Dates are a fantastic alternative to sweeten in a healthy way. Date paste is delicious as is, and it has a creamy texture that it’s perfect to make creams, ice-creams, truffles, cakes, etc. But it’s not the best option for making crunchy deserts, such as cookies or tarts.
From date paste you can also make date syrup by simply adding water.

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In order to make the crust for pies I’ve used nuts as basic ingredient, simply by grinding them until get a batter like a marzipan. With this paste, you can make different shapes, like a pizza, a pie or small pies. 
These pies are not crunchy, because the paste is soft if it’s not baked, but it’s better to avoid baking if you want to stay in a raw food diet. But it tastes great. And then, children will enjoy making their own recipes adding the ingredients they prefer as toppings and fillings.

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This is a recipe to make raw vegetable crepes or pancakes without eggs. I have used a dehydrator machine to dry the batter. I have used some dates to make the batter stick together. The taste is lightly salted and sweet at the same time, it’s very tasty. You can make a lot of different recipes using different ingredients. The children will enjoy making their own crepes and parents will be very happy to see them eating vegetables!

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The traditional frosting is made of just icing sugar and water, and the topping for cupcakes use to be made of butter, cream cheese and icing sugar.  In order to avoid so much concentrated sugar, other much more healthier options are presented here.

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For everybody on GAPS diet or any other kind of diet where rice is not allowed, this is an idea to make a dish that is visually very similar to rice. You can even make sushi with it.

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