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1 cup raw almonds 1 vanilla bean, ground or halved with the seeds scraped out 1 tbsp raw honey rind from one organic mandarin 1 tbsp almond butter* 1/3 cup raw shredded coconut For the filling: 2 Mandarins plus zest 1/2 avocado 1 tsp alcohol free vanilla extract 1 tbsp coconut oil You'll need a food processor and hand blender for this recipe. Start by blitzing the almonds in the food processor until resembling crumbs, about one minute should be enough. Add the vanilla bean, honey and grate in the zest from the mandarin rind. Blitz for a further 30 seconds until the mixture begins to clump. Add the almond butter and shredded coconut and blitz until mixture is moist and sticking together.   Roll the mixture into even sized balls and place on a tray. Using a fork, squash the balls down to round biscuit shapes. The honey will probably make the mixture stick to the fork so be careful you don't pull apart the biscuit when removing the fork (I slid my fork out rather than pulling off). Alternatively you can simply make the biscuit shapes with the palm of your hands instead of rolling into a ball, but you won't get the fork imprints like traditional melting moments! Place these in the fridge to set.  Peel the mandarins and place the fruit into a bowl. Add the coconut oil, vanilla extract, avocado and zest. Blitz this all together with a hand blender until smooth and creamy. Be careful to remove any pips. Using a teaspoon dollop a small amount of the filling onto one biscuit and press down another biscuit on top. 
These may not look like a traditional melting moment, but they sure do melt in your mouth!*I used the left over 'pulp' from making almond nut milk instead of actual almond butter. |
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I've been spending a lot of time over the last few weeks reading up on the benefits of eating a raw food diet. Through all of my googling I have stumbled across entire communities of raw foodies, not to mention collected more raw recipes than I care to admit to.
Reading all of the scary statistics about what happens to the nutrients in food once they've been cooked has encouraged me to take on a 'raw food only' diet this week. And when I say diet, I don't mean in the calorie counting, portion controlling sense. I could never bring myself to do that.
I'm at day three now and I can honestly say I haven't felt hungry at all over the past three days. Although, I must admit the raw food challenge isn't so much of a challenge for me, because I do tend to eat pretty healthily as it is. So in terms of seeing any big changes or feeling majorly different, nothing noted thus far. I haven't felt bloated or heavy even when I am feeling full though, which I can definitely put down to what I'm eating rather than how much.
Last night I was craving food with a bit more of a bread/baked texture so I decided to make some raw cookies. I've seen plenty of dessert recipes floating around so I knew it wouldn't be hard to do, even though I don't have a dehydrator - a staple appliance for truly raw food enthusiasts!
I was in no mood to go out to the shops to buy any ingredients so after scouring the pantry and researching a few different recipes to get a general feel for the process, I came up with these...
Raw mandarin melting moments