Last night, I made a new veggie burger recipe.
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Don’t get too excited though, they were crap. I’m super picky when it comes to veggie burgers and I rarely meet one that I’m happy with.
Eric goes, ‘They’d be good without all the lemon…’
‘They are rosemary lemon burgers.’
‘Oh…hah’
Fail.
I also won’t tell you that I had to skin my rosemary plant to get enough leaves for the recipe. I’m pretty sure it’s going to die today in protest.
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However, I redeemed myself with this salad made with garden romaine lettuce! It was the freshest romaine I’ve ever laid eyes on or tasted. And most importantly, I grew it!
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We currently have romaine lettuce coming out of the wazoo. I’m thinking a salad party is in store. Sadly, I think it will just be me attending.
But still, dinner left us wanting more. Half eaten crap lemon burgers and salad just wasn’t enough to tame our hunger monsters.
I had to pull out a secret weapon…
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Cookie Dough balls. 5 minutes to whip up. Instant gratification.
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch Cookie Dough Balls (GF + Vegan)
Adapted from my Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls.
Yield: 12 balls
- 1/2 cup unsalted raw cashews
- 1/2 cup regular rolled oats (Use GF oats if you want it GF)
- 1/4 cup brown teff flour (or any flour you desire!)
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 2 tbsp organic cane sugar
- 3 tbsp peanut butter
- 3 tbsp pure maple syrup (add gradually until desired consistency is achieved)
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup non-dairy chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup diced peanuts
- 1/4 cup Nature’s Path GF rice crisp cereal
Directions:
1. In a food processor, process the cashews and oats until very fine, like a flour consistency.
2. Add in the teff flour, salt, and sugar and pulse until combined. Now add in vanilla, peanut butter, and maple syrup gradually until desired consistency is achieved. Process until a dough forms. Stop to scrape the sides of the bowl as necessary. Dough will be very sticky! If it is too sticky to make balls, you can add a bit more flour. The type of flour you use will alter the consistency so you may have to adjust it a bit.
3. Add chocolate chips and peanuts into processor and pulse. Scoop dough into a bowl and stir in the rice crisp cereal. Form balls with the dough (lightly wet fingers if necessary). Store in the fridge or freezer.
Note: If dough is too dry, add a bit more maple syrup. If too wet, add a bit more flour.
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And then I did something really crazy…because it’s stifling hot and we can’t just eat balls for crying out loud!
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Meet the Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch ‘Blizzard’ in all its crunchy, crispy, creamy, and peanut buttery glory.
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The Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Blizzard put me up to it of course.
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This was my best idea all week. Actually, it was the only successful recipe I’ve had all week. Last night, I decided if I had one more recipe fail this week, I was going to have to hire a ghost chef for the blog.
I’m happy to say this was not made by a ghost chef.
It was all me, baby. All me. And you can thank me this weekend when you are sitting on your porch in a state of Blizzard induced bliss.
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Crunch Blizzard for 2 (GF + Vegan)
- 3 large frozen bananas (or your favourite ice cream- it would be good with coconut bliss!)
- 1 heaping tbsp peanut butter
- 2-3 balls, to pulse into soft serve
- 2 balls to crumble on top
Directions: To make this dreamy delight, grab a few frozen bananas and process them in a food processor with a heaping tablespoon of peanut butter. Once the mixture is creamy like soft serve, add in a few peanut butter balls and pulse until chunky. Scoop this mixture into a small glass and top with crumbled cookie dough balls. Serves 2.
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Helpful hint: If anyone in your home sees you eating this, tell them it’s Vegan and Gluten-Free and they will run like hell.
More blizzard for you.
It will be our little secret. ;)
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Best of all, we forgot all about the crap lemon burgers and the skinned rosemary plant, as we sat on the deck watching the sun bid farewell to this hot summer day.
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But an important question remains: What Blizzard flavour should I tackle next?
Oh my gosh. I LOVE YOU!!!!! How about a Butterfinger one!
oh i know how you feel with the less-than-tasty meals….i feel cheated when i go through the effort to make something–bleh…the salad looks so refreshing! jealous that you have a garden that can produce the romaine….we have on purpose–due to our lack of foresight, made our garden easy to take care of–which means no gardening patches…..ps i am addicted to dough balls introduced to me through averie @love veggies and yoga…and i am really learning the beauty of using teff flour
Yuum!!! I think a mint choc chip blizzard would be fabulous!
