Vegan Blueberry Cheesecake w/ Macadamia Nut & Berry Topping

Adapted from a Berry No-Bake Cheesecake on Sweet & Healthy Living.

 This is the first time I've used the NuNatural's product:

Stevia More Fiber Baking Blend

 I can say now that I'll be using it again, and again, and again now.

I was a little concerned that the powdered Stevia would be bitter or not sweet enough for the cake.

Especially because there are no other 'sweet' ingredients except the dates.

It was neither bitter nor unsweet, it was perfection.

The Stevia held the no-bake cake together well and gave the berries a great sweetness.

I would compare the taste to a Blueberry Cream Pie!

Yum...........
So how can you make this wonderful Dairy, Sugar and Gluten free Cheesecake?

Wash off your fresh blueberries but air dry them before
using them in this recipe so they don't add a lot of water.

This is the cheesecake batter before adding in the blueberries. It will be less
smooth than dairy cheesecakes but taste even better ((I think)

This is the final cheesecake batter layer being spread on.
Fresh blueberries were dropped on throughout each layer.
See difference here between the 'blueberry flavored' batter and the plain.

Rough chop the nuts, you don't want them too crumby like dust.

Blueberry Cheesecake with Macadamia Nut & Berry Topping

Vegan, Dairy and Gluten Free

Crust
This recipe is basically the Raw Caramels shown here

1 Cup Raw Unsalted Sunflower Seeds

15 Pitted Medjool Dates

2 Tbs. Olive Oil

2 tsp. Liquid Vanilla Stevia

1/4 Cup Cocoa Powder

1 Tbs. Finely Ground Coffee or substitute like Cafix

Pulse Sunflower Seeds until pulverized. Add in the dates

and pulse until lumpy batter forms. Add in other ingredients and

continue pulsing until smooth.  Chill for 30 minutes and then press

into bottom of springform pan to about 1/2 inch thickness. 

Freeze until firm.

Cheesecake Filling
2 Cups of Cashews - soaked 2 - 8 hours in filtered water, drained
1 Cup of Chopped Dates soaked 30 minutes and drained

1/4 Cup Lemon Juice

1/3 Cup melted Coconut Oil

Pulse all ingredients until a smooth batter is obtained, scrape down sides of blender

Add in:

1/3 Cup Nut Milk of choice

8 oz. Non Dairy Cream Cheese like Tofutti brand

1/2 tsp. Vanilla Extract

1 Cup of Powdered Stevia More Fiber Baking Blend from NuNaturals

Pulse together with first ingredients until smooth

To have a Blueberry Flavored layer to the cheesecake:

Seperate out 2 cups of the batter and set aside.

Add 1 Cup of fresh Blueberries in with the remaining batter and pulse until smooth

To assemble the cheesecake:

Remove the chilled crust in the springform pan and set on an even surface.

Spoon out enough of the set aside, non blueberry flavored batter to cover the

bottom crust about 1/2 Inch thick.

Freeze 30 minutes to firm batter again.

When cake is firm, add spoonfuls of the blueberry flavored batter in different

areas of cake on top of first layer of plain flavored batter using about 1 cup of

blueberry flavored batter.

Spoon the remaining plain flavor batter inbetween the blueberry batter and on top of

the fresh blueberries.

Sprinkle of few fresh blueberries on top of the batter.

Spoon the remaining plain flavor batter inbetween the blueberry batter

and on top of the fresh blueberries.

Freeze again.

Pour on remaining Blueberry flavored batter over entire cake and smooth to

cover the previous layers.

Freeze at least 5 hours until whole cake is solid.

Topping

1 Cup of Macadamia Nuts, roughly chopped (see picture)

1/2 Cup Fresh Blueberries

1/2 Cup Fresh Raspberries

Top the firm frozen cake with berries and nuts - pressing down lightly to top the cake.

Freeze again for 1 hour, remove springform pan exterior.

Store in the freezer or cut into slices and freeze slices well wrapped.

This one is a keeper.  Adapt the berries to suit your own likes.

Another cheesecake posting you may enjoy:

Raspberry Mocha Cream Cookie Dough Cake

ENJOY!

It's a Lemonade Kinda Day...

