Happy Sunday my dears!
I have exciting news! Remember my recipe for Frozen Tahini Banana Cups? It was featured in a post about tahini in the Huffington Post! Check it out here (hint: go to recipe #10)! I am not normally one to toot my own horn, but that's just cool :)
There’s no real post over here today. Rather, I’d love to direct you all over to Uru’s blog, Go Bake Yourself. Uru is a charming, playful and down right hilarious little baker with a blog that hosts content well beyond her years. She posts the most mouth-watering desserts and tells humorous stories to accompany every one.
Why should you head over there? Well one: she's pretty rockin'. And two: to check out a pretty fantabulous guest post with a smashing recipe for raw pineapple shortbread bars.
The perfect end-of-summer treat to eat outside with a glass of iced tea!
Two guesses on who the guest blogger is ;) Oh, you only needed one? Well you’re all just way to smart.
See you over there!
I'm sharing these on Raw Foods Thursdays.
Love this recipe! Except I don’t think they’d last a week in my fridge! Pineapple, coconut, honey…how perfectly tropical! Thanks for sharing it at Raw Foods Thursdays!
Hehe that’s definitely a danger :) I’m so glad you like it!
I’m always up for pineapple (and shortbread too, incidentally :P)
They’re a fantastic combination I promise you!
Congrats on the Huffington Post deal! P.S. Yummmmmmm… and raw too! Bravo! ENCORE!! : )
Thanks my dear! And yes, raw is the coolest!
Hi Gabby, I am making these bars tonight, i hope, but the only dried pineapple that I can find is sweetened. Who does that to pineapple?Is this what you used? Is that why you soaked it? The stuff I found tasted nothing like pineapple siigh. I have a major craving for these bars :)
thanks!
Have you ever tried using fresh pineapple?
Hi Wendy! No the pineapple I had wasn’t sweetened and I hav never tried fresh pineapple. You could always try the fresh and just not soak it? And maybe squeeze out some of the extra liquid? Sorry I couldn’t be more help, but let me know how it goes!
So, I finally made the pineapple bars. I used canned pineapple and didn't add any of the juice, as it wasn't needed.
They turned out pretty good. I was expecting a much stronger/sharper pineapple taste. Could be because I used canned? The top layer didn't totally firm up. It was thick, but not too firm . I think the next time I will use fresh pineapple since it would have less liquid than the stuff I used from the can. I think these will be great at Chirstmas :)
Have you tried freezing these?
Glad to hear you liked them! The reason the pineapple taste might not have been as strong as expected was because no additional sweetener is added to the topping. If you want, try adding a couple tablespoons of liquid sweetener and see if that helps. Could also be that there was excess liquid from the canned pineapple! If you want the topping to firm up, I would definitely reommend adding the sweetener and maybe an extra tablespoon or 2 of coconut oil. Try that and let me know how it goes.
I lov the idea of having these at Christmas! Such a lovely bright flavour to contrast with the usual.
I have frozen them (I only really cook for myself meaning I try and freeze a bunch of dessert up to avoid overeating) and they froze/defrosted great!
Congrats on the Huffington Post news and the Guest Post! I’m totally drooling over these bars as I adore anything pineapple related! :-)
Thank you Kristy! I love pineapple too, such an amazing flavour- sweet enough to need nothing else!
Congrats on the Guest Post Gabby- these bars look so good!
….pineapple is one of my favorites and the Raw Honey is a nice addition :)
Thanks dear! Yes I love raw honey but am never quite sure if I should use it for the blog- too many potential issues.
Yeah I was alomst lynched on my blog by a few posters (anonymous of course) was were appalled that I used raw honey in a recipe…so I too try and avoid it on my blog :)
Eesh I can hardly imagine someone saying anything unkind to you! But yes, for recipes that go on this blog, I think it’s just best to avoid it!
oh my gosh Gabby! Congrats about the Huffington Post!!!!!!! That’s SO awesome:) You should be very proud – and wow they look and sound delicious! No wonder they featured you:) Have a great week!!
Thank you so much Caralyn! You’re so sweet :) I am very proud and feel honoured!
This wins forever. Heavens I love pineapple.
No, YOU WIN forever. :)
Hi Gabby, I enjoyed the recipe you made for ccu. I haven’t ventured into vegan, but I know friends who are and it’s always nice to find another resource for recipes.
-Gina-
Thanks Gina! I’m glad I’ll be able to help- vegan food doesn’t have to be difficult and it’s definitely delicious! You’ll have to let me know if you try anything!
Congratulations on the HuffPo feature! So great! : )
Thank you Raechel! It made my day :)
Ooh, those bars look delicious. And thanks for the heads-up about my Gardein giveaway – I fixed it!
Thanks hun, and no problem!
Hi Gabby, just came over from reading your guest post at Go Bake Yourself. I can’t believe it, but I’m going to sign up for another blog! Yours! Love what you’re doing here.
Aww yay! I’m so glad you stopped by and enjoyed reading :) I hope to see a lot more of you!
Wow, Gabby, congratulations! Your adorable tahini cups look quite impressive in slide show form. ;)
Thank you so much Ali! I was so excited if you couldn’t tell ;)
Hopping over from Uru’s blog — loved your drool-worthy recipe and sense of humor!
ps: congrats on the HuffPost feature :)
So glad you stopped over here :) And thank you x 2!
Congratulations! What fantastic news :) Thanks for the link to those bars too – seriously delicious.
Thank you Kari :) I hope you like them!
Congratulations Gabby,well done!
Awesome blog!
Cheers!
Thank you so much :o)
Omg congrats on the feature my friend, how utterly exciting! :D
And thank you so much for doing such a fabulous guest post, I appreciate it to so much :)
Everyone is loving it!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thank you Uru!
And of course, I couldn’t have been happier to do it!
I’m so happy to hear that :)
That is so cool that your recipe was featured there…congrats girl!
Oh, and those pineapple shortbread bars…yeah, right up my alley and it’s already pinned so I can make later! (those dried pineapple look familiar!?!?!)
Thanks hun!
Yes I though they might! I actually made these quite a while ago, made from the contents of an absolutely lovely package sent to me by an even lovlier person ;) I fell in love with them so just had to do something special!
OMG Gabby congrats on having your recipe featured in the Huffington Post! What an amazing accomplishment, I’m so proud and happy for you! :) You are awesome!
Can’t wait to check out that recipe, it sounds delicious!!
Thank you so much Sarah. You just made me feel even more happy :)
Hope you like it! I’ll see you over there!
Woot! Heading over ;-)!
Yay!