Flashback Spicy Peanut Sauce, Sweet Potato Mash with Vegan Cashew Cream Sauce, and Chia Chai Latte

Someone recently mentioned to me that they were looking for more peanut sauces to try so I went back thru my photos and recipes and came across this one.  It's a Spicy Peanut Sauce that just so happens to be vegan.

1/2 C Peanut Butter 

1/4 C Coconut Aminos

3 Cloves Garlic

1 T Sesame Oil

Juice of 2 Lemons 

1 T Sriracha (or other hot sauce)

1/2 t Cayenne

If needed: Water to thin & Sprinkle of Coconut Sugar to sweeten

This might look like a colorful slop but it was actually quite good. I need to make it again soon! It's a Sweet Potato and Spinach Mash with Vegan Cashew Cream Sauce.

(For The Mash)

About 1 Pound of Cubed Sweet Potato

About 4 C Spinach

(For The Sauce)

1 C Cashews

Up to 1 C Water

1 Clove Garlic

1 T Grapeseed Oil

Nutmeg & Black Himalayan Sea Salt To Taste

Directions:

Cook Sweet Potatoes until soft.

Add Spinach and stir or gently mash leaving lumps.

Set Aside.

For the sauce add all those ingredients into a high speed blender until smooth.

Drizzle sauce over the Sweet Potato and Spinach Mash.

Serve warm.

It's been too long since I have attempted a Chia Pudding but the last time I did enjoy one I was pretty hot on a Chia Chai Latte for a while.

Ingredients:

3 T Chia Seeds, dry

1 C Almond Milk

2 T Agave Nectar

Pinch Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Vanilla Extract

Directions:

Soak Chia Seeds in Nut Milk, stir often.

Add spices, stir often.

Over the next few days I hope to share with you more Vegan Finds but also some things I will be attempting for Thanksgiving!  What will you be up to?

Warm Vanilla Spiced Chai

It happens every year...Winter Time in the snow belt...sigh...

At least I can make some warm and comforting things to eat and drink to combat it.

Warm Vanilla Spiced Chai - infuse/steep your own chai or use a chai flavored product like I did here!

2 Frozen Bananas

1 C Almond Milk

1 Scoop Garden of Life Vanilla Chai Raw Protein

Optional:

1/8 t Vanilla Powder

1/4 t Cinnamon Powder

1/4 t Ground Ginger

Pinch of Nutmeg

For the optional ingredients you can use them right away to kick it up a notch or use as a sprinkle to top to your liking!

Vegan MoFo ~ Chai & Chia ~ And Letting Go of Toxic Surroundings and People

 TGIF...and I don't mean Toes Go In First!

It was another busy week!  Eventho it was BUSY I felt really good about myself, how things went, the things I got accomplished, my surroundings, and the people I had around me. 

By nature - I'm a worry wart - I'm a nervous person.  I sometimes have a hard time letting emotions go.  Sometimes they get the 'best of me' which as you know means 'the worst'.  I tend to let things pile up and up and up and then eventually let everything go all at the same time - usually in the form of a "stress out situation'. 

Part of what I have been TRYING to do the last several weeks is to distance myself from situations like this.  And people like this.  This has done WONDERS for my overall well-being.  I don't mean to sound bitchy about that but it's TRUE...some people are just toxic.  BUT...if you know me or the purpose of this blog at all you will know that my goal is to keep things positive here at MY Blissful Journey so I will not get into any negative specifics about that because there is no real reason to dwell on the past - just improve your future, you know!?  So...I am happy to say things are certainly moving in that direction and for that I am grateful!

As for these first few photos, here...

The first one is of a Chai Latte I made using Almond Milk earlier this week!  I used some of the Chai I got from Chico Chai and added Almond Milk and on top sprinkled organic Cinnamon Powder.  Altho...this chai is pretty spicy by itself so it wasn't really needed I just thought it was a nice touch and addition for the photo.

In this 2nd picture I decided to try a Chia Pudding.  I used Chia Seeds soaked in Almond Milk and added some of Sun Warrior's Vanilla flavored protein Powder with a little bit of Wholesome Sweeteners Strawberry Flavored Agave Syrup.  It was quite good.  I'm going to tinker with this a bit, tho, as I think I would like the pudding to be thicker.  The sweetness level is pretty strong as it is regardless.

Now that I think of it I hope to do some Chai Latte's with some of the Sun Warrior Protein Powders in them in the near future.  I think they will make a nice addition.  Especially the Vanilla Flavor and the Chocolate Flavor.

The exact recipe for this Chia Strawberry Vanilla Pudding is...

3 T Chia Seeds (Dry)
1 C Almond Milk
2 T Sun Warrior Vanilla Flavored Protein Powder
2 T Wholesome Sweeteners Strawberry Agave Syrup (you can also use Agave and Strawberries instead)

I did all of this in my Ninja Blender.  It turned out really good, very sweet, and tasty!  I could taste both the Vanilla from the powder as well as the Strawberry from the Agave Syrup.