Indulge yourself
Believe it or not – this is a health food! Here’s how:
You’ll need 1 cup of organic raw Brazil nuts, soaked overnight, drained and rinsed:
200g or so of pitted organic fresh dates:
3 tablespoons of organic raw cacao nibs:
1 tablespoon of organic raw carob powder (or cacao):
2 teaspoons of organic vanilla extract:
And 50g of organic fair trade raw chocolate:
1. Bung the dates into the food processor and chop/mix into a gooey, pastey consistency. Transfer to mixing bowl.
2. Now put the nuts into the food processor and finely chop into tiny bits. Add to the dates in the bowl.
3. Add cacao nibs, carob powder and vanilla to the bowl and mix thoroughly with a fork.
4. Plonk the whole mixture back into the food processor and process again so that your thick, sticky, soft, heavy mixture is thoroughly and smoothly combined. (My food processor – which is just an attachment of my hand blender – is very small so I did my mixture in two halves).
5. Now pile up your cookie mixture onto a smooth worktop and spoon out enough to make one cookie, press it flat on top with a knife and cut out your cookie. Slide a knife under the cookie and put it on a plate. Cut out all your cookies like this. I made 10 thick cookies out of this mixture, with a bit left over for tasting.
6. Then cover them in melted chocolate:
8. Indulge in your health food
Don’t forget, the Brazil nuts in these are packed with selenium, an essential trace mineral which is a powerful antioxidant that combats the damage that free radicals cause in the body, and it can improve cardiovascular health and fight cancer as well. It also plays a role in thyroid health, assisting with the metabolism of iodine and the production of critical thyroid hormones.
Just google it or see here for more info 🙂
So go on – get this health food down you!
Thank you very much for the recipe- I am surely going to try this! (uncontrollable drooling!)
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Ha ha 😀 I hope you enjoy it 😀
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I’ve gotta try this!
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Hope you enjoy it 🙂
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wow! ❤
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Thank you x
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A look very yummy! !!:)
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They are 😉
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You posted it, I’m very happy, thank you.
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My pleasure 🙂
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I think it will be mine lol
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Oh yes it will! 😉
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Always such great raw sweet vegan recipes!
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Thank you 🙂
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Yum! This looks incredible! 🙂
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Thank you – they are yummy 🙂
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I have noticed that you post recipes occasionally, but every time you do, they are a blast! I could only wish for organic dates and organic fair trade raw chocolate, but I guess I can swap figs for dates and make my own chocolate, using extra virgin coconut oil 🙂
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Absolutely – that’s one of the things I love about these raw recipes, you can just adapt them to suit yourself and experiment with whatever you’ve got in the fridge! Such fun 😉
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Yum!!
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🙂
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Has to be good – it combines three of my favourite things, nuts, dates and chocolate :o)
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So you can’t go wrong! 😉
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Look good!
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And taste good! 🙂
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I need to eat this… now!
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Yes you do!
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I’ve never tried raw cookies before … but these ones look delicious! I am definitely tempted 🙂
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Give in to temptation – there is no bad here 😉
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Thanks Violet- these look so delicious and healthy- I think they will be on the top of my” to make list!”
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They’re so delicious, you wouldn’t know they’re healthy! 😉
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Yum, yum! I’m drooling! 😀
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Excellent! 😀
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These look amazing! Thanks for sharing!
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You’re welcome 🙂
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Yummy !
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🙂
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Yum 🙂 So easy and I can taste the richness 🙂
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So good and so rich that one at a time is enough 🙂
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Temptation 😛
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