AIN student and Yogi extraordinaire Leslie Storms recently shared a photo of these gorgeous little plant based Butter Cups with our Ayurveda student group.
Soon after I was cleaning my pantry (yes, that happens!) and thought it’s time to use up this package of Banyan Botanical’s Turmeric Golden Milk Mix.
Leslie hadn’t written up her recipe yet, but had said it included cashews, so I played around and came up with this. Once her recipe posted I realized that this is completely different. And mine is kind of melty. Not as pretty. Still. Utterly divine.
That’s how nature rolls, right? Take great ingredients, blend with love, you get the bliss of Ojas in a bite! Leslie recommends adding these to your breakfast bowl, a Melt. This afternoon I had one in my Tulsi tea. They are so versatile, a great way to supplement (add your Ayurvedic herbs) and so comforting, as if the sun and the moon merged to make this heavenly delight.
Below is my recipe, followed by a photo of Leslie’s Golden Nut Butter Cups with a link to her recipe.
Golden Milk Vegan Butter Cups
Makes 15-18 cups
Ingredients
1 cup cashew
1 t flaxseed
1 t chia seed
2 T coconut oil
1/4 c coconut milk
2 T Turmeric Mix
1 t raw honey
Method
Boil water to quick soak the cashews until soft, about half an hour.
Put seeds in blender and grind. Add oil and liquids and blend. Stir in Turmeric Mix, then honey, then drained cashews.
Spoon into little muffin paper cups set inside a ittle muffins tray. Top with hemp, toasted coconut, lavender, rosemary, or rose petals. Refrigerate.
Enjoy for breakfast on its own or melt in a bowl of porridge, boiled “milk” or tea, or sumptuously savor as a mid-day treat to remind yourself of the golden light within you that can never be eclipsed or extinguished.
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NB: If making for a bedtime treat, replace honey with maple syrup and halve the amount of turmeric and add a teaspoon of fresh gratde nutmeg. You can enjoy this as bite, or better still melted into a mug of hot water half an hour before bed.
V: Great, with something warm
P: Great, but swap honey for maple syrup
K: OK on a day like today, with ginger/ginger tea. Just one… or two
Get more of Leslie’s gorgeous creations on her website and at her IG feed. For more on this lunar eclipse, please visit my IG feed.
Wishing you a nurturing eclipse and full moon passage.
Lots of love,
xo