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Lara Bars (alternative)




Source of Recipe


Clean Living Wellness Programs


Recipe Introduction


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List of Ingredients




Home-Made Fruit & Nut Balls



Apricot Balls

½ cup raw almonds

1 cup raw pecans

¼ teaspoon sea salt

12 Medjool dates

1 cup dried apricots (unsweetened)



Spice Balls

1 cup raw almonds

½ cup roasted cashews

1/4 teaspoon sea salt

20 Medjool dates

1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice



Coconut-Cherry Balls

1 cup raw almonds

½ cup raw pecans

12 Medjool dates

1 cup dried cherries (unsweetened)

2 tablespoon coconut oil

1/2 cup finely shredded coconut flakes (unsweetened)

¼ teaspoon salt

The directions are the same for the first two recipes with only a couple minor differences for the coconut cherry bars. For all of the above recipes, follow these steps:

1) In a food processor, pulse only the nuts and the sea salt until finely chopped but still chunky. Some will be ground up almost like almond meal but they will not all be consistent, and that’s totally ok.

2)Pour your nuts into a mixing bowl.

3)Add the dried dates and other dried fruit to the food processor and process until it makes a paste (it will probably turn into a giant sticky ball when it’s done).

4) For the Coconut-Cherry Balls (the last recipe), add the coconut oil to the dates and cherries and process the three items together.

5) Add the date mixture to the nuts and use your hands to kneed the nuts and the dates together until well mixed (this is messy but fun). For the last recipe, pour the coconut flakes into the bowl with the nuts and then add the date mixture and kneed well.

6) Grease a baking sheet with coconut oil.

7) Make small 1" balls out of your bar mixture and place them on to the greased baking sheet.

8) Refrigerate for 1 hour.

Each recipe makes about 20 balls. You can purchase the dates and nuts from Trader Joes and the dried cherries and apricots from my local health food store.



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