More fun for Christmas!

Can we get enough good healthy sweet into us at Christmas? This wicked looking  cake/tart/slice call or shape it what you want is made with only the best ingredients that for a Christmas treat you could have it for breakfast and still not feel guilty!! Go on try it.. lol

check out the post's below with the Christmas puddings too.. 

KITZ CHOCOLATE CARAMEL SLICE

My favourite slice has always been the sugary, fatty version of this healthy one I created using raw natural ingredients. I haven't had the sugary one since I was a kid but with this delicious alternative I can now enjoy knowing that all of the ingredients are actually nutritious!!

 

Ingredients:

Base:

1 cup Kitz active almonds

1 cup Kitz Choci-jo

½ cup dates

1 T coconut oil

Middle:

1 cup soaked cashews

1 cup soaked date plus soak water

2 T dark agave

½ t each cinnamon & vanilla

¾ guar gum (optional)

Top:

1 ½ cup soaked cashews/mac’s

½ cup soaked dates

100ml dark agave

Pinch vanilla

75ml water

1 heaped t cacao

Preparation:

Base:

Place almonds into a food processor and process until a smooth meal. Add the choci-jo and blend for about 15secs then add dates slowly down the chute while motor is still running adding coconut oil straight after so that it incorporates with the dates, once they are evenly chopped and the mix stays together when pressed into a ball pour into a nice slice pan or round tart dish and press down firmly to make a base. You can use the back of a spoon or the bottom of a flat glass to smooth the bottom. Make sure it is pressed well so that it does not fall apart when cut!!

Filling:

Rinse the cashews then place in a good quality blender with the dates and date soak water, agave, vanilla & cinnamon. Blend until smooth. This can take a while, to test put some mix between you thumb and index finger and if there are no grains, it is smooth like cream it is ready. It may not get as smooth as cream but get it as smooth as you can. IF using guar gum slowly while the motor is running tilt the teaspoon of guar gum into the blender so that it does not clump. Blend until it combines and thickens. Spread evenly over the base then place into the freezer to cool.

Topping:

Place all ingredients except the cacao powder into the blender and blend until smooth and creamy, then add cacao powder and blend until it is mixed in thoroughly. Spread evenly over the filling. You can wait until the filling has cooled a bit then add the topping. Place into the fridge or freezer to cool for at least 5hrs.. then ENJOY!!

 

Christmas Puddings

Christmas is nearly here. One of the most enjoyable things about Christmas for me is making up all the wonderful treats we seem to just enjoy at Christmas!! why's that  wonder? Maybe that's what makes them so good, the fact that we save them for this special time or sharing.
Here is a recipe I came up with last week in a moment of inspiration.

Christmas Pudding Balls 

Ingredients & Preparation:
Equal portions of

• Dates
• Figs
• Organic apricots
• Organic sultanas

Chop all fruits to about the same size as the sultanas, place into a large bowl that has a lid.
Add

• 1t cinnamon
• 1 ½ tsp mixed spice
• 2-3 tbs organic dehydrated coconut palm sugar
• 1 cup of warm ginger digest tea or similar.

Soak for at least 24hrs stirring occasionally.
Then, in a blender grind until fine,

• Kitz Active mix

Or equal amounts of

• Buckies
• Active walnuts – natural
• Active almonds – natural
• Pepitas (pumpkin kernels)
• Sunflower seeds
• Dried coconut – organic

Buckies, active walnuts and active almonds are all available in the Kitz online shop or at a good wholefoods shop near you.. :)

 Add grounds nuts and seeds to soaked fruits and mix. Add enough to make firm dough. With damp hand roll into fist sized balls then roll in dried coconut. Place on a plate or a container and store in the fridge until firm. They will keep for quite a few days. If you wish you could freeze them to make them last longer.

Macadamia cream 
Soak about ½ to 1 cup of macadamias, depending on how many pudding balls you made. They only need to be soaked for a couple of hours. Rinse a couple of times then just cover with good fresh or filtered water and blend until smooth and creamy. Macadamias do not get the ultra smooth gloss that you can get with cashews but some people find cashews a bit hard to digest, you could use cashews if you are fine with them. They do make a beautiful cream that’s for sure.

Coconut cream 
I blended good quality low temp dried coconut until it went smooth and creamy and we had that with it as well, the combinations worked really well. If you have time and the ingredients give it a go.

Chocolate Inspired Christmas Puddings

These are for all the chocoholics! A healthy combination of 2 Christmas favourites.. Chocolate and fruit puddings!! I really wanted to melt some raw chocolate and drizzle it over the cream but I ran out of time and had to get them ready quickly for my Kitz Angels.. it was morning tea time!!

 

Chocolate Christmas Pudding with Macadamia Cream

Ingredients & Preparation:

Equal portions of (about 1/2 -3/4 cup of each)

• Dates
• Figs
• Organic apricots
• Organic sultanas

then add half as much of the nuts as you did of each of the fruits (say 1/4 - 1/2 cup each)

• raw almonds
• raw walnuts

Chop all fruits to about the same size as the sultanas, place into a large bowl that has a lid.
Add

• 1t cinnamon
• 1 ½ tsp mixed spice
• 2-3 tbs organic dehydrated coconut palm sugar
• 1 cup of warm ginger digest tea or similar. 

Soak for at least 24hrs stirring occasionally.
Then, in a blender grind until fine,

• Kitz Active mix

Or equal amounts of

• Buckies
• Active walnuts – natural
• Active almonds – natural
• Pepitas (pumpkin kernels)
• Sunflower seeds
• Dried coconut – organic

Plus

• 1/2 cup Raw cacao nibs
• 1/2 cup Raw cacao powder (test to check your level of chocolatiness!!) - I know that's not a word but it explains what I mean! 

Add grounds nuts and seeds to soaked fruits along with the raw cacao nibs and cacao powder. Mix until thoroughly combined. Add enough to make firm dough. With damp hand roll into fist sized balls then roll in dried coconut. You could also roll these in cacao powder to give them that really nice chocolate look and extra richness. Place on a plate or a container and store in the fridge until firm. They will keep for quite a few days. If you wish you could freeze them to make them last longer.

NOTE: Buckies, active walnuts and active almonds are all available in the Kitz online shop or at a good wholefoods shop near you.. :) 

Macadamia cream 

Soak about ½ to 1 cup of macadamias, depending on how many pudding balls you made. They only need to be soaked for a couple of hours. Rinse a couple of times then just cover with good fresh or filtered water and blend until smooth and creamy. Macadamias do not get the ultra smooth gloss that you can get with cashews but some people find cashews a bit hard to digest, you could use cashews if you are fine with them. They do make a beautiful cream that’s for sure.
To serve
Dollop macadamia cream top, sprinkle with raw cacao nibs a little vanilla powder and some raw cacao powder.. add goji berries for a Christmas affect.
Enjoy! :)