RAW BOWLS WITH BANANA CHERRY "ICE CREAM"

Eating healthy should be fun, filling and satisfying and no one should never feel deprived. Therefore I believe dessert is very important, provided it’s also healthy!  Fortunately healthy desserts do exist and they’re every bit as satisfying as the unhealthy ones! So what make this particular dessert healthy? Almonds, medjool dates, carob powder, maple syrup, bananas and cherries! That’s what! 

Raw Bowl with Banana, Cherry "Ice Cream"! Yummy!

 

Check out the nutritional facts of these awesome foods!

 http://www.livestrong.com/article/360031-nutrition-facts-about-raw-almonds/

http://www.livestrong.com/article/289969-nutritional-facts-of-medjool-dates/ 

http://www.livestrong.com/article/261451-what-are-the-benefits-of-carob-powder/ 

http://www.livestrong.com/article/270564-pure-maple-syrup-nutrition/ 

http://www.livestrong.com/article/528665-nutritional-facts-of-a-medium-size-banana/ 

http://www.livestrong.com/article/489645-cherry-nutritional-data/ 

The Raw Bowl recipe I’m sharing with you is a variation of Alicia Silverstones "Raw Balls" which can be found in her book “The Kind Diet”. http://www.amazon.ca/The-Kind-Diet-Simple-Feeling/dp/1605296449

EQUIPMENT: Food processor, muffin tins

INGREDIENTS:

½ cup almonds

½ cup medjool dates

½ cup almond butter

½ cup carob powder

½ cup real maple syrup

½ teaspoon vanilla

¼ teaspoon sea salt

1 frozen banana

¼ cup frozen cherries

Splash of almond milk

½ teaspoon carob powder (optional)

A sprinkle of chopped walnuts (optional)

WHAT TO DO:

#1 Take a ripe spotted banana, peel it, chop it, put it in a freezer safe container and place in freezer , preferably overnight.

#2 In a food processor combine the almonds and dates (make sure you remember to remove the pits form the dates). Process until well incorporated and crumbly.

#3 Add in almond butter, maple syrup and carob powder, vanilla and sea salt. Again, process well.

#4  Now take a muffin tin and flip it upside down. Take about ¼ of your dough and mold it over the bottom of a muffin cup. (you may want to put parchment paper over the muffin cup first, to prevent sticking). If you’re using large muffin cups like I did, you should have 4-5 muffin cups covered.

#5 Place muffin tin in the freezer and freeze for about an hour.

#6 Rinse food processor. Place frozen banana in processor and process until crumbly. Add cherries and process again. Add a splash of almond milk to help move things along. Process until smooth.

#7 Add optional carob powder.

#8 Remove muffin tin from freezer and carefully peel dough off the muffin cups.They should be pretty pliable, so it will be easy to mold them into more of a bowl like shape.

#9 Add a scoop of the banana, cherry “ice cream” and sprinkle with walnuts.

#10 enjoy!

NOTES: 

#1 These are big bowls! If you want smaller bowls, simply use smaller muffin tins.

#2 I suggest filling all the bowls with "ice cream" and freezing leftovers pre-assembled .