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Mango & Persimmon Smoothie

March 20, 2018 by Ariel 1 Comment

I bought a pack of rock hard fuyu persimmons, a few days ago, thinking it would take at least a month before they start to softened.  Surprisingly enough, they only took a few days leaving me with 10 ripen juicy and custardy persimmons to bake with.  One of Max favourite way to start the day is with a fresh smoothie that is both sweet and filling so here we go!

The mango really balance the extreme sweetness of the persimmon while adding a little “zing” to it.  The softened oats are there to add a silky texture and give you enough consistence to make it a perfectly filling way to start your day.

Hope you get to try it *^_^*

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Filed Under: Drinks, Gluten Free, Popular Diets, Recipes, Smoothies, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged With: coconut milk, drink, fuyu persimmon, gluten free, mango, oats, recipe, smoothie, vegan, vegetarian

Max’s Pink Smoothie

April 3, 2015 by Ariel 1 Comment

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Max’s always like his breakfast smoothies to be sweet and full of fruits.  While I’m on a the green smoothie train, he usually prefer to step away from the heartily kale for the sweetness of the fruits.  I’ll admit, this smoothie is pretty delicious but………… I still prefer mine 😛 hihi

If you’re like him and have a sweet tooth, this is for you!

Enjoy!

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Filed Under: Drinks, Recipes, Smoothies Tagged With: Ariel, ariel rebel, Banana, breakfast, cachew milk, green grapes, honey, honeydew melon, Max, Max Rebel, oats, oats paste, purple grapes, quick oats, recipe, smoothie, soaked oats paste, strawberries, sweet, Vega, Vega Sport, Vega Sport Protein powder, yogurt

Oven Baked, Almond Crusted Chicken Fingers

September 4, 2013 by Ariel 13 Comments

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Let’s jazz up those good old chicken fingers with this super crunchy almond and oats crust.  Use the same crust on a  full breast, slice it and it’s perfect for a salad!  I usually prepare a pot in advance and use the crust mix when I need it.  It’s like having my own pimped out shake and bake ready to use in my pantry.  If you want to make a big batch in advance and keep it for a long time, place your mix in the fridge and use it when you need it.

I’ve also had interesting result with fish fingers using this same mixture.

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Filed Under: Chicken, Finger Food, Nuts, Recipes Tagged With: almond, baking, chicken, chicken fingers, crunchy, easy, fast, healthy, oats, oven baked, recipe, summer

Apple Crumble Pie

October 26, 2012 by Ariel 4 Comments

I wish I had the time to go pick up apples myself in the trees but I don’t… instead, I’m doing like a ton of city people and I bought them at the grocery store.  Next year, I will make the time to go outside the city and go pick them up myself to them prepare a ton of tasty goodies for this blog but this year I have to make sacrifices to work on my online business full time with barely any time to play.  Boohoo so sad 🙁

I was stressed out yesterday before making this.  Not for any particular reason but I guess I was just working too much and because of my overdose of productivity I started getting all annoyed and stressed out so I decided to step away from my computer for an hour to be creative in my kitchen.  Removing the skin of the fresh apples, touching the flour and smelling the aroma of cardamon and cinnamon was exactly what I needed because right after making this apple crumble pie, I felt amazing and accomplished.  Then the day went by, I had to go to my yoga class and the second I came back, the only idea I had in mind was to try my crumble.  It was orgasmic!  I sincerely hope you get around to try out this recipe because it’s worth it 🙂  I used Spartan apples because they were the only fresh one at my grocery store but feel free to use the one you prefer.  I honestly prefer a more sour tasting apple so that was perfect for me.  I’m even thinking on trying out this recipe with green apples this winter.  If you do it before me, let me know how that turned out!

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Filed Under: Pies and Tarts, Recipes, Sweets, Zesty Tagged With: apple, baking, brown sugar, cardamon, cinnamon, crumble, fall, juice, lime, oats, pie, recipe, sweet

Raspberry lemonade Squares

June 26, 2012 by Ariel 2 Comments

A fusion between the classic and oh so delicious Raspberry/Lemon bars and the date crumble bars… It’s pure heaven.. and it’s healthy too!

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Filed Under: Nuts, Recipes, Sweets, Zesty Tagged With: ariel rebel, bars, brown sugar, crumble, dates, hazelnuts, lemon, oats, raspberries, repice

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