Love Fed: Purely Decadent, Simply Raw, Plant-Based Desserts

by Christina Ross

Overview

Nourish your body as you indulge in Love Fed desserts—heaven in every bite.

An artist in the kitchen, Christina Ross relies on intuition and creativity to conjure up her beautiful Parisian-inspired confections. Christina found her calling when she transitioned to a raw, vegan diet and discovered one thing was missing—decadent sweets! She set out to remedy the situation and, to her surprise and delight, found that the heavenly, nutritious treats she created didn't just satisfy her sweet tooth—they were better than traditional sweets in every way!

In Love Fed: Purely Decadent, Simply Raw, Plant-Based Desserts, Christina, founder of the vegan dessert line PatisseRaw and the popular blog love-fed.com, serves up raw, vegan treats full of nourishing ingredients and intense flavor, without a touch of gluten, dairy, or refined sweeteners. Love Fed takes the plant-based, no-cook method of preparing desserts to new heights with more than 80 delicious, easy recipes.

Christina gives you everything from Pistachio Saffron Rose Water Ice Cream and Chocolate Almond Hazelnut Caramel Apple Torte to Trail-Blazing Truffles, Blueberry Coconut Dreamsicles, and Splendid Day Red Velvet Cupcakes, satisfying to even the most discerning sweet tooth. Along the way, she introduces new ingredients, shares her solutions for potential hiccups, tells stories from her life, and includes mouthwatering full-color photos.

Featuring a recipe by Jason Mraz, Love Fed caters to both novices and experienced foodies alike. Chocolate lovers, caramel aficionados, ice cream devotees, cake enthusiasts, cheesecake fans—Love Fed has it all for you.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781940363325
Publisher:	BenBella Books
Publication date:	03/17/2015
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Christina Ross is an Ambassador of Healthy Living, a dynamic conscious recipe and product creator, educator of vitality through the art of eating and living vibrantly, a freelance writer and blogger. She is the founder of PatisseRaw, a transitional raw and vegan dessert line sold online and locally in Southern California. PatisseRaw has attracted a health-conscious celebrity following and has also been featured on NBC's Today show.

Christina's recipes and healthful lifestyle tips have been published in Natural Child World Magazine through her column "Love-Fed." Christina also contributes recipes and articles to popular sites and works such as RawfoodRecipes.com, Clean Food Living, Vegan Food Share, Organic Soul, Sheknows.com, Just Eat Real Food, RawGuru.com, and Kris Carr's MyCrazySexyLife.com.

Christina keeps her many fans full of nutrient rich content through her blog Love-Fed.com and through television appearances, which have taken her to Chicago's Good Day Chicago, as well as San Diego Living.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction 1

