Happy Sunday, my beauties! Apologies for the radio silence, but it’s been really hectic in the past couple of weeks: I moved home and all my non-working time was spent in boxing, cleaning, and moving stuff for several days. When I knew I had to move, I had a month to prepare and since my flat was only one bedroom, I thought I could do each week a different room. It started well, but then I realised I had to use every day some items from each room and so I had to change strategy mid-way leaving the everyday items for the last week with the cleaning, powering through the boxing in the third week. I also had the experience of driving a van for the first time! And the last three days before handing the keys, I found out that the stuff I left seems was breeding and multiplying: I would prepare boxes and bags thinking I would only have a couple of carloads to do, and then after having done 2 or 3, more stuff was waiting for me. It’s been a tiring few weeks and there still boxes I have to go through at the new place, but I’m getting there. And my beautiful cat is taking it quite well, but that’s another story. So, with all this chaos I haven’t been able to cook much and wanted the quickest stuff to eat. These Raw Vegan Brownie Bites by TheFull Helping were just the perfect treat!

Ingredients

• 1 cup raw cashews or walnuts
• 4 tablespoons raw cacao or cocoa powder, plus extra for rolling (if desired)
• Generous pinch sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
• 1 1/2 cups pitted, tightly packed Medjool dates

Method

1. Place the cashews, cacao powder, and sea salt in a food processor fitted with the S blade. Process for about 30 seconds, or till everything is pretty well ground up.
2. Add the dates and process for another 1-2 minutes, or until the mixture is evenly combined and sticking together. It should stick together easily when you squeeze a little in your hand.
3. Shape the “dough” into balls that are about 3/4 – 1 inch thick by rolling it in your palms. If you’d like, transfer extra cacao or cocoa powder to a plate and roll the balls in it to coat.
4. Store the energy bites in the fridge for 30 minutes, or until ready to eat.

Enjoy!

TVCL, xx