INGREDIENTS: 2 cups date paste (just process pitted medjool dates and process in the food processor into a paste with a little water), 1/2 cup coconut oil, 2 1/2 Tablespoons vanilla, 1 teaspoon Himalayan salt, 6 cups Brazil nut flour (can sub cashew or almond flour), 1 1/2 cups strawberries chopped, 1/4 cup coconut crystals (can sub maple syrup), 2 Tablespoons lemon juice, 1/4 cup beet juice (color).

INGREDIENTS: 1/2 cup coconut butter, 1/4 cup coconut oil, 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon raw cacao powder, 3 Tablespoons coconut sugar, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp chipotle chili (if desired), small pinch of Himalayan salt. Shredded coconut flakes and cacao powder for coating.

So first of all, let me provide full disclosure. These are NOT low fat. These are not something you would want to chow down on daily, in large quantities, or as a substitute for your cucumber-beet-carrot juice. However, having said that, they are sublime chocolate bliss bars that are the perfect bait to lure people into the radically rawsome world of raw foods!

BERRY FILLING: 1 cup blackberries, 1 cup strawberries, 1/4 cup maple syrup, pinch of salt, 1 tsp. lemon juice, 1 tsp. pure vanilla or 1 vanilla bean. Pulse in a food processor until desired consistency.

This is one of the easiest and most crowd-pleasing (including kids) raw pies ever, and the best part is that you don’t need any oil of any kind and only a small amount of nut butter. Feel free to swap cashew or walnut butter in place of the almond butter! INGREDIENTS: Crust - 1/2 cup oats, 1/2 cup oat flour, 1/3 cup almond butter, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 tsp Himalayan salt.

I love pumpkin pie and I love mini-dessert bites so you can eat one and be satisfied! I love to have raw desserts that don’t have cupfuls of oil AND nuts. So I made these delicious pumpkin pie bites keeping the lower-fat principles in mind, with just a but of cashew butter to add creamy consistency, and the crust makes use of fat free oats mixed in with some nuts, to keep the overall fat low.

I made these carrot cake cupcakes with just 5 ingredients, and they are amazing little spicy morsels of health! They are great to take to a holiday party, and if you want them to look extra fancy, I would use coconut cream icing. I used pecan maple glaze, which was absolute perfection in a bite, and sprinkled a bit of pink Himalayan salt on top. Truly, these were one of the best carrot cake muffins ever!

There are some things that just can’t really be described in words. These cookies fit that category. I can try, but honestly, you want to make these for yourself, share them with everyone you love, and have a moment of appreciation for all of the goodness raw foods can bring. These are so easy to make, and with relatively few ingredients, yet they deliver an incredibly complex flavor profile that marries the nutty smokiness of pistachios with the sweet creaminess of coconut with the ever present depth of pure cacao powder.

Alas, we have chocolate! I love making chocolate creations of all kinds using pure, organic, raw Criollo variety cacao beans, paste, and cacao butter. The simplicity of just pure cacao paste with a touch of coconut sugar, a vanilla bean and some cacao butter yields an exquisite and unparalleled taste experience that engages so many of your senses. But I often find myself inspired by the endless variations of raw chocolate that are possible and experiment with all types of nut butters, flavors, nuts, seeds, dried fruits, and superfoods to create true alchemy in a sublime bite.

There are so many reasons to eat blueberries and blackberries and actually all purple and blue fruits! Blue and purple fruits and vegetables contain nutrients like lutein, zeaxanthin, resveratrol, vitamin C, fiber, flavonoids, ellagic acid, and quercetin. These nutrients support retinal health, lower LDL cholesterol, boost immune system activity, support healthy digestion, improve calcium and other mineral absorption, fight inflammation, reduce tumor growth, act as anti-carcinogens in the digestive tract, and limit the activity of cancer cells.

How about a little green and chocolate treat for St. Patrick’s Day! These mint brownies are easy to make. I promise. And, they are (mostly) raw, vegan and healthy. I made this one nut free, to lower the fat content and because well, sometimes you feel like a nut — and sometimes you don’t! This recipe is super low fat. In fact, the only fat in the base and the filling is 1/2 of an avocado.

This is a winner. I’m always looking to create super easy, delicious, low-fat recipes that are new and different and don’t require massive lists of ingredients. This cake I made this morning, and enjoyed by the pool this afternoon, is incredible. I know you’re going to love it. The lemony-creamy middle layer is the perfect compliment to the chewy chocolate base, and the blueberry layer adds a sweetness that rounds it off.

This is for sure one of my favorites from the over 800 recipes I have created from scratch in the past two years I was on an intense recipe-creation manifesting when I was doing regular weekly meal plans of three meals a day for 7 days a week for months! I rarely repeated a recipe on those plans, and it was a free flowing river of delicious, vegan, high raw, gluten free wonderment!

These are in all honesty, one of my top favorite treats of ALL TIME, raw or not raw! They are just so delicious. Seriously, I can’t even keep them in the house between my kids, their friends and my husband! Every time we make a batch the family descends on the platter like they’ve never had a treat before!

Summer is the perfect time to experiment with all the beautiful fruits and flavors to make ice pops. In our family everyone loves them — it’s not just a kid thing. The key is to get yourself a good set or two of non-plastic molds for freezing. You don’t need BPA or other chemicals added to your deliciousness! Some of our favorite molds are the Zoku round pop molds or “fish” shaped molds.

I love raw desserts, especially in the summer when baking at the oven doesn’t seem as enjoyable. A dessert is still a dessert and you don’t want to eat a ton. But if you want to eat healthy, and still be able to enjoy truly delicious and decadent whole raw plant based foods here is another one of my favorite dessert creations. If you haven’t worked with buckwheat, you are in for a pleasant experience.

I love raw vegan cakes for special occasions and holidays, if you haven’t already surmised that from previous posts! One of the reasons I think they are so great is because they are the perfect way to show family and friends that healthy, whole, plant based foods (what our grandparents used to call fruits and vegetables) can be delicious and satisfying!

I made this salad for my family last night as the main dish, and everyone was absolutely BUZZING from the bursts of flavor from the blackberries, gojis and papaya blended with the creaminess of avocado and the crunchiness of cauliflower. A hint of Himalayan salt and the slight sour twist of rice wine vinegar, and this salad will surely be an often requested menu item in our house! I’m juicing right now, so I will have to wait to get my share!

I truly love this dip. I mean, who doesn’t love a flavorful delicious dip for their crudite? This is actually one of my favorite dishes to bring to a party because everyone will love it, whether raw, raw vegan or omnivore. It’s delicious, healing, packed with flavor and it goes well with any cut up vegetables like peppers, carrots, cucumbers or zucchini.

I hear from so many clients that they want to eat high raw and plant based, but that it is challenging to know how to prepare delicious meals that are healthy at the same time. Many people are frustrated with raw cookbooks which are typically fat-laden with recipes that include cupfuls of oil, combined with lots of nuts and seeds.