Living Rawesome

Day #144 Orange-Pineapple Flan and Lime Syrup pg. 154 entertaining in the raw

December 16, 2009

Last night we went to the potluck in Gainesville. It was a great night! I went with my family which was a real treat. I love having us all together attending these gatherings. It’s so good for my kids and Jason and I. I was able to chat with my “raw” friends from all over central Florida.

Everyone was so interested in the Banana Creme Pie and how I made it. They loved it. I love seeing everyones’ smiles when they enjoy the desserts. I enjoy making the desserts with love. Something about making all the great sweet foods. I guess that is the way I grew up so I have it in me. My mom still makes desserts all the time. She does have a dehydrator now, which is really great. I still need to go over there and show her how to make the flax crackers.

I did get to make this excellent tropical treat today, which I planned on doing. Last night at the potluck we won the gift basket through the raffle that they did. What a fantastic idea. The basket had flax crackers in beautiful jars, hand crochet stocking by Theresa, Christmas Potholders, Wheat Grass book, Jar of Organic Coconut Oil, Pound of Pecans hand picked by Theresa and Steve, Container of Cheese Logs, Gentle Waters Certificate, Glass Container with Fudge, Fresh Squeezed Orange juice, Dr. Bronner’s soap, Saurkraut, Lara Bar and One Lavender Plant. We bought 4 tickets and I picked 2 that I had a feeling we would win. I saw the numbers 0338 two times yesterday, Sabby’s guitar teacher’s last digits to his phone number are 0338, and we saw the numbers either in Old Navy or Dick’s Sporting Goods, anyway, I picked tickets with those numbers and Sabby picked two. Anyway, our winning numbers last digits were 03338. So awesome. Sebastian was so excited because he wanted the stocking. He also loves Theresa’s crackers. They are always a treat for him at the potlucks. Christian really wanted the fresh squeezed orange juice. We were all so excited!! So of course I had to use the 1/3 cup of orange juice for this recipe. So now I have a bit of Theresa’s love in this recipe:)

Orange Pineapple Flan and Lime Syrup Ingredients

coconut meat
pineapple
orange juice
agave
coconut oil
salt

agave
lime juice
lime zest
vanilla extract

Both of these recipes were made in the Vita-mix. I put the flan in ramekins lined with plastic. The syrup is in a small mason jar.

Jason and I are going to Orlando today to shop and enjoy each other. We are blessed:)

Smile at each other, smile at your wife,
smile at your husband, smile at your children,
smile at each other–it doesn’t matter who it is–
and that will help you to grow up in greater love
for each other.
~ by Mother Teresa ~