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- Hey friends, welcome back to my channel.
If you're new here, my name is Alyssa.
Today I've got a recipe video for you
that has three different
homemade snack recipes
and each of these snack recipes
is a little bit different.
So we've got a homemade cashew butter.
I'm calling it a Funfetti
cashew butter, it is so good
and this is great for dipping apples in,
putting it on toast, rice
cakes, that kind of thing.
I also am showing you how
to make some mint chocolate energy bites,
which are like, maybe the best snack ever.
Especially if you're
that mint chocolate fan.
Oh my gosh, they're so good.
Great for taking with you on
the go and they freeze well.
They're in the fridge,
you can just bring them
with you everywhere.
And then the third recipe are some...
Baked coconut tofu
tenders and they're great
for an afternoon snack.
You can just dip them
in your favorite dip,
tahini sauce, maybe ketchup.
Totally kid-friendly, they freeze well
and they're really delicious.
So all three of these
recipes are up on the blog
and I know that it seems like a little bit
of a strange mash up with these recipes,
but I wanted to give you a
bunch of different varieties
and I also wanted to make sure
to give you sweet and savory.
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Alright, so we are getting
started with our cashew butter.
We are going to add our
cashews onto a baking sheet
and we're actually going
to be toasting our cashews
with maple syrup ahead of
time and then blending them.
So I'm gonna spread the cashews out evenly
on my baking sheet and then
I drizzle on the maple syrup
and then I just use a
spatula to kind of stir
it all together and
then spread it back out
into an even layer.
Then, I just use my
toaster oven to do this,
so I actually just put
it on the toast setting,
but if you're doing it in the oven,
I think you can do it around 350 degrees
for like 15 minutes
maybe, until they are dark
and golden brown.
So, once your cashews are
toasted and you are ready
to make your nut butter,
you can transfer them
into your food processor.
Highly recommend using
parchment paper here,
so they don't stick.
And we will just pop the lid on
and if you've ever made
nut butter before, you know
it is a slow process and
you have to be patient.
So I'm gonna show you kind of the stages
that it goes through,
but this takes a good,
probably 15 minutes or so.
It could take even longer for
it to reach the right stage.
Once it gets to a kind
of smooth consistency,
if it's the right consistency for you,
you can skip the coconut oil.
Mine wasn't quite smooth enough,
so I decided to add a
teaspoon of coconut oil
and then I also added
in some vanilla extract
and you'll just blend that
all in until it is combined
and the final stage to give
it that nice Funfetti flavor
and texture is to add some sprinkles.
So, pulse those in and that is
your Funfetti cashew butter.
This is honestly one of the
best nut butters I've ever made.
It taste like Funfetti frosting in my mind
and I have been using it on everything.
I put it on top of
pancakes, on my smoothies,
on my smoothie bowls, on
rice cakes with banana
inside of a date for a
healthy sweet treat at the end
of the night.
Dipped with apples, like I said earlier.
It's just so delicious and
I hope you guys really like
this one because it's a must try.
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Next up are our energy balls.
We are going to start by
adding our medjool dates
as well as our pecans
into our food processor.
And you'll just blend
this up until you get
to a sandy texture and you
can use any type of nut,
you don't have to use
pecans if you don't want to.
You can use walnuts, almonds et cetera.
Once you get a sandy texture,
you will remove the lid
and add in your cacao powder
or unsweetened cocoa powder,
your nut butter, I am
using almond butter here.
You use any nut butter that
you'd like or seed butter
if you're allergic to nuts.
As well as some maple
syrup and if you don't want
to use maple syrup, you could
use coconut oil or water
as well as your mint extract.
Pop the lid back on and
pulse this, slash blend it up
until it forms a sticky dough.
Remove the lid one last
time and we are going
to pulse in some cacao nibs.
This gives it a really awesome crunch
and makes them a little bit less sweet
because the cacao nibs are really bitter
and it gives them like I
said, really nice texture,
so I highly recommend it.
Once you have them pulsed in,
you should have a kind of a sticky dough,
so you can kind of squeeze
it between your hands
and then once you have that texture,
you're ready to roll your
energy balls into balls.
So just kind of squeeze the
dough in between your hands
and then use your hands to roll it
into a golf ball sized little mini ball.
And for storing these, I like
to keep them in my freezer,
like you guys know, but
you can also keep them
in the fridge, but these are
delicious snacks on the go.
They taste amazing and I
really hope you try them.
Last, but not least is our savory snack.
So we are gonna take one
block of extra firm tofu.
I did press this for about
20 minutes before I cut it.
It will just help dry
them out a little bit
and you'll just cut them
into like tender strips.
So I cut them into half inch blocks
and then I cut those blocks into thirds
and it kind of gave me the
right tender like shape,
I guess you can say.
Once you have that, you are
going to set your tofu aside
and prepare your coating.
So our coating is going
to be shredded coconut
and then you're looking for
something kind of crunchy.
I used crunched up rice
krispies that I just smashed
into a plastic bag.
If you're not allergic to gluten,
you could also use panko bread crumbs.
You could use regular breadcrumbs.
You could use queno krispies
or you could skip this
and just add more coconut.
We're also going to add in just
a touch of salt and pepper,
stir that together, set it
aside and we will move on
to our dredging station.
So we are keeping these vegan
and we are going to start
by dipping the tofu strips
into full fat coconut milk.
And then once they're fully
coated in the coconut milk,
dip them into that coconut,
rice krispies, salt,
pepper kind of coating thing.
Make sure that they're fully coated around
and then you can transfer
them onto a plate
and repeat until you've used all
of your little bits of tofu.
Then you are going to transfer them
onto a parchment-lined baking sheet
and we are gonna bake these in the oven
until they are golden brown and crispy.
Flipping them halfway through
and they end up looking like this.
I personally think they look
like chicken tenders, kind of.
I mean, obviously they don't look quite
like chicken tenders, but they have
that kind of like coconut
crusted deliciousness
and I decided to serve these
with a spicy tahini sauce.
I have this on the blog.
I'll link it down below for
you, but it's like I said,
great with ketchup.
Great with like a vegan
mayo mixed with a hot sauce.
Either way, they're delicious
and there are really fun savory snack.
And there you have it my friends.
I hope you enjoyed today's
vegan homemade snack recipes.
Let me know in the comments
which one you're going
to try first.
I am really interested to see how many
of you are sweet versus savory.
I am probably, usually a sweet person when
it comes to snacking, like
energy balls, protein bars,
this kind of Funfetti cashew butter,
but I also definitely
have spot for savory too,
so it's hard to decide.
Let me know what you think
down in the comments.
And as always, all of these
recipes are up in the blog
for you, so if you want to make them,
you can find the links right down below
in the description box.
And if you're looking
for any other additional snack recipes,
I also put together a round up
that has over 50 different
homemade healthy snack recipes.
So I'll put that link
in the description box
for you as well.
And they're kind of
organized by categories,
so you can kind of browse through them
and get a little bit of snack inspiration.
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