If you are a peanut butter lover, you’re then the reason why I made this candy recipe! So as a peanut butter lover, we need to sit down and talk about the type of peanut butter that I used.
Past Posts
Dec 18, 2015: Peanut Butter Tootsie Chews
Dec 17, 2015: Tomato & “Cheese” on Sunflower Bread
~ raw, gluten-free, vegan, nut-free ~ I love tomato and cheese sandwiches. It’s been a coon’s age since I last had one, but I can still remember it vividly. I use to eat them on plain white bagels, though. You know it’s funny… when I ate bread back in the… read more »
Dec 16, 2015: Single Serving Cereal Pouches
If you lead a lifestyle that is jam-packed and always has you on the go, it can be easy to get into a food rut, especially when it comes to finding healthy and portable breakfasts. Breakfast is probably the one meal that can be the most frustrating since our days often… read more »
Dec 16, 2015: Sweet Grain Muesli
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free, nut-free ~ I am taking breakfast back to the basics. This muesli is a delicious blend of whole rolled oats, buckwheat, dried fruit, and seeds. You can eat it cold with nut milk or raw yogurt, eat it warmed like oatmeal, or soak it overnight to unleash even more of… read more »
Dec 16, 2015: Frosted Orangesicle Sugar Cookie
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free ~ If you could take your childhood favorite ice cream… Orange Sherbet and transform it into a cookie… would you? I did just that. When I was a bouncy, freckle-faced, pigtail wagging little girl my great grandparents used to take me to Dairy Queen every Sunday… read more »
Dec 16, 2015: Peppermint Dream Almond Butter Cookies
Today’s recipe is a “sugar” cookie with a creamy frosting and then topped with a peppermint leather star.
Dec 15, 2015: Hum Mud Gingerbread Men
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free ~ It’s time to channel your inner child! Run around outside, even if there is snow on the ground. Last year Bob and I ran out into the snow naked and made snow angels. If that isn’t sobering, I don’t know what is. lol Do cartwheels.… read more »
Dec 15, 2015: Pumpkin Spiced Tootsie Chews
When I develop recipes, I do my darnedest to make sure that I use ingredients that have healing and building properties. This natural candy fits the bill
Dec 15, 2015: Warming Breakfast Muesli
raw / vegan / gluten-free Don’t let these itty bitty nuggets scare you into thinking that they won’t provide a satisfying breakfast. Because that couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, this healthy breakfast recipe is full of protein, omega-3s, and fiber to regulate blood sugar and keep you fuller, longer.… read more »
Dec 14, 2015: Chocolate Apple Raisin Cookies
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free ~ The Chocolate Apple Raisin Cookie was created merely because I had too much of the mince pie filling leftover. With that in hand, I simply walked into the pantry and started grabbing some ingredients, hoping to create something yummy. I love creating recipes like this. … read more »
Dec 13, 2015: Cinnamon Apple Pocket Pies
~ raw, vegan gluten-free ~ When I was in third grade, McDonald’s apple pies became a weekly treat for me. Every Saturday morning while mom was working, I would slap on my roller skates and zig-zag my way down the street passing my girlfriend’s house. As I rolled past her driveway,… read more »
Dec 13, 2015: EggNog Cream Cookies
~ raw, gluten-free ~ Celebrate the holidays with a cup of eggnog transformed into a cookie. They are rich, chewy, and delicious. In the midst of Christmas season, Raw Nog Creams sounded perfect for the occasion. After I had them all decorated my husband walked by and said, “Hey, those look… read more »
Dec 13, 2015: Chocolate Pecan Cookies
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free ~ Hello chocolate lovers! Let us come together in unity as we share the common love for chocolate! Chocolate Pecan Cookies…This is a wonderful dough to work with. It is rather pliable making it really easy to mold. It doesn’t stick to your hands and if… read more »
Dec 12, 2015: Autumn Harvest Oat Cookies
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free ~ I love these cookies for almost their color alone… not meaning to downplay their taste because they are loaded with the perfect balance of crunch, sweetness, chewiness… all nestled in a cookie with a hint of pumpkin pie in the background. These cookies are perfect… read more »
Dec 12, 2015: Autumn Harvest Muesli
– raw, vegan, gluten-free – What does Autumn feel like? The visual hallmark of the season is the changing colors of the leaves, but are chilly temperatures the only way to feel Autumn? As the weeks pass and the weather changes, we begin to experience cooler days. Quickly our clothing reflects what we feel as… read more »
Dec 10, 2015: Caramelized Onion & Wilted Veggie Cream Tart
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free ~ This beautiful rustic-style tart makes a gorgeous centerpiece for any raw, gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, lacto-vegetarian, pescetarian, presbyterian, Mediterranean meal. Shoot, it could even be the center of a Standard American Diet table setting, and I am confident that it would be one of the first dishes to… read more »
Dec 10, 2015: Sautéed Mushrooms
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free, nut-free ~ There are few things in the world lovelier than warm, “buttery” sautéed mushrooms. This is coming from a woman who avoided them like the plague for the first 35 years of her life. It wasn’t till I started dabbling with raw foods that I started… read more »
Dec 10, 2015: Cooked Dehydrated Tomatoes
~ raw, dehydrated ~ Here is a technique to “cook” tomatoes, giving them that cooked appearance, a softer texture and a way to infuse flavor. Please use the ratios down below as a guideline. It will all depend on what you are making and how much you will need. You can also use… read more »
Dec 09, 2015: Mince Pie Cookies with Coconut Icing
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free ~ I love these wafer thin cookies. They are so festive as they pop with the bright colors of white and red. The cookies are firm and dry to the touch but have a bit of a chew to them as well. They taste wonderful at… read more »
Dec 06, 2015: Nutty Oatmeal Ginger Snap Cookies
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free ~ Nutty, crunchy, chewy oatmeal cookies with a lovely warming bite of ginger and cinnamon and fresh winter pears… snuggle me up and hand me a cookie, please! Did I ever tell you the time that I made oatmeal cookies when I was younger? I was in sixth grade and… read more »
Dec 06, 2015: Oldfather Fennel “Licorice”
If you are unfamiliar with fennel, it tastes much like black licorice, that is why I chose it as one of the ingredients. I prefer to grind fennel seeds every time I use it for a fresh bright flavor.
Dec 05, 2015: Sweet Onion Sesame Crackers
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free ~ These Sweet Onion Sesame Crackers are seriously addicting. I will point out that they are powerfully pungent with onion… you know, the type of power that just might stick with you the rest of the day… constantly reminding you that you enjoyed some really amazing crackers… read more »
Dec 05, 2015: Marinated Mushroom Green Salad
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free ~ All things sweet set aside, I thought it was time to share a savory recipe with you. I enjoy making salads but I never really think of sharing them on Nouveau Raw because they are so random and I figure that nobody wants a recipe… read more »
Dec 03, 2015: Tootsie Rollz
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free, nut-free ~ These individually-wrapped, bite-sized candies have a perfectly balanced taste of raw cacao (chocolate), lined with a subtle, Medjool date undertone. You can control the richness of the chocolate-based on how much or little you. I found the perfect flavor profile that I was aiming for. For… read more »
Dec 03, 2015: Chocolate Orange Tootsie Chews
I always knew that the two flavor, chocolate, and orange paired well…. but I still have to ask…. “Who’d have thought that dark chocolate and orange would make such a perfect match?!”