Healthy Rice Krispy Treats


Derived from these Peanut Butter Krispy Treats

These treats are a household favorite in my home. In fact, Anel has asked me to make these for his birthday 3 years in a row, I love that they have no refined sugar and are gluten free too!

Ingredients:
-3/4 cup cashew butter (you could use almond or peanut too depending on your style)
-3/4 cup agave nectar
-1 teaspoon sea salt
-2 1/2 teaspoons butter or earth balance
-4 cups unsweetened crisp brown rice cereal
-3/4 cup dark chocolate chips

Directions:
-Heat up the cashew butter, agave, salt, and earth balance in a large saucepan
-Stir it constantly until it is melty and smooth
-Add the cereal and stir until well coated
-Take off heat and add the chocolate chips (or nuts, you can get creative!)
-Place mixture in a glass baking dish and refrigerate for at least an hour, covered
-Take out of the fridge and eat!

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Watermelon, Feta, and Tomato Salad

Ingredients:
- 6 cups watermelon, cubed
- 2 cups cherry or grape tomatoes, cut in half
- 1 cup feta cheese, cubed
- 1 jalapeno pepper, minced
- 1/2 cup basil pesto
- salt and olive oil to taste

Directions:
- Mix watermelon, tomato, feta, pesto, and jalapeno in a large bowl
- Stir in olive oil and salt, tasting until it's right

Note: make this as close to party time as possible because it begins to go seriously downhill after about 2 hours of sitting in its juices

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Vegan Garlic Scapes Pesto

Mix:
- 4 garlic scapes, chopped and sauteed in olive oil
- 1 cup of olive oil
- small handful of pine nuts
- big handful of cashews
- juice from half of a lemon
- 1 cup (or more) of basil
- salt to taste (it will need way more than regular pesto given the lack of salty cheese)
- garlicky olive oil (2 tablespoons olive oil with 2 cloves sauteed regular garlic)

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Pappardelle with Spiced Butter

You can find the original recipe here!

- Boil water for pasta
- When water has boiled, add fresh pasta and 1 tbspn of salt
- Cook for 2-5 minutes depending on how you like your pasta
- Drain and set aside
- While water is boiling, sautee a handful of shallots in a cup of raw butter and two tbsps of olive oil
- When the butter started to look brown (in about 5 minutes), add all of the dry spices and stirred- cinnamon, tumeric, cayenne pepper, chili powder, coriander, parsley, and paprika
- Add 1/2 tspn fresh ginger
- Stir for another 3 or 4 minutes and add fresh parsley, thyme
- Pour mixture over cooked pasta and mix in a handful of pine nuts

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Roasted Asparagus

- Lay asparagus flat in a baking dish
- Drizzle with olive oil, sea salt, pepper, and squeezed lemon
- Roast in the oven on 400 degrees for 10 minutes
- Finito!

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