Carrot Cake Bars
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1 cup raisins
- 2 medium carrots
- 1 tsp of cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove
This is a very basic recipe. It’s delicious in itself, but fun to experiment with. Ice it with a date paste or a cashew cream…add some whole raisins for a fruitcake texture…the possibilities are endless.
Date/Cashew Candies
- 10 raw cashews
- 10 medjool dates
Cut lengthwise down each date and extract their pits. Place cashew in pit’s place. Savor slowly. ;)
Strawberry Fruit Leather:
- 2 pears
- 6-10 strawberries
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Blend until smooth. Line your dehydrator trays (or baking sheets) with parchment paper or teflex/paraflexx sheets (non-stick). Pour fruit sauce onto trays and spread evenly – about a ¼” thick. Dehydrate till desired consistency – around 24 hours at 105°.
Almond Snack Bars
- 1 cup almonds
- ½ cup dates
- ½ lemon, juiced
- ½ cup raisins
- ½ apple
In a food processor, grind nuts smaller (but not a powder). Add the rest of the ingredients and pulse until well combined, no large lumps, and nice and sticky. Line a brownie pan with plastic wrap (or foil, or whatever you feel safe with) and press the mixture into it – should be about ¼” to ½” thick. Next, chill in fridge. When you want a bar, take pan out, slice into long rectangles and you can wrap each individual one in wrap or foil and save for when you want another. Will last a LONG time in your fridge and should last at room temperature for at least a few hours. I take these with me camping. A wonderfully nutritionally dense little snack. :)
