A nice healthy treat!

[Ja. Jewel]

My son, who works on an organic farm & raw foods producer, gave me a lot of items from there when I was coming back to Jamaica from the States.....I decide to make up a recipe with all the nuts & dried fruits he gave me....this is what I used, but I'm sure you could substitute other dried fruits or use less of a variety of nuts.....

Dried bing cherries
Raisins
Dried cranberries
Dates
Walnuts
Peacans
Almonds
Pine nuts
Sunflower seeds
Pumpkin seeds
Unsweetened coconut (to roll them in)

I put a handful of each in the food processer & added a little honey & a little almond butter until it was a consistancy that I could roll into 1" balls (helps to wet your hands a little) & then I rolled in the coconut.

Everybody I gave one to loved them....and I'm talking some fussy eaters too, including my husband. I think they would be great for kids since they are sweet because of the fruit & honey but not TOO sweet.!....healthy too!

[Pepper]

Re: A nice healthy treat!

Did you take any pictures?

Dried fruit is just too sweet for my tastes.

[Ja. Jewel]

Re: A nice healthy treat!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Pepper</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Did you take any pictures?

Dried fruit is just too sweet for my tastes. </div></div>

Sorry, no pics, Pepper, but honestly, I would not say they are really sweet....I'm not one who loves really sweet things &amp; they were just right for me....probably because I added a lot of nuts &amp; seeds &amp; then just enough dried fruit , honey &amp; almond butter to moisten so they could be rolled into balls. The coconut is unsweetened too.

[chitowngirl]

Re: A nice healthy treat!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Pepper</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Dried fruit is just too sweet for my tastes. </div></div>
den wah mek yuh nevah chry one dehydratoh?

mi luv mek honey cinnamon bananas inna fi mi own