Desserts Gone Nutty
Hawaiian Sweet Potato Pie
Peach Ice Cream with Nut Pie Shell
Monkey Fudge Popsicles
4 sweet potatoesSoften the dried pineapple slices by soaking them in the orange juice in the refrigerator overnight. Steam sweet potatoes until soft. Blend sweet potatoes, pineapple slices, and orange juice in a food processor or VitaMix. Fold in the chopped walnuts and continue to blend until you can say to your kids with a straight face, “What walnuts?”
½ cup orange juice
2 slices unsweetened, dried pineapple
1 cup chopped walnuts
Peach Ice Cream with Nut Pie Shell
16 oz. frozen sliced peachesMake the nut crust by kneading the ground nuts with the date rolls and pressing into the bottom of a glass pie pan. Blend the frozen peaches with the soy milk and spoon into nut crust before serving.
½ cup soy milk
½ cup ground walnuts
½ cup ground macadamias
½ cup ground pecans
4 coconut-date rolls
Monkey Fudge Popsicles
2 ripe bananasBlend the mixture until smooth and place in a Popsicles tray for freezing at least 2 hours before serving.
1 cup cashews
3 Tbsp. raw carob powder
