Healthy Vegan Chocolate Snacks

When I was a kid I would always spend my weekend baking things. I would be at my dad’s house and spend my Saturdays searching through cookbooks to find the best recipes. This would result in either the best cake I ever made or a bit of a baking fail.

Now that I am older, 10-year old me with her baking skills still hasn't left me. You could probably already assume that by all the food posts that are on my blog..

Today I’ve not written everything down, but filmed it all! I made these healthy vegan raw chocolate snacks that are soooo yummy. I did post this recipe about a year ago, but since I love these chocolate snacks so much I brought them back in a video.

Get ready to see how I make these amazing snacks and fail a bit when it comes to equipment.

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Food | Raw Chocolate Coconut Date Balls

Eating healthy does not mean your diet only consists of foods that slowly turn you into a rabbit. If you have the right recipes you can make treats that are delicious and super good for you! This recipe idea is from the book Powerfood by Rens Kroes.

These chocolate, date balls are so freaking delicious. There are no words to describe how good they taste. And bonus: they are made with healthy ingredients and are super easy to make! I changed up the measurements from the recipe in the book, because I wanted to make a small portion.

So what do you need?

-       10 pitted dates

-       2 handfuls of mixed nuts ( I used almonds, walnuts and cashew nuts)

-       A teaspoon of chia seed

-       A teaspoon of flax seed

-       40 gr raw dark chocolate or two tablespoons of raw cacao powder

-       A tablespoon of coconut oil

-       Shredded coconut

All you need to do is mix the ingredients, except the shredded coconut, in a food processor until it has a fine consistency. Then expect things to get messy when you take a bit of the date/nut mixture and roll it into a small ball. After that you roll it into the shredded coconut and put it on a plate. Repeat this until there is no date/nut mixture left. Put the date balls in the fridge for about 45 minutes and they are ready to eat! YUM!

Food | Homemade Vegan Cheesecake

Cheesecake is one of my favourite treats. If I would go to America, The Cheesecake Factory would be the first stop on my journey. That is how much I want to taste there cheesecakes! We all know cheesecake is not the healthiest thing in the world, so I wanted to try a vegan cheesecake for ages! Recently I bought the book Powerfood from Rens Kroes. This book has all the healthy recipes you need, including yummy smoothies, quinoa sushi, raw Oreo's en raw cheesecake. 

I was home alone and felt the urge to make this. I wanted to know what it tastes like, so there I went on my cooking journey. It is a bit of Rens and a bit of me, because I think recipes are made to be broken. I hope you enjoy this healthy, guilt-free treat!

To make two, small, vegan cheesecakes you will need:

Base

1 handful of cashew nuts

2 dates

2 apricots

A sprinkle of cranberries

A tablespoon of hempseeds

A tablespoon of flaxseeds

(In the recipe its dates and almonds, but I only could find two dates at home, so that is why I mixed the apricots and cranberries in there).

Creamy Mixture

1 handful of cashew nuts

Water

1,5 tablespoon of coconut oil

1 tablespoon of agave syrup

A pinch of sea salt

A teaspoon of vanilla essence

Topping

I picked some sugar-free strawberry jam, but you can pick everything you like!

Let’s get started!

Step 1: Let the cashews, for the creamy mixture, soak for at least one hour in a bowl with water.

Step 2: Put the other cashews, dates, apricots, cranberries, hempseeds and flaxseeds in a small blender and stir it all up until everything is cut into tiny pieces.

Step 3: Pick two small glasses, bowls, cups, whatever you like and distribute the mixture equally in the cups you chose. 

Step 4: Now it’s time to press the mixture into the cup. When you’re done just put it in the freezer and wait for the soaked cashews to be done. Or if you are smart and have done that in advance you can start on the creamy mixture!

Step 5: Scoop the soaked cashews out of the water and put them in a small mixer (I washed the one I used earlier). It doesn't matter if a bit of water comes with it. Add the coconut oil, agave syrup, sea salt and vanilla essence in the mixer and blend it all together until it’s thick and creamy.

Step 6: Put the creamy mixture on top of the base you made earlier and make sure that everything is nice distributed.

Step 7: But them in the freezer for at least 45 minutes. If you have already had them in the freezer before they should be done in 20 minutes.

Step 8: Get your treats out of the freezer and let them get on room temperature for about 5-10 minutes or if you are like me immediately dig in. Not before you put a nice layer of strawberry goodness on there and your homemade, vegan cheesecake is all done!

It doesn't taste like real cheesecake, but I do see myself eating this as a small treat. I really like the taste and the fact that it is super healthy! Definitely one of my favourite, sweet treats!

Food | Yummy Green Smoothie

This morning I felt the urge to drink something healthy. Smoothies are a great way to accomplish that. Just fill the blender with healthy goods, blend and voilà there is your health shot! I just filled the blender with things I had at home and it turned out pretty tasty! Raw spinach just gives the smoothie such a beautiful, green colour and it is super healthy as well. I bet all the vitamins are having a party in my tummy right now!

Ingredients for 1 glass of healthy goodness:

- 1 banana

- 2 slices of pineapple

- 1 green kiwi

- 2 large handfuls of spinach

- Tablespoon of hempseeds

- Tablespoon of chai seeds

- Tablespoon of flaxseeds

- Sprinkle of cayenne pepper

- Sprinkle of ginger powder

Just simply mix all the ingredients together and there you have an amazing drink that will help you get through the day. I always try to eat a lot of fruit and veggies and smoothies are a great way to do that. What a perfect start on a Sunday!

Let me know what your favourite smoothie is!