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Food


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                                      The slightly awks
                                      always cut it taste-wise. But here to prove
                                      plant lovers can have their cake, and eat it
                                      too, is blogger and chef Anthea Cheng (@
                                      rainbownourishments). She’s serving up the
                                      ultimate sweet-tooth satisfiers for you to try!

















                                      CHOCOLATE FUDGSICLES



                                      Many vegan ice-cream      MAKES 4 POPSICLES          1. Drain the dates. Add    spoon the chocolate
                                      recipes ask you defrost                              them to a high-powered     over each popsicle and
                                      before you dive in, but   POPSICLES                  blender with all the       decorate with nuts as
                                      who wants to wait for     ◆ 1/2 cup pitted dates,    popsicle ingredients.      desired. The temperature
                                      ice-cream? To avoid          soaked in water         Blend until the mixture    of the popsicles will set
                                      this dilemma, I used a       for 2 hours             is as smooth as possible.  the chocolate straight
                                      selective combination     ◆ 1/2 cup almond butter    2. Spoon the mixture into  away. Enjoy the popsicles
                                      of ingredients to                                    your popsicle moulds       immediately or store
                                      prevent the popsicles     ◆ 1/2 cup coconut cream    and place sticks in the    them in an airtight
                                      from freezing rock        ◆ 1/4 cup plant-based
                                      hard. Due to the high        milk, such as almond,   popsicles. Freeze for at   container in the freezer
                                      fibre and natural oils       soy or coconut          least 4 hours or until the  for up to 2 months.
                                      in dates and nut butter,  ◆ 3 tbs cocoa or raw       popsicles are frozen solid.
                                      they never completely        cacao powder            3. Remove the popsicles
                                      freeze so you can eat                                from their moulds
                                      them straight from        COATING                    and store them in
                                      the freezer, no waiting!  ◆ 1/2 cup store-bought     an airtight container.
                                      Yep, just how we like it.    vegan chocolate         4. Melt the chocolate in
                                                                ◆ 1/2 cup chopped          a small saucepan or over
                                                                   almonds or other nuts   a double boiler. Quickly



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