Tag: Desserts

Chocolate Dipped Bananas

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You guys, I literally thought that it was Sunday today! Funny how summer does that to you🤣 So, as a kind of last minute post, I decided to whip up these chocolate dipped bananas. I’ve had dessert on the brain lately;) This frozen treat is pretty simple to whip up, although a bit messy. All you have to do is make some chocolate sauce, dip the bananas in it, then sprinkle them with nuts or other toppings and throw them in the freezer. You don’t really even have to freeze them if you don’t want, you can just eat them as is. Spoiler Alert: THEY’RE REALLY GOOD. Hope you enjoy;)

Chocolate Dipped Bananas

Serves: 4

Total Time: 60-75 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 2 bananas, slightly ripe
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 2 tbs coconut oil
  • 1 tbs water

Other:

  • 4 small skewers

Directions:

  1. In a small pot, mix together the cocoa powder, maple syrup and coconut oil. Bring to a simmer on the stove and stir until well combined.
  2. Remove the chocolate sauce from the heat once it’s reached a simmer. Add in the water and stir. The result should be a smooth sauce.
  3. Pour the sauce into a small bowl, or something that will be easy to dip the bananas into. Cut the bananas in half. Using your hands, dip the bananas into the chocolate sauce and then lay them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  4. Stick a skewer into each banana and sprinkle with desired toppings.
  5. Eat as is or put the tray in the freezer for about 45 minutes to an hour.
  6. Remove the bananas from the freezer and enjoy!

I already know that there won’t be enough hot days left this summer to enjoy as many of these bananas as I want to🤧🤧 But I guess that eating a frozen dessert in the fall never killed anyone! See you guys on Wednesday;)

Yours Truly,

MyDayIsBooked;)))

Chocolate Saskatoon Berry Pie

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Hello! About two weeks ago I went Saskatoon berry picking with my family, and so now we have an excessive amount of berries sitting in our freezer. In order to use some of those up, I came up for the recipe with this Chocolate Saskatoon Berry Pie. And let me tell you, it might just be the most delicious thing that I’ve ever made. The crust is super chocolatey and almost melts in your mouth, plus the filling has just the right amount of sweetness while still managing to show off the Saskatoon berries. Also, did I mention that it’s a no-bake Pie? If you don’t have any saskatoons handy, you can always use blueberries. As always, this Pie is refined sugar free and made with healthy ingredients. Trust me, you need this Pie in your life.

Chocolate Saskatoon Berry Pie

Serves: Makes 1 9 inch pie

Total Time: About 70 minutes

Ingredients:

For the Crust:

  • 1 1/3 cup oats (I used steel cut)
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 10 small pitted dates
  • 3 tbs maple syrup
  • 2 tbs coconut oil

For the filling:

  • 2 cups fresh or frozen Saskatoon berries
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1 tsp coconut oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2 tbs oat flour

Directions:

  1. Bring a small pot of water to a boil on the stove. Once it starts boiling, remove it from the heat and put the dates in it. This is to soften them up a bit. Let the dates sit in the hot water for 10 minutes, then remove them from the pot and put them in a blender.
  1. Add the rest of the crust ingredients into the blender with the dates. Blend until the ingredients are combined, but you can still see the oats. If you’re using rolled oats, you might not be able to see them after blending, and that should be ok, but I can’t guarantee anything because I haven’t tested the recipe with rolled oats.
  1. Dump the contents of the blender onto a 9″ Pie plate and use your hands to press down the mixture, forming an even crust all along the bottom and sides of the plate. Any extra crust can be saved and eaten on its own later (it’s that good)😋
  1. Place the pie plate into the freezer and let the crust set up for about 30 minutes.
  1. While the crust is setting, start working on the filling. Add the berries, maple syrup, coconut oil and water into a pot. Bring it to a boil on the stove, then reduce to a simmer. Let filling simmer for about 10-15 minutes, until it has started to thicken up a little. Add in the oat flour and stir, then simmer for another 2-5 minutes until the mixture is the consistency of pie filling, or a little looser.
  1. Take the crust out of the freezer and spoon the filling into it. Place the whole pie in the fridge for about 30 minutes before eating to set the filling.
  1. Serve cold with Nice Cream and enjoy!

You can now say “you’re welcome” to your tastebuds because by making this pie, you’ve made them very happy! Hope you enjoy and that you have a great weekend;)

Yours Truly,

MyDayIsBooked;))))

Neapolitan Nice Cream

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Hello everyone! Summer is here and I’m craving some sweet treats! So I brought out my blender and made some delicious Neapolitan Nice Cream😋. Nice Cream has a texture and taste similar to ice cream, but it’s generally made with frozen bananas. It’s light and refreshing, perfect for a hot summer day! This Nice Cream is super easy to make, and only requires 4 ingredients (not including water) to make all three flavours; vanilla, strawberry and chocolate. Make sure you give yourself time before serving to freeze your ingredients, as well as the final product. Here’s the recipe!

