If you love peanut butter, you have to try this simple, protein-packed recipe! Both of my teenage girls love this pie that we sometimes even eat for breakfast!
Last week, I stressed the importance of protein in the morning. More specifically, beans in the morning, and all day long! Tonight, I am going to share a dessert that's so healthy it could be breakfast!
CREAMY, SATISFYING PEANUT BUTTER PIE
Yes, this sweet treat contains soybeans and garbanzo beans (tofu and chickpeas), and of course peanut butter. This recipe comes from Broccoli Mum, a vegan mum who lost 66 pounds on plant based whole foods of high nutrient density and low-calorie density. Her name is Ami Deane. She lives in New Zealand and has a lovely English accent. She has been vegan since birth. She makes quirky recipe videos on TikTok with wonderfully simple, nutritious, and creative recipes. I love her passion!
I only vary Broccoli Mum's recipe in a few tiny ways.
Ingredients:
CRUST (this amount blends well, there will be enough to make another pie)
2 cups chickpeas, 1 can, drained
1 cup oats
12 deglet noor dates (or 6 medjool dates)
2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa
1 tsp vanilla
FILLING
3 plantains, cooked in microwave
1 package of silken tofu (I read that firm has worked for others)
1/3 cup natural peanut butter (original recipe uses 1/4 cup peanut butter powder)
1 tsp vanilla
Note: original recipe uses a pinch of salt in each of the crust and filling mixes
Plantain preparation (Broccoli Mum's video is great for this part especially): slice through peel of full length of each plantain. This is similar to puncturing potatoes before baking. Microwave plantains for around 6 minutes. They will be very hot.
In food processor, blend crust ingredients. Press half of mixture into pie pan. Store remaining contents for future use. Next, remove plantains from peels and combine with tofu, peanut butter, and vanilla. Process until creamy. Finally, pour mixture over crust and refrigerate for a few hours. Then, enjoy!
Key Words:
High nutrient density: this means a food has a lot of great stuff, vitamins, minerals, fiber, phytochemicals, and more, for very few calories.
Examples: kale, raspberries.
High calorie density: this means a food provides very few nutrients with the cost of many calories.
Examples: soda pop, oil, cheese.
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