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Banana Cookie Dough Blizzard

26 Sunday Aug 2012

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Do I have to say more?

You can’t imagine how excited I was when I thought about my own twist on the traditional blizzard. Big chunks of cookie dough. A creamy base made from frozen bananas and even more cookie dough. Heaven.

I’ve had some trouble to explain to my not American friends what a blizzard actually is though! Might have been the hardest part of making my own blizzard (you see, making your own blizzard is really easy!). I started to describe it as something like a milkshake with big chunks of something, like cookie dough! The consistence is somewhere between soft serve and milkshake. It’s a little to thick for a milkshake and the cookie dough chunks are a little too big for a milkshake. It is a… well, a blizzard! (That was the point where I just gave my friend a blizzard for test tasting. He liked it.)

It’s that good. I had it for breakfast…

Banana Cookie Dough Blizzard
2-3 servings 

  • 3-4 frozen bananas, very ripe
  • about 2 tbsp Almond milk
  • 1/2 batch cookie dough

Put the frozen bananas in your blender or food processor.  Process bananas, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl if necessary. (When you make this in a vita-mix, use the tamper). Finally, add some cookie dough and process until combined. (I used about 6 cookie dough balls. It depends on the size of your cookie dough balls though. Use as many as you like!). You should have a soft serve type consistency when done. If think the mixture is still to think, add some almond milk and process again. Pour the blizzard into a glass and stir in your desired amount of crumbled cookie dough. Crumble some cookie dough on top, too!  Serve your homemade blizzard with a spoon.

I never thought making my own blizzard could be that easy!

All the cookie dough goodness!

On a personal note: I created a facebook page for this blog and I’d be glad if you like it! =)

RAW Frozen Hot Chocolate – Serendipity in a glass

19 Sunday Aug 2012

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almond, almonds, cashews, chocolate, cocoa, food photography, food porn, healthy food, lego, milkshake, raw, recipes, vegan, vegetarian, vita-mix

Finally, summer arrived where I live! We have a few really hot days right now, and I am happy to enjoy them with my exams being over by now!

And the best part: hot summer days are the perfect time for frozen treats!!!
Delicious frozen treats melting away in your mouth… or in your hands, if you don’t eat them fast enough!

So, I have some really exciting news: RAW frozen hot chocolate!
Do you know Serendipity in New York? It might be the one place every chocoholic has to visit once in their life… Long ago, I tried some from a chocoholic friend and I had to admit that it was really delicious! In fact, I’d have loved to eat (or drink?) one myself… if it was not winter. I am a cold blain, I would have been cold all day! But know it’s summer! I could have a frozen hot chocolate! Okay, New York is  not close and Serendipity is not vegan… so… I make my own frozen hot chocolate! A RAW vegan frozen hot chocolate! However, frozen hot chocolate always reminds of New York City. So that’s why I put the little statue of liberty next to it!

Making your own frozen hot chocolate is easier then you might think! Your freezer does most of the work…

RAW Frozen Hot Chocolate

  • 50g (just under half a cup) Cashews
  • 50g (just under 1/2  a cup) Almonds
  • 450ml (2 cups) water
  • 3-4 tbsp cocoa powder
  • stevia, agave syrup or any other sweetener to taste
  • tiny dash of salt
  • 2 tbsp nut milk (store bought or just keep a few tbsp from the nut milk you will make for this recipe)

Put the nuts, water, cocoa and salt in a blender an mix. Strain the milk through a nut milk bag (a laundry bag, a cheese cloths or even a kitchen towel works, too! I always use a laundry bag!) This is like heavy chocolate cream made from nuts! Sweeten the milk. It should be slightly oversweetend, the finished product will be less sweet. Put in ice cube trays, ice cube bags or flat containers and freeze! Once it’s frozen, put the ice cubes in your blender (your blender should be able to crush ice), add 2 tbsp nut milk and mix again! I used a vita-mix and pushed the mixture into the knives with the tamper. This will yield the best results… however, I guess this will also word with any blender that can crush ice!

You will be rewarded with the most delicious frozen hot chocolate ever.

 

All right… this is serious food porn. It’s as delicious as it looks, I promise! It’s rich but not too heavy. And it’s healthy! Plus it’s a nice change to all those banana soft serve treats… (I do like bananas. But I don’t want everything to taste like bananas!)

 

Talking about frozen treats melting away…
As I found out, it’s really not easy to take photos of a frozen treat when it’s about 100 degrees and you don’t have an air conditioner… I would have loved to take more photos… to play around… but the Frozen Hot Chocolate had to be eaten before it melted, I hope you understand!

Coffee on the bricks!

