Snacks and Treats
Kael’s Apple Pie Delight
Ingredients:
2 Apples (peeled)
2 Mendjool Dates
Nuts (Sunflower-raw and unsalted, pumpkin seed)
1 tsp Ghee
¼ tsp cinnamon
1 pinch cardamom or nutmeg
Preparation:
Chop apples and put all ingredients into pot with ¼ cup water and cook until it is soft and creamy. Eat 1 hour after food or at least 1 hour before other food.
Sesame Coconut Balls (Vata Nourishing Snack)
Makes 10
Ingredients:
½ cup Almond Butter
½ cup sunflower seeds
¼ cup maple syrup (optional)
¼ tsp cinnamon, cardamom and ginger
2 T Coconut Flakes
2 T Sesame Seeds
2 T crispy brown rice
4 dates (pitted and soaked for 30 min)
Add Rasayana herbs- Ashwagandha & Shatavari or Chavayanprash
Preparation:
In a pan toast sunflower seeds. Mix coconut and sesame seeds together and toast until coconut is lightly browned. Blend dates and maple into puree and add almond butter, toasted sunflower and crispy rice together. Form small balls and roll in coconut/sesame mix. Keeps in refrigerator up to three weeks. You can use sunflower butter or make sure there are no skins in the almond butter for Pitta. Kapha in moderation.
Almond Coconut Banana Bread
Ingredients:
2½ cups Almond Flour
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon good-quality salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 pastured eggs
¼ cup maple syrup (optional)
¼ cup coconut oil, melted
2-3 very ripe bananas mashed
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
¼ cup chopped walnuts
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
Grease a large bread pan with coconut oil.
In a large bowl mix together the dry ingredients: almond flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and baking soda.
In a medium size bowl, whisk together the eggs and add vinegar. Add mashed bananas, coconut oil, vanilla (and maple syrup if wanted.) Whisk together until combined.
Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until combined. Fold in the chopped walnuts.
Pour the batter into a large bread pan and bake for 50-60 minutes until the center is firm.
Allow to cool for 10 min. Remove from pan.
Slice and enjoy with lots of pastured butter or ghee!
