Sweet Chickpea Cookies

So the other day I had some leftovers of chickpeas (garbanzo beans) from the hummus I made, so I wanted to make these grain free cookies which I'd thought about making for a million years.

Ingredients:1¼ cups canned chickpeas, well-rinsed and patted dry with a paper towel
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ cup + 2 tablespoons (165 grams) Peanut butter
¼ cup (80 grams) honey or agave
1 teaspoon baking powder
a pinch of salt
½ cup (90 grams) chocolate chips (I used 70 %)

Directions:

Blend all ingredients except chocolate chips until creamy. Fold in chocolate chips and shape little balls/cookies on a cookie sheet. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for about 10-15 minutes, until golden. 

Raw Chocolate Cake

Andre end mig, som har hørt om raw cakes? Kager lavet kun på rigtige og sunde ingredienser. Det skal da prøves! Må faktisk indrømme, at på trods af, at der hverken er sukker eller mel eller noget i den stil i denne kage smagte den helt forrygende med en klat vanilie is eller hjemmelavet banan-is. 

Am I the only one who was tempted to try one of the popular raw chocolate cakes, made with natural sweeteners and no flour? This cake actually turned out really good, especially with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. 


Ingredienser:

10 bløde, soltørrede dadler uden sten
1 moden banan
3 æg
4 spsk blødt kokosolie
1 dl stærk kaffe
2 tsk ren vanillepulver
50 g kakaopulver
1 tsk bagepulver
65 g alm. mandelmel
et nip salt

1. Blend dadler og banan til en cremet masse.
2. Mix det med en håndmixer sammen med æg og smeltet kokosolie og kaffe.
3. Tilsæt resterende ingredientser og hæld over i en springform.
4. Bag i ovenen ved 175 grader i 30 minutter.
5. Server lun med en klat is og frisk frugt.

Ingredients:

10 pitted dates

1 ripe banana

3 eggs

4 tbsp coconut oil

1/2 cup coffee

2 tsp vanilla

50 g cocoa powder (1 cup)

1 tsp baking powder

pinch of salt

1. Blend dates and banana until creamy.
2. Blend all ingredients with a mixer and pour into a pie pan.
3. Bake in oven at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
4. Serve warm with a scoop of ice cream and some fruit.

Gluten and Dairy Free Banana Coconut Cake w Chocolate Frosting

This cake is perfect if you are on a special diet and can't eat either dairy or gluten which gets more and more common today. Also this cake is completely free from any sugar and is sweetened with two of my favorite sweeteners: banana and honey.

Ingredients:

Banana Coconut Cake:

1/4 coconut oil 
2 ripe bananas
4 Tbsp honey
2 eggs, room temperature
1 tsp. almond extract
100 grams (1 cup) oat flour
20 grams (2 1/2 tbsp) buckwheat flour
30 grams (5 1/2 tbsp) almond flour
40 grams (1/2 cup) unsweetened shredded coconut 
1/8 tsp. sea salt
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup chopped dates

Chocolate Frosting:

1 cup fat free greek yogurt

1 cup melted chocolate chips

1/4 cup honey (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350° and grease two 6” cake pans with coconut oil. 
2. Melt coconut oil in the microwave for 40 seconds. Move to mixing bowl, add ripe bananas and honey and mix for about 1 minute. Add the eggs and extract and mix well.
3. In small bowl whisk together all dry ingredients. 
4. Pour dry mix into the banana batter, mix well, then add chopped dates.
5. Pour into your two greased cake pans and bake 25 minutes or until skewer test is clean. Cool in pans 5 minutes, then place on cooling racks. Before frosting the cakes it is a good ides to cool them in the freezer. This will make the frosting part a lot easier.
6. While the cake is cooling, prepare frosting by melting the chocolate chips in the microwave, 30 seconds at a time.
7. When they are all melted and cooled just a little bit so that they are not burning hot, add the yogurt and mix well.
8. Frosting should be perfect now, but if you want it a little bit sweeter go ahead and add the honey.
9. When the cake is cooled put frosting in between the two layers and on top or all the way around if you prefer. 

