Blissed Out - Banana Split with Coconut Ice-Cream and Guilt Free Chocolate sauce!

This is my delicious banana split with a healthy twist I created for one of my all time favourite magazines

Holistic Bliss

What a magazine of gorgeousness it is!
If you haven't come across this magazine, jump on to their facebook page to find out more about them.
In their Spring issue
You will find my banana split recipe on page 12
So if you can get hold of the magazine you can have a copy of the recipe to keep and easily reference too!

    Coconut love banana split

With delicious, smooth coconut ice-cream, coconut, cacao chocolate sauce and the crunch of walnuts these dairy free, sugar fee, gluten free banana splits are a healthy & happy treat that look incredible!

Ingredients

·         1 banana per person

·         Chopped walnuts to serve

·         Desiccated coconut to serve

Coconut Ice-cream:

·         1 tin coconut cream

·         1 tin coconut milk

·         2 bananas

·         Vanilla paste

Chocolate sauce

·         ½ cup coconut oil

·         ½ cup cacao powder

·         ¼ cup stevia, xylitol, norbu (monk fruit powder), or another alternative.

·         1 teaspoon vanilla paste

Method

·         Make the ice-cream the night before so it can set overnight.
·         To make the ice-cream, pour both tins of coconut into a deep blender, add in the chopped banana and vanilla paste.
·         Blend together until smooth.
·         Pour into a sealable container and place in the freezer overnight.
·         Make the chocolate sauce by melting the coconut oil in a saucepan, once melted add in the cacao powder, vanilla and stevia, mix together over a low heat until it is all well combined. Taste for your level of sweetness, adjust if needed.
·         Remove from heat.
·         Remove ice-cream from freezer. Allow it to soften at room temperature.
·         Slice a banana in half per person.
·         Arrange on a plate or bowl.
·         Top with 3 scoops of the coconut ice-cream.
·         Drizzle with the chocolate sauce.
·         Sprinkle with the walnuts and a light sprinkling of desiccated coconut.
·         Serve!

Notes

·         This ice-cream recipes is also beautiful spiced up by adding a tablespoon (or to taste) cold strained strong chai tea at the coconut milk blending stage.

·         This chocolate sauce will harden when made ahead; warm it slightly in a saucepan just before serving for ease of use.

Toddler Tips

·         This is a fantastic sweet dessert for kids without all the preservatives and additives in many sweet treats.

·         The chocolate sauce will harden over cold ice-cream after a couple of minutes which is very appealing to kids.

Recipe and photography (c) RebeccaMugridge2013

RAW energy Date, Pecan & Macadamia Slice

Raw Energy Date, Pecan & Macadamia Slice

As seen in HOLISTIC BLISS magazine

I love chocolate so I love creating healthy chocolate recipes! This raw slice is easy to make and absolutely delicious, it does not last long in our house at all!


Ingredients
• ½ cup Nui organic coconut flour
• 2 tablespoons organic Power Super Foods Maca/Cacao blend powder
• 1 cup mixed raw unsalted macadamias and pecans
• ¼ cup raw macadamia’s extra
• ¼ cup dates extra,( not soaked), chopped
• ¼ cup raw, unhulled tahini
• ¼ cup Niugini Organics raw organic coconut oil
• 1 teaspoon organic vanilla pod extract
• 1 &1/2 cups pitted dates, soaked overnight in a little water.

Method
• Line a slice tray with baking paper.
• Blitz the cup of raw nuts until crumb like texture.
• Blend dates to make a paste.
• Combine the tahini, coconut oil and date paste together in a large bowl.
• Add in the coconut flour and maca blend powder, combine well.
• Stir through the extra macadamia nuts and dates
• Spread mixture out onto the lined tray, press down.
• Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or until really firm.
• Cut into slices.
• Keep in an airtight container in the fridge for firmness.

Notes
• You could add raw agave, raw honey or even stevia for extra sweetness if desired.
• Make it really chocolaty by increasing cacao powder and adding some drops of liquid chocolate stevia.
• Great for a sweet, sugar free, raw snack, afternoon tea with the kids.

You can read the issue of Holistic Bliss Magazine this recipe is featured in HERE it was a raw food special so lots of gorgeous recipes and articles in it X
And you can also check out all the magazines my recipes have been in and read them online via My ISSUU Stack

Happy cooking!

Rebecca XX

Recipe and photography (c) Rebecca Mugridge2013