IT’S NEVER TOO LATE FOR A DELICIOUS PUMPKIN PIE! This is a completely vegan, sugar and gluten free recipe to perfect your afternoon! It's my third year living in America and finally the year I found the beauty of pumpkin flavor – and there’s no turning back for me. Please fill my house with pumpkin candles, soap and pies! One benefit of living here is that the nuts and seeds are crazy affordable compared to what they cost back in Finland, yay! It was on my heart for a long while to try something new and as Thanksgiving came by I decided to try a paleo pumpkin pie! My housemates gave their approval! crust 1 cup pecans ½ cup soaked dates (at least 4 hours) ½ soaked raisins (at least 4 hours) ½ cup quick oats ½ cup coconut flakes a pinch of salt Blend the pecans, soaked dates and raisins together until formed. Add oats and coconut flakes. Spread on a cake tin and press evenly. Place the crust in the freezer while you prepare the filing. filling 1 ½ cups of soaked cashews (at least 4 hours, preferably overnight) 2 cups of pumpkin puree 1 cup of soaked dates 1/3 cup of melted coconut oil ½ tea spoon cinnamon ½ tea spoon nutmeg 1 tea spoon vanilla Blend the soaked cashews until smooth. Add other ingredients and blend (probably need to use a spoon to help!). Pour the filling onto the chilled base and decorate the top as you like the best! Place the cake in the freezer for four hours to set before eating! You may also freeze the pie completely and eat it another time. (I did that!) I had a little bit extra filling left and I just enjoyed it as a dessert itself the next day. ;) Much love, Heidi
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My parents came for a visit! AH wow. Loved it. I enjoy that I finally get to be the one hosting and serving them. Sure I did fill the dishwasher when I still lived home but it's different this way. I get to make them feel welcome in my place and I get to invite them to my life. I've been struck with a feeling of deep, deep love toward my closest people. I want the best for them. And I want to be involved in getting them there. I want to invest in my relationships and serve my loved ones so that they would feel loved when they are with me. One of the most significant things I've learned is that love looks like remembering details. It looks like being mindful of what my friends like, what they don't, what they love to talk about, what makes them happy, what disturbs them... Knowing your buddy's love language is a KEY to a relationship where people's needs are going to be met. It would be tragic if I neglected my friend's love language of words of affirmation if mine was acts of service – and all I did was love them with doing stuff for them and never affirming their value with my words. I would be thinking that I spend all this time loving them—and they never notice my sacrifice and on the other hand: they would be thinking that I have totally forgotten them! Happens all the time. If you're interested in what love languages are, you can read more about them here. (Do the test!) I can briefly say that there are five love languages: words of affirmation, acts of service, physical touch, receiving gifts and quality time. Your language is the one that you give and receive love. My opinion is that the more healed you get, the more rounded you get, and the more ways you will be receiving and giving love. We need all of them. Languages can be mistreated and wounded (e.g. abuse vs. the language of touch) and it take times until the language can be fully expressed again. For instance, in CA I had this one neighbor who couldn't hug for a very long time because of the memories that begun to arise when she did. So, to honor her we kept our hugs short. I wouldn't make a strict law out of love languages because some people freak out when they "are everything" or can't understand the "purpose of naming them". Relax, it may take time to understand what yours is if you haven't payed attention to it before. (I just heard this from Abi Stumvoll; she pointed out that the father of the prodigal son threw his son a huge party when he returned, which definitely was his son's love language — c'mon somebody! Why not!) Knowing your top love languages will help you lots! They are a great tool to be used in building healthy relationships. It's beneficial to be aware that with some people you might have to make more effort to make them feel loved and to speak some of the languages that you are not that used to speaking. Love your neighbor as yourself. So, after wondering what to offer to a person with a sensitive stomach... This was my choice! A chocolate avocado-banana mousse with whipped coconut cream. It was really, really delicious! Thanks God for creating us mouths to taste all this goodness....
Scoop the mousse into pretty glasses and place the cream on top. Decorate with chocolate chips! Leave in the fridge until they will be served and enjoyed with good friends and chai tea, just because. ♥
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