Paleo Chocolate Chip Banana Bars

I have a love for chocolate and bananas. Banana is like the greatest natural sweetener of them all if you ask me. So if you have some ripe bananas go ahead and use them for baking and don't just throw them away!!! Also I really think you should try this recipe, because it's seriously one of the best things I've ever tried, and completely guilt free, also for vegans!

Ingredients:

2 bananas
1/2 cup almond butter
1/3 cup pure maple syrup
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup coconut flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients except chocolate chips in food processor and blend on high for 1-2 minutes. Scoop out batter into bowl and add most of the chocolate chips, gently mix to evenly distribute.
2. Press batter into 8x8 pan greased with Coconut Oil.
3. Sprinkle remaining chocolate chips over top and bake for approximately 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
   
   
   
   

Chocolate Dipped Coconut Macarons

Looking for some healthy protein rich snacks? I got them for you right here. These chocolate dipped beauties taste really good, and they are super good for you too, so instead of just digging into the bag of candy you should really try to make these yummy macarons. I promise you, they're super easy to make, and super fast as well.

Ingredients:

2 eggs

1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut

1/2 cup splenda or granulated sugar

1 tbsp melted coconut oil

1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 tsp melted coconut oil

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. 
2. In a medium bowl beat the eggs, and combine coconut, sugar, and melted coconut oil.
3. Make little balls with a scoop and put onto a cookie sheet.
4. Bake for 20-30 minutes or until golden brown on top.
5. Melt the chocolate chips in a microwave with the coconut oil and dip the cooled coconut bites in the chocolate mixture.
6. Let it cool in the freezer for 30 minutes, and they are ready to serve!

Cake Pops

Getting creative for easter? Well that's what me and some friends got this saturday, and ended up spending nearly 6 hours in the kitchen baking cake balls. It was a lot of work!! But hey, they are just the yummiest thing ever, right? And we had a lot of fun making them, even though the coating kept teasing us... 

We made two different kinds; banana bread and vanilla cake. Both were super good. Here is the recipe for the banana bread ones. We just used a vanilla cake box for the vanilla cake.


Banana Bread ingredients:

1 cup granulated sugar 
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened 
2 eggs 
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 
1/2 cup sour cream 
2 ripe bananas
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 
1 teaspoon baking soda 
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon 
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 
1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions:

Mix sugar and butter in a mixer for a couple of minutes until combined. Add eggs and vanilla and mix. Mash the bananas and add those and the sour cream and peanut butter to the bowl. 
In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. 
Slowly add this to the wet ingredients and continue mixing on low-medium speed. 
Pour into a greased loaf pan and bake in a preheated oven for about 35-40 minutes. 

Here are the steps to making the cake pops:

1. Put the cake in a food processor and process until all crumbled up. Take a little at a time, and put the rest in a bowl.
2. Add about 1/2 cup creme cheese frosting. Stir it all around until it gets kind of firm and forms into little crumbles. You need to be able to make little balls that does not come apart.
3. Shape the cake balls and put on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper and freeze for about an hour. This step will make the coating process a lot easier.
4. Heat up, in a microwave, either chocolate chips or candy coating until melted all the way. Do it 30 seconds at a time and stir in between to make sure it doesn't burn. 
5. Stick a popsicle stick (or any other kind of stick) into a ball and cover with the coating. This can be kind of hard, but just be patient and take your time. This is also the fun part.
6. If you want to add sprinkled go ahead and add them now, before the coating hardens.
7. Let them dry upside down, if you want to make real cake pops. If you don't have anything to stick them into, as in out case, just let them dry on a baking sheet. 
8. Store in refrigerator, and enjoy! 

Another thing we made was Oreo Balls. They were super easy to make. Just purify the oreos in a food processor and fold in creme cheese. Let them sit for an hour in the fridge and shape to little balls or eggs and coat in chocolate. The best thing ever!

