ENDLESS SUMMER ENERGY BALLS:

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Uh oh it's that time of year. Did you know that about six percent of us suffer from seasonal affective disorder (S.A.D.)? The “winter blues” can cause extreme tiredness, an intense craving for carbs (especially sweets), irritability, weight gain, and the desire to avoid social situations. 

Luckily we can go into damage control and agreat way to combat S.A.D. is through your diet! Avoiding sugars, eating lots of Omega-3 fats, foods containing Tryptophan, folic acid, lean proteins, and unprocessed foods are excellent for boosting your mood and energy. Here are the top foods that you should be sneaking into your daily diet.

Dark leafy greens

Dark chocolate

Blueberries

Walnuts, sunflower seeds, flaxseeds

Salmon, Trout, Mackeral

Turkey, chicken breast, pumpkin (all great sources of Tryptophan)

Sooooo here comes my endless summer balls to save the day.

INGREDIENTS:

1/3 cup sunflower seeds

1/3 cup flaxseeds

1 cup walnuts

1 cup blueberries

1/2 cup shredded Coconut

1 scoop (21g) of Collagen beauty greens by Vital proteins (this can be substituted for another brand green supplement)

2 scoops (60g) vanilla vegan protein powder

 

HOW:

  • take a medium size mixing bowl and combine the collagen greens, coconut and protein powder
  • In a bullet quickly whiz around the seeds, walnuts and blueberries until combined.
  • All the contents of the bullet to the bowl and mix throughly.
  • Time to start ballin'! Take a tbs of the mixture at a time and start rolling the balls, the balls should be about 1 inch in diameter. After they are rolled roll them again in cacao powder to help seal them up.
  • Store in an airtight container in the fridge and say a giant buh-byeeeeee to S.A.D

RAW VEGAN TURKISH DELIGHT "CHEESECAKE"

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Yes back on those cheesecake vibes yet again. Am obsessed. As in sure you've noticed, I love low fuss blender based meals haha and this is one of them. This recipe makes 2 individual serves. So if you need more double it!

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FILLING:

1 cup soaked cashews (make sure these are soaked in water for 30min, makes them extra creamy!)

6 cherries

15 raspberries

1 tbs lacuma powder

2 tbs rose water

CRUST:

5 medjool dates

1 cup of walnuts

Pinch of cinnamon

Pinch of Himalayan pink sea salt

1 tbs coco oil

HOW:

BLEND BLEND BLEND!

FILLING- all ingredients in a bullet blender for a minute, open it up give it a stir. Repeat this process x3 and place in the freezer.

CRUST- once again, all ingredients in the bullet (different cup to the cheesecake mix, that would just be weird and ruin the magic that's about the happen!) Blend until the mixture becomes bread crumb like.

PUTTING IT TOGETHER:

- Take cheesecake mix out of the freezer, try a bit ahhhhh talk about delicious right?!

- Take a ramekin or a glass and press half of the crust mix into the bottom for your base.

- Spoon half of the cheesecake mix on top.

- Top this bad boy with anything you like! I didn't have rose petals (but that would look sahhhhh super cute) so instead I mixed up 2 tbs of cacao & 2tbs of coconut oil to make a healthy choc and drizzled it on top, then added almonds and cacao knibs.

- Repeat this X 2

- Place both cheesecakes in the fridge for 30 mins and prepare to have to have your mind blown.

RAW / NO BAKE VEGAN PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE

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I've made sure this recipe was perfected in time for Thanksgiving.This is pretty much entirely made in a NutriBullet / Blender, takes no more than 20mins (excluding fridge time) and its ridiculously delicious. Not to mention that it ticks all those healthy boxes : Pale, Dairy free, Gluten free, Sugar free and raw.

RAW VEGAN PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE: Serves 4. 

Remember this guy is super dense so it could even serve 6, I like making mini single serve cheesecakes in ramekins or cupcake trays  because miniature everything is the best but it's totally up to you! 


"Cheesecake" filling:

2 cups of cashews (make sure these are soaked in water for 30min, makes them extra creamy!)

1 can of organic pumpkin purée (15oz)

1 tsp pumpkin spice 

2 drops of stevia (optional)

1 tsp vanilla extract 

Pinch of ground ginger

 

Crust

10 medjool dates

2 cups of walnuts

1 tsp of cinnamon

1/2 tsp of Himalayan pink sea salt

2 tbs coco oil 

HOW:

  • Take soaked cashews (make sure you've drained them) and place in bullet/blender. Blend til smooth.
  • Add pumpkin to the blended cashews and continue to blend until creamy.
  • Add all other ingredients to the mix and that's right you guessed it, BLEND AGAIN. 
  • Your "cheesecake" filling should be super smooth by this stage, place it in the freezer to cool down while you start the base! 

Base:
Now this one is really difficult hehe...

  • Place all ingredients in your bullet/ blender. 
  • Blend until combined and breadcrumb esque. 
  • Use your fingers to press the mixture into your ramekin, cupcake trays or pie dish. Make sure you re-enforce the edges of the base so it holds together, do this by making it 1/4 inch thicker in those areas. 
  • Place bases in the freezer for 5mins.

Putting it together! 

  • Take both the filling and the mix out of the freezer.
  • Spoon the filling into your crusts/casings. 
  • Top with nuts/ coconut /Cinnamon pretty much any delicious thing you can find. 
  • Back in the fridge for 30mins or more and tadaaaaaaaa