It got hot here in the East way too quickly this year.  I had such a craving today for a lemon drink that I grew up with.   I had to pick up a few choice lemons and stir up a batch of the best lemon drink you'll ever taste.                                              

This drink is a twist on Ice Tea and Lemonade.  You'll need a jar of Coffee substitute like Cafix Brand.  These coffee substitutes are made from grains, usually barley roasted and sweetened with some molasses. Cafix is delicious hot or cold.  I usually mix some in with my heated Soy milk in the morning.  http://cannedtime.blogspot.com/2012/02/morning-routine.html


Just mix up a pitcher of your favorionade.  Then pour in enough Cafix syrup to turn the lemon aide a deep brown.  Some in my family like to add just a little, I like a lot.........   To make the coffee / Cafix syrup:  heat about 2 cups of water to a boil and then stir in 1/4 cup or so of Cafix.  Stir until the powder dissolves.   You can keep the syrup in the fridge to use for future batches.  Each time you make up some lemonade, just pour in a little syrup to the pitcher and stir. 

Cafix syrup in the corked bottle

My husband had never had this drink when we met 18 years ago and now its his favorite too.   Its sweet but has a great secondary taste of hearty roasted grains as well as the sour lemon that is so refreshing on a hot day. 




If you can't find a coffee substitute where you live it is


available at iHerb for about $5 a jar.  Great deal!

I've also purchased it from Whole Foods and

other health food stores.  It's not the only brand,

it's just the one I'm used to getting.  I'm sure

others are similar in taste and ingredients. 

Pero is another popular coffee substitute also

available at iHerb.

Today I tried the new NuNaturals Lemon Flavor Liquid Stevia in my Cafix Lemonade and it worked great. 

A few droppers full in the pitcher was a perfect sweetness and that great lemon taste. 

Sugar Free and delicious!

Try a "fancied up" lemonade next time by adding a touch of coffee substitute syrup to the pitcher. 

You'll never be satisfied with plain lemonade again!

Enjoy!

Congratulations to the 4 NuNaturals Stevia winners:  Allison, Lisa, Nicole and Joanne

  This post is linked to 'Allergy Free Wednesdays'

Orange Creamsicle Crunch

Orange Creamsicle Crunch - Sugar and Dairy Free  

featuring both Orange and Vanilla Flavored Liquid Stevia from NuNaturals   

(Makes approximately 4 ramekins)   

          

 Crunch    (Combine in a fry pan and stir on low heat until toasted)

1 Cup Steel Cut Oatmeal

1/3 Cup Roasted Salted Sunflower Seed

1 Tbs. Orange Zest

2 Tbs. Organic Coconut Oil

1 tsp. NuNatural's White Stevia Powder

1/2 tsp. (1 dropper full) of New Orange flavor NuNatural's Liquid Stevia

Cream    (Combine all ingredients in a blender until creamy smooth)

1 Large Orange or about 9 - 10 slices

2/3 Cup non dairy cream cheese (I like Tofutti brand)

2/3 Cup non dairy sour cream (again I used Tofutti brand)

4 Tbs. Organic Coconut Oil melted

2/3 Cup Cream substitute  ( I've seen coconut 'cream' but this time I tried an Almond/ Cashew Cream.  Either is fine as long as it's slightly thicker than milk)

1 tsp. NuNatural's Liquid Stevia Vanilla flavor

1 tsp. NuNatural's Liquid Stevia Orange flavor

To assemble: 

 Pour equal amounts of the cream mixture into

 4 ramekins and chill at least 1 hour until

surface has hardened         

 Then spoon on just enough crumb topping to cover cream.   Store covered in the refrigerator.



This recipe is by far, my favorite I've created this year so far......

The orange and vanilla combination that NuNatural's Stevia creates with a mild sweetness is just heaven. It makes non dairy and sugar free much more bearable. Super easy and not really costly makes it a quick, easy dessert for anyone to enjoy but particularly those trying to eat more healthy desserts. Give it a try, it won't disappoint!

Last chance to get in your Giveaway entries to try out some NuNatural's Stevia for free, click here to find out details.

  If you like this Orange Creamsicle Crunch, you may also want to try these

                        'Tangerine Cream Cookies'  also dairy free.          