Neapolitan Nice Cream

Serves: 3-4

Total Time: 4 hours

Ingredients:

  • 6 medium bananas
  • 6 strawberries, washed
  • 1 tbs vanilla extract
  • 2 tbs unsweetened cocoa powder
  • Water

Directions:

  1. Chop up the bananas into round slices, keeping each banana separate. Split them evenly into three ziploc bags; two chopped bananas per bag. This is so that you can make each flavour of Nice Cream separately.
  2. Remove the stems from the strawberries and cut them into small slices. Put them in with one of the bags of bananas. This bag will be for the strawberry Nice Cream.
  3. Place all of the bags in the freezer, and freeze for at least 3 hours, or until all of the fruit is completely frozen.
  4. Once the strawberries and bananas are frozen, remove the bags from the freezer.
  5. Empty one bag of just bananas into your blender, along with the 1 tbs of vanilla and one tbs of water. This is for the vanilla Nice Cream. Blend until a smooth texture forms. It should look something like this:
  6. Scoop out the Nice Cream from the blender and use it to fill up one third of a lined loaf pan. Put the loaf pan in the freezer while blending up the other flavours.
  7. For the strawberry flavour, empty the bag with the bananas and strawberries into the blender and blend until you reach the same consistency as the vanilla. Scoop it into the loaf pan to fill another third of it, then put it back into the freezer.
  8. Now it’s time for chocolate! Put the last bag full of bananas into the blender with the 2 tbs of cocoa powder and 1 tbs of water, and again blend until you reach that perfect consistency. Fill up the last third of the loaf pan with the chocolate Nice Cream.
  9. Place the loaf pan in the freezer for about 30-45 minutes before serving, to get the perfect texture. If your Nice Cream gets to hard, let it thaw on the counter for a bit before digging in. Enjoy!
  • I hope you like this healthy summer treat! To be honest, I think chocolate was my favourite flavour, but the other ones were great too:) I gave my dog a little scoop of the strawberry and he loved it! Have an awesome week😊😊🍦🍦

Yours Truly,

MyDayIsBooked;)

 

Peanut Butter and Jam Tarts

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Hi peoples! I’ve had a great weekend so far; I ate a fantastic avocado egg salad sandwich, did some bullet journaling, baked and decorated sugar cookies, painted eggs with my family, and today I made healthy and delicious Peanut Butter and Jam Tarts.

I was looking around Pinterest and Instagram for some Easter treat ideas, but pretty much all of the ones I found called for either coconut oil, dates, cocoa butter or maple syrup, all of which I don’t have at the moment. So I decided to get creative and come up with my own version of a healthy dessert: Peanut Butter and Jam Tarts.

These tarts are ridiculously easy to make and call for super simple ingredients. The shells are made up of the same formula as my Chocolate PB Banana Energy Balls; just bananas, oats, oat flour and a dash of vanilla. A berry filling is then poured over top of a teaspoon of peanut butter at the bottom of the shells, and voila, you have some beautiful tarts! They’re perfect as a snack, dessert, or quick breakfast. I hope you like them as as much as I do!

Peanut Butter and Jam Tarts

Makes: About 6 tarts

Total Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

For the tart shells:

  • 2 ripe bananas, mashed
  • 1 cup oat flour (ground up oats)
  • 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • any kind of oil, for greasing the muffin tin

For the filling:

  • 2 cups frozen berries
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 tbsp plus 6 tsp peanut butter
  • 2 tsp oat flour

Directions:

  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
  2. Grease 6 holes in a normal sized muffin tin with the oil. I used olive, but coconut or avocado would work too.
  3. Mix together the oats, oat flour, mashed bananas and vanilla in a bowl. Then use a tablespoon to scoop the mixture into six muffin holes. Use your fingers to spread it around and create a cup shape. Make sure that the mixture is evenly distributed and not too thick or thin in some parts.
  4. Bake for 10-15 minutes, until golden brown. Remove them from the muffin tin using a butter knife to pry them out and let cool.
  5. Stir together the frozen berries, vanilla, water, oat flour and 1 tbsp peanut butter in a small pot. Place over high heat, bring to a boil, and then let simmer for 5-10 minutes, until thickened. Make sure to stir the berries every once in a while so that they don’t burn. Place in the refrigerator to cool and set up a bit more.
  6. Spoon a teaspoon of peanut putter into the bottom of each tart. Then fill the rest of every tart with the berry filling.
  7. Enjoy!

Thanks for checking out my recipe! Have a great weekend and a Happy Easter!

Yours truly,

MyDayIsBooked:))))