The Accidental Baker 5

The Love Fed Pantry 11

Kitchen Essentials 20

The Recipes

1 Love Fed Basics 27

Basic Cashew Cream 29

Basic Cashew Almond Cream 29

Basic Nut Butter 30

Basic Sweetened Nut Milk 31

Basic Chocolate Bar 32

Basic Chocolate Sauce 33

Basic White Chocolate Sauce 33

Basic Caramel Sauce 34

Basic Date Syrup 34

Basic Macerated Fruit Topping 35

Basic Crust for Cheesecakes and Pies 36

Basic Natural Food Colorings 38

2 Cakes, Pies, Cobblers, and Tarts 41

Marbeious Mocha Fudge Cake 42

Triple-Layer German Chocolate Cake 44

Chocolate Almond Hazelnut Caramel Apple Torte 47

Peachberry Layer Cake with Vanilla-Honey Frosting 48

Strawberry Sublime "Cheese" Cake 50

Matcha Mint Chocolate "Cheese" Cake 53

Chocolate-Dipped Strawberry Cake 54

Most Favored Raspberry Macadamia Cake 59

Fanciful Fruitcake 60

Orange Matcha Cream Cake 63

Lemon Berry Icebox Cake 64

Lemon Ginger Kiwi Tart 66

Banana-Toffee Pie 68

Sweetly Southern Pecan Pie Squares 72

Summer Sunday Cobbler 74

Apple Streusel 76

3 Mints and More 79

Mini Mint Chocolate Brownies 80

Splendid Day Red Velvet Cupcakes 82

Carrot Collective Cupcakes 84

Strawberry Babycakes 86

Big Bang Brownie Cupcakes 88

Mini Cinny Rolls 90

White Chocolate Macadamia Pops 92

Lemon Poppy Almond Cream Tattlets 95

Mango Sunrise Surprise "Cheese" Cake Bites 96

Fig Bliss Energy Balls 98

Choco-Latte Cookies 100

Raspberry and Coconut Glazed Doughnuts 102

Cinnamon Raisin Sunflower Twists 105

Boston Cream Cups 106

Spiced Caramel Apple Muffins 108

4 Puddings and Parfaits 111

Maple Butterscotch Pudding 115

Pots de Crème au Chocolat 114

Red Velvet Chia Parfait 117

Clementine Coulis 118

Maca-Chia Protein Pudding 120

Jason Mraz's Chocomole 121

Maple Banana Tiramisu Trifle 122

5 Ice Cream, Yogurt, and Frozen Treats 125

Pistachio Saffron Rose Water Ice Cream 126

Be My Buttercup Ice Cream 128

Chocolate Coriander ice Cream 130

Nut-Ella Gelato 132

Blueberry Coconut Dreamsicles 135

Banana Maple Pecan Split 156

Peaches and Cream Ice-Cream Ternne 138

Best Basic Vanilla Ice Cream 141

Summer Berry ice Cream 142

Chocolate-Covered Ice-Cream Pops 145

Avocado Ice Cream Mint Chip Sandwich 146

Frozen Coconut Key Lime "Cheese" Cake Bars 148

Coconut Yogurt 151

Sunshine Lemon and Lavender Sorbet 153

Mango Basil Sorbet 154

Carrot Mango Almond Sorbet 157

6 Candy and Other Sweet Bites 159

Trail-Blazing Truffles 160

Chocolate-Covered Turtles 162

Dark Chocolate Almond Bark with Sea Salt 164

Fresh Mint Chocolate Hearts 166

Green Tea Chocolate Brittle 167

Crunchy Peanut Butter Cups 168

Nut Butter Freezer Fudge 170

Marzipan 171

Chocolate Cherry Almond Roca 172

"Snickers" Bars 174

Chocolate-Covered Pretzels 176

Maple Coconut Cashew Butter 178

7 Shakes and Sips 181

Dulce de Leche Shake 183

Cutie Creamsicle Shake 134

Spice of Life Shake 187

Scrubby J's Peanut Shake 188

Yin-Yang Protein Shakes 190

Piña Cool-Ada Shake 191

Anise Figgy Shake 192

Vanilla Pineapple-Mango Breakfast "Soup" 195

Mango Lassi 196

Lemon Balm Limeade 197

Basil Berry Kombucha 198

Watermelon Pura Fresca 202

Pristine Green Cucumber Mint Sipping Water 205

Honey Matcha Lavender Latte 206

9 Fruit-Beyond Basse 209

Berry Patriotic 210

Raspberry Fruit Fool 212

Lavender and Coconut Cream-Filled Strawberries 215

Figs in Love 216

Watermelon and Pineapple Sashimi 218

Citrus Carpaccio Supreme 220

Festive Satsuma Cacao Wedges 222

Rosemary Pecan Caramel Apples 225

Resources 227

Index 229

About the Author 237

Editorial Reviews

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"A treasury for vegan, raw foods, or gluten-free enthusiasts, Love Fed is highly recommended!"

—Midwest Book Review

"Love-Fed is a must-have for anyone who has a sweet tooth and dessert addiction (like myself!) looking to swap out traditional sugar-laden and gluten-filled desserts for vegan guilt-free superfood goodness."

—Ani Phyo, health and wellness expert, bestselling author, and champion athlete

"Christina's decadent desserts are simple enough for novice chefs to prepare at home and full of nutritious superfoods that hardcore health foodies will swoon over. I can't think of a more beautiful and accessible book to help you take the guilt out of your everyday dessert pleasures!"

—Jason Wrobel, celebrity vegan chef and host of How to Live to 100 on Cooking Channel

"Forget ‘sinful' treats without nutritional benefits. Nourish yourself with love. Christina's creations are as healthful as they are divine."

—Matthew Kenney, chef, author, and entrepreneur

"As an unapologetic omnivore in the tradition of Anthony Bourdain and Andrew Zimmern, I must admit, Love Fed did inspire drool production in my mouth, especially the Banana Toffee Pie recipe. I suppose that makes this book drool-worthy!"

—Eddie Lin, author of Extreme Cuisine and blogger for Deep End Dining
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