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Italian Quesadillas

Recipe adapted from “Chloe’s Vegan Italian Kitchen” cookbook


Ingredients:

1 (15oz) can of white beans, rinsed and drained

1/4 cup olive oil

1 Tbsp water

1 Tbsp lemon juice

1 garlic clove

sea salt and pepper, to taste

Grain free tortillas (I like Siete almond flour tortillas which can usually be found in the freezer section of a grocery store)

1/2 cup chopped sun dried tomatoes

2 sliced avocados

Fresh basil and/or parsley, chopped (just sprinkle with a tiny bit of dried italian herbs if you don’t have any fresh)


  1. Combine the beans, olive oil, water, garlic, and lemon juice in a food processor and pulse until smooth. Add salt and pepper to taste.

  2. Generously spread the bean mixture onto a tortilla, top with sun dried tomato, sliced avocado, and fresh or dried herbs. Place another tortilla on top.

  3. Add a little bit of avocado oil (or another high heat cooking oil) to a hot pan. Using a spatula, carefully place the quesadilla onto the pan. Let cook 1-2 min or until browned and crispy. Carefully flip over the quesadilla and cook on the other side.

  4. Add a little more oil and repeat step 3 until you use up the filling ingredients, this recipe usually makes 4 quesadillas.

  5. Use a pizza cutter or a sharp knife to cut quesadillas into quarters. Serve and enjoy!


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With love, Amanda

Heirloom Tomato Avocado Toast

When it is tomato season, you find every delicious way to enjoy your harvest! This tastes like bruschetta meets avocado toast…and it’s glorious.

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Ingredients:

1 clove of fresh garlic, peeled

1/2 ripe avocado, mashed

1/2 of a medium size heirloom tomato, diced

Everything bagel seasoning

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1 Slice of Simple Kneads GF sourdough bread

Directions:

  1. Toast bread.

  2. Cut the garlic clove in half and rub cut side directly onto the warm toast.

  3. Spread avocado onto toast.

  4. Top with tomatoes.

  5. Sprinkle some everything seasoning and drizzle good olive oil on top.

  6. Enjoy!


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With love, Amanda

Chocolate Avocado Cookies

 
The most fudgy, rich chocolate cookies! SO good.

The most fudgy, rich chocolate cookies! SO good.

 

Ingredients:

3/4 cup mashed avocado (about 1 1/4 avocado)

1/2 cup coconut sugar

1/2 of a ripe banana OR 1 egg

1/2 cup raw cacao powder

1/2 teaspoon of baking powder

1/4 cup mini chocolate chips

1/3 cup chopped dark chocolate bar or larger chocolate chips

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.

  2. In a food processor (a mixer with the whisk attachment would also work), pulse the avocado and coconut sugar. Add banana and pulse until really well combined. Add the cacao powder and baking soda and pulse.

  3. Stir in chocolate.

  4. Using a cookie scoop, drop cookies onto a cookie sheet lined with unbleached parchment paper. Flatten a little (they don’t spread out while baking).

  5. Bake 9-11 minutes. Flatten with a spoon or flat spatula halfway through cooking for a thinner cookie!

    **I suggest freezing them so you’ll always have a healthy sweet treat on hand. These make awesome ice cream sandwiches or heat one up and serve over ice cream for a brownie sundae effect! Nada Moo ice cream is my favorite non-dairy vanilla ice cream!

 
The best ice cream cookie sandwich!

The best ice cream cookie sandwich!

 

Raw cacao provides us a lot of antioxidants, nutrients, and can even help reduce stress and make us feel good! (1) Make sure to use raw cacao instead of cocoa powder which isn’t as pure and is usually sweetened. Coconut sugar is a natural sweetener that replaces sugar very well in baking and is much lower on the glycemic index than most natural sugars.


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With love, Amanda


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