Easy No-Bake Orange Vanilla Cheesecake!

This was almost too easy to make + absolutely delicious! I started with a recipe HERE. I changed up a few of the ingredients/measurements and it turned out absolutely perfect! But feel free to follow either recipe for amazing results! 

Crust Ingredients: 

• 250g medjool dates (gooey big dates!) 
• 155g instant oats or pre blended oats -- to oat flour or chunkier it doesn't really matter!
• tsp vanilla 
• tsp cinnamon (optional)

Crust Directions: 

1. Blend up dates/vanilla in a food processor OR vitamix until it forms a gooey paste.
2. Scoop this out and in a bowl mix in your oats or oat flour.
3. Line a smaller round release cake pan with parchment paper and press the dough ball in the bottom of the pan and up the edges if you can!
4. Set in the freezer to chill while you make the filling! 

Cheesecake Filling Ingredients: 

• 1/2 cup raw/soaked cashews (soak overnight in water!) 
• 2 medjool dates
• 1 ripe banana
• 1 tsp vanilla
• ​1 tbsp citrus zest
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 2 tbsp maple syrup (can use any sweetener of choice or none if you want!) 
• 1/2 cup non dairy yogurt (unsweetened and can be vanilla if you want!) 

Cheesecake Filling Directions: 

1. Blend everything up until smooth in a high speed blender or Vitamix - for dates: to avoid chunks you can blend in the extra 2 dates with the crust dates above and then set aside the paste! 
2. Pour batter into chilled pie crust pan and cover lightly with wax paper.
3. Set in the freezer for at least 6 hours! (let it sit out for 5-10 min before serving so it isn't rock solid!) 
4. Serve with coconut whipped cream, orange zest and berries on top - I had no coco whipped cream so i was SOL (sh*t outta luck!!)