Your blog is the first food and health blog that I followed..and has led me to find other related blogs. I just want to say that your blog is SUCH an inspiration to me…I might even start my own!! :) Btw, are you a self-taught photographer? Because I absolutely LOVEEE your photos!! I recently just started photography, any tips on how to improve my skills? And AHHH I just wanna eat my computer right now these blizzards look delicious….drool..
Aww thanks Vivian! I’m self-taught, mostly by googling photography blogs and just reading up on the internet here and there. I would like to take professional courses someday though! It’s so much fun to learn and experiment. Goodluck with your blog if you start one :)
Mmmm. I made this last night. SO DELICIOUS.
I haven’t had a blizzard in years! I will need to try a homemade, vegan one ASAP now! :D
OMGGGG Angela!!! I am BEAMING and eating this DECADENT DESSERT RIGHT NOW as I am typing this!! I am in HEAVEN on Earth!!
This is one of the most delicious, decadent and guilt-free dessert I have EVER tried!! You just made my night with this recipe.
Thank you soooo much for sharing.
To all of you reading this, make this thing ASAP. Its sooooo amazing ^_^
So glad to hear that Sarah!
This looks totally amazing!! Wow. I say try an Oreo flavor next. Oreo anything = best ever.
Thanks so much for this idea!! I just made a dialed down version of it- 3 frozen bananas and 1.5 heaping tablespoons of almond butter. Delicious!! :)
I’ve had a couple of failures this week too. I can’t wait to try this recipe!
Sorry to hear the veggie burgers were crap. Looks like you more than redeemed yourself with these blizzards. Beautiful work girl! Love all those fresh from the garden veggies you got there.
Count me in on the salad party!
I agree with lots of folks above – oreo would be awesome! I’ve tired your previous blizzard, and cookie dough bites – you can’t go wrong!
“…because it’s stifling hot and we can’t just eat balls for crying out loud!” – HAHA….That’s what SHE said….
Angela- I’m new to your site and I LOVE it!! I have made a couple of things and cant wait to try your Green Monster’s. I also have just started running and exercising. And hope that one day I can see it as “fun”. I have been training (not as much as I should) for my first 5K that will take place in a bit over a month. I’m very excited about it and doing it as one of my first goals. I am 46 and beginning to “reflect” on my life. Realizing that it is time that I am the only one that can make positive changes in my life for MYSELF.
So I would like to say thank you and I am really enjoying your site. Love the stories and recipe’s. I look forward to your emails everyday.
Tammy~
Thanks Tammy! Goodluck with your 5k!
I just got home with my new food processor and after whipping up some quick guacamole, I knew I needed to try this recipe! I just about ate the dough straight because it was so yummy! Bananas are freezing now and then I’ll be whipping up the “blizzard”! :)
Just a minor detail: the peanut butter is missing from the recipe instructions (for the balls).
Thanks again!
yep! I just made this recipe and was logging on to comment about the missing 3 TBSP of PB.
If I were a man, and you were single…I would ask you to marry me just because of this recipe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!! Just accidentally stumbled upon your site because I googled “Stuffed Patty Pan Squash recipes” and will be trying this blizzard recipe AND your patty pan recipe this week!!!! I will be a return and avid reader!!!!!
LOL love this comment! Glad you enjoyed it and welcome to the blog!
How about chocolate-orange blizzard? or even more exotic one, black sesame green tea blizzard?
Hi Angela, I found your site a few months ago and I love it! Such creative, healthy recipes. I made the peanut butter blizzard tonight and it was amazing. (I doubled the recipe for the balls so I will have plenty made for future blizzards- plus they’re awesome on their own.) Please keep the recipes coming. I’ve already bought all the ingredients for the summer salad and will be making that tomorrow.
For the balls, when do you add the peanut butter to the mixture? The same time as the vanilla/syrup?
at the very end, I just pulse them in or just stir them in crumbled up. Enjoy!
Not the peanuts, i mean the 3 tablespoons of peanut-butter listed in the recipe.. I am sorry to be a nit-pick! Earlier this week I had a bad experience with a vegan cookie recipe and I really kick myself if I forget something/mess up a dough! Thank you for any help :)
Oh sorry I mis-read your question!!
Yes you add it in with the vanilla and maple syrup. I will add that into the recipe!