TASTY TUESDAY RECIPE ~ Sriracha cucumber hummus

HEY THERE . You AMAZING SOUL!  

I have started doing something called TASTY TUESDAY. Every Tuesday I will make something I haven't had before and share it with YOU!! 

I found this amazing hummus recipe in a magazine somewhere and recently cleaning out my phone pics I stumbled upon it!! 

The only thing I would do differently is I would shred the cucumber (that actually is blended with the chickpeas) and squeeze the water out. 

The hummus is a bit looser consistency than reg hummus and I couldn't figure out why.. DUH... The water content in the cucumber! 

Here's the recipe 

1 English cucumber peeled 

1 can garbanzo beans drained

4 cloves garlic

1/4 cup Tahini

3 TBLS Sriracha 

Juice of 1 lemon

2 TBLS Extra V Olive Oil

1TBLS Cumin

2 tsp Smoked Paprika 

Salt and pepper to taste

**I'm writing the how to like I will do next time**

Cut about a 1/4 off the peeled cucumber, set to the side for garnish

Grate cucumber then squeeze out as much excess liquid 

Then put everything into a food processor and whiz it up!! 

Dice up the remaining reserved cuc, add hummus into bowl, add diced cucs in center with a drizzle of olive oil or Sriracha. 

Makes 2 cups

Keeps in fridge up to 1 week

I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do! 

I would love to hear what your thoughts, leave em below! 

Healthy Sunflower Butter cups!

Hello Lovelies!

One of my favorite candies is Reese Peanut Butter Cups.. especially the little itty bitty mini ones they have now....

BUT I don't like the nasty preservatives and chemicals that are in them.. AND I have a new found addiction to Sunflower butter..

.................................on toast, rice cakes, pancakes, a spoon, even my finger!!.................................

I saw this recipe but I switched it up a little by also doing some with Sunflower butter.. this one is my favorite.

I did however not read the directions completely and I missed a step. Apparently I was supposed to add some sunflower butter/PB2 into my shakeo to help it set.. WHOOPS!!

But sometimes the best things are created by a WHOOPS!! ya feel me?!

This recipe made about 4 mini cups of ea flavor

This is what you'll need

This is how I made them

4 tsp unrefined coconut oil, melted
4 Tbsp Sunflower butter or choc PB2
4 tsp  Chocolate Shakeology
4 Tbsp. water

1. Combine Coconut oil and sunflower butter or PB2 in a small bowl; mix well. Set aside.
2. Combine Shakeology and water in a small bowl; mix until it has a pudding-like consistency. Set aside.
3. I used a mini muffin tin and with mini cupcake papers
4. Freeze for 30 minutes, or until firm.

The interesting thing was when I made the sunflower butter ones.. the shakeo didn't spread out on the top like it did with the PB2 ones.. Little did I know, at the time that the shakeo had oozed down into the sunflower butter.. creating a yummy liquid chocolatey center.

If you try these let me know how you like them!

Sherice xoxo

Vegan Pancakes! YUM

Hi There ~

I know I've been really sporadic about posting and I'm giving you my promise that I will be more consistent about my posts.. so I'm going to set a goal for myself of posting once a week.. every SUNDAY!!!

That should be VERY do able..

I have been meaning to post this recipe for quite some time. Here it is...

VEGAN PANCAKES

Dry Ingredients

2 cups oat flour
1/2 cup almond meal
1/2 cup oats
1 cup W.W. Pastry flour
4 Tbls baking powder
2 tsp sea salt
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
4 Tbls Flax meal

add dry ingredients together.. I always put mine right into the container that I'm going to store it in.. put the lid on and shake it up to mix.. I always shake it before I make them too.

you can make this recipe Gluten Free. Just play around with the flours.. I didn't really like the coconut flour when I used that but chick pea flour might work well.. or you can just use all oat flour and almond flour. The Almond flour gives it a nice texture along with the oats...

For the wet ingredients you only need 3 things....

You want to mix the wet ingredients together in a bowl or cup before adding it to the dry ingredients.

For 1/2 cup dry mix ~
1/3 cup Water
1 capful Vanilla
1 1/2 Tbls Real Maple Syrup

For 1 cup dry mix ~ 
3/4 cup Water
1 1/2 tsp Vanilla
3 Tbls Real Maple Syrup

Add the wet (once mixed) into the dry....

you can also add fruit, nuts, seeds or pumpkin pie spice... I'm thinking 1/2 a mashed banana and some chopped walnuts would be good... Today I used Blueberries.. next time I think I will use a scoop of my Tropical Strawberry (which is vegan) Shakeology.. it's always fun to experiment in the kitchen!

As for topping.. I use a drizzle of Agave or Vanilla Coconut milk yogurt

These are delicious and HEALTHY!!!

Let me know if you try them and how you made them!

OX Sherice