Sweet Potato Casserole for the Lazy

As soon as that teasing little cold front came in last weekend, I've totally been in the fall mood. I'm ready for my house to smell like pumpkin spice and cinnamon apples.
I randomly began craving sweet potato casserole, but of course I wasn't exactly willing to put in the effort. So I basically came up with the laziest possibly way to get it, and it turned out to be pretty delish.

Sweet Potato Casserole for the Extra Lazy:

(Serves 1)

1 Sweet Potato
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Raisins 

{Yep, that's it}

Method:

Chop the sweet potato into chunks.
Pulse a few times in a food processor until it's pretty shredded.
Place it in a pot and cook on med-high for about 5-10 minutes just to soften it a bit.
Put it back into the food processor (or blender) with cinnamon and nutmeg, and blend until smooth. Stir in the raisins by hand.


That's a college student Thanksgiving right there people.
It's actually really yummy, try it out!
Also, you can blend yams without even cooking them, if yams are your thing. It's pretty amazing. I mean, who wants to wait for a sweet potato to bake in the oven for 45 minutes? Not me. 

 

PB + J Milkshake

Over the weekend I was staying with my parents, and one of the nights I was making dinner for my two little brothers.

Brickie was bummed out because my mom wasn't going to let him have regular ice cream that night, and we only had a small amount of almond milk ice cream left.

So, I tried to help him out. I pulled up my favorite vegan dessert blog, www.chocolatecoveredkatie.com, and as usual Katie did not disappoint.

I started scrolling through recipes, and I told Brickie just to tell me when to stop. We ended up in the milkshake category, and specifically a recipe for a "peanut butter and jelly milkshake." I have never heard of that before!

Luckily we had all the necessary ingredients (sometimes I think our pantry is magical).

Brickie was a genius and took it a step further, pouring it over a scoop of almond milk ice cream.

The recipe is simple:

1 cup of frozen raspberries (or any kind of berry)

2 tbsp peanut butter

3/4 cup of almond milk (or coconut, or soy)

1 tsp vanilla extract

pinch of salt

Ripe banana or maple syrup

Blend it all together, and you have your milkshake!

This literally tastes exactly like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. It blew my mind!

If you have little kids that love PB&J, this is perfect for them

Also, check out www.chocolatecoveredkatie.com for some amazing health-i-fied recipes