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Feb 11

Cupid’s 8th Continent 12 Days of Valentines- Day 3

Only three days away until the big day! That’s right- Valentine’s Day.

Still haven’t figured out the perfect sweet dish to make your sweetheart? Thanks to Amy over at VegWeb we are able to provide you with this awesome vegan recipe for a Peanut Butter, Banana, Chocolate Chip Bread. Now you can’t even try to tell me that doesn’t sound decadent!

Ingredients

  • 2 ripe mashed bananas
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup 8th Continent soy milk
  • 1/3 cup applesauce
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 3/4 cup peanut butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 3 tablespoon cooking oil
  • 1 cup chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit

2. Stir together flour, sugars, baking powder and cinnamon.

3. In another bowl combine bananas, soy milk, peanut butter, oil, vanilla, and applesauce.  Add to flour, stir until combined.

4. Stir in chocolate chips.

5. Pour into two greased 8x4x2 loaf pans.  Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Frost with Peanut Butter Frosting:

-Melt 3 tbs peanut butter with 2 tbs margarine in a saucepan.

-stir in one cup powdered sugar and 1 tsp vanilla.

-add 1 tbs soy milk or more until it is of spreading consistency

Serves: 12-15

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Let me know what you think of the recipe!

If you still need gift ideas  make sure to check out the posts I have been writing every day to count down to Valentine’s Day!

Day 12- Make a pop-up Valentine’s Day card!

Day 11- Make a heart-shaped Vegan Chocolate Cake!

Day 10- A DIY project to make “U Complete Me” Pillow set!

Day 9- My music picks- both a pro-love and anti-love playlist!

Day 8- The Perfect Valentine’s Day presents from Etsy!

Day 7- Perfect Vegan recipe for Penna alla Vodka!

Day 6- Forget the material things! Do something sweet with your Valentine!

Day 5- Easy and Tasty recipe for Vegan Chocolate “Ice Cream”!

Day 4- Some dorky AND romantic things that are perfect to write inside your Valentine’s Day card!

Need any other suggestions? Or do you have the perfect idea? Make sure to let me know on Twitter or on Facebook!

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Feb 9

Cupid’s 8th Continent 12 Days of Valentines- Day 5

So we have figured out by now that either you or your loved one drinks 8th Continent Soymilk. First let me say, good call!

Secondly I want you to ask yourself- why? Is it because it tastes SO awesome? Or because of lactose intolerance? Or maybe you are a vegan or have dairy allergies or want to keep a gluten-free diet! Sometimes it is difficult to prepare a meal or sometimes even harder- a dessert- when keeping all of these things in mind.

But don’t you worry! For Valentine’s Day my friend Annette Ooyevaar over at Veg Web hooked us up with an awesome and simple recipe that is vegan and delicious!

Ingredients:

1 box 12 oz. Mori Nu Soft Silken Tofu, do not use low fat, do not drain
1 12 oz. bag vegan chocolate chips, melted on low heat and cooled
1-2 Tblsp. Vanilla – you can use whatever flavor you like
1 cup 8th Continent  Soymilk

Directions:

Put the tofu in a blender and process until very smooth.  Add the melted, cooled chocolate and process until well combined, you will have to stop and scrape the sides of the blender.  Add the 8th Continent Soymilk and vanilla and process until well blended. Pour into a covered container and chill until ready to use.

Freeze in an ice cream freezer according to manufacturer directions.  This makes a lot of tofu ice cream mix so you may only be able to freeze part of it.  I use my Donvier, which is really easy, I have ice cream in 15 minutes without ice, salt or a lot of cranking.  My family loves this recipe and it can even be made with melted high quality white chocolate.  Enjoy!

Serves: 8

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Need more ideas for Valentine’s Day?

Make sure to check out the other Countdown to Vday posts as well!

Day 12- Make a pop-up Valentine’s Day card!

Day 11- Make a heart-shaped Vegan Chocolate Cake!

Day 10- A DIY project to make “U Complete Me” Pillow set!

Day 9- My music picks- both a pro-love and anti-love playlist!

Day 8- The Perfect Valentine’s Day presents from Etsy!

Day 7- Perfect Vegan recipe for Penna alla Vodka!

Day 6- Forget the material things! Do something sweet with your Valentine!

My little buddy Cupid and I will continue to count down the days till Valentine’s Day! So make sure to come back and connect with my on Facebook and Twitter to stay up-to-date!

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Jun 22

YUM! Healthy Banana Cream Pie!

This is going to be perfect for later today. A nice afternoon snack that won’t upset my stomach later.

New-Fashioned Banana Cream Pie!

Prep Time:

25 min

Start to Finish:

55 min

Number of Servings:

4 servings

Ingredients:

1/4 cup cornstarch
1/3 cup sugar
2 cups 8th Continent® vanilla soymilk
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon butter or trans-fat-free margarine
1 ripe medium banana, thinly sliced
1 cup frozen fat-free whipped topping, thawed
8 squares cinnamon- or chocolate-flavored graham cracker crumbs, crushed (1/2 cup)
Caramel or chocolate fat-free topping, if desired

Instructions:

1. In 2-quart stainless steel or nonstick saucepan (do not use aluminum because pudding will discolor), stir together cornstarch and sugar. Gradually stir in soymilk and egg yolks with wire whisk. Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly; remove from heat. Stir in vanilla and butter. Cover surface of pudding with plastic wrap to prevent skin from forming. Refrigerate about 30 minutes or until cool.
2. Stir pudding mixture. Sprinkle 1 1/2 teaspoons crumbs over bottom of 4 small shallow individual serving bowls. Spoon 1/4 cup pudding mixture over crumbs; top with 1/4 of the banana slices. Spoon 1/4 cup pudding mixture over banana slices; top with 1/4 cup whipped topping and 1 1/2 teaspoons graham cracker crumbs. Drizzle with topping.

High Altitude (3500-6500 ft):
Decrease cornstarch to 2 tablespoons.

Nutritional Information:

1 Serving: Calories 310 (Calories from Fat 80); Total Fat 8g (Saturated Fat 3 1/2g Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 110mg; Sodium 190mg; Total Carbohydrate 53g; (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 34g); Protein 6g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 10% Vitamin C 2% Calcium 15% Iron 6% Exchanges: 1 Starch 2 Other Carbohydrate 1/2 Low-Fat Milk 1 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 3 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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