Ingredients:

1 package golden oreos
1 8oz package creme cheese
Chocolate chips for coating

Oatmeal Cinnamon Cookies

Me and some friends decided to make some cookies the other day and give them to some of our good friends, just to tell them how much we love them.
It was a lot of fun to make, and our friends loved us just a little bit more after ;)

Ingredients:

1/2 cup (115g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
3/4 cup (150g) dark brown sugar (or light brown)
1/4 cup  (50g) granulated sugar
1 large egg, at room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 Tablespoon (20g) dark molasses
1 and 2/3 cups (140g) old-fashioned rolled oats
1 cup (125g) all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 and 1/2 cups add-ins (we used semi sweet chocolate chips)

Directions:
Using a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream the softened butter and both sugars together on medium speed until smooth. Add the egg and mix on high until combined, about 1 minute. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed. Add the vanilla and molasses and mix on high until combined. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, toss the oats, flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt together. Add to the wet ingredients and mix on low until combined. Fold in the add-ins. Dough will be thick. Chill the dough for at least 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
Preheat oven to 325F degrees. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
Roll balls of dough (about 1.5 tablespoons of dough per cookie) and place 2 inches apart on the baking sheets. Bake for 10-15 minutes until very lightly browned on the sides. The centers will look very soft. Remove from the oven and let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

French Maracons

I looooove these little babies. They're so indescribably delicious. And gluten-free if that should intruige some. Macarons are just so lift and fluffy and crispy and they just have it all. I love them so much, it's really dangerous...

I myself prefer a ganache filling, but some also like a simple buttercream frosting or any other kind of filling, so you can actually do pretty much as you want to. Here you just have a simple ganache filling.


Ingredients:

1 1/4 cup powdered sugar
3/4 cup almond meal/flour
3 egg whites
5 tbsp sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
food coloring (optional)

Ganache Filling:
1 tbsp butter
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup milk (any kind you prefer. 2%, half&half, heavy cream etc)

Directions:
1. Sift almond meal and powdered sugar together into a medium bowl.
2. In a separate larger bowl, whisk egg whites until until almost stiff all the way. When they're almost stiff enough you can turn them upside down, go ahead and add one tablespoon of sugar at a time. When the mixture starts to look shiny and you can turn it upside down with no problems (after about 10 minutes) stir in vanilla and food coloring.
3. With a rubber spatula mix the flour mixture and egg whites together. DON'T OVERMIX or the cookies will crack.
4. Preheat oven to 300 degrees
5. Pour batter into a pastry bag or zip lock bag and make little rounds in a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper.
6. "Tap" the cookie sheet on the counter or a table to remove any air bubbles etc.
7. Let the macaroons rest for about 20-30 minutes on the counter to dry before baking them.
8. Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes.
9. Let the macaroons cool completely before you try to remove them from the cookie sheet! Otherwise they will crack.
Make the filling while waiting
1. Melt butter over a double boiler.
2. Once the butter has melted add 3/4 of the chocolate chips and all of the milk and stir until melted and combined.
3. Remove from heat and add the remaining chocolate chips.
4. Assemble the cookies and ganache, and enjoy!

Paleo Chocolate Muffins with Pumpkin

Who doesn't love when treats are healthy and completely guilt free? Well at least I do, and these chocolate muffins turned out simply amazing. They were so good. No eggs, gluten free, no dairy. Completely vegan and paleo and low carb, fat, and calorie. They just have it all!

Ingredients:
1 15 oz can pumpkin puree
3/4 cup sweetener (stevia, splenda, palm sugar etc)
6 tbsp melted coconut oil
3 tbsp psyllium husk (I used ground flax seed instead)
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
6 tbsp coconut flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tbsp dried cranberries
2 tbsp semi sweet chocolate chips

Directions:
In a mixer, combine pumpkin, sweetener, melted coconut oil, husk or flax seed, and vanilla. Mix until combined. While mixing add in the baking powder, soda, coconut flour, and cocoa powder. Mix until all combined. Finish by adding cranberries and chocolate chips.
Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees F for 25 minutes.

