Top o’ the morning to ya!
Were you mint-ed out with all the St. Patrick’s Day Recipes?
Hope not, because I have one more to share!
Yesterday’s special dessert: a fudge-mint parfait. (Yes, today is St. Patrick’s Day, but I had to make it early so I could blog about it before St. Paddy’s Day is over!)
Vegan cream, spelt flakes, and Chocolate-Fudge Frosting.
Like St. Patrick’s Day in a parfait glass.
(St. Patrick’s Day goes French??)
Soy-Free Peppermint Cream
(Makes 1 1/2 cups: one Katie-sized serving!)
- 5 tiny drops pure peppermint extract
- sweetener of choice
- 1/16th tsp salt
- scant 2 1/2 T water (20g)
- 1/2 serving agar base (recipe linked below)
- 3 drops coconut extract (Optional, but highly recommended)
- Optional (for green hue) handful spinach (I used frozen) (You could use green food coloring. Or opt to keep the cream white, like candy-cane cream!)
Instructions: First, make up the agar base. When the base is cooled, put half of it in a blender (or Magic Bullet) with all the other ingredients and blend away. Whip very well. I like to put it in the freezer for a few minutes prior to eating, so it’s super-cold.
See original whipped-cream post for Nutrition Facts.
I’m really lovin’ this holiday-parfait thing. Other holiday parfaits so far:
I’m thinking, for Easter, a carrot-cake parfait is a must. Carrots, raisins, walnuts… delicious ideas are already spinning. (Oh, and in case you were wondering, I totally upped the saturation of that green cream. It did not look as pretty when I ate it!)
When you eat:
What’s most important: looks or taste?
Do you like to make your meals look pretty, using fancy plates and garnishes? Or do you just throw things together and not care about the appearance, as long as it tastes yummy? I do a little of both. Sometimes, I’m in the mood to be fancy-schmancy. But at other times–especially when I’m in a rush–prettiness just goes out the window.
Same if I’m eating a food that can’t look pretty, like my No-Cream Cream of Broccoli Soup.
Albizia says
For me taste is more important than looks. Or it’s just an excuse to make incredibly ugly meals and eat them on my own because no one else dares try them 😀 . So when I cook for others I put some thought in the presentation, but if it’s for me I don’t care about the looks at all if it tastes good.
Lyza says
Aw, these all look beautiful and scrumptious 🙂
I love eating desserts that look like Marie Antoinette’s confections, but in terms of cooking, I’d have to say I am definitely on the taste wing of the spectrum 🙂 A lot of the food I make for myself doesn’t turn out looking very good, but I like it so that’s all that matters 🙂 Also, most of the time I really don’t feel like spending a lot of time in the kitchen to make a food a little less nutritious than it already is naturally, so I tend to eat really bland foods, lots of raw foods…I enjoy them a lot. Really I can’t tell the difference anymore, it’s like one food is always another experience from the other…I guess in terms of that I choose health above everything else! But sometimes, if I’m going to have a treat, I’m going to make sure it feels like a real indulgence, and is gorgeous and heavenly. Usually though, since I’m not much of a sugar fiend, that’s like a jar of almond butter for me or something…I would enjoy that more than a sweet treat. I’m so odd!!
Lyza says
(or chocolate! i’m a chocolate fiend too. i love 99 percent dark!)
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
Mmmmmmm chocolate. I just don’t understand how anyone could NOT be a chocolate fiend.
P.S. Did you get my email? I need your phone # and shirt size for the larabars :).
Lyza says
Oh, thankyou for telling me!! I did not get it, I was just waiting 🙂 I looked around (haha, searched for the word “chocolate,” in my gmail search bar) and now I see that somehow it got in my spam filter!! >.<
I'm emailing you the information back now! 🙂
Katherine: Unemployed says
I’m going to answer your question with a question: what’s more important- health or beauty? okay so maybe not on that scale but I’d rather the goodness come from within
Chocolate-Covered Katie says
Hahaha oh gosh you are so fun! Most-insightful comment ever lol. 🙂
chelsey @ clean eating chelsey says
Taste is much more important than looks. If looks counted, I wouldn’t eat half the things I do!!
Laura says
I love, love, LOVE parfaits! As obsessed as you are with chocolate, that’s me with yogurt! I eat it at almost every meal!
I really wanted to try your soy free vegan cream, so I ran out to my closest special/ organic/ vegan food store to buy agar flakes. $15 for a tiny envelope!?! I couldn’t bring myself to do it. 🙁 But your flavor combinations still sound really good! I’ll try them out with ingredients that are a little less pricey! 😉