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Truffles for Christmas

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I love giving home made Christmas presents to my friends and family. Like every other year I made truffles… but now in a vegan way because my mother in law is on a special diet. I found these recipes on  one of my favourite blogs, David & Luise’s Green Kitchen Stories. I love all their healthy, nourishing recipes. Check them out.
These truffles are great for any other occasions or to have a great snack in the fridge just in case you crave for some sweets.
Ingredients (1. version – Chocolate-almond-coconut truffles)
– 12 dates, seeded
– 100 g almond, without skin
– 100 g desiccated coconut
– 2 tablespoons coconut oil
– 1 tablespoon coconut milk
– 1 tablespoon water
– 4 tablespoons cocoa powder, unsweetend
– 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Method

Mix all the ingredients in a blender for 2 minutes (don’t worry if it looks to dry it will be easy to form the mixture). Form 15-18 little balls with your hand and roll them in cocoa powder or in desiccated coconut.  Place them in small paper liners and put in the fridge for a while before serving.
Ingredients (2. version – Coffee-oat-chocolate truffles)
– 15 db dates, seeded
– 4 tablespoons oat flakes
– 2 tablespoons desiccated coconut
– 2 tablespoons coconut oil
– 2 teaspoons fresh espresso
– 2 tablespoons cocoa powder, unsweetend
– 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
– 1 vanilla bean, split and seeded
– 1 tablespoon water
Method

Mix all the ingredients in a blender for 2 minutes. Form 15 little balls with your hand and roll them in desiccated coconut or oat flakes. Place them in small paper liners and put in the fridge for a while before serving.

Vegan Avocado Chocolate Cake

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Hmmm, avokádó és csokoládé? Ráadásul vegán! Könnyű, csokis, krémes, édes… igen, egy vegán torta is lehet ilyen! Recept Joy-tól.

Hozzávalók a tortához:

– 375 g teljeskiörlésű tönkölyliszt és tönköly fehérliszt vegyesen (mindegy melyikből mennyit használunk)
– 1 db közepes avokádó, érett, magja eltávolítva, belseje kikanalazva
– 6 evőkanál kakaópor, átszitálva
– 2 teáskanál sütőpor
– 2 teáskanál szódabikarbóna
– 1/2 teáskanál só
– 180-200 g nádcukor (attól függően mennyire vagy édesszájú)
– 1 evőkanál almaecet
– 1/4 bögre napraforgó olaj
– 3-4 dl víz
– 1 vaníliarúd kikapart magjai
– kevés kókuszzsír a forma kikenéséhez
Hozzávalók a krémhez:
– 2 db közepes avokádó, érett, magja eltávolítva, belseje kikanalazva
– 4-6 evőkanál nád porcukor
– 2 evőkanál frissen facsart citrom leve
– 1 vaníliarúd kikapart magjai

Egy tálban keverjük össze a lisztet, a kakaót, a sütőport, a szódabikarbónát és a sót. Egy másik tálban törjük villával pépesre az avokádót, adjuk hozzá a cukrot, az almaecetet, az olajat, a vizet és a vaníliát. Keverjük össze a nedves hozzávalókat a szárazzal, amíg krémesen sima állagú lesz. Egy 22 cm-es tortaformát kenjünk ki kókuszzsírral, majd öntsük bele a torta tésztát és előmelegített sütőben süssük 180 fokon kb. 30-40 percet. Akkor jó, ha a beleszúrt fogpiszkálóra már nem ragad tészta. Vegyük ki a sütőből, tegyük félre és hagyjuk kihűlni.
Közben készítsük el a krémet. A két avokádót belsejét törjük villával pépesre egy tálban. Adjuk hozzá a nád porcukrot, a citromlevet és a vaníliát. Botmixerrel pürésítsük teljesen krémesre.  Ha kihűlt a torta, kenjük meg a tetejét a krémmel és már vághatjuk is a szeleteket!

Christmas Cookie Swap Party

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The idea of Xmas Cookie Swap Party  is fantastic. I took part in one last Friday. With relatively little work and preparation, you can get your friends, family together for a fun fete which will leave all of you with enough baked treats to supply the rest of your holiday festivities and gifting.

It’s a great idea because you can save time and money, you can meet new fellow food bloggers, you can have so many cookies before Xmas! 🙂 On my photo you can see the cookies (not all) I got: walnut cookies, chocolate-lemon-ginger cookies, dried cranberries-chocolate-nut cantuccinies, dreid apricot-almond cookies, almond-chocolate cookies and dreid cherry-ginger cookies.

The only problem is… I do not know if the cookies will last until Christmas… 🙂

Quick Chocolate Croissant

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This Sunday morning we let ourselves stay in bed late. We don’t do it very often but sometimes it feels so comforting to know that we don’t have to rush anywhere. For this kind of morning like this Nigella’s quick chocolate croissant recipe is the perfect breakfast. The recipe is so easy to make I don’t bother to write it down. Just watch the video. 🙂
Ingredients
– 1 package of puff pastry
– chocolate
– 1 organic egg or water to spread the top of the croissants

Butternut Squash-Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

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I love butternut squash, one of my favourite winter fruits. I like trying out new recipes with it.  This is one of them…

Ingredients

– half of a smaller butternut squash, without seeds, roasted, peeled and mashed
– 80 g butter
– 1/4 cup cane sugar
– 1/4 cup oatmeal
– 1 cup white spelt flour
– 1/4 cup whole grain spelt flour
– 1 organic egg
– 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
– 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
– 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
– 1/4 teaspoon salt
– 1 vanilla bean, split and seeded
– 1 handful of chocolate chips

Method

Preheat oven to 180C (350F). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside. Beat the butter (with hand beater or an electric mixer) until creamy. Add sugar and stir/mix another 2 minutes. Add pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, baking soda, egg and mix until everything combined. Add flours, followed by the oats and choc chips. Mix again until just combined. Drop dough by tablespoons onto the baking sheets. Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown around the edges and puffed in the center.