Skinny Banana Bread

I loooove and adore banana bread. I really do. So this sunday morning I decided to bake a couple of loafs of yummy banana bread. But I made them in a way that you could still eat them as a breakfast and they were not too unhealthy. Actually they didn't have any sugar in them, and they're baked with mostly oat flour to give the maximum amount of fibre and good nutrients. Just the way I like it.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup coconut oil, melted
1/2 cup honey
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 mashed bananas
1 cup oat flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup almond milk
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup roughly chopped walnuts

Directions:
In a big bowl melt coconut oil and mix with honey. Add eggs, vanilla, and mashed banana and whisk till combined. In a separate bowl mix all the dry ingredients. Add flour a little at a time into the wet ingredients alternately adding almond milk. 
Chop walnuts and carefully add into the batter. Add chocolate chips as well. 
Grease a loaf pan or two, depending on how tall you want the breads. I did two, but they turned out kinda small.
Preheat oven to 350 degreed F and bake the loaves for 35 minutes.

Muddy Buddys

Ever heard of Muddy Buddys or some call it Puppy Chow? Well, they're these square cereal things dipped in melted chocolate and peanut butter and covered in powdered sugar, and they're a really yummy treat, if you ask me. Totally unhealthy and almost none nutritional value, but oh well, sometimes you gotta have a treat.

Ingredients:
4 cups rice square cereals
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup chocolate chips
2 tbsp butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar

Directions:
Melt peanut butter, chocolate chips and butter in the microwave i a big bowl. Do 30 minutes at a time, and stir after every time. When melted and combined add the cereal and carefully with a rubber spatula until all the cereal is covered in chocolate.
Add mixture to a zip lock bag and add the powdered sugar. Carefully shake the bag to cover it all with the powdered sugar. They're now ready to enjoy!

Quinoa Bars with Chocolate and Peanut Butter

To be honest his didn't really turn out the way I wanted it to. The chocolate stuck to the pan instead of the bar, and I added too much water, so it got kinda smushy instead of being crunchy... Next time, I will add more peanut butter instead of water to get the oats and quinoa to stick. But besides from that, these bars were really good and has a ton of fibre and other good stuff. And who doesn't love peanut butter and chocolate?

Ingredients:

1 cup oats

1 cup cooked quinoa

2 tbsp cococa powder

1/4 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup almonds

1/2 cup cashews

one portion Chia seed pudding

pinch of salt

2 tbsp agave syrup

1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut

1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Melt chocolate chips in a microwave and spread on a piece of parchment paper. Pour shredded coconut on top of the chocolate before it hardens. Let it sit while you prepare the batter. 

2. Mix oats, quinoa, cocoa powder, and chia seed pudding in a bowl. Cut almonds and cashews into smaller pieces, you still want them crunchy. Mix the rest of the ingredients into the bowl. If it won't stick very eel together add a little more peanut butter or agave syrup. 

3. Pour the batter on top of the chocolate and freeze until it has hardened. 

4. Cut into little bars and enjoy with a cup of Chocolate Mocha or some cold milk.

 Enjoy!

Paleo Chocolate Mug Cake

Am I the only one who is craving a chocolate cake with some sweet vanilla bean ice cream every once in a while? I don't think so, cause it really is one of the best treats on earth if you ask me! There is just one problem... Baking a whole chocolate cake and spending hours in the kitchen, just because you wanted a treat for the movie? No, there must be an easier way, and I found it. Just make a cake in a mug. It's so easy, and it doesn't even make a mess! This recipe is enough for two mug cakes, but if you don't want the extra mess of the ONE bowl you make it in, go ahead and split it in half and just make directly in the mug!

By the way, did I mention that this cake is paleo? If you want it strict paleo, go ahead and make a homemade ice cream.

