How’s everyone’s weekend been so far? It’s hot-n-awesome here in AZ! The hottah the bettah for me. Later this morning I’m off to go check out a little vegetarian cafe and tea leaf readin’ kinda place. Hippy Dippy at it’s finest and I’m excited, all the while gettin’ a much needed mommy-alone-time kinda mornin’ becuz Skylar will be with Daddy!
I hope you have time to check out my re-post of the guest yoga post that I did on the beautiful Jenny’s blog. It was a joy for me to talk about yoga and my journey with it. I had so much FUN doing that post and it was so carefree-n-easy for me, the way bloggin’ should be! Which brings me to a little housekeepin’ biznass.
I decided a couple days ago in an effort to get back to keepin’ the blog easier for me to manage cuz some of my posts are just sooo recipe and pic intense, that I’m gonna play around with shorter posts that have less recipes and pics per post but that I plan to post more frequently (hopefully!). You’ll still get all my recipes and ideas, just in smaller individual doses. I am gonna do yoga on at least one post per day, but not every post will have a yoga shot or a Tip of the Day. I just gotta streamline things a bit ’round here so I don’t burn out and so my family not my ‘puter gets to see me, too. I just wanted to give ya the scoop on that and we’ll see how the new flow, flows.
On to the eats…I’ve got some Raw Vegan Apple Crumble for you. The last time I made it I was sooo stoked that you loved it and I had such great feedback on it, so I decided to whip up ‘nuther batch.
First take 1/2 c dry oats and grind em. Then, add 1/3 c almond meal and 3 stickyass medjools. Haley wrote to me wondering if she can skip the dates? No hon, you can’t. You need the stickyness and the binding nature of dates to make a decent raw crust that will be naturally sweetened. So they’re kinda important. And if you ever need a midnight snack, dates + nut buttah = sleep like a baby for the rest of the night.
Grindey in the Vitey
Then press most of that crust mixture into your container.
Peel and dice up 1 med to large apple. Add 2 Tbsp Brown Shug, 1 Tbsp Cinny, 2 Tbsp Agave
Mix ‘er up
Pour that sweetness over your crust. Slurp slurp that cinny agave juice if you’re thirsty.
Now back to your remaining crust mixture. To that, add 2 Tbsp Brown Shug, dash more cinny, 1/4 c oats, and 2 Tbsp Agave. Blend up. Now you’ve got your crumble toppin’. A note to the hardcore raw peeps…do as you wish on the brown shug. You can always just roll with agave or lucama.
Crumble it over the top. It was 102 F here today when I was making this so things got overworked in my VitaCrumbler very quickly so take ‘er easy. I was close to having a spready toppin’ rather than a crumble toppin’ which wouldn’t have been a biggie anyway…
…But thankfully, everything turned out perfectly.
See that cinny agave juice just waiting to absorb and meld together in the fridge? Yeah, good stuff peeps.
Go make yer own already!
Tip of the Day: I actually found the apple crumble hits it’s prime at 24-48 hours after you make it so if you can actually make it a day ahead if you were tryin’ to impress someone. But it’s totally bueno immediately too and ready for your tum-tum, stat.
I dug into some of this after dinner last night and OMG it was quite possibly the best dessert I’ve ever made.
It could potentially be better than my Raw Vegan Chocolate Brownies….but they are sooo different I guess you really can’t compare. But maybe you should make ’em and compare ’em and tell me whatcha think? You know you want to.
What’s everyone’s fave dessert this time of year? Are you into pumpkin pies, apple crumbles, nut breads? If I get e-nuff replies to this question, I will try to raw-i-fy and vegan-i-fy your eats. I’ve had a request by Miss J for cheesecake. So gimme the 411 por favor on your fave desserts so I can get to work!
Hi Averie! I was wondering; is there anything that could be used in replace for the almond meal? I don’t have any on hand, but do you think coconut flour could be used? I LOVE all your desserts!! :)
This is a 4-5 year old recipe and while I haven’t made it in awhile, I think coconut flour would be fine! If you try, LMK!
I have Ani's cookbook…but I haven't yet made anything from it. I LOVE just looking at it and reading it, though. The photos and green tops are really fun and useful.
If I was at your house I would probably get to eat last because I just have my ears pierced. Yup, just one pierce per ear. I'm boring like that. Seriously, though, it took me forever to finally persuade my mom to take me and get it done. I think I was 12 or 13.
How'd you get the kombucha coupon? Foodbuzz? 'Cause I want one! hehe.