This post is linked to 'Allergy Free Wednesdays'        

NuNaturals Liquid Stevia Orange & Lemon Giveaway

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.

NuNaturals has widened their flavor options for Liquid Stevia users. They have 2 new flavors available and they are rewarding 4 of my readers the opportunity to try both new flavors for free!

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The two new flavors are Orange and Lemon!          YUMMMMM...........

Orange NuStevia

Lemon NuStevia

With NuNaturals, you can make the sauces, dressings and

baked goods you grew up with again, just without all the

sugar.

Or try new recipes that need that pinch of sweet flavor to make them just right like this wonderful warm weather salad I found on Averie Cooks.

Mustard Dill Cucumber & Orange Relish from Averie Cooks:

Cucumbers, fresh Mandarine Oranges and just a light vinagrette with a touch of sweetness courtesy of NuNaturals.

Mustard Dill Cucumber & Orange Relish from Averie Cooks

I substituted the 'agave' in Averie's version with

a 1/2 tsp. of

NuNatural's Stevia Powder. It is perfect for a

light

summer salad!

If you’d like to order stevia from NuNaturals, enter discount code BLG0612 to receive a 15% discount on your entire order.

This discount remains effective until JUNE 30, 2012.

They offer Free Shipping to all Continental U.S. orders exceeding $ 35.00 after discounts.

There will be four winners in this giveaway, and each will win one bottle of the lemon stevia (2 ounces) and one bottle of the orange stevia (2 ounces)

Comment below to enter the giveaway:

1.You must Facebook 'Like' Canned Time (or let me know you already have in the past)

2. For a second entry leave a comment letting me know your favorite ways to use Lemons or Oranges?


Or if you have tried Stevia, how do you like to use it?


3. For extra entries and you must leave a separate comment for each:

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Note: If possible, please leave a current email address in one of the entry comments. It speeds up winner notification so I can get the winner their prize more quickly! Thanks!

Contest ends Sunday, April 15, 2012 and four winners will be chosen randomly.
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NuNaturals has not compensated me in any way for this giveaway or provided me with products.

Yea!! I won NuNaturals Liquid Stevia from Averie Cooks!

More flavors are being introduced at NuNaturals to really diversify the Stevia options:

New Liquid Orange Flavor Stevia

New Liquid Lemon Flavor Stevia

I won a bottle of each from
Averie Cooks! 

 

Can't wait to try out both these flavors in my recipes!  I already have one in mind using these....

Thanks Averie!   Thanks NuNaturals!

The Perfect Sugar Free Fudge with the Perfect Giveaway

Anyone want a gigantic bucket of the best Coconut Oil made?  For FREE?

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Tropical Traditions is offering another great giveaway to my wonderful readers:

A ONE GALLON Jug of Tropical Tradition's Virgin Coconut Oil

WOW!  That's a $120 value at their website http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/

While you're waiting to see if you'll be the lucky one to win you can think about using your Tropical Tradition's Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil to make the perfect sugar free fudge........

Compliments of  Chocolate Covered Katie, this is a simple and perfect base for any chocolate fudge you may want to make.

Check out Katie's post to get the simple recipe for this perfect Chocolate base.  I changed my fudge here by adding in 1 Cup of my Flax Milk and added a little more Stevia but the rest is per her recipe, check it out.

To Enter the Giveaway:

1. You must Facebook "Like" Canned Time.

After you’ve done that, leave a comment telling me your favorite recipe using coconut oil or your favorite way to use it, or how you would like to use it?

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3. For even better chances to win, do one or more of these things and leave a separate comment for each (that’s seven total chances to enter)

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Sign up for the Tropical Traditions Newsletter

Twitter Follow Tropical Traditions

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Note: if you have already FB, Twittered these options previously, just leave a comment letting me know you're already signed up for that

(Remember, your comments are your entries, not just clicking to sign up for each)

Contest ends Sunday, April 1st, 2012 and winner will randomly be chosen.
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Tropical Traditions sells so much more than just their awesome Coconut Oil, like tools to make using their products easier.      Be sure to check out their website after you leave your giveaway comments to win the gigantic 1 Gallon tub of Tropical Tradition's Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil to see all the products they have available like this handy lid remover for the

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