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!
OK I just realized I just posted about the piercing on the wrong post. I'm way behind and getting caught up all around the blogosphere!
Averie – My favorite recipe from Ani's book is the apple pie (p.211), it is actually the reason I bought the book… the 'Wilted Spinach Salad w/ Marinated Onions in Mustard Seed Dressing'(p. 100) was really good too… oh, and the 'Ginger Almond Pate' (p.167) was great, I used it as part of a nori roll… also liked the 'Cherry Malt' (p.51) although I used soy milk and cocoa. Mostly I really enjoyed her outlook/philosophy, really cool lady.
As for the negative comment you received, I'd venture to say that since it was anonymous, that they were just being sh*ts and having perverse fun… delete it and move on. ;)
I haven't been to a trader joes in a while (a year or more), I must go back, especially seeing that package of medjool dates… I haven't been able to find medjool… I can only find deglet noor… hopefully my trader joes will have the medjools. :)
Piercings… just my ears, but I think I'm allergic to metal or something, even the nickel-free studs, because my lobes would get infected no matter what method I used, peroxide, alcohol, etc… so I had to remove them years ago… :/ Hopefully not TMI :)
Have a great night.
I am SO JEALOUS of your free Synergy coupon! I almost want to buy the powdered PB JUST TO GET THE COUPON! My favorite flavor is Ginger Berry! I also like Tonic #7 and #9. All in all, Kombucha and I are friends. I don't think you can go wrong! Thanks again for your influence on my post this morning! You're the best!
OH I almost forgot
I love gingerade and the mango and the grape….there are few more but those are my High Fives!
xo
My fav MUST have food are Bananas and AVOS
I'll bet I have eaten an avo a day for most of this past year! I have also added almond butter to that list and coconut butter…between the 3 I get some daily heathy fats!
WRITE A BOOK !
PLEASE
oh, I almost forgot….the tat and piercing question!
I have a belly (hole cuz the ring is out)
I have been playing with the idea of getting a ring put back in there. I took it out during the preggo year/s and now I am used to it without but miss it.
and I have a Mariposa ( shocker there?)tat on my left side BOOB…jk… it's above, peekin out of my bikini top.
LOVE LOVE LOVE IT
I am DEF getting a second….I just haven't figured out the what or where!
I knew it was going to be an addiction! My tattoo is small and a little on the boring side so I want one that is prettier or I may just get this one embellished.
some day!
I didn't used to like nose piercings but they are growing on me! The last few I've seen are DARLING.
fun post!
Ooo, I'm actually waiting for my copy of Ani's cookbook right now! I'm excited to see what you make out of it! My first foray into piercing (besides ears) was my bellybutton, which I loved a whole lot more than it loved me. :(
I think I might be one of those die-hard kombucha fans! After my attempts to make it myself ended poorly, I've resigned myself to buying cases of the stuff. I def. recommend the gingerberry flavour! So deelish! -Eve
I love pb2 in oatmeal, but it kind of frightens me when I try to use it as actual "peanut butter" (if that makes sense!) I LOVE LOVE LOVE mango and I have been known to pay insane amounts of money for it when it is out of season!
holier than swiss cheese, eh? im intrigued…haha
well i do still have a few piercings left myself, but similar to you, i took out some. my bellybutton was done when i was underage, so my mom had to come with me. yeah, my parents were the OG hippies, so they were down. they even took my baby sis to the tattoo/piercing parlor when i got it done (she was 7!!) haha…anyways, im always pushing the boundaries at work with my black nail polish, etc. i dont think i need to get any nose studs anytime soon.
I love pb2! Unfortunately, all of mine is back in Michigan. I gotta order some more! And mmm, now I want some pineapple :D
PB2- HMm, don't believe the numbers- I'm such a skeptic- in my "olden" days I would add up the prot and Carb grams (multiply by 4) then the fat g (mult by 9) and if it didn't add up I was soooo pissed! :-D
Tats or piercings? Ears- 3 each those I only use 1 each! :-/ Tats- when I got really into yoga I looked into getting one on the small of my back but an MRI radiologist said that it could interfere with reading medical tests eek!
I buy organic all the items that are on the "dirty dozen" list.
Enjoy your cookbooks! Grr you won't give us the secret macaroon ingredients! :-)
I love the PB2 and I did notice the chocolate was slightly lower in cals…weird, but I'll take it! As for the produce, I would buy nectarines year round as long as they were hard and crisp. Yum!
Pineapple is soo soo good!! Def. one of my all time fav. foods!!
Hurray for your cookbooks arriving (hoping Sarma's does soon too)! I can't wait to see what you make!!!
And yes, PB2 is bombin. I have a huge stash in my pantry which makes me smile everytime I see it!!
Love the macaroon-age.
hope your monday has been wonderful!!
p.s. Your sis works for orbit?! so freaking amazingly cool!! What did you mean you could put a word in, Averie? I didn't understand!!
Love you!!
Hi Averie.
I've just come across your blog, and so far I'm loving it! Do you mind if I add you to my blogroll?
As for foods that I love… peaches and mangoes! They're only just coming in season where I live, which means… $$$. I can't wait for the day that summer fruit becomes affordable! (Expect me to be buying it buy the crate.)
want to hear the craziest shizz ever? I don't even have my EARS pierced.. I know I know, i'm a crazy beeeotch. I was a super tom boy all through middle school and never wanted them done.. then in high school I was just a straight up whimp and scared it would hurt — and now, well, now I don't know what's holding me back.
Let me know how you like the PB2 chica — FYI, it's bangalangin in smoothies.. I'm sure you shall put it to good use with your vita :)
PB2 is rad! I am going to try adding it to my overnight oats! :)
I am the same way with pineapple. its my one purchase i LOVE that may not be organic or local.. same with watermelon :( haha
I can't wait to hear your review of the PB2. I've heard so much about it, but it kinda scares me. Not sure I want my PB messed with. =)