Ani's Mock Tuna salad recipe is soo good! I don't remember the actual name and I am too lazy to get my book and go look it up, but it's delicious. Raw Tacos are another favorite!
My favorite Kombucha flavors are the fruity ones: grape, guav and raspberry. I recently tried the Gingerberry though which is AWESOME! I need one, or fifty, of those free coupons.
yay i love PB2! and YES a cookbook would be the best. as for piercings, i have my ears gauged right now and my rook pierced. everything else i took out which was just my belly button (actually that one got ripped out while crowd surfing), industrial (just took that out 2 weeks ago in fact) both treguses and another piercing on the side rim of my ear. i just got sick of all that jewelry i guess! but i spent thousands of $ on gauged earrings so those stay :P off to read your other post! xo
That is my fav. raw food cookbook! So simple and easy! :) Enjoy!
GT Gingerade is my favourite flavor — so refreshing on a hot day, so restorative if ever you feel a little depleted. I'm a first time commenter who enjoys your posts immensely. Great recipe ideas, great yoga poses, great spirit. (And empathise with you wholeheartedly about the mama drama.) I'd happily buy the Averie cookbook. But… as someone who's worked in publishing, if you are indeed working towards a cookbook, please, please, please no more "nanners" and the like. Sent with best wishes because I'd love to see your book on the shelves. You have much to offer.
My favorite kombucha flavor is the Mystic Mango. Very yum!
I currently have two piercings – the navel and a more 'private' one! Up until three years ago, I also had my tongue and both of my nipples pierced. And about ten years ago, I also had my septum pierced. I didn't like the septum very much, so I took it out after about six months. I would love to get a nose stud but don't know how that would fare with work!
I have been lurking but thought I would de-lurk to chime in about Ani's cookbook. I got it a few weeks ago and can tell you the cheezecake is DA BOMB. A friend of mine made the apple pie and recommended to slice the apples really thin. The smoothies have all been fab. For entrees – the one that has been a stand out so far is the Portabello Mushrooms with Broccoli Mash and Mushroom Gravy. I would ease up on the amount of Braggs or nama shoyu for the mushroom marinade but otherwise…so yum! My husband kept saying, "This is like a square meal!" ha ha ha! I guess I've been serving one sided meals (all salad, all the time!). :-)
Piercings…I'm boring…four on one ear, two on the other but I only wear one earring on each ear now. One tattoo from my Navy days…
Oh yeah, I also love that kind of Kombucha. Grape is my fave, like a grape soda. I used to have trouble finding it, and then I realized that someone was hiding them behind the other flavors at the store. I guess someone else likes it, too :-)
I've had Ani's cookbook since it came out. In fact, I think I pre-ordered it. I haven't used it in a while, but I remember purchasing it for the pancake recipe and really digging the "burger" on the front. I also like the "rice" recipes.
As for the piercing/tattooing stories, I actually used to have three rings in one ear and four in the other. I also had my belly button pierced. The scar looks like a little bow when I'm pregnant.
People are also surprised to find out that I have three tattoos that I hide very well.
Hmmm. Let me think about my favorite food. That is just too hard to say, but I'm loving the chocolate n'ice cream with olive oil and sea salt on top at the moment.
Does it count if I USED to have a nose piercing? :P
Love me the Kombucha – Gingerberry is def. one of my faves.
oh, and ears pierces twice- used to be 4, plus nose, eyebrow and lip…one tattoo :)
Cookbook looks great but now I'm saving up for your one. Cause I know it will be awesome- or…you could open a mail order bakery! Bloggers will keep you in business!
I LOVE PB2. The calories are strange- usually US companies just round it up/down. Very precise those PB2 peeps! I love it stirred into Greek yogurt.
There isn't a lot grown locally due to the climate here so if I want something other than carrots/potatoes/onions/raspberries, it's from far off lands. Bananas come from Costa Rice and I am A-OK with that. If I objected, I would move to Costa Rica and would be fine with that too :D
ani's cookbook seemed too intense for me..I know sad right? but there were so many ingredients that I didn't have I started to feel overwhelmed
I have that uncook book too!! I love Ani. The Fresh Mango Cobbler is one of my fav recipes from that book. And pretty much all the smoothies are to LIVE for! The SmartMonkey Bar Cereal is a good idea (I used Larabars).
I love Kombucha! My fave is Gingerberry and the Strawberry one. Actually I love them all :)
I live in Indiana so finding these all year round is tough. I don't care where my blueberries are from or if they are organic.