Coffee Peanut Butter Cups - vegan, high raw, gluten free Sounds pretty exciting, doesn't it? Well, let me tell you, as someone who has downed a good many of these, that I feel incredibly grown up and full of peanut butter (the former cannot be without the latter, really). My bestie, Leeanne, came over the other day and as basically all of my friendship encounters are somehow contorted into a Zimt making party, treats were one of the inevitable results of our hang out. We had gone to Mexico together about six years ago, when neither of us drank coffee. Kids. But, I vaguely remember sitting outside a little cafe and Leeanne being much more open minded than I, and ordering an Americano. (A Gringo?! Hah.). So I always associate coffee with Leeanne, even slightly. How fitting for

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raw chocolate banana superfood ice cream cake - and cry!   [gallery columns="4" ids="671,673,674,675"] This sums up a lot of the lovely meeting I had the other day with one of my dearest friends, Vanessa. We've been buds for a while now- coming up 7 years, I would say (that's a lot when you consider it is over Œ of my life thus far). Usually, when we hang out, it is pretty productive. I mean, we've got stuff to do. Mostly, we've got food to eat (or, make, eat, and blog about- sometimes in that order). And thank my lucky stars that she is such a darned good cook with such an enormous heart. [caption id="attachment_672" align="alignright" width="225"]READ MORE

chocolate birthday cake batter smoothie vegan, high raw, and you can legitimately consume chocolate for breakfast ;-)   I made this twice last week- for my special someone's birthday breakfast (day of) and the Saturday before, just as I was rushing out the door to work for the day. There definitely was no time to make a pancake breakfast…. but this, I believe, is a worthy contender for any special meal. After all, it is made with lots of love (both in the emotional and in the chocolate sense). chocolate birthday cake batter smoothie inspired by the lovely Angela Liddon at Oh She Glows (p.s.- definitely check out her new book!) 1 C water (237 g) ? C rolled

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raw, vegan, Nanaimo Bar Recipe   Or more accurately conveyed: Eat-Your-(Greens)-raw-vegan-Nanaimo-(esque)-Bar-Recipe [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300"] this photo reeeeeeally does not do the product justice. I'm sorry. It is honestly completely appetizing! [/caption]

I whipped these up a few nights ago, to bring as dessert to our friend who had us over for dinner. They were so, so good I almost wished I were the only one at the par

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Vegan Peanut Butter Raw Chocolate Rice Krispie Recipe These are so good- and actually, I made them what feels like forever ago… (though it was maybe a month or so), but I still remember them fondly! I had been wanting to make rice krispies for forever, but I wasn't about to shell out $9 for a bag of organic rice crisp cereal. So, imagine my delight when I saw a big bag on sale for $5.99- immense! The universe told me that it was time to make rice krispies. You can definitely make this recipe by using brown rice syrup instead of barley malt syrup (to keep it gluten free), but the latter was on sale (score). So after standing at the check out, Googling whether or not one could make vegan rice krispies with barley malt, and thinking "What if this is my last day on earth a

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Nut Free Triple Chocolate Fudge Brownies (vegan, GF, raw)   Good Saturday!   Hope you've all had a super week- mine was not bad. Some ups. Some downs. No neutrals. But mostly ups, I would say, really. One of the ups, and downs, came in the form of these brownies. The up? Very tasty. Very healthy. Can be very easy to make. The down? … I'm a whiner when it comes to anything culinary (other than directly experimenting with Zimt up-and-coming recipes- that I love. Even when it is chaotic and involves me making

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raw truffles, coconut sugar sweetened, raw, organic, vegan, fair trade, delicious, fancy, chocolates- they are here!   Hi Zimtees,   Just wanted to share a bit of news with you- in case you haven't heard… we now have some pretty fancy chocolates in our roster of already pretty fancy chocolates. I wanted to get these ones out in time for Valentine's Day, because, well… apparently these sorts of treats are pretty popular this time of year. Background information, though, needs to be shared. It all started just over three years ago, when I was figuring out how to even remotely begin to think of starting a chocolate company. Having zero idea, there was a lot to learn (and, there still is.). Initially, my idea had been to make a macaroon company. But I felt really

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What's better than delicious cake? Delicious healthy cake, of course. I decided to make a zucchini cake, studded with chocolate bits to celebrate my loved ones' tastebuds on my birthday. It just makes the cake more… rich, in a way, while allowing you to get some greens in! That's right- just eat this cake and you get your 5 to 10 a day. (Kidding. But it's a start.) This cake is healthy- it isn't gluten free (though I bet you could make it that way if you really wanted to do so), made with coconut sugar and coconut oil, and has Zimt all in it to make you happy. Oh, and zucchini. Speaking of which. Here is why zucchini is a good idea:

• high in fibre
• high in antioxidants, such as folate, vitamin A and vitamin C
• high in manganese- a contributor to nor

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Want some very, very, very good chocolate? You've come to the right place. That "uh oh" batch of chocolate I posted about here, has been corrected and the result is delicious. Really, really, really delicious. [gallery ids="442,443,444"] And this was made possible by some rather talented and patient people. I wanted to take the opportunity to chat a bit about "who". There was an issue with the last batch- things were rushed and I didn't get a sample, as requested. The result was not good enough, and it had to be redone (it wasn't a tiny amount, either), which was a bit of a pain for all of us. That, I believe, is an example of a bit of a mess up. Nothing cat

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