06 Monday Aug 2012

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chocolate, cocoa, coffee, food, food photography, food porn, healthy, healthy food, healty eating, lego, recipes, vegan, vegetarian

Coffee inside out.

Actually, it’s milk on the bricks. But it just doesn’t sound as good. ;)

This is one of the things I really love lately. It’s so simple, you don’t even need a recipe. It’s rather an idea than a recipe. But however… I have to admit… it is a great idea!
And I love this even though I am not a regular coffee drinker! Also, I do have to write exams right now… so a little extra caffeine is just what I need right now. Have I already whinned about writing exams? I think I have to make up for it. I have to write exams and I don’t like it.

Back to the things I like.

Back to the drink I love!

Who needs Starbucks anyway? I can make my own coffee. It tastes better. And I can make my own frappuccinos, too! (There’s will be another post on that soon…)

So… what did I do?

 

Well… I made coffee ice cubes! So, that’s my brand new toy: Lego brick ice cube trays! Did I mention that I love my new toy? I’m pretty sure I will use it more often…

 

Coffee on the bricks –
Ice coffee inside out 

  • VERY strong coffee, chilled
  • Almond milk
  • Sweetener to taste (I used stevia)

Alright, you don’t really need my “how to”, do you? Freeze the coffee using an ice cube tray or bag. Put the frozen ice cubes in a glass, pour milk over them – enjoy. Use as many coffee ice cubes as you like, depending on how strong you like your coffee. (As my regular coffee already is really strong, I should really not give you any recommendation on that!)

 

Here’s another one: Cocoa bricks! For a non-coffee version.

Cocoa on the bricks –
ice cocoa inside out

  • Cocoa powder
  • sugar / sweetener
  • Almond milk

Prepare a hot cocoa with about 3 times the amount of cocoa powder they recommend on the bag. Sweeten your cocoa! It should be really sweet. The mixture itself can be disgusting – in your drink it will be perfect! Pour in ice cube trays, freeze. Put a few cocoa ice cubes in a glass an pour milk over it – enjoy!

 

A deep sea diver observing penguins in my drink…

PENGUINS?

Penguins! I also made penguin ice cubes…

Did I mention that I really love this drink? (And… did I mention that I really don’t like writing exams in college?)

Not food-related: I just added a “follow me on pinterest” bottom to my page.
… I am gone. Have to learn for college  make more coffee ice cubes. Why does freezing always take so much time?

 

Golden Cheesecake – beware of the dwarf!

02 Thursday Aug 2012

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baking, cake, cheesecake, cream cheese, food photography, food porn, healthy, healthy food, healty eating, lego, no sugar, recipes, vegan, vegetarian, vita-mix

Cheesecake for breakfast.

Or lunch. Or dinner.

For each meal of the day!

I have admit that I had most of it for breakfast. The good message: This moist and sweet vegan cheesecake without added sugar is healthy enough to have it for breakfast!

It’s been a long time until I started to experiment with vegan cheesecake. This might be due to the high prices of tofutti (I did not make my own cream cheese  at that time…) and because I knew it could not taste as delicious as the original. However, I didn’t know how delicious it can be… why didn’t anyone tell me? You wanted it all for yourself?

I wanted it all for myself, too… it didn’t quite work out though. I should have known…

Dwarfs are greedy. And this golden cheesecake might be perfect for him. Dwarfs like gold.

I am so lucky that he was too small to take it away. He tried though. Dwarfs are not the smartest creatures…

Golden Cheesecake – no sugar, all the fun
healthy vegan cheesecake with no added sugar, Ø about 20cm / 8 inch 

  • about 6 soft dates, deseeded (can increase if you want it even sweeter)
  • 4 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup ( 125 ml ) orange juice or non dairy milk
  • 1 very ripe banana
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 package (350g) firm (or extra firm) tofu

Put all the ingredients in your food processor for blender (use your tamper!) and mix. Test-tasting allowed: If like it sweeter, add some more dates (or even some stevia). Pour into a slightly greased pan and bake for about  30-4o  min. (380 F / 200 C )

Yes, it’s that easy. Be patient (that’s the hardest part, honestly…) and let it cool down a little until you remove the pan.

On a personal note: I was really amazed by all your sweet comments and your feedback! This is still a very young blog and I didn’t expect so many people to visit it! I just want to say “Thank you” for visit my blog and for leaving your comments. Each comment makes me happy cause it means that people actually read (and maybe even like…) what I am doing!

I think he gave it up…

The Princess and the Cookie Dough

30 Monday Jul 2012

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cake batter, cookie dough, cookie dough dip, dessert, food photography, food porn, frosting, healthy food, healty eating, lego, nut butter, playful, princess, recipes, vegan, vegetarian, vita-mix

And some flowers.

Maybe a frog.

