Cyd Notter

Author and Nutrition Educator, Founder of The "Plan A" Diet™

Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Want to zest up your cookies with a delicious hint of orange? These cookies will do the trick!

I'm a big fan of the orange/chocolate combination, so this recipe for Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies from Brandi Doming at thevegan8.com caught my attention.

I used a mandarin orange because it's what I had on hand, and the cookies were still quite delicious! (Per Brandi's note, do NOT used bottled orange juice, as tempting as that might be. Use freshly squeezed orange juice, plus the fresh zest, for the best flavor.)

Instead of coconut sugar, I used "sucanat" - an organic cane sugar which I also had on hand.

This one is definitely going into the "keeper" file!

Orange Mango Delight Smoothie

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This is absolutely delicious! So easy to prepare, too. Throw a frozen banana, a frozen mango, and an orange, with a little plant milk into the blender - and Voilà! It tastes like a DREAMSICLE! Better than anything you could buy at ice cream shop!

1 orange, peeled

1 banana, peeled, cut up and frozen

1 mango, peeled, cut up and frozen

½ - 1 cup plant milk (we use unsweetened almond milk)

Cut orange in half and remove any seeds. Place in blender, add remaining ingredients, and blend until thick and smooth.

2 servings. Each 184 calories, 1.6 g fat, 0.3 g sat. fat, 0 cholesterol, 4 g protein, 43.1 g carb, 26.8 g sugar, 5.6 g fiber.

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