Raw Candied Nuts

1. Use any combination of soaked nuts of seeds with a liquid sweetener such as agave or maple syrup.  Use a 1 cup nuts to 1/4 cup sweetener as the ratio. 
2. Add spices and flavorings. 
3. Stir the nuts until evenly coated.  
4. Spread on a lined dehydrator for 24 hours at 118 degrees.  
5. Store in a glass, air tight container.  

In this combination I used:

1 cup soaked almonds

1 cup soaked walnuts

(I threw in a few cashews because I had some leftover from something else)

1/2 cup maple syrup

1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp ginger

1/2 tsp salt

Raw Vegan Breakfast Bars

These require no baking or cooking - just soaking of almonds and using a food processor.

Ingredients:

3/4 cup almonds, soaked
1 1/2 cups dates (dried, pitted)
1/2 cup dried cherries
1/2 cup dried mango
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 cup pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
3 TBS cacao nibs.

Note: I dried my own cherries and mango.  It took about a cup and a half to get 1/2 cup dried.  However, you don't have to do this of course.  Just buy them already dried if you want to avoid this step.  Unfortunately you can't skip the soaking of the almonds.  They are so much better tasting, they work better when you blend them, and you get the full nutritional benefits of the almond when you soak.

1. In a food processor, process the almonds and the dates until they are well chopped and stick together. 
2. Add the cherries and mango and pulse to incorporate. 
3. Add the sunflower seeds, pepitas, and cacao nibs and pulse until combined.  
4. Press the mixture into an 8x8 container.  Place the in the freezer so they are easier to get out from the container, turn out onto a board, and cut into squares.  
5. Wrap them and store them in the fridge or freezer.  

You can play with this recipe by substituting the nuts or different dried fruits.  I was thinking about using dried apricots instead of dates because Atzin is not crazy about dates and I was thinking about trying cocao powder instead of the nibs.  So go ahead and experiment with this one.  The basic idea is using nuts as the base, something like the dates as a sweetener and to hold it together, then the other seeds and fruits as additional flavor and texture. I do love the look of the cherries and the pumpkin seeds.