But mainly: Cookie Dough Dip! Playful cookie dough dip, of course!

Cookie Dough is definitelly a fun flavor, as well as cake batter. I know it’s a typical (ice cream) flavor in the US. Well – can you imagine a country without cookie dough ice cream? You can, as long as there’s cake batter ice cream? Well, … there isn’t cake batter ice cream either…

It was not an easy childhood. The only cookie dough flavored things was… cookie dough. And as long as your parents are watching, you’re not allowed to eat (too much) cookie dough…

The playful twist…

Do I have to tell you that I love anything cookie dough? I think there should be a cookie dough version of every dessert. Guess that’s a big project!

I know there were many variations of cookie dough dips posted all over the blogoshphere lately. (Did I really just write that word? It’s come to that…). My version is inspired by CCK’s chickpea based cookie dough dip.

I wanted to put my own playful twist on it though!  My version contains yogurt, which makes it a little “fluffy” and lighter than the original version. It’s gives this dip it’s wonderful creamy consistency!

Playful Cookie Dough Dip 

  • 1 can chickpeas
  • 1/2 cup soy yogurt (or any other plant based yogurt)
  • 3 tbsp rolled oats or oat flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract or powdered vanilla
  • 6 dates
  • Sweetener to taste: more dates, agave syrup, stevia…
  • optional: chocolate chips

Drain and wash the chickpeas. Put all the ingredients (except chocolate chips)  in your food processor or blender (you might need a tamper) and mix. One minute later, the ingredients magically turned into a delicious cookie dough dip…

Variations:

For a richer dip: Add any kind of nut butter! Cashew is great if you want that vanilla flavor, for a peanut butter cookie dough dip add peanut butter! (about 1/4 cup)

Snicker doodle Dip: Add cinnamon

Brownie Batter Dip: Add cocoa

Cake Batter Dip: Add some butter extract

Actually, this is such a basic recipe, you can add anything that tastes good! Don’t add fries though. Nor tomatoes. Okay, you see where this is going…

You can add lego frogs, too. Just don’t forget what I told you about eating legos…

The Viking’s spread

27 Friday Jul 2012

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cream cheese, food photography, food porn, healthy, healthy food, healty eating, lego, playful, recipes, soy milk, tofutti, vegan, vita-mix

Time to get some cream cheese on your sandwich!
Vegan cream cheese, homemade! It’s just like tofutti… with some extra awesomeness, of course!

Making your own cream cheese is really easy. I always though that it must be really complicated, or at least a big mess, but, well, lets say… the mess wasn’t bigger than usual. It’s okay when you can tell from a glance in the kitchen that you just prepared something delicious!

Plus, it’s really fun to see the milk curdle. It makes cream cheese making really special. Cream cheese is not just cream cheese anymore. You’ll actually know how it’s made… and how to make it, too! And it’s cheaper than tofutti…

So, here’s how to make your own cream cheese!

  • 4 1/4 cups (1 liter) soy milk (NOT low fat!)
  • 4 Tbsp Lemon juice
  • 1 Tbsp oil
  • white vinegar
  • Salt
  • Optional: dried tomatoes, herbs, spices…
  • Optional: 1 pinch guar gum

Put the soymilk in a big pot and bring it to a boil.  Once it boils, stir in the lemon juice. Wait for the curd and the whey to separate. This could take a few minutes… Line a strainer with a dish towel or cheese cloth. Once the whey and curds are completely separated put everything in your strainer and let the whey drain off. It’s tofu now!
Put your homemade tofu in a food processor or blender, add the oil, vinegar, salt, and any spices, herbs or optional ingredients you want. You can make any cream cheese flavor! Use guar gum if you want your cheese to be less smooth. I like the texture when you add just a little guar gum, but you don’t have to add it. Blend until smooth (if it’s not smooth enough add some whey, oil or soy milk)

Do NOT use low fat soy milk in this recipe, it won’t work! Check for the protein content in your soy milk, it should be at least 3%, otherwise the recipe won’t work!
Let your cream cheese cool down before you use it. Store in the refrigerator.

Yummy. Homemade cream cheese. If you leave it plain and just add salt it will taste like tofutti cream cheese! I used sun dried tomatoes (from a jar, otherwise you might have to soak them), pepper, oregano and basil for this version.

Edit: As I caused some confusion by using the words whey and curd for this non-dairy cream cheese: It’s soy curd and soy whey… quite the same thing except for that it’s from soy! I use the words whey and curd rather functional. When making the cream cheese, the soy protein (curd) firms up and separates from the liquid soy whey (which might be greeenish, that’s normal). You can pour the soy whey away and make your cream cheese from the curd. (Tofu is nothing elso but soy curd! ;) )

One photo of the plain version:

Wicked Spaghetti

21 Saturday Jul 2012

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carrot, cooking, food photography, food porn, healthy, healthy food, healty eating, lego, noodles, playful, raw, recipes, vegan, wicked, zucchini

Green spaghetti! Homemade. Raw. And… did I mention green? Greenified?

