All the CREW are very blessed to introduce a new guest
contributor. A very big, and warm Vegan Era welcome to Julie Morris.
Julie Morris is a Los Angeles-based writer and healthy food chef. When she’s not in the kitchen, she enjoys trail runs, field trips to the beach, playing in the garden, and considers napping a productive activity.
Julie has a beautiful web site
where she shares all her wonderful creations with the world. You can check her out at www.juliemorris.net.
For Vegan Era, Julie has this amazing RAW creation - I am sure you are all going to love it.
Somewhere between a brownie, a fudgey square, and an ‘oh my god’ exclamation, lies this fantastic dessert. Yet made with just fruits, nuts, and pure cacao, this treat is nutritionally on par with a natural energy bar or trail mix — what a deal! Not that you actually needed an excuse to eat a brownie.
- ENJOY!
Ingredients: *Always Use Organic*
1 cup medjool dates, pits removed
1 cup raw walnut pieces
½ cup cacao powder
pinch sea salt
1 Tbsp – ½ cup Navitas Naturals Sweetened Cacao Nibs, or regular raw cacao nibs (use quantity to taste)
Directions:
Mix: Place walnuts in a food processor and grind for a couple seconds to form a coarse flour. While machine is running, add pitted dates, cacao powder and salt, processing until a moist, crumb-like dough has formed.
Form: Spread into an 8×8 inch pan, sprinkle with cacao nibs, and press firmly into a solid brownie layer. Cut into bite-size squares and serve. Alternately, press and roll brownie dough into small balls to make brownie bites.
Makes about 2 dozen small squares.
Healthy benefits: high antioxidants, magnesium and iron, dairy-free, gluten-free, refined sugar-free
