Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 04:38 PM
Theme Week: Raw Desserts
Good evening loves,
How was everyone’s Sunday? Good I hope 
I must say I can’t complain especially when this was my breakfast
We ended up eating each side individually and added more whip cream and chocolate sauce 
Ooeey gooey smores goodness! Michelle and I had one more smores left over so we decided to treat ourselves this lovely Sunday morning with a nice treat!
Followed by some warm almond milk with spices
Here are the last few sips left of it
Also, we have some of this to enjoy the next two days
Our raw sauerkraut is done fermenting. We let this batch go for 3 weeks.
Bottled it up in our mason jars
Ok now time to round up our raw dessert theme week:
Our twisted pumpkin pie recipe
We called this a twisted pumpkin pie because we followed Averie’s base and idea but put our own twist on it
I must say creating all these delicious desserts was so much fun we plan to do another dessert week again soon We have so many more ideas that we want to share… we get so excited about creating new raw food recipes… We are dorks!
Pure2Raw Recipe: Twisted Pumpkin Pie
Crust/Crumb topping Ingredients:
1/2 cup almond meal
2 dates, pitted
Throw the whole 2 ingredients into a blender and blend till crumbly.
**now our goal with this crust was to create more crumb texture therefore we did not add any agave or more dates. If we did that it would have turned out more like a crust ( real sticky and holding together well)
Here is what our crumb topping looked like
See our crumb is just barely holding together… more like a little crumb texture. Set topping in a bowl while you make the filling.
Pumpkin Pie Filling
Ingredients:
Directions:
Place all ingredients into a blender
Here is what irish moss looks like when you are done soaking it and than pureeing it up
Puree all ingredients till fully combined (it takes a little bit due to the dates)
AND THAT IS IT!!! EASY as 1-2-3!!
Now time to plate up and enjoy. We put ours in ramekins for more individual servings.
Now we topped ours with some of our raw whip cream from the other day!! This is optional you can just put the crumb topping on.
Ok time to top with crumb topping
Dig In! 
YUMMY!!! We ate this in about a whole 2 seconds…
Thanks again Averie for the inspiration and easy recipe to follow. We plan on remaking this for our family during the holidays.
Reasons why we love this recipe:
- easy to make
- few ingredients
- took only 10 minutes to make
- taste great
- who doesn’t love a little pumpkin pie??
- low fat, low in calories
We hope you all enjoyed our raw desserts and how excited for this week’s theme week. We will share with you all tomorrow morning plus along with some very exciting NEWS!
Hope everyone has a great evening.
Till next time,
The Twins
L&M
Posted by: Pure2
Posted in: Raw Recipes, Theme Week
Tags: dessert, irish moss, pumpkin pie, raw desserts, raw sauerkraut, raw smores, Theme Week
Friday, November 13, 2009 at 02:00 PM
Hello friends,
We wanted to go over some of the ingredients that we have been using in our recipes as well as provide you all with some substitutes.
Now many of these ingredients may be new to you or yes a little more expensive than SUGAR. But the health benefits out weight all that : ) We are fortunate enough that with our bakery we get to play around with these ingredients. So if you ever get the chance to play around with these ingredients we hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
At the end of the post we provide where you can get all these goodies!
Ingredient and substitution lesson with the twins:
grab a paper and pen
Ready-
Here we go-
Coconut oil
Full of lauric acid, provides energy for the body, good fat, great for the metabolism and thyroid.
Common use: baking, cooking, face, smoothies, sauces, puddings, sports drinks, bars, any desserts
Substitutes: olive oil, soy butter (if you can tolerate soy), ghee (for non-vegans), palm oil
Yacon Syrup
Low-glycemic sugar, lower in calories then most sweeteners, taste like molasses and caramel, can improve digestive health due to containing prebiotic (which is the food for the good bacteria)
** yacon also comes in powder form
** it does have an unique flavor so it may take a few times to get used to the flavor although we LOVE IT!
Common use: replace honey or maple syrup, or any liquid sweetener (we like to use it more than agave because it has more health benefits than agave), add it to anything that you want a little bit more sweetness like smoothies, puddings, any desserts, fruit, sauces, dressings, nut milks
Substitutes: maple syrup, molasses, dark or light agave, honey
Lucuma powder
Low-glycemic sugar substitute, rich maple-like flavor, full of vitamins and minerals like beta caratone, niacin, calcium and iron
Common use: great in ice creams, yogurts, desserts, smoothies, puddings, pies, nut milks
Substitutes: maca powder, yacon powder, stevia (though will have to alter the ratio in recipes), nut flour, coconut flour, rice protein powder or hemp protein (though will need to add some other sweetness to the recipes)
Maca powder
Rich in amino acids, phytonutrients, vitamins, and minerals, increases energy, can help with endurance, supports the immune system and adrenal function (helps with stress) and we just love the flavor!! Gives things a malted flavor : )
Common use: desserts, pudding, smoothies, yogurt, ice cream, nut milks
Substitutes: lucuma, yacon powder, nut flour, coconut flour, rice protein and hemp powder (these will alter the taste and texture)
* we have discussed maca here before
Stevia
Zero- glycemic level, zero calorie, can improve digestion, excellent choice for those watching sugar and calories, comes in liquid or powder form
Common uses: drinks, smoothies, coffee,tea, any dessert (will have to alter the wet to dry ration), yogurt, puddings
Substitutes: although there really is no substitute if you using it for the reasons listed, although all the sweeteners list here would work, just have to alter the recipe
Dates/date paste
Natural sweetener, high in glucose (a carb for fuel), rich in fiber, full of calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, sulfur
Common uses: desserts, sauces, dressings, smoothies, puddings, snacks, bars, granola
Substitutes: dried figs, dried apricots, plus the other sweeteners listed above
Please keep in mind when you make substitutions in any recipe, not just ours, that we ask you to please use some common sense If they batter is dry add more liquid and vice versa. Example, if you use high fats nuts (walnuts) in your recipe, you can use less liquid due to the natural oil from the nuts. Or if you prefer stevia as your sweetener, whether liquid or powdered, you will need to “make up” for the volume missing, so either add more dry ingredients or liquid.
We hope these tips help, and you have any questions with using these different ingredients please email the twins at twins@pure2raw.com. We would love to help you out : )
Our favorite places to get our ingredients:
Here are some new places we have come across, we have not tried them yet, but look good!
And to continue on with our dessert theme week today is
RAW SMORE’S
Now Matthew Kenney has his recipe of this classic in his book Entertaining in the Raw. And our friend Shannon Marie has done her own twist on this dessert.
And we wanted to get in on the action…. We will see this later what we did. It is still in production. We will get the recipe and pictures to you as soon as it is ready!!!
Till next time,
The Twins
L&M
Posted by: Pure2
Posted in: Health, Raw Recipes, Theme Week
Tags: coconut oil, dates, desserts, lucuma powder, maca powder, raw desserts, raw smores, stevia, yacon syrup
We ended up eating each side individually and added more whip cream and chocolate sauce 
Ooeey gooey smores goodness! 
See our crumb is just barely holding together… more like a little crumb texture. Set topping in a bowl while you make the filling.
