Eat Dance Live

I don't know what to call these cookies, but they are by far my favourite raw cookie of all time. When it comes to my sweet tooth preferences, I've always been fairly vanilla. I'll choose the fruit pie over the decadent chocolate ganache cake any day. I'll choose the ginger snap over the chocolate chip butter pecan cookie. So for those who prefer those latter choices, this is definitely a fairly understated cookie. However, in its simplicity and elegance lies deliciousness. My Favourite Raw Cookie Yields: 12 cookies 3 C shredded coconut 1 C fresh dates, blended into a paste 3 tablespoons of raw almond butter 1 teaspoon of salt 1.5 teaspoons of cinnamon 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract 1 tablespoon of liquid sweetener (I used maple syrup) 1. In a food processor or Vitamix dry blender, blend coconut first  until its powdered and clumping together. (for those who know, the point when it's about turning to coconut butter) 2. Scrape do...

So a little while ago I promised two cookie recipes , and realized I actually only posted one... heh. My bad. I have to admit, I'm not as satisfied with this one as the other one, but it's still pretty tasty and is still a reliable high raw cookie recipe. My intention was to do something snazzy with black pepper and chocolate and pecan, but it wasn't nearly as cool as I thought. I'll probably be tweaking it and posting something niftier when I figure it out. Peppered Chocolate Pecan Cookies Makes about 12-14 cookies 3 C rolled oats, ground into flour 1 vanilla bean, ground (or 1 tsp vanilla extract) 1/4 C raw almond butter (I made my own) 1/4-1/3 C maple syrup/raw agave/raw honey 1 tsp peanut butter (or your favourite raw nut butter) 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 C filtered water 1/2 C "candied" pecans* 1/4 C chocolate chips black pepper, for topping or mixing in *my usual mix of nuts, maple syrup (or agave), cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, allsp...

Is it a total cop out that I haven't blogged in a week and now am just posting a bunch of pictures of other people's food? Okay... maybe. I think I may be taking this "being on a total mental vacation before I have to study for my comprehensive exams in August" thing a little too seriously. However, I do have a distraction for you... I just got the BEST Easter present ever : I just got my first kitten! Meet Massachusetts. He's 8 weeks old and he has my heart. Some of you might already know that we already technically have a kitty, Fox: But I suppose he's "technically" Andrew's cat. (Yes, the human love of my life also came with the feline love of my life... lucky girl, I know! Is that what you call a twofer? Heh...) Anyway, I've wanted a kitten since the day I knew what a kitten was. Strangely enough, today was only the second (or third) time in my life that I've been exposed to kittens as young as Mass. For a girl, ...