Remember middle school, when “going out” with someone meant his dad would drive him to meet you—and your mom—at the movies?
Today I was thinking back to middle school, the time when girls discover that whole “boys have cooties” thing is a lie. My mind wandered through first crushes to first kisses to first dates.
After my run, I extended the love-on-the-brain theme into breakfast: with a Lavender love potion parfait. The cream is my Healthy Whipped Cream blended with blueberries; lavender refers only to the color, not the taste.
Soy Free Lavender Cream
(Makes 1 1/2 cups: one Katie-sized serving!)
- sweetener of choice
- 1/16th tsp salt
- handful blueberries
- scant 2 1/2 tbsp water (20g)
- 3 drops coconut extract, optional but recommended
- 1/2 serving agar base (recipe linked below)
Instructions: First, make up the agar base. When it’s cooled, put 1/2 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 cream post for Nutrition Information.
For the parfait, I simply layered cooked oatmeal, cacao nibs, and the cream.
Question of the Day:
Do you remember your first kiss?
I am sorry to say, mine was not “Hollywood movie” romantic. Actually it was mortifying! I was in 7th grade, at a friend’s birthday party.
A bunch of us were sitting in her backyard, including my boyfriend at the time. Suddenly, everyone starts chanting, “Kiss kiss kiss!” Because so few of my friends were in relationships at such a young age, they decided that others’ relationships were their business; it was like Gossip Girl. Ugh. Anyway, the guy leans in, and I get all nervous. I scream, “Don’t kiss me, I have taco breath!” :-?Mortifying with a capital M. (But in the end, he kissed me anyway lol.)
Love the colour of that cream, and your breakfast looks really pretty too! 🙂
Katie, I really love your blog!! I discovered it some weeks ago and now I’m waiting every day for your great recipes!
Sadly it’s not that easy to get all ingredients here in Germany – for example coconut butter (never seen here) or other nut butters! 🙁 So I try to make my own – already made coconut-, cashew- and peanut butter. Yummy!
I also have a question: What is coconut / vanilla extract? I googled vanille extract – and it is described as 35%alcool flavoured with vanilla. Is this what you use?
Love,
Anna
Aw thanks so much, Anna!
I asked my mom, and she said that when she lived in England, it was called “vanilla essence.” Maybe it just has a different name over in Europe?
Ah yes, now I found an article about the different names in UK/US/Europe 🙂 Thank you so much!
I’ll ask in “my” wholefood shop” if they sell it – otherwise I have to search in a bigger supermarket. But before I’ll try with some Vanilla Powder I brought from a lovely shop in Paris – I think it’s not of the same intense – but it’s still Vanilla and i LOVE Vanilla 🙂
WAAAOWW!! that’s beautiful!!!. Can wait to try it. I also have some actual lavender and will throw some in there I think…
There’s actually a gelato place near my house that sells lavender gelato. It’s not vegan, so I never tried it. But I’ve always been curious!
mm that sounds great. I love lavender and always put it in tea but I cant wait to try it in cooking. thanks for the idea!
that looks amazing! and beautifully photographed !!
I remember my first kiss. Kindergarden.. I had a HUGE crush on a little red head and dared myself to go up and kiss him.. I did <3
he kissed me in grade 6 !! haha
Hahahaha you were a fast-moving girlie lol! I had a lot of boy friends in kindergarten… but I didn’t see them as romantic interests at all. Maybe that was because they played barbies with me and one even dressed up in a girls’ bathing suit when we went swimming? Poor guy, he was probably scarred for life :-?.
Oooh, that looks tasty! I love parfaits 🙂
My first kiss was when I was 15. It was actually kind of cute! Definitely not as bad as I would have expected my first to be 🙂
I can’t find agar flakes anywhere near me, but know that powdered gelatin is a *non-vegan* substitute for it. I am definitely trying this tonight after my date with the tread mill. Darn snow 🙁
And my first kiss was in pre-school. Tsk tsk.
Oh gosh – my first kiss was a spin the bottle experience. So embarassing.
Ack! Spin the bottle… somehow, we always managed to play that when there were way more girls than guys! So you ended up kissing the same guy all the time. Which, I guess was pretty cool from the guy’s point of view!
This looks so good! And so pretty, the color is beautiful!
My first kiss was so terrible/ embarrassing I don’t think I’ll share it with anyone for a long time… haha.
Yeah, I’m kinda embarrassed that I shared mine lol!
That looks so PRETTY! All your food does of course, and your photography is AMAZING!
My first kiss was in kindergarten for a dare. So not the most romantic experience of my life! 😛
P.S. You HAVE to do a post for the chocolate raspberry fudge cake, so everyone can enjoy it’s complete AMAZINGNESS!! So SO good you Chocolate Covered Genius! (<—you should change your blog name to that! :P)
Love you, Emma. Really. I’m thinking of moving to the UK just so I can see you (and get away from this ugly weather here).
Naww I love you too Katie! Please move here!! We can run together and eat fudge babies as we go 🙂
OHMYGOSH KATIE!!!! I want that love potion right now!!! 🙂
This looks great! I have to remember to make more agar base! I always just forget but it’s actually so flipping easy…argh 😛
Anyway, I wanted to comment on your other post because I am one of the few people who actually think the chocolate cake in Matilda looks DELISH. It looks so rich and gooey and chocolatey. I’m like you in the sense that I want my chocolate to be rich and full flavored. So most chocolate cakes are a disappointment… but when they’re thick and gooey, I love ’em!
That’s why I love chocolate mousse pie… it’s kinda chocolate cake, while still being rich and luxurious :).
what a beautiful looking breakfast! omg. my first kiss was in 8th grade and it was outside of a movie theater. it was a nice kiss but my mother saw me from her car in the parking lot when she came to pick me up oops! she didn’t tell me until a year later and she said “how did you know how to do that?!” lol
oh no! i would’ve been mortified! but so funny!
my first kiss? Does a boy running up to you, kissing you on the cheek on the playground in the 6th grade and being so dumbfounded you dont have any idea what just happened..if that counts, yes, that was mine 🙂 I wasn’t even really aware it was even happening….lol
The pics are awesome on this post…love the flowers!
that was my first kiss too. dunno why they run away after… maybe they think we’re going to beat them up for kissing us? i thought it was yucky. but later on, i started to like the guy. he never kissed me again :(.
Sweetheart! How are you lovely? i just used your “Healthier choc cake” recipe to make a fun cake for my man! Come and take a look! I gave you a shout out….well to my 2 or 3 readers 🙁
I remember my first kiss! It was with my playmate in like 2nd grade! It was on the cheek, but it still counts. Silly, silly, silly! I remember all the things that I did as a kid that were so silly! Just because I had a crush on someone… 🙂
Also, that Love Potion looks like heaven! 😉
Mucho amor mi amiguita,
Aly
I’ve never tried yogurt or smoothie parfaits layered with cooked oatmeal! I use raw oats or buckwheat groats a lot, but never cooked. Thanks for reminding me to do so 🙂
Where do you get your parfait glass, by the way? I broke mine recently and haven’t been able to find a sub ANYWHERE!
Shhh don’t tell my mom, but I used one of her fine china glasses ;). (I’m just kidding about the “don’t tell her” part; she knows I used it.)