A Time For Everything: Favorite Vegan Recipes and Necklace Love

musadine grapes and garlic-infused olive oil!? The olive oil is from here and is so incredibly good!!!? The Parm is from here and is the same shop that sells the
artisan breads, cheeses, and spreads that I mentioned in this post.

~ Now for some yummy {mostly} vegan recipes ~

?{ Raw Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites }
So easy to make and so good!!? Hubby loves these, well we all do!

Ingredients:
2/3 cup raw cashews (or almonds)
1/3 cup rolled oats (quick or old-fashioned)
1 tablespoon organic agave nectar
1 tablespoon maple syrup (optional)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Handful of cacao chips (or semi-sweet choc chips)

How to:
In a food processor, blend cashews/almonds and oats. Once they reach the texture of flour, add in agave and vanilla. Blend until dough forms. Mix in cacao chips with a spoon. Roll (or use a small scoop, it's easier and faster) into bite-sized balls.
Refrigerate or freeze. Enjoy!

I've tried these with both old-fashioned and quick oats and prefer old-fashioned for the more chewy, cookie-like texture.
The top pic is with quick oats and the container pic is with old-fashioned, you can see the diff textures.
Also, additional agave can be added for a sweeter taste, this is just how we like it, on the less-sweet side.
I keep containers of these in the freezer, they make a quick, easy go-to when wanting a little sweetness:)?

{ Six-Minute Vegan Chocolate Cake }

This is a quick and easy cake to make, my boys love this especially with a glass

of cold {soy}milk or a scoop of ice cream.? I've made it many times

{for family and friends} and it's always a hit!

?{ Vegan Sweet Potato Chili }

Adapted from Real Simple
This is what I made the other night with our farm stand veggies and cannot even tell you how incredibly delicious it is!? I don't have a picture of the finished soup, it gets eaten so fast (we're on our second batch in two days), I never got the chance!:)

Ingredients

• 1? large onion, chopped
• 2? large (or 3 medium-sized) sweet potatoes, diced
• 1 large or 2 small zucchini, diced
• 1? garlic clove, chopped
• 1? tablespoon? chili powder
• 1? tablespoon? ground cumin
• kosher salt and black pepper
• 1? 15.5-ounce? can diced tomatoes
• 2? 15.5-ounce? can black beans, rinsed
• 3 tablespoon (or 1/2 of small can) tomato paste

Directions

1. In a large pot, combine the onion, zucchini, garlic, chili powder, cumin, 1 teaspoon salt, and ? teaspoon black pepper. Add the tomatoes (and their liquid), beans, sweet potato, tomato paste and 1 cup water.
2. Bring to a boil, then simmer until potatoes are tender and the chili has thickened.
3. Serve with scallions, radishes, and tortilla chips.

{ Dr Fuhrman's Skinny Shake }
Can't say enough good things about Dr Fuhrman, he's the author of Eat To Live and Disease-Proof Your Child ~ Feeding Kids Right, (which was our go-to guide when the boys were younger...and still is:) and was extremely helpful to us early on.? When we found out I was pregnant with Ethan, we had a few consultations with him (via phone, he's in NJ) cause we really wanted to do it right, and he was a tremendous help!

Surprisingly my boys like this even though it's on the tart side,

depending on how hard you squeeze the lemon!:)

It's a refreshing and cleansing drink especially on a hot summer day!!Dr. Fuhrman?s Skinny Shake

Ingredients:
4 ounces pomegranate juice
1 cup frozen strawberries
1 cup of ice
Squeeze of lemon

Directions: Blend all ingredients in a high-powered blender.

?{ Necklace Love }

?Lastly, I'm loving these bubble statement necklaces and wanna share the love ~

I know these are bad pics and I don't even match, I was just too lazy

to change my shirt, but I promise this is so pretty in person

and *gasp* against a white or blue shirt, love!

Will try to have better pics next time!:)

Happy Weekending!

Source: http://atimeforeverythingjournal.blogspot.com/2012/08/some-favorite-vegan-recipes.html

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