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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An Avocado Truffle Cup and a dollop of cacao avocado mousse, that I could live off of, made by my friend Breanne. Yummers.

Avocado Creme Truffle Cups   To be incredibly honest… as of starting this post, I have not assembled these yet. I haven't got the equipment (muffin cups nor silicon muffin pan),

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Part 1 of my travels to Ecuador   Hello, Zimtees! Or should I say, "Hola". =)   I am in Ecuador- if you've been following the FB page at all, you already know that! I arrived last Tuesday (I think) and it has been pretty non-stop up until this very point. Like with everything Zimt does, I play a pretty big role. It is not the easiest thing to take on, being responsible for food that is going to thousands of people (a little daunting), but I want to do the best job I can, at every step. So, when the Government of Ecuador commissioned me to head on over to their country for a business matchmaking event, to check out all the opportunities available for Zimt, I could not resist. What an opportunity! I have never been to Ecuador. Up until yesterday, I had never been

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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 Coconut Chia Banana Parfait - a vegan, raw, gluten free, fancy looking option for breakfast! (Or a nice snack).   Usually, I put chia seeds in my smoothies- they are a great source of protein and make me feel like an Aztec warrior (one of the original users of this powerful seed). Ah, ok- they don't actually seem to do that for me, but I still have faith that these little seeds are doing something beneficial. The word "chia" means st

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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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Quadruple Layer Raw, Vegan, Caramel Banana Cream Pie   I'm on my second piece in a row… within about 10 minutes. Because it is that delicious- it cannot be helped! Plus, I have to make up for not having pie on Pi(e) Day (March 14th, as the number, Pi, begins with 3.14 (so excited for 2015, when it will be 3.1415!!!!! - the exclamationpoints are purely grammatical to reflect my eager anticipation, not mathematical which would mean a crazy long line of multiplication. I was in the math club in high school, believe it or not.) This pie is raw, so it is really pretty easy to make- not that I've ever tried, but apparently making real, baked pies can be really complicated (hopefully I will never find out…). Four layers of delicious! Plus crust and shaved chocolate- winner, w

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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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