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Morning Sunshine Muffins

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A throwback to these morning sunshine muffins that are healthy and yummy. I made these before leaving to Maui and now im wishing I brought a batch with me! A great trick to sneaking in fruits and vegetables into a dessert for the kiddos. A quick and easy recipe too! Yield: 16 small muffins or 10 jumbo muffins You will need: -2 cups gluten-free flour -1/2 cup coconut sugar -2 teaspoons cinnamon -2 teaspoons baking soda -A dash of salt -A dash of nutmeg -2 cups grated apples -1/2 cup grated carrots -1/2 cup shredded coconut -1/2 cup raisins -1/2 mashed banana -1/4 cup chopped walnuts -2 flax eggs -1/2 cup melted coconut oil -1/2 cup almond milk -2 teaspoons vanilla Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350F and line muffin tins with liners 2. Using a food processor, mix the flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg 3. Add the apples, carrots, coconut, raisins, and banana and pulse a few times just so they are mixed in 4. Add the flax eggs, oil, milk and vani

Banana Coconut Cream Torte

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A throwback to this easy and delicious recipe... What to do with a $5 40lb box of bananas? Made a banana torte with layers of delicious coconut cream๐Ÿ‘Œ. (I used 23 ripe bananas)๐ŸŒ and made some banana leather chews with the leftover bananas (used the dehydrator for these). Too pretty to slice through, but too tasty not to! Yield: 1 LARGE torte You will need: Base: -18 pitted medjool dates -10 dried figs (or 2 handfuls of raisins and 2 handfuls of dried mulberries) -A dash of cinnamon -A dash of pumpkin spice Vanilla Cream: -4 pitted medjool dates  (soaking in water for at least 30 minutes) -1 cup coconut water -coconut meat from 1 young coconut -1/2 teaspoon vanilla Banana Layers: -24 sliced up ripe bananas Directions: 1. Line a springform pan with parchment paper on the base 2. Using a food processor, mix the base ingredients together until a dough forms and press this on the bottom of the pan 3. Blend the ingredients for the vanilla cream until combined and smoot

Peanut Butter Oat Cookies

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Do you have oats just sitting in your pantry? Such an easy peanut butter cookie recipe that uses oat flour... and delicious too! Enjoy! Yield: May vary depending on size (about 6-8) You will need: -1 cup peanut butter/almond butter -1/2 cup coconut sugar -1 teaspoon vanilla -A dash of cinnamon -3/4 cup oat flour -1 teaspoon baking soda -1/3 cup water -Optional: chocolate chips Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350F and line cookie sheets with parchment paper 2. Place all the ingredients in a food processor and mix until crumbly (do not over mix) 3. Roll cookies into balls and place on cookie sheets 4. Press each cookie down slightly with a fork (sprinkle chocolate chips over top if desired) 5. Bake for 8-10 minutes and allow to cool down. Store in an airtight container