Roasted Acorn Squash with Apples and Peaches

The perfect fall dessert; or meal if you desire! Very filling and sweet. 

What you'll need:

1 acorn squash

Earthbalance butter

Brown sugar

Cinnamon

Nutmeg 

Agave(optional)

Apple

Peach

Directions:

1. Turn oven to 400 degrees F.

2. Slice squash in half and remove the seeds

3. Place about 1/2 tbs of butter along with 1 tbs or less of brown sugar in the center and along the edges of the squash.

4. Place in oven for about 20-25 minutes or until slightly brown.

5. Slice the apples and peaches.

6. Take squash out of the oven and place the apples and peaches in the center and top with cinnamon, nutmeg and agave. As much or little as you want. 

7. Place back in oven for about 20 minutes or until everything is cooked to your liking. 

Baked Bananas

One of my favorite foods is bananas! I eat them all day and why not for dessert? I've been eating baked bananas for a while so I wanted to share. When you bake the bananas they become super sweet like candy.

What you need:

Bananas

Nutmeg

Cinnamon 

Vanilla

Cooking spray

Directions:

1. Turn oven to 400 degrees.

2. Cut bananas in half or into cubes (slices)

3. Spray pan then spray bananas with spray

4. Place in oven for about 10 minutes, then take them out and sprinkle with nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla. As much or little as you want.

5. Cook till brown and crispy.

6. Top with any ingredients you want. Peanut butter, Gogi berries, granola, apples, chocolate chips....or whatever you desire. 

Blooming Cauliflower

Oh has it been awhile since I have been active on here; but I must say I have missed it. My life has been crazy lately with school and just trying to get back into a routine. I have been focusing on a more raw diet and continue to eat raw besides one meal a day which seems to be working for me. It amazes me how my body just reacts differently to fruit and vegetables compared to cooked and gluten rich foods. I am so glad that I have been able to pinpoint the cause of my acne and break outs. Gluten is the culprit and I admit last week I ate some gluten foods and I broke out like crazy. Which is amazing to me that all this time I attributed it to stress...nope gluten.

A follower on Instagram requested that I share the recipe for the roasted cauliflower so here it is. Also, I am one to just throw stuff together and I judge my dishes based on texture, temperature, look and smell not just on measurements, so please adapt to what you have or desire.   

What you need:
I head of cauliflower
2 tbs nutritional yeast
Coconut oil spray
Pepper

Sauce:
1/2 can chickpeas
2 tbs ketchup

Directions:
1. Turn oven to 400 degrees
2. Wash and cut the cauliflower into smaller pieces.
3. Spray pan with coconut spray then place cauliflower on the tray and spray cauliflower with coconut spray.
4. Place in oven for about 15-20 minutes or until slightly golden.
5. Take out of oven and sprinkle with nutritional yeast and pepper
6. Place back into oven for about 10-12 minutes or until brown and crispy on the bottom. (If you want you can turn them over half way through)


Sauce:
In a food processor blend the chickpeas with some water till a hummus consistency, add ketchup and mix.