Month: April 2016

I made my FAVORITE gluten free, vegan chocolate cupcakes with my healthy chocolate icing recently for Thrive Market. This recipe not only uses date sugar to sweeten the cupcakes as naturally as possible with REAL food but the icing is also primarily made from sweet potatoes. Check out the video to watch me make the full recipe, you are going to love these babies!

Gluten-Free Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes

Ingredients

For the cupcakes
2 cups chocolate almond milk
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
2 cups quinoa flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup date sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup maple syrup
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 cup coconut oil

For the frosting

4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
1/4 cup cashew butter
2 tablespoons coconut oil
1/2 cup sweet potato puree
1/4 cup carob or cacao powder
3 tablespoons date sugar
Pinch of salt
10 to 15 drops vanilla stevia
Unsweetened shredded coconut, for garnish

Instructions

Make the cupcakes
Preheat oven to 375. Combine apple cider vinegar and chocolate almond milk and set aside to curdle.

Using a stand mixer or a large bowl and hand mixer, add together dry ingredients until just combined. Add wet ingredients into the bowl, and mix together until batter comes together. Grease a muffin tin with coconut oil, and fill tins halfway with batter. Bake in the oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until firm.

Make the frosting
In a small saucepan over low heat, simmer chocolate, cashew butter, and coconut oil, stirring constantly. When chocolate begins to melt, remove from heat. In a small bowl, combine cacao powder, date sugar, stevia, salt, and sweet potato puree. Carefully pour chocolate mixture into the sweet potato mixture, and stir together until combined. Refrigerate until cool, stir again.

Frost the cupcakes
Using a piping bag or plastic sandwich bag with a corner cut off, pipe frosting onto cupcakes in swirls. Top with a sprinkle of shredded coconut.

 

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with numerous mentors, watching countless inspirational talks from some of the most successful people of our time and of course, following my own intuition — I can’t say how often the subject “saying NO” has popped up. It’s the number one productivity tip of some of the most successful people I know and I wanted to share it with you or give you a loving reminder if you have heard this before. The trick to creating the things you want to in the world, the key to being successful and quite frankly, a valuable tool for staying sane and taking care of yourself while at it, is knowing when to say no. Watch the video and let me know what you think in the comments below!

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Summer is right around the corner and I have been obsessed with the mouth watering photos of veggie spring rolls all over instagram and pinterest. Luckily my friend Nicole is a veggie summer roll maven and offered to come over and share her favorite, easy vegan spring roll recipe with me and I wanted to let you all in on the fun. These veggie rolls with thai peanut dipping sauce were out of this world and SO easy to make. It’s going to be your favorite go-to summer recipe!

Check out the full recipe below as well as links to see more of Nicole!
And don’t forget to head on over to Nicole’s channel to see her interview me about meditation!

LINK to that –> http://youtu.be/3nrYzDUW8Qk

VEGAN SPRING ROLLS
– 10-12 rice papers
– 2 cups mixed greens or lettuce of your choice
– I large carrot, shredded
– 2-3 scallions, shredded
– 1 avocado
– 1/2 cup water chestnuts
– warm water

Soak one rice paper at a time in warm water until softened (about one minute) Transfer to a smooth surface and add lettuce, carrots, scallions, water chestnuts, and avocado.

To roll, tuck the sides in first, then the bottom of the rice paper, and finally the top. Roll into a burrito shape and continue with remaining rice papers.

Refrigerate for 30 minutes to an hour, cut in half with a sharp knife, and serve with peanut sauce.

Peanut Sauce Recipe

1/2 cup peanutbutter
1/4 cup water
2 tbsp rice vinegar
3 tbsp soy sauce (low sodium)
1 tbsp agave
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp garlic powder
1 lime/ or 2 tbsp lime juice

Combine all ingredients in a bowl or high powdered blender. Blend or whisk until smooth.

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Hey loves! I teamed up with Thrive Market to share with you some of my favorite gluten free recipes and these chocolate chip cookies certainly top the list! I loving call these healthy nutella cookies because I made them with both chocolate chips and slivers of hazelnut – two of the main flavors in the beloved nutella spread. However, these delicious cookies are actually vegan (dairy free), sugar free AND gluten free, which make them pretty darn magical on the spectrum of sweet treats! Whip them up for yourself at home and let me know what you think! Tag us on your posts @cassandrabodzak, @thrivemkt and #eatwithintention!

Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Hazelnut Heaven Cookies
Yield: 18 to 24 cookies
Active Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients
1 ½ cups gluten-free oat bran
½ cup hazelnuts, chopped
½ cup vegan chocolate chips
2 tablespoon of cashew butter
2 tablespoon of flax oil or coconut oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
2 flax “eggs”
1 large ripe banana

For one “flax egg”
1 tablespoon flaxseed meal
3 tablespoons water

Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Combine all ingredients together into a large bowl, mixing thoroughly until batter thickens and is completely moistened. Place 1 1/2-inch balls of batter 1 inch apart on baking sheet and lightly press down on each with your palm.

Bake 7 to 10 minutes, until golden on the outside edges. Allow to cool, then enjoy with a glass of almond milk.

This guided meditation for setting intentions has been a favorite amongst my clients and friends for a while now so I thought it only fitting to share it with everyone! You can use this meditation any time you are ready for a fresh start. It’s always a great idea to do a guided meditation for setting intentions on a New Moon, New Year, or anytime you are ready for a new beginning. Give it a go and let me know about your experience below! If you would like to share some of your intentions with me in the comments below, it would be my pleasure to hold space for them to come to fruition!

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I had a blast sharing some of my favorite gluten free and vegan recipes with Thrive Market recently. These gluten free strawberry banana oatmeal cakes are a great easy vegan recipe to make on Sunday night and have for breakfast all week long. They also make a delicious addition to your weekend brunch, just place them in a bowl with some steamed nut milk and chopped strawberries for a complete upgrade from your average oatmeal!

Strawberry Gluten-Free Baked Oatmeal Cakes
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Active Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

3 cups gluten-free oats
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 “flax eggs” (see below)
¼ cup maple syrup
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
2 bananas, ripe
½ cup chopped strawberries

For one “flax egg”
1 tablespoon flaxseed meal
3 tablespoons water

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Make the flax eggs
In small bowl, mix together flaxseed meal and water until combined. Let sit for 5 minutes to come together.

Make the muffins
In medium bowl, stir together dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Distribute batter evenly into muffin tin cups and bake for 10 minutes, or until set.

Serve with almond milk, nuts, fresh fruit, and/or nut butter.

Wow-ee! I just finished the first draft and sent it all in of my first book baby, “Eat with Intention”, which will be a lifestyle guide full of food, meditation and self-care recipes to help you make peace with your body so that you can listen to it’s inner wisdom! The whole book writing experience has been such an epic journey for me. It’s brought up A LOT of “stuff” I didn’t even realize I had running around in my head. One of the most surprising being perfectionism, something I was sure I was immune to.

In this video I open up about the perfectionism that came up for me while writing my recent book and share the tools that helped me overcome perfectionism and finish my book. This video will inspire you to stop getting stuck at the start and realize it’s better for it be done than perfect!

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