Vegan, GUILT-FREE hot chocolate drink!

I haven’t yet met a person who does not have a sweet tooth for hot chocolate. Why, it is warm, delicious, sweet and warms you up on a cold day!

Hot chocolate is mostly made with cow’s milk and/or whipped cream, but in doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy a vegan, guilt-free hot chocolate that will the nothing but HEALTHY for you. Raw, unrefined cacao powder is high in magnesium and manganese and therefore helps with your magnesium levels and keeps you calm and peaceful!

Here is a wonderful recipe for the vegan, Les Sofias’ style cacao drink!

DISCLAIMER: We do NOT own the images. 

Makes: 1 serving

Time taken: 5-10 minutes maximum

You'll need...

• 1 cup of vegan milk of your choice. Click here to check out our vega recipe for delicious and healthy ALMOND MILK
• A bit of water if you don't have enough almond milk
• 1/2-1 tsp of RAW cacao powder (see image above) 
• A sweetener of your choice and of your own quantity (optional) You can use coconut sugar, stevia or even honey. But this ingredient is optional because the almond milk can already be sweet enough. 

Method:

1. Pour in the almond milk into a saucepan. Adjust to high heat and warm up for a couple of minutes.
2. Once the almond milk is warm enough, add the cacao powder and stir rougly.
3. Add in the sweetener and reduce the heat to medium or medium-high. Let it warm up until you feel as if it is warm enough at your desired temperature.
4. When ready, pour into the mug(s) and enjoy near the fireplace!

Enjoy!

Yours,

Les Sofias!

VEGAN Banana Milkshake (100% Guilt-Free)

Coming from a scientific and nutritional family, I have been living with this milkshake recipe almost all my life. It is a cross between a milky smoothie and a real milkshake. This milkshake recipe can be used as a snack, refreshing drink, or even a quick breakfast! It is vegan, delicious and absolutely easy to make! ENJOY!You'll need...

• 2-3 bananas, fresh
• 1-2 cups of almond milk or rice milk. Click here to check out our recipe on how to make delicious, vegan almond milk! The amount of milk depends on the amount of bananas.
• A teaspoon of lucuma powder (OPTIONAL)
• Vanilla extract
• A few cubes of ice (optional)
• Sweetener of your choice (could be stevia, cononut sugar and/or xylithol at the quantity of your choice). You might also choose honey, but please note that most people do NOT consider Honey to be vegan. 

If you want a milkshake tha would not be just banana, then feel free to add  cacao powder, strawberries or fruit. In the vegan version, bananas are necessary for the creamy consistency, so make sure you add them! 

Method:

1. You'll need a blender for the making of this recipe. Drop the bananas into the blender and add some milk. Make sure the milk covers the bananas for a bit. Add some crushed ice if desired. 
2. Add  a tablespoon of vanilla extract and your desired sweeteners and/or lucuma powder or cocoa.
3. Blend thoroughly. 
4. Slice a raw banana into a disk and position at the edge of a drinking glass. Once your milkshake is ready blending, pour it into the glasses, sprinkling with cacao powder, if you want.
5. Ready to serve!

~Les Sofias!

100% Guilt-Free Vegan Brownies

This would have to be my favorite recipe when it comes to vegan brownies! This recipes is not ours, though. I give all the credit to http://www.food.com/recipe/vegan-brownies-19282.
DISCLAIMER: We do NOT own the below images.

Well, let's get started on some of the finest vegan brownies that I know! Here's what you'll need:
For the 'egg replacer':

• 1 Cup water
• 1/2 Cup flour

For the brownies:

• 1 1/2 Cup flour
• 1 Cup white sugar
• 1 Cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 Cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 Cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• Crushed roasted peanuts (for the topping)

Now that you have them, what do you do now?

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180 Celsius.
2. While the oven's heating up, get a saucepan and mix the two ingredients for the 'egg replacer' together.
3. Mix them slowly until it starts to boil, and continue mixing it for around 30 seconds.
4. Now that that's over, leave it to cool down.
5. Mix all the dry ingredients in one bowl and and the wet ingredients in another bowl.
6. If the egg replacer is already cool and able to be touched, mix the dry and wet ingredients together, then the egg replacer.
7. In a greased or wax paper-lined square baking tin, place the mixture and spread (or most likely press them down) until it has been evenly distributed around the tin.
8. Leave it to bake for 30 minutes.
9. What's next? Enjoy!