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Hazelnut Notella

A handful of ingredients is all it takes to make this mouthwatering vegan, palm oil free version of the famous Nutella. It’s healthier than the stuff from the supermarket, filled with as close to natural ingredients as you can get- and will satisfy your Nutella Cravings!   This recipe first featured in my Vegan Nutella Whoopie Cookies (A VIP Club House Recipe), but has been dying to make an appearance of it’s own.   YIELD: 2 cups PREP: 10 mins COOK: 10 mins READY IN: 20 mins Ingredients 3 cups Raw Hazelnuts seeds only 1 cup vegan dark chocolate broken into pieces 1/2 cup coconut sugar or sweetener of your choice (optional, especially if your chocolate is sweet) 1 vanilla bean pod seeds only Pinch of Salt Instructions Preheat the oven to 180ºC....

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Peanut Butter and Chocolate Mud Cake…

YIELD: 12 slices (12 Servings) PREP: 5 mins COOK: 45 mins READY IN: 50 mins Seriously, is there anything better than Peanut Butter and Chocolate? Served with my most delicious frosting EVER and it's a match made in flavour heaven; the dark, rich bitterness of the cacao beans, the creamy, smooth, thick peanut butter that gets stuck in every crevice of your mouth.. Ingredients 240 g Vegan Margarine OR 200g coconut oil OR 240g light olive oil 4 chia eggs (1tbsp chia seeds soaked in 3tbsp water = 1 egg) 200 g Almond or Oat milk 150 g coconut sugar 240 g self raising gluten free flour 70 g raw cacao powder 2 tsp gluten free baking powder 4 tbsp smooth peanut butter OR other nut butter of choice Instructions Preheat oven to 180ºC. Line...

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Gluten Free Coconut Pancakes…

YIELD: 8 pancakes (4 Servings) PREP: 10 mins COOK: 15 mins READY IN: 25 mins I was lucky enough to be able to try some of the incredible Ceres Organics products. Ceres Organic products are available at Leo’s Supermarkets in Kew, Hartwell and Heidelberg, Maxi Foods in Blackburn and Upper Ferntree Gully, Superfruit in Ivanhoe, Pattersons Country Fresh in Bentley, Piedimonte’s IGA Fitzroy and many other stores. Please contact us via our website at www.AbsoluteWholefoods.com.au for a store closest to you. Ingredients 1/2 cup Ceres Organics Buckwheat flour 1 cup Ceres Organics Coconut flour 2 heaped tsp gluten free baking powder 1/2 cup Ceres Organics Desiccated Coconut 1 tbsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp Ceres Organics Almond Butter 3 1/2 cups Ceres Organics coconut milk 1 tsp chia seeds soaked in 3 tbsp water*...

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Top Secret pumpkin soup…

YIELD: 2 Servings PREP: 5 mins COOK: 20 mins READY IN: 25 mins Ingredients 1 leek, sliced thinly 1 small to medium butternut pumpkin, skin removed and cubed 2 cup of water (you can use vegetable stock if you want it saltier) 1/2 tbsp 'Herbamare' or celtic sea salt Fresh cracked pepper to taste 2 tbsp peanut butter (SECRET INGREDIENT!) Instructions In a deep soup pot, put the water, leek and cubed pumpkin in, and slowly bring to a boil You may need to add more water- I like my soup thick- for thinner soup, add more water/stock Allow to simmer until pumpkin is soft, about 20 minutes Using a stick-blender (or a food processor/blender) process until smooth and creamy Add the Herbamare or salt and pepper to taste...

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