Vegan Chocolate Truffles

Success!!

Here they are in all their glory. 

These truffles are delicious!

They were easy to make but took some time. 

The ganache was made the night before. 

Tonight I used a melon ball to portion the ganache and rolled them all in cocoa powder. 

It was easier than trying to make some different. Next time I might try powdered sugar with a touch of cinnamon, or perhaps add a mocha touch with instant coffee powder added to the cocoa. 

The ingredients were as pictured here:

Plus the addition of these 2 ingredients pictured here:

4? T sugar, maybe more, dissolved in hot coconut milk

1T port (next time I'd use 2)

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Pressure Cooker Sausage Risotto

Delicious easy one pot meal.

(Not AIP)

Rather than true risotto, this is a quick version that cooks by steaming under pressure. The result is perfectly cooked and seasoned rice with the texture of stovetop sautéed risotto. 

The sausage is so flavorful, little added seasoning is required. If sausage is more bland, or if using plain ground meat, add 1/4t. Bells Seasoning, 1/4t. cumin, salt and freshly ground pepper to taste. 

Sauté 1/2 onion chopped 2 minutes in about 2 T olive oil in Instant Pot pressure cooker on sauté setting.  Add 1-1/2 mild Italian sausages from Draeger's and 1 stalk celery chopped.  Brown sausages whole, both sides then slice into 1" chunks and lightly brown again on all sides. Add one broth flavor from Trader Joes, 3 sliced crimini mushrooms, 3 spears fresh asparagus chopped into 1/2" pieces, 1-1/2 go basmati rice and stir 1 min to coat rice with oil. Add 3 go water. (1 go is about 180 cc or 3/4 cup*).  Put on lid and cook on rice setting under pressure at default timing (12 min). Quick release pressure. Stir and serve hot. 

* 1 go is the size of a standard rice measuring cup for an average of one typical serving of rice. 

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Coconut Snowballs

My first attempt at coconut treats for dessert. These are quick no-bake treats. 

Recipe from unconventionalbaker.com

http://www.unconventionalbaker.com/recipes/raw-coconut-snowballs/ 

Here is another pic 

These ingredients and a food processor are all you need. I used one tablespoon per ball. This made 17 balls. 

Update:

Upon taste-testing, the size is determined to be too big. So next round we will try smaller balls. 

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30 minute AIP turkey dinner

Pressure cooker two turkey breasts in under 20 minutes

Gravy in about five. 

Recipe:

Salt and pepper and sprinkle breasts with Bells seasoning. Sauté breasts in Instant Pot pressure cooker to brown both sides. 

Add 1 c broth and pressure cook per instructions. 

Remove breasts and make gravy with broth by adding about 2T thickener dissolved in a little water and boil about 1 min. 

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