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  • A New View of Healthy Eating Recipes: Spiritual Adrenaline Holiday Dessert Guide: Vegan Chocolate Cream Pie

    By Melanie A. Albert, intuitive cooking expert, author, and speaker. Founder & CEO Experience Nutrition Group, LLC

    It is my honor and pleasure to be part of the Spiritual Adrenaline Holiday Dessert Guide. Thanks so much to Tom Shanahan for coming out to Arizona to enjoy these delicious, healthy desserts with me. The Vegan Chocolate Cream Pie (with Soy) is a favorite for people of all ages. It is so decadent. And, the best thing is that is a really healthy dessert that is simple to prepare and perfect for the holidays.

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    Excerpt from A New View of Healthy Eating: Vegan Chocolate Cream Pie (pages 162-163)

    Enjoy creating vegan, gluten-free chocolate recipes with fruit, raw cacao powder, nuts, natural sweeteners, and even sweet potatoes. If you are a chocolate lover or have a sweet tooth, try these “good-for-us” chocolate desserts.

    Vegan Chocolate Cream Pie

    Try this simple chocolate dessert recipe that everyone enjoys. This gourmet-quality pie is so much fun to make and is beautiful and delicious every time I teach it in my private and group cooking classes. Learn to quickly and easily melt chocolate chips right in your oven. If you have extra chocolate pie, cut it into small pieces and freeze for snacks.

    SIMPLE INGREDIENTS

    Crust

    • 2 cups raw pecans
    • ¼ cup maple sugar
    • 1 ½ tbsp coconut oil
    • ½ tsp sea salt

    Filling

    • 2 ½ cups vegan dark chocolate chips
    • 2 packages organic soft silken tofu (260g packages)
    • 1 tsp vanilla extract or 1 vanilla bean, scraped
    • Pinch of sea salt

     

     SIMPLE STEPS

    Make the Crust.

    • Pulse pecans and maple sugar in food processor.
    • Add coconut oil and sea salt.
    • Pulse to combine well.
    • Press and shape mixture into the bottom of a 10-inch springform pan.

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    Melt Chocolate Chips.

    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
    • Pour the chocolate chips in a single layer onto a flat baking sheet.
    • Place in the oven to melt for no more than 3-4 minutes or until melted. Be careful that you don’t burn them.

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    Blend the Filling.

    • Place tofu, vanilla, sea salt, and melted chocolate chips into a food processor.
    • Blend until smooth.
    • Pour mixture into pie crust and chill for at least 30 minutes.
    • Top with fresh fruit and nuts.
    • Enjoy!

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    If you enjoy this recipe, there are 54 simple whole food, plant-based, gluten-free recipes in A New View of Healthy Eating book.

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  • A New View of Healthy Eating Recipes: Spiritual Adrenaline Holiday Dessert Guide: Aromatic Apple Crisp

    A New View of Healthy Eating Recipes: Spiritual Adrenaline Holiday Dessert Guide: Aromatic Apple Crisp

    By Melanie A. Albert, intuitive cooking expert, author, and speaker. Founder & CEO Experience Nutrition Group, LLC

    It is such an honor to be part of the Spiritual Adrenaline Holiday Dessert Guide. Thanks so much to Tom Shanahan for coming out to Arizona to experience these healthy holiday recipes. The Aromatic Apple Crisp with Freshly Ground Spices is one of my very favorite desserts for the holidays, as it brings back childhood holiday memories of cooking with my Mom and Grandmom.  The natural aromatherapy of the freshly ground spices – cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, and nutmeg – is an incredible mindful experience of the cooking. Enjoy preparing and eating this delicious dessert.

    Excerpt from A New View of Healthy Eating: Aromatic Apple Crisp with Freshly Ground Spices (pages 126-127)

    DESSERT: Aromatic Apple Crisp with Freshly Ground Spices

    This apple crisp is one of my all-time favorites. From cooking with local organic apples to mindfully hand-grinding and enjoying the aromatherapy of freshly ground warming spices, from the aromatherapy of the apples sautéing in the spices to memories of eating pies when I was a child, this dessert (or breakfast) is outstanding. Enjoy the process of setting up your mise en place, cooking, and enjoying this dish with your family and friends.

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    SIMPLE INGREDIENTS

    Topping

    • 1 cup rolled oats
    • ½ cup almonds, walnuts, or pecans, sliced
    • ¼ cup maple sugar
    • 1 tsp cinnamon, fresh ground
    • 1 tsp nutmeg, fresh ground
    • 1 tsp cardamom seeds, fresh ground
    • ½ cup grapeseed oil

    Filling

    • 8 apples, sliced
    • 3 tbsp grapeseed oil
    • 4 tbsp maple sugar
    • 1 tsp cinnamon, fresh ground
    • 1 tsp nutmeg, fresh ground
    • 1 tsp cardamom seeds, fresh ground
    • ½ tsp cloves, fresh ground
    • 1 orange, juiced and zested
    • 1 lemon, juiced and zested

     SIMPLE STEPS

    1. Prepare your mise en place.
      • Hand-grind all spices in mortar and pestle.
      • Hand-squeeze and zest the orange and lemon.

    Prepare topping.

    • Mix all dry ingredients for topping until well combined.
    • Pour in grapeseed oil and mix.

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    3. Cook the apple crisp.

    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
    • Place sliced apples in a large sauté pan.
    • Turn heat to medium and add remaining filling ingredients.
    • Cook until apples slightly soften; stir occasionally.
    • Pour cooked apples with sauce into 8-inch by 8-inch baking dish.
    • Top with oats topping.
    • Bake on middle oven rack for 20-30 minutes.
    1. Enjoy!

    If you are interested in more simple whole food, plant-based, gluten-free recipes that are healthy and delicious, my book, A New View of Healthy Eating is available.  I’m happy to gift-wrap for your family and friends.

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