All right, I have some Wicked songs stuck to my head. The musical.

Doesn’t the witch look like Elphaba? And those noodles come from Emerald City…

“One short day in the Emerald City…”

“Defying Gravity!” But I gonna have some noodles first!

I know, the idea to make zucchini noodles is not new. What you need to know: you don’t need a special spiral vegetable cutter. A simple potato peeler will do the job. And it’s much less expensive!

Raw Spaghetti

  • half a zucchini
  • one big carrot

That’s it. Just peel them with the potato peeler. And don’t stop until nothing is left anymore.

Toppings

Cashew Cheese Topping

Mix one or two hand Cashews in your food processor. Add one or two dried tomatoes, a dash of salt and some pepper. Stir in some herbs, like basil, thyme and oregano.

Spaghetti aglio olio

Mix one or two tbs native olive oil with salt, pepper, half a squeezed clove of garlic and herbs like basil and oregano.

Avocado Spaghetti

Mix one avocado with some lime or lemon juice, salt, pepper and (optional) some granulated garlic.

If you don’t necessary what it raw, you could also mix some vegan cream cheese with hot water!

Put seeds like sesame, hemp, sunflower, pumpkin (…) on top of your spaghetti! You could also add some nutritional yeast, it will taste like parmesan!

Pink Princess Cupcakes

19 Thursday Jul 2012

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baking, birthday cake, cake, cake decoration, cupcake, cupcakes, food photography, food porn, frosting, fruit, healthy food, lego, playful, princess, recipes, strawberry, vegan

A forest of frosting. That’s what my friend called these pictures.

A forest of PINK frosting!

So you can easily guess what was the girls and what the boys ate at the party…

Not a single guy dared to eat a pink cupcakes… well, they missed out on something great. If you ever want to keep your cupcakes from your boyfriend or other male people, you know what to do: treat them to a pink frosting!

Princess of Forest Frosting Cupcakes

  • 1 3/4 cups (220g) flour
  • 3/4 cup (150g)sugar
  • 1 cup  / 240ml almond milk
  • 1/2 cup (120ml) oil
  • vanilla extract, vanilla sugar or bourbon vanilla powder (I use vanilla powder)
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • dash of salt

As simple as it could be: mix everything together with a hand mixer, fill in a muffin pan lined with paper cups and bake at 350 F for about 20 min.

Forest Frosting

  • 1 cup margarine / vegan butter
  • 3 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
  • Vanilla sugar or vanilla extract (1 teaspoon)
  • a few drops of red food color OR 1 tbsp strawberry puree

First mix the margarine with your hand mixer or food processor until creamy, that add the other ingredients. Mix until smooth!

In order to apply the frosting, you can simply use a ziplock bag with a hole. It’s as easy as it could be.

Put on your crown and be the Princess of Forest Frosting.

Strawberry ambush!

18 Wednesday Jul 2012

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This is not funny.

Strawberry ambush.

If there’s one thing I won’t share, it’s strawberries. I really like to share any recipe I create, I can share everything that’s in the fridge, I can even share almond butter (might be my second favorite. Guess the first one.)
I won’t share strawberries though. They usually come in one pound boxes. One pound is for me. If a friend or roommate  also wants strawberries, we have to buy two pounds. Remember, strawberries are not for sharing.

One more thing. It’s a pity, but I simply can’t do recipes with fresh strawberries. Sometimes I’d love to, but… they simply don’t last long enough…
And there’s no recipe that could taste better than fresh strawberries. No way.

My friends and family accept that I don’t share strawberries. seems like I still have to train those little yellow guys…

Playful and hungry!

14 Saturday Jul 2012

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baking, cooking, food photography, food porn, healthy, lego, playful, recipes, vegan

Uh. What’s that? Another food blog?

Yes, another food blog. But a fun one. And trust me – the world really needs this blog. You might wonder what kind of recipes to expect. Here you go.

  • Everything you find on here will be fun! Decoration, pics, the preparation… It will always be a playful approach
  • Everything will be vegan
  • There will be a big variety and I will also be experimenting with raw food
  • Many things will have a healthy approach! Playful and feeling guilty just don’t go together!

I also try to post some nice food photography (food porn?). Still practicing, but I hope you like it!

Have your parents ever said anything like “Don’t you play with your food!”? Forget about it. No use. It’s fun. You’ll see! And play…

This blog will become more busy in about a month. Stay tuned!

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