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Chocolate Avocado SunButter Pudding

5-ingredient chocolate avocado pudding with sunflower seed butter sweetened with maple syrup. Decadent yet nutritious, it’s packed with healthy fats!

I’m going to ask you to reach into lunch boxes of lunches past.

Are you there?

What’s for dessert?

Did you ever eat those little snack pack pudding cups in your elementary school (or grown up) lunches?

My mom used to get them sometimes and I savored each sweet spoonful.

The vanilla was good, too, but decidedly less exciting than the chocolate.

Yes, there’s something about chocolate pudding in particular that’s hard to beat.

This Chocolate Avocado SunButter Pudding is the best way to recreate that pudding nostalgia with just 5 whole food ingredients and a blender.

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Edible Vegan Cookie Dough

By Flora & Vino 7 Comments

Edible vegan, gluten-free, and refined sugar-free cookie dough made with just four ingredients. Scoop into balls or enjoy by the spoonful!

Does it ever happen to you that you’re craving cookies but what you really want is the cookie dough?

Luckily, one of my favorite parts of plant-based vegan baking is that all of the cookie dough is edible.

It certainly makes recipe testing easier because I can actually taste the dough before tasting the end goal.

If we ever make it to the baked cookie finale.

So…what if we just went ahead and created a cookie-dough recipe just for eating?

This Edible Vegan Cookie Dough is made in 1-bowl with just 4 ingredients that are vegan, oil-free, gluten-free, and refined-sugar-free.

You don’t need to turn on the oven, and you don’t need to do any cookie-shaping.

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Avocado Mint Cacao Chip Ice Cream Sandwiches

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Five ingredient creamy ice cream made with avocados, mint, maple syrup, coconut milk, and cacao nibs. Smash between two chocolate snack cookies for dessert!

So, is it summer yet?

I ordered a swim suit this past week in anticipation of sunny summer activities.

The swimsuit was a ruffled two-piecer that didn’t fit quite right out of the cardboard box but looked super cute on the model online.

I’m trying to rock the whole high-waisted swimsuit thing but this one looked more like a wrinkled tutu than a bikini bottom.

I guess you could call it a mint green.

It’s also called a return!

You know what else is mint and green?

These Avocado Mint Cacao Chip Ice Cream Sandwiches that is sure to fit into your summer lovin’ and livin’!

It’s made no-churn with just 5 simple ingredients including avocado, coconut milk, and cacao nibs.

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Oatmeal Tahini Chocolate Chip Scones

By Flora & Vino 20 Comments

Easy oil-free, gluten-free, and refined-sugar-free scones with tahini, oatmeal, and chocolate chips. Perfect with a warm beverage in the morning or evening!

To get through tedious homework in elementary school I used positive conditioning in the form of candy.

I opened a bag of bag of plain or peanut M&Ms next to my textbook and wide rule paper.

For every time I finished a math problem, I popped an M&M or two (or three) in my mouth.

On to the next question.

Solve, savor, swallow, repeat.

Kind of what I did while testing these Oatmeal Tahini Chocolate Chip scones, except instead of M&Ms I popped chocolate chunks.

What, did you think I was going to say an entire scone?!

Friends, this is my first ever scone recipe on the blog!

And because art imitates life, it’s also my first in real life.

Why the first?

Well, I spent most of my adult life baffled by scones.

Maybe it’s because I’ve never been across the pond to England, or maybe it’s because triangles in geometry were never my favorite shape.

Regardless, these triangles of oat-y goodness are now my new favorite dainty treat.

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Matcha Dusted Raw Brownies

By Flora & Vino 6 Comments

Raw brownies made from dates, nuts, and seeds that are also gluten, grain, and refined sugar-free. Finish them with a matcha dusting for a snack or dessert.

Guys.

Over the weekend I went to my first ever goat yoga class with my sister.

Yes friends.

We did a glorious yoga flow amidst the cutest goats I’ve ever seen in a field of green.

Nothing crazy happened, but I did get my feet licked in downward dog.

We were advised to put away anything we didn’t want to get chewed away, so I tucked all of my raw bars and valuable into my purse and zipped it shut.

We did vinyasa and a series of forward folds and twists while the goats chowed happily on hay around us.

Every now and then one of them would let out a loud SNORT, a funny startling noise that I honestly didn’t know that goats made.

The kind of noise that I might make if you told me you weren’t drooling over these Matcha Dusted Brownies made with 5 ingredients and no oven mitts.

PSH.

Aside from goat yoga, raw brownies have been on my bucket list for a while.

I’ve wanted to share a raw brownie recipe but it seems like every time I think of it the weather cold out and baked brownies sound better.

But now it’s getting warmer out and I’m all about some no bake treats.

These Matcha Dusted Raw Brownies are oil-free, gluten-free, vegan, and grain-free with an energizing matcha finish.

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Vegan Toasted Coconut Samoas

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Vegan Toasted Coconut Samoas made with 7 ingredients and no bake time. Vegan, gluten and grain free, and naturally sweetened with dates.

