In the Kitchen: Peanut Butter Parfait

Do you dolls remember the other day when I mentioned this vegan restaurant called Native Foods and the incredible food they had? Well I actually bought the restaurant's cookbook called "The Native Foods Restaurant Cookbook" from the wonderful chef Tanya Petrovna. It's available on Amazon if you want to check it out here. It really is worth it and I know I will be constantly referring to it! I was a bit disappointed to find that they hadn't included the recipe for the peanut butter parfait that I loved oh-so-much! But a recipe for a delicious key lime parfait was included, so I decided to switch around the ingredients and whatnot, and wala! you sweets now get the recipe first hand from me!

You and your tastebuds will forget that this little dessert is actually healthy! Desserts, healthy?? And they taste good!? What is this nonsense??

 

Peanut Butter Parfait: 

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Ingredients

• 8 oz soy cream cheese
• 12 oz firm silken tofu (I used soft silken tofu, which worked out just as well.)
• 1/2 cup soy milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup peanut butter

 

In a blender, put in soy cream cheese, tofu, soy milk, sugar, and peanut butter. Puree until smooth and well blended. Pour mixture into six 8-ounce parfait glasses or wineglasses. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.

Serving Suggestions:

• Add chocolate syrup to make it into a peanut butter- chocolate mixture.
• Add a small amount of granola and bittersweet chocolate chips on top of your parfait.
• Add sliced bananas or fruit of your choice to the bottom of glasses then pour parfait on top.

Turban Headband DIY

I'm sure most of you dolls are very well aware of my love for hair accessories. So here's another little DIY for you all that would probably fall under the category of one of the trends this summer: the turban headband. It's really a subtle styled approach to the look as opposed to some of the larger, bolder styles you may have seen, especially on the runway. I'm a bit weary of being able to pull of the full head turban so here's my rendition that you all will hopefully be able to mimic yourselves. It's really quite simple.

 Materials:

• Fabric
• Elastic
• Needle
• Thread

You're going to start off with your about 48 in. long strip of fabric, and about 3 inches wide. The width really depends on you though and how thick you may want it. Cut it in half into two equal pieces. I actually used an old fabric belt that I had lying around that had came with some shorts I bought a while back.

 

You can then take the two pieces and interlock them like in the above picture. Leave that off to the side for now and you can come back to it later.

 

Next, using either a thick strip of the same material or another scrap as I did, you are going to be sewing the piece that will be covering the elastic that will go in the back of the headband. It should be a bit over 2 inches wide, depending on the width of you elastic, and about 12 in. long, give or take some. Simply sew the side closed, either by sewing by hand or machine. After that is done, turn the strip inside out so that the stitching is not shown.

 

 Slip the elastic through the strip of material so that it scrunches up. Fold under the ends of the material and tuck them inside.

Tuck the ends of your original fabric into the tube of fabric with the elastic in it on either side. Sew along the  edge of the fabric, making sure that you are sewing, the elastic, and both pieces material as you do so. I made the mistake of not getting the elastic when I did this, then had to sew it again. Once that is done, you have your headband!

I honestly love mine and can't seem to stop wearing. It's just so versatile and cute! I think I may just have to make a few more in some different materials. It stays put and really can pull an outfit together. Hope you dolls enjoy making this and the fabulous outcome as much as I did!