Vegan Mofo Day 11 Dessert without sugar - Apple Donuts

Today's vegan mofo theme is "Dessert without added sugar"
In my opinion there's no better way to value the natural sweetness of fruit than by drastically reducing your sugar intake. And not just "sugar" but all forms of added sweeteners. 

You've probably all seen apple nacho's doing the rounds on various blogs and I've been making them for my daughter for many many years.....

BUT have you ever seen apple donuts???

Here's a bit of fun way to eat apples to give you inspiration for a tasty & healthy dessert without any sugar! 

APPLE DONUTS

Slice apple into 1cm thick pieces across the core. 

Cut the core out using an apple corer.

Spread with a variety of nut butters. 

Top with seeds and/or fresh or dried fruit. 

Delicious! :D

Question of the day:
What's your favourite fruit to eat?

I would have to say that probably raspberries and mango are my favourite fruits, but I sure do love a fresh crisp apple with nut butter too! 

Vegan Mofo Day 2 Emoji Inspired- White Bean Spread

This vegan MOFO I'm hoping to follow along the plan that has been set up! 

You can see a list of the upcoming themes and prompts by clicking here! 

That means I'm starting the month off with Inspiration Week! 

Today's inspiration is bought to you by Emoji's!!!

             

When I was thinking about emoji's I checked my phone to see my most recently used ones to get my inspiration, and other than smiley faces and blowing kisses (mainly to my husband!) my most commonly used ones are the tasty face and a thumbs up! Generally speaking I use the 'thumbs up' emoji when I'm thinking "too easy"!

So today I bring you a simple creation that truly is tasty and is so quick and easy it's worth a thumbs up!  

WHITE BEAN SPREAD

You'll need:

(to serve one)

1/2 cup cooked white cannellini beans
1 small overripe banana

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1/4 teaspoon lemon juice

pinch of cinnamon powder

Combine all the ingredients in a mini food processor and pulse until the mixture forms a smooth spread. 

Use as soon as it's made because the banana will begin to brown if stored. 

Delicious served over rice-cakes, with berries, nuts and/or nut butter! 

This spread is delicious and has no 'beany' taste due to the other ingredients! 

I highly recommend you give it a try! 

Want to try another delicious alternative - replace the white beans with black beans and substitute the lemon juice for 1/2 teaspoon cacao powder! 

Let me know in the comments below what creative ways 

you would like to eat this delicious spread....
And don't forget to use the 'tasty' emoji if you take a picture!!! 

Easy Banana Granola - SOS Free

I know I'm been MIA for quite some time.
Truth is that I've lost a lot of motivation to blog when there are soooooooo many blogs out there these days & I'm not sure that I offer anything extra special above others!
I started writing a cookbook, which I have dreamed of doing for about 9 years now.... but I fear my food photography skills are rather lacking. I haven't given up yet.... I am just doing it quite sloooooowly! 

Also we've been eating so simple lately that I kinda feel like our food is "boring"!
Not that it's boring to us because we have honestly found that our taste buds change, so that when we eat simple unrefined foods in their whole form, they are just delicious like that.

But recently I've had quite a few people ask me for various recipes, or asked me to get back into it.....
SO........
I shall attempt to find some motivation to get blogging again!
Some recipes may be quite simple - but hey - sometimes we just need simple ideas to motivate us to make a meal!


Today I bring you a simple breakfast recipe that I've been making for a few years.So many store bought varieties of cereal these days have so much junk added to them! My version is completely junk free! It's also very versatile. You can add any dried fruit or nuts to it if you wish. It can be a granola or muesli base, or just used as a cereal - which is what I do mostly. Just add motherless milk and fresh fruit for a delicious brekkie that's quick and easy to serve, and isn't too much effort to make either.

EASY BANANA GRANOLA

You'll need:
2 large overripe bananas
2 teaspoons vanilla essence
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 cup ground flax seeds
3 cups rolled oats

Mash the bananas well. Add the vanilla, cinnamon and flax and stir til evenly distributed.
Stir through the oats until they are reasonably well coated by the wet banana mixture. 
Spread evenly onto a large lined baking tray.

Bake in a preheated oven at 160°C for 30 mins, stirring half way through. 

 

Allow to cool completely before transferring to a container.
This will keep for about 2 weeks in an air-proof container.  

QUESTION OF THE DAY:
To my other blogging friends.... have you ever lost your blogging mojo?
To my readers who follow along for the recipes.... What do you reckon- Does this look boring, or do you like the idea of simple recipes that don't include junk?