oat bliss balls

Makes 20

Poppy bakes...

1. Soak
   8 medjool dates in boiling water for 10 minutes.
   
   
2. In a food processor, blend
   90g rolled oats,
   80g desiccated coconut,
   2 tablespoons cacao powder,
   1 teaspoon ground cinnamon until fine.
   
   
3. Add pitted dates,
   2 tablespoons raw honey,
   1/4 cup coconut oil, melted and blend until combined.
   
   
4. Roll into balls and coat with desiccated coconut.

strawberries + cream tart

Serves 12

Poppy bakes…

1. The night before you plan to make this dish, soak
   1.5 cups dates in
   filtered water. If you don't have time to soak the dates, you can steam them for approximately 10 minutes.
   
   
2. At high speed, blend
   1.5 cups desiccated coconut until it forms a paste.
   
   
3. Set aside 1/3 cup of the soaked dates and place the remainder in the blender with the coconut and process until the dates are broken down and combined well with the coconut.
   
   
4. Press mixture into a loose-base tart pan and bake in a 160º oven for 20 minutes. Then set aside and allow to cool.
   
   
5. To make the filling, blend
   1.75 cups coconut milk, remaining 1/3 cup of dates,
   2 tablespoons powdered gelatin,
   1/4 cup arrowroot flour and
   1.5 tablespoons coconut oil then pour on top of crust and place in the fridge while you make the strawberry layer.
   
   
6. For the strawberry layer blend
   2 cups strawberries,
   2 tablespoons coconut oil,
   2 tablespoons powdered gelatin and
   1/4 cup coconut milk then pour on top. You can create a pattern by using a butter knife to drag the strawberry layer through the coconut layer.
   
   
7. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving and garnish with any leftover strawberries you may have and a sprinkling of desiccated coconut.  Any leftovers can be stored in the fridge or the freezer.

quinoa + blueberry slice

Serves 12

This yummy and healthy slice has a hidden ingredient...dōTERRA'S lemon essential oil, which is dōTERRA's top-selling essential oil. Lemon has multiple benefits and uses, being a powerful antioxidant that can help ward off free radicals due to its high limonene content. When ingested, it provides cleansing and digestive benefits, can soothe an irritated throat, and supports healthy respiratory function. Extracted from the lemon rind, a single bottle of dōTERRA lemon essential oil is equal to 45 lemons; with the lemons used in dōTERRA's product sourced in Italy. You can purchase the oil from my online dōTERRA shop at http://www.mydoterra.com/kerryjacobs/

Poppy bakes…

1. Preheat oven to 180º and line a slice tin with baking paper.
   
   
2. In a mixing bowl combine
   2 cups quinoa flakes,
   1/2 cup brown rice flour,
   1/2 cup fine desiccated coconut,
   2 teaspoon ground cinnamon,
   1 teaspoon gluten-free baking powder and
   1/8 teaspoon celtic sea salt.
   
   
3. In a small saucepan on low heat, melt together
   4 tablespoons coconut oil,
   1/2 cup manuka honey and
   1/3 cup coconut sugar, then add to dry ingredients and combine.
   
   
4. Mix through
   2 free-range eggs and
   2 drops dōTERRA lemon essential oil.
   
   
5. Fold through
   1 cup blueberries, then pour mixture into the slice tin and spread evenly.
   
   
6. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until slightly golden. Allow to cool and then slice.
   
   
   I like to store mine in the fridge and heat up in the oven for 5 minutes before eating to make the batch of slices last longer than a few days.
   
   
   

cherry ripe tart

Serves 12

This raw tart is so easy to make and is super healthy. You can use both cherries or raspberries - or a mixture of both - though I prefer just frozen raspberries. Even if you use just raspberries, it still tastes like a Cherry Ripe! If you want to make it even more chocolate-ee, add 1 tablespoon of cacao powder to the base mixture when combining the ingredients in the food processor.

Poppy bakes…

1. Soak
   13 medjool dates in warm water for at least half an hour.
   
   
2. Pit the dates, then combine in a food processor with
   2 cups desiccated coconut.
   
   
3. Press the mixture into a 25cm tart dish and place in the freezer to set.
   
   
4. For the filling, in a food processor, combine
   2 avocados,
   7 tablespoons cacao powder,
   6 tablespoons coconut oil and
   2 cups of medjool dates, pitted.
   
   
5. Add
   2 cups of cherries / raspberries (fresh or frozen) to the filling mixture. Blend for as long as you like, dependent on how chunky or smooth you want the filling mixture to be.
   
   
6. Spoon the filling mixture in to the base and set in the freezer.
   
7. You can garnish with extra cherries / raspberries, and be sure to store in the freezer until ready to eat.

raw coconut treats

Serves 12

Poppy makes…

1. Soak
   10 medjool dates in warm water for at least half an hour.
   
   
2. Pit the dates, then blend with
   2 cups fine desiccated coconut,
   1.5 tablespoons cacao powder and
   2 tablespoons coconut cream until well combined.
   
   
3. You can press the mixture into a lined slice tin or roll into balls before placing in the freezer to set - easy!

tropical crumble

Serves 8

Ingredients: fruit mixture

1 mango, cubed

1 pineapple, cubed

3 tablespoons coconut sugar

1 vanilla pod, de-seeded

Ingredients: crumble 

1 cup gluten-free flour

1/4 cup coconut sugar

5 tablespoons nuttelex

1/2 cup fine desiccated coconut - toasted

Method

1. Combine mango, pineapple, coconut sugar and vanilla pod in a baking tray and bake for 20 minutes
2. Combine flour and nuttelex using a fork
3. Add coconut sugar and coconut and combine
4. Freeze crumble mixture for 10 minutes
5. Top fruit with crumble mixture and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown

Notes

If you want to make individual serves, simply spoon the fruit into ramekins before topping with crumble mixture and baking in the oven. You can also halve the amount of desiccated coconut and substitute with quinoa flakes.

popcorn cacao squares

Makes approximately 12 squares

Ingredients

8 pitted medjool dates

1/2 cup finely desiccated coconut

3/4 cup raw organic cacao powder

3/4 cup coconut oil

2 teaspoons honey

2 cups organic popcorn with salt

Method

1. Finely chop dates and then blend into a smooth paste
2. Over a low heat combine dates, desiccated coconut, cacao powder, coconut oil and honey
3. Take mixture off the heat and stir through popcorn
4. Spread into a slice tin and set in the freezer for 20 minutes
5. Remove from freezer and cut into desired squares

Notes
This sweet snack not only tastes good, but is packed full of flavonoids which act as natural antioxidants!