Raw Vegan Cinnamon Rolls

These little guys are every where in the vegan community right now, and for a good reason. There is no sugar or gluten in them and they are tasty AF. 
They only reason I'm not making them every single day is because they take hours to make. There's not a lot of labour, but they do need to sit in the oven for about 4 hours. These days I've been able to make them more since I found out my dog has severe separation anxiety and I don't want to leave my house unless I have to (my neighbours hate me).  Usually people make these in a dehydrator but I don't have one yet so I made them on the lowest setting in my oven which is actually quicker than using a dehydrator so I'm winning. 

Raw Vegan Cinnamon Rolls

Makes about 3 medium sized cinnamon rolls 
Takes 4 hours to make (make them when your chilling at home the whole day)

Ingredients: 

2 Bananas

10 dates 

1 tsp Cinnamon 

Instructions :
1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees
2. Slice Bananas length wise in 3 slices and put on wax paper (warning if it's not the no stick kind you want to grease so the bananas don't stick 
3. Sprinkle Bananas in the oven and bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes. 
4. While the Bananas are in the oven make the date paste by blending 10 dates with 1/4 cup water in a high speed blender
5. After an hour and 45 minutes in the oven take out the bananas and spread on the date paste. 
6. roll up the bananas into the size you want them (like a cinnamon roll)
7. Put back into the oven for two and a half hours 
8. Take out, let cool and enjoy 

Tips :
*While baking the bananas wedge a wooden spoon in the oven door to let moisture out, this will bake them faster
*make some banana nice cream to put on top of them and eat them while their hot. 

Lettuce Wraps

"I'm pretty good at sticking to what I know. You don't see me social commentating on health-care or presidential debates. I talk about what I know because I'm petrified of being wrong."- Gary Vaynerchuck

Hi Friends, I've been blogging for a few months now and I love it...but I would love to take my blog into a new direction. I still want to be adding in vegan recipes because I love creating these recipes, however I am still really passionate about fashion (I am a fashion designer for those who don't know). Actually, I was initially really into ethical fashion and then from there I started studying more about veganism and the lifestyle.  I've had a lot of people ask me about sustainable fashion companies and I want to be able to share these companies with all of you. I hope for this blog to morph into an ethical lifestyle blog. 
Plus I can't wait to finally finish the new blog design and share it with all of you. :) 
💕💕💕💕💕

Lettuce Wraps 

Makes 4 wraps 

4 pieces of lettuce

1 avocado 

half a tomato 

1/8 cup of chopped onions 

Spicy Lemon Dressing 

juice of half a lemon 

pinch of Cayenne pepper 

1 tsp apple cider vinegar

2 tsp of Maple Syrup 

Instructions 

1. Cut avocado and tomato into cubes and mix with chopped onions 

2. distribute onto lettuce leaves

3. Mix Dressing Ingredients 

4. Pour Dressing over the lettuce Wraps 

5. Enjoy 

Blueberry Nice Cream

"If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good"-Dr Seuss

As you guys probably already know, I eat nice cream everyday... sometimes even twice a day. I never add extra sugar to my nice creams and like to keep them as simple as possible. this one is as simple as it gets. Just blend 2 bananas with 1/2 cup of frozen blueberries and voila you have blueberry ice cream. How basic!!! 💕💕💕

Blueberries are super nutritious and have lots of benefits a few are: 

They are full of anti-oxidants (the stuff in our body that fights disease, and helps slow down ageing)
Improves memory 
Full of fiber (keeps you full for longer)

So to stay young for longer the trick is to eat more blueberries!!! 

Green Goddess Salad

"Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted." - Denis Waitley

Hello Friends. It's been awhile! first I was on Hornby island over Christmas with family and then I was in Las Vegas for work. Meanwhile I was upgrading my website to self hosted, although I'm still not sure if I will be using the website for my fashion label blog (which will include Vegan recipes) or for my personal food blog (this one).  Too many directions!!!

I'll admit I haven't been eating the healthiest lately. Healthy food in Vegas is hard to find!. But now that I am back and hopefully things will slow down for awhile, I'm going to be cooking and posting some really healthy, yet delicious recipes on here. 

This one I made for my friend yesterday and was really just a combination of the green food in my fridge. but the sauce is what gives it some wicked flavour.  It's already one of my favourites.

Green Goddess Salad

Serves : 2

Time : 30 mins 

Ingredients: 

1 Avocado 

2 Broccoli heads 

2 handfuls of Arugula 

10 Brussel Sprouts 

3 TBSP of Walnuts 

2 TSP Butter

1 tsp Maple Syrup 

Dressing : 

1 TBSP Vinegar

1 TBSP Maple Syrup 

1 TBSP Olive oil

1 TBSP Tahini 

pinch of Salt 

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Peel Brussels sprouts so they are individual leaves (as much as you can) and put into oven for about 20 minutes. or until the leaves are starting to brown. 

Put Broccoli into boiling water and cook for 15 mins. 

While the Broccoli and Brussels sprouts are cooking prep the salad dressing and the Plate

First mix all the Dressing ingredients together. 

cut the avocado into pieces and put on the plate

Drizzle the avocado with a couple tsp's of Dressing 

add a couple handfuls of arugula on top of the avocado 

once brussels are done mix them in a bowl with 2 TSP of butter and 1 tsp of maple syrup, make sure to mix them well. 

Put the brussel sprouts leaves on top of the salad 

add the walnuts and broccoli on the salad 

Drizzle with some more dressing.

Enjoy!