s backyard (have you been following her blog lately?)
Red pear
1/2 KeVita

Shot of E3-Live
Quart of Green Juice

Large bowl of granola and almond milk

2 small collard green wraps
Apple
2 crackers

Large kale salad
Green Smoothie

Monday

All Raw – All Vegan – All Organic

All Delicious – All Nutritious

1 Banana

1 Grapefruit

2.5 cups Green Juice – cucumber, kale, zucchini, lemon, broccoli, ginger

1 Apple

Granola with almond milk

Purple Passion Smoothie (recipe in current email newsletter going out, sign up here if you haven’t already)

Thai Cole Slaw – this sounds better than it actually was – lol. Sometimes my recipes just don’t fly.

Cherry Chocolate Bomb Shake – video and recipe here!

2oz Wheat grass while shopping at Whole Foods

Protein Shake – Sun Warrior protein, cinnamon, homemade curry powder

Pure Bar - I was up late and ended up getting hungry.

Tuesday

All Raw – All Vegan – All Organic

All Delicious – All Nutritious

Shot of E3-Live
Green Juice – kale, cucumber, celery, broccoli, mandarin orange

Green Smoothie – spinach, water, banana, orange

Kale Chips
3 prunes
1/2 KeVita

Granola with almond milk

Thai Cole Slaw

Apple
Lasagna

3 prunes

Banana Nut Butter Chocolate Ice Cream

Wednesday

All Raw – All Vegan – All Organic

All Delicious – All Nutritious

3 cups Green juice: kale, celery, cucumber, lemon

Fruity Chard Smoothie: 2 cups almond milk, 1 orange, orange zest, 2 big leaves chard, 10oz bag frozen strawberries, stevia

1 Pink Grapefruit
3 Dried apricots
2 pieces dried papaya

2 cups Fresh Herb Green Soup: 1-2 cups water, 2 leaves rainbow chard, 1 apple (cored), juice from 1 orange, 1 zucchini, 2 teaspoons fresh chives, 1T miso, 4-5 romaine lettuce leaves, 1 avocado, 1 yellow bell pepper, handful of sprouts blended in and some more on top, 1T tamari, juice from 1/2 lemon, 1/4 cup fresh basil, 1T fresh dill

Kale chips
Brownie

2 cups Soup (same as above)
Kale chips

Rawtella spoonful
Banana Chocolate Nut Butter ice cream

Thursday

All Raw – All Vegan – All Organic

All Delicious – All Nutritious

3 cups Green juice: cucumber, collard green, lemon, celery

2/3 Pink Grapefruit
Pure Trail Mix bar

3 cups smoothie: almond milk, 2 oranges, orange extract, orange zest, vanilla powder, collard green, 1 teaspoon Greener Grasses

Large Salad: 1 avo, coconut vinegar, herbamere, curry powder, basil, 2 olives, romaine, red bell pepper plus 3 dried apricots and 3 crackers