SUGAR AND DAIRY FREE COCONUT CHERRY POPSICLES

Ingredients

• 1 can full fat coconut milk
• 3 cups cherries
• 3 tablespoons maple syrup

Instructions

1. If you want sweetened popsicles, add coconut milk and maple syrup in a bowl and mix thoroughly.
2. Pit and chop 1 cup of cherries into halves and quarters. Fill your popsicle moulds halfway with cherries.
3. Add coconut milk to the popsicle mould until it's 3/4 full. Take a spoon and mush the cherries a bit to release some colour and break up the fruit.
4. Place popsicles in the freezer for approximately 45 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, pit the remaining cherries and thoroughly blend to make cherry juice. If you choose to have it sweetened, you could add another tablespoon or two of maple syrup, honey, or sugar.
6. Top the popsicle moulds with the cherry juice and place back in the freezer. Allow to freeze for another 3 hours or more, until completely frozen.

Fresh Mango Coconut Chia Seed Parfait

Ingredients

• 1 14-oz. can coconut milk
• 6 tbsp chia seeds
• 5 tbsp shredded coconut
• 5-6 tbsp maple syrup
• 1 teasp vanilla extract
• fresh mango, diced and chilled

Directions

1. In a bowl, combine the coconut milk, chia seeds, shredded coconut, maple syrup and vanilla extract. Whisk until well combined.
2. Let the mixture sit for about 30 minutes at room temperature.
3. Mix once more, cover, and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
4. Remove the bowl with the pudding from the fridge about 15 minutes prior to serving.
5. Layer some pudding into the bottom each of 2 or 3 serving glasses. Layer some diced fresh mango on top of the pudding layer. 
6. Alternate layers of chia pudding and freshly diced mango until glasses are filled to the top, ending with freshly diced mango.
7. Top with some shredded coconut and serve immediately or keep in the fridge until ready to serve.