Chocolate Chip Cookies

The coconut oil in these gives them the crispy goodness and their soft middle. These are actually a really good sweet treat with many benefits. The antioxidants in dark chocolate, good fats in the hemp hearts, and the fiber in the coconut oil make this cookie a healthy snack.

1/4 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup honey
1 tsp. vanilla
5 tbsp. coconut flour
1/4 cup other gf flour
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 cup dark chocolate chips (pacsha brand)
1 tbsp. hemp hearts

Mix dry ingredients together and set aside. Melt coconut oil. Add coconut oil, honey, and vanilla to dry ingredients. Lastly, mix in chocolate chips and hemp hearts. Let mixture sit 10 minutes. Scoop by the teaspoon onto parchment paper covered baking pan. Bake at 350 for 11 minutes. Let cool on cooling rack.

Ice Cream Pie

Nothing can be easier than making ice cream pie. You just have to have a little patience and time.
I am so happy that this is an adaptable recipe. I couldn't live without it. Im not saying this is an everyday food. Its full of sugar whether its gluten or not but it is a nice treat every once and a while.

1 Mi-Del Gluten free pie crust (sold at walmart as well as grocery stores)
1 container cocowhip
1 container so delicious cashew milk ice cream
Santa Cruz chocolate syrup
Nuts (any type) I use peanuts

Let ice cream sit out until mixable. Mix up and put into pie crust. Place in freezer for 1/2 hour.
Take out and add peanuts and chocolate sauce. Place in freezer for 45 minutes
Take out and add container of cocowhip. Place in freezer with cover until ready to eat.
Drizzle chocolate on top before eating. You can also put some diced maraschino cherries atop.
When layering you can also cut amounts in half for a multi layered effect.

Couldn't Be Easier Pancakes

Jackson found this pancake recipe and it has saved our weekend mornings. So easy to put together and they are very tasty. 

Jackson's Pancakes
1 banana
1 cup gf oats
1 cup coconut milk

Blend in a vitamix or good quality blender
Let sit for 5 minutes. Pour out onto hot griddle. Add blueberries, chocolate chips, or coconut shreds.
We top these with maple syrup but you don't need too much because the banana in the batter really sweetens the pancake. 
(fyi, these are not your light and fluffy variety pancake but they taste great)

Fill Up Your Tummy Morning Oats

This recipe is so good and amazingly filling. I eat it in the morning and am not even hungry by 11:00 in some cases. Filled with fiber, protein, good fat, and antioxidants, it is my breakfast of choice.


Morning Oats
1/3 cup bobs red mill gf oats
1/4 cup hemp hearts
2/3 cup water or nondairy milk
3 dried dates cut into pieces
1/2 apple diced 
1/4 cup frozen wild blueberries
stevia 
cinnamon
1/2 banana diced

Combine all but banana, stevia, and cinnamon in microwave safe bowl. Microwave, uncovered, for 1 minute 45 seconds. When done add stevia (or honey) to sweeten, cinnamon to taste, and top with bananas. If you have time you could cut apples into thin slices and fry in coconut oil to top with instead of microwaving.

Chocolate Donuts

I was having a craving for chocolate....donuts specifically. I remembered seeing this recipe that was posted for Valentines Day on a Milwaukee Area Vegans social media page. I spent 5 minutes flipping through old posts to find it. Low and behold,  there it was

in all it's chocolate glory. I doubled the batch and made mini donuts and instead of chocolate glaze, I opted for coconut. 

Donut:
1 chia egg (1 tbsp. chia, 3 tbsp. water and let it sit a few minutes)
3/4 cup gluten free or regular flour 
1/4 cup cocoa powder 
1/2 tbsp. baking powder 
1/4 tbsp. soda  
1/4 cup coconut sugar
4 T olive oil
1/2 cup so delicious coconut milk  
2 tsp. vanilla 


Bake 375 for 12 min in greased doughnut pan

Glaze: 
1 cup powdered sugar
1/8 cup water
handful of coconut shreds
1 tsp. coconut extract
      - if this seems a little thick, add more water.
      - dunk donut tops in icing and let sit on rack to drip dry.