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Vegan diets are popular and for all the right reasons. They allow you to live a healthier life and also minimize cruelty towards animals. Cannabis blends amazingly well to vegan dishes and gives them a twist with ‘a high’. Moreover, it adds a huge range of health benefits to food. You can select from a huge variety of cannabis strains that come with different potency levels to adjust the psychoactive effects as per your needs. For all those who want to null out the psychoactive effects, they can choose to cook with a cannabis derivative, CBD oil.
Curious about making some dishes in the comfort of your home? Here are some recipes we recommend.
1. Canna-Banana Sundae
Ingredients
- 3 bananas peeled and sliced
- 3 tablespoon canna oil
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoon honey
- 3 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- ⅓ cup toasted coconut powder
Method
Coat the bananas with the lemon juice and put it in the freezer for at least 4 hours.
Then, in a bowl whisk together cannabis oil, honey, cocoa powder, and vanilla extract to form a chocolate sauce.
Puree the frozen banana into cream-like consistency.
Divide and pour into bowls and top it with chocolate sauce.
Serve chilled.
2. Firecracker
Ingredients
- 1 graham cracker sheet
- 1-2 tablespoon peanut butter
- 1 gram marijuana
- Agave nectar
Method
Preheat the oven to 32 degrees F and line an aluminum sheet foil.
Spread the peanut butter on half of the graham cracker sheet.
Sprinkle the marijuana over the butter and top it with the other half graham cracker forming a sandwich.
Wrap the cracker in the foil paper and place it in the oven for 25-30 minutes.
Enjoy this cannabis-filled cracker with a drizzle of agave nectar. Not sure where to buy marijuana? Mail order marijuana here.
3. CBD-Infused Guacamole
Ingredients
- 4 Avocados peeled, pitted and diced
- 1 Onion peeled and diced
- ½ cup cherry tomatoes
- 2 lime juiced
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 quarter ounce of NuLeaf Naturals cannabis oil
- Salt as per taste
Method
Add all ingredients except salt in a power blender and blend until smooth.
Transfer the mixture to a bowl, add salt and mix.
The tasty guacamole is ready. Serve it with nachos or chips.
4. Cinnamon-Canna Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond milk
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- ¼ cup canna oil
- 3 banana
- 2 tablespoon sweetener of choice
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
Method
Combine milk and lemon and set it aside for 4-5 minutes.
In a separate bowl sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon.
Peel and mash bananas with the help of a fork, removing all the lumps. Now add sweetener, milk-lemon mix, vanilla extract, and oil and beat well.
Gradually beat the flour mixture to the wet ingredients until a smooth batter-like consistency.
Put a medium skillet on heat and carefully pour the batter with the help of a ladle spoon to make small pancakes.
Once golden brown, flip the pancake and cook from the other side.
Serve pancakes with fruits or pour some agave nectar on it.
5. Peanut Butter Ganja Fudge
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup of cocoa powder
- 1 cup canna oil
- 3 ½ cup icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Method
Put a large pot on low heat, and add canna oil sugar to it. Stir well.
Now add peanut butter, cocoa powder, and vanilla extract and mix well.
Spread mixture evenly on a lightly greased tray.
Refrigerate until it gets cool and hard. Cut into diamond shapes and serve.
6. Cannabis Cashew Cream with Avocados
Ingredients
- 2 large avocados, peeled, pitted, and halved.
- ½ cup of water
- 1-2 tablespoon canna oil
- 1 cup cashew, soaked for 3-4 hours and rinsed
- 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
- ¼ clove garlic
- 2 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon tamari
- 1- teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- Salt as per taste
Method
Take the avocados and scoop out the center leaving behind the hollow halves to be filled with cream.
In a power blender combine the rest of the ingredients and blend until smooth cream-like texture forms.
Using a spoon, fill the cream to the hollowed avocado. The light creamy avocados are ready to be enjoyed.
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1. Overnight Canna-Chia Pudding
Ingredients
- 1 cup canna milk
- 1 cup almond/soy/coconut milk
- ½ cup chia seed
- 1-2 tablespoon maple syrup
- 2 tablespoon vanilla extract
- Mixed fruits for the topping
Method
Combine all the ingredients except the fruits and mix well.
Portion out the mixture into separate jars and refrigerate for a minimum of 4 hours.
Top it with the fruits and serve chilled.
2. Chocolate Canna Buttercups
Ingredients
- ½ a cup of cocoa powder
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter
- ½ cup cannabutter
- Vegan Chocolate shavings
Method
In a large bowl add in the cocoa powder, brown sugar, and cannabutter and stir well.
Line cupcake tin with liner and brush peanut butter all over.
Pour the mixture into the tins and freeze for 30 minutes.
Garnish with chocolate shavings and serve.
The Bottom Line
There is a huge range of ingredients to make vegan dishes delectable and fun. Cannabis is one such ingredient that can take your vegan cooking game to the next level. Since these recipes will taste so delectable, make sure you stop yourself from overindulging.
Thanks to our guest author: Nancey Fernandez
Nancy is a cannabis and health industry consultant who frequently writes about the latest trends in the industry. She has been writing on CBD for a long time now. Through her writing, she hopes to influence as many people as possible to help maintain better health and lifestyle. She has written many informative blogs on other verticals too.
Thank you Margo Amala for our cover photo
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