Recipes – food — sweet treats

If you read my interview last month, you will know I have had a life long love affair with donuts. Cinnamon ones have always been my favourite, I will take those over iced ones any day. But alas, along with so many others, donuts are long gone from my list of treats as the sugar and gluten just isn't worth the pain. 

But raw donuts, now there's a treat I can, and do, eat! 

As it is National Donut Day today, what better way to celebrate than with some healthy donuts! I think...

The lid on my food processor broke. Completely. I picked it up after being washed and it fell apart.

I checked my receipt and yes I am in warranty! I rang the company and no I don't have to go back to where I bought it from, since the photos I sent showed the lid would be covered under warranty and if I check my emails in about 15 minutes I will have all the details I need to return the broken lid and a new one will be sent out to me. Great! How long does this...

Raw cheesecakes are a constant in my house. Different flavours, some on repeat and some on demand.

When I started making raw cheesecakes I made a large cake. Now I always make mini ones - they are much easier to serve, to store and to eat. Sometimes I go through a phase of making cheesecakes so with the mini ones you can keep a variety of flavours in the freezer and they ready for serving at a moment’s notice – well, I do like mine defrosted and straight from the fridge but I know some who prefer them frozen.

We’ve had Cronuts - croissant-donut and we’ve had Cruffins -a croissant-muffin hybrid.

PLEASE LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE PRONUT

Well, they’re donuts with protein so I am calling them Pronuts! Why not?!

I have been making raw donuts for a while now and absolutely love them. All sorts of flavours have appeared on my Instagram page, and more will come no doubt. These Pronuts came about when I won a fantastic giveaway on Instagram including Jimmy Blacks Black Bean Powder – a protein rich powder I have actually been using for over a year...

Raw cheesecake was the first raw dessert I came across.

I was in Combi in Elwood ordering some juices and I saw these "raw" desserts in the cabinet. It was the first time in a long time I had been so confused by food. I had no idea what it was! I was already completely gluten free at this stage, I was also eating a paleo influenced diet without actually reading any paleo cookbooks otherwise I would have seen some of these raw desserts.

I was intrigued! I took photos, raced home and got...