I was a proud Girl Scout in Elementary School.

Okay, okay, I was actually a Brownie.

But I was a part of the tribe long enough to do my fair share of girl scout cookie rounds and cookie eating.

I went door to door in my chocolate-colored brownie uniform, selling cookies to good natured neighbors.

I’m pretty sure my current neighbors would love me if I went door to door with my latest creation.

These Vegan Toasted Coconut Samoas are made with just 7 ingredients with toasted coconut and chocolate drizzle.

Girl scout cookie season is almost over, but my copy-cat cookie variation is just heating up.

Girl, let’s get scouting.

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Blueberry Butter (No-Sugar-Added)

By Flora & Vino 11 Comments

Easy blueberry butter made with just two ingredients and no-sugar-added in 30 minutes. Use in place of jam or jelly for a fun spread.

How often do you clean out your fridge?

This girl, this weekend!

In this case, I don’t mean using up all of the meal prepped leftovers.

I mean the kind of fridge clean out where you take everything out, every old head of cabbage, yogurt you forgot you had, and crusty container of mustard, wipe the interior spotless, and the put all back in.

Some of you on Instagram are really good about doing it once a week.

You are #goals.

Since it’s been a hot second since I got in there and spruced things up, there was quite a bit of elbow grease necessary to get things spick and span.

But it all felt worth it when the shelves gleamed white again and my Pyrex containers sat in uniform stacks.

So obviously I had to fill it with something pretty and sweet.

This No-Sugar-Added Blueberry Butter is the perfect naturally sweet spread to add to your summer fridge.

All you need is a bunch of blueberries, a squeeze of lemon, and some serious stirring skills.

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Grain-Free Apricot Almond Energy Bars

By Flora & Vino 9 Comments

Grain-Free Apricot Almond Energy Bars made with 5 ingredients and naturally sweetened with dried apricots. Perfect for a meal prep snack!

Happy Friday, buds!

I’m soaking up all of this spring daylight like it’s my job.

For the past few weeks I’ve been loving waking up early and getting an early morning workout in so I can enjoy the sunshine later in the day.

Do you work out on an empty stomach?

I used to do fasted morning sweat seshes with no problem, but lately I feel like I need a bit of edible fuel in the tank to get things to get moving.

One of my favorite things to grab when I really want pancakes already, but would also really like to finish my Tone It Up app workout first, is a raw bar!

A raw bar like these five-ingredient Grain-Free Apricot Almond Energy Bars can get you through just about anything.

Even burpees and tuck jumps.

Since we’re being honest, I’m a bit of a raw-bar snob, and I have an entire raw bar drawer here at home to prove it.

Yes, you heard me, a whole drawer dedicated to RAW BAR goodness.

When fully stocked, it can be a little challenging to shut.

I like to have all of my favorite brands on stock for simple snacking.

Ex: Open drawer, grab raw bar, tear open, and CHOMP.

The bars that make it to my drawer have the fewest ingredients and the best real foods to fuel.

My raw bar drawer cornucopia got me thinking that I don’t make my own raw bars enough.

Or….like, ever.

You’re going to love how simple the ingredients are on these grain-free apricot almond raw bars!

They’re grain-free, gluten-free, and refined-sugar-free with only five ingredients you’ve probably already got in your cabinets.

Ready to check?

Summery sweet and tart apricots, buttery cashews, raw almonds, crunchy pepitas, and optional shredded coconut.

Check, check, YUM.

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Banana Blueberry French Toast Casserole

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Banana Blueberry French Toast Casserole with Golden Beets that’s perfect for a spring/summer breakfast or brunch with a gluten-free option!

It’s really starting to feel like Spring here in Virginia, guys.

Yesterday I had the windows open for most of the day, photographing with a breeze drifting through our condo.

Bliss.

As if right on cue, I’m craving bright foods.

What’s brighter than baked blueberries and banana accented by bright lemon and golden beets?

This Banana Blueberry French Toast Casserole is perfect for a brunch situation that looks fancy but is actually ridiculously easy to make.

All you need is some stale bread, blueberries, bananas, and a burst of creative energy before bedtime.

Easter brunch plans, check check CHECK.

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Grain-Free Everything Bagels

By Flora & Vino 39 Comments

Easy vegan, gluten-free, and a grain-free everything bagels with almond and tapioca flour. Perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a snack.

When was the last time you had a good bagel?

There isn’t anything much cozier or comforting than biting into a thick chewy disc with a hole in the center.

It’s been a while for me.

I saw a few variations on the ‘Gram recently and couldn’t get those delicious discs out of my head.

These Grain-Free Everything Bagels are vegan, gluten-free, and perfect to satisfy your bagel cravings with just 8 simple ingredients.

These Everything Bagels are perfect for, well, everything, including breakfast, lunch, snack-time, and anytime.

Let’s bagel, bae.

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