Ingredients:

3 tbsp coconut flour

2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

2 tbsp honey

1 tbsp butter

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tbsp almond milk

Vanilla bean ice cream (optional)

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl and pour into two mugs. Microwave for 2 minutes, and let it cool down just a little bit. I like my chocolate cake just a little lukewarm still when I put the ice cream on top so it melts just a little bit.

Enjoy!

Low Carb Chocolate Mousse

Chocolate is seriously one of my favorite deserts! It's just so delicious and creamy. And to make make it even better, mix in some fresh fruit, I did strawberries, and some crisp as granola or some kind of cake or cookie crumbles to make it even better.

Ingredients:

2 tbsp butter
3 oz unsweetened chocolate, chopped
4 large eggs, separated and at room temperature
4 to 6 tbsp hot water
½ cup sweetener (Splenda, Stevia or plain sugar)
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 tsp cream of tartar
¾ cup heavy cream
½ tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

Melt butter and chocolate together in a small saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat and let cool to lukewarm.
In a small bowl, whisk egg yolks together until smooth. When chocolate is lukewarm, whisk in egg yolks. Mixture will become very thick and chocolate will seize. Add 2 tablespoons of hot water and whisk vigorously. Continue to add 1 tbsp water at a time until chocolate mixture becomes smooth (will still be quite thick). Set aside.

In a large bowl, beat egg whites with ¼ cup sweetener, the salt and the cream of tartar until they hold stiff peaks.
In another bowl, beat cream with remaining sweetener and the vanilla until it holds soft peaks.
Stir a couple of large spoonfuls of the egg whites into the chocolate mixture to lighten it. Then carefully fold the chocolate mixture back into the egg whites. Fold in the cream thoroughly but gently. Refrigerate at least 2 hours.

Serve with a couple of slices of fresh strawberries or raspberries and some granola to give it a crisp. 

Enjoy!

Chia Seed Pudding

So we all know the famous super food Chia Seeds, which is so super popular right now, because it's supposed to be super healthy, so of course I had to try it, and post a recipe for you guys. The good think about chia seeds is that they don't really taste like anything and just kind of absorb the taste of whatever you mix them with, so basically you could just mix them with whatever you like, and there you go.
What chia seeds do, is they absorb the liquid from what you mix them with, and then it turns into this pudding kinda. The consistency can be a little weird in the beginning, but once you get used to it, it can actually be quite delicious.

Ingredients:
1 tbsp chia seeds
1/2 cup almond milk
1 tbsp peanut butter
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa

Directions:
Mix almond milk, peanut butter, and cocoa in a bowl, and make sure to stir until all the peanut butter and cocoa is mixed into the milk. Add the chia seeds, and let it sit for at least half an hour. Preferably until next day, stirring occasionally to make sure the seeds doesn't stick together.

Enjoy!

Marzipan Chocolates

So in Denmark we have this traditional treat called Konfekt. It's basically just marzipan that you prepare in any way you would like with different nuts, chocolate, dried fruit, or just different colors and shapes. Anything you would like!
This year my host sister, Bridgette and her friend, helped make some different figures with different colored marzipan. I made different kinds of marzipan dipped in chocolate with nuts and other stuff.

Almond squares

Ingredients:

Marzipan cutted in squares

Semi-sweet chocolate chips

Almonds

Directions:

Start with boiling the almonds. Put in a pot with boiling water, and boil for about 5 mins till the skin is wrinkling. Cool down in cold water and peel the almonds.

Melt chocolate in microwave and dip the marzipan in the chocolate and put an almond on the top. Freeze in fridge until the chocolate is set, and store in fridge.

Cereal chocolates

Ingredients: Any kind of flakes that you would like. Bran-flakes, Corn-flakes etc.
Semi-sweet chocolate chips
Raisins or cranberries

Directions: Melt the chocolate in microwave and mix all ingredients together, and fill in small paper moulds or silicone moulds as here. Freeze in fridge until chocolate is set, and store in fridge.