If you’ve been following my Facebook page or Instagram feed, you would have noticed I recently scored 2.5kg of medjool dates for $25. Plump, moist and luscious; medjool dates are always a welcome addition to my smoothies, raw treats and afternoon snack times.
Something you couldn’t discern from my social media however is that I’m really prone to technological disaster. I have a 4 slice toaster that I regularly find myself having to coerce two bread slices out again with force. The gas oven in our rented house never wants to stay calibrated and when I’m feeling extremely stressed my laptop and tablet seem to suddenly stop co-operating with me. The worst story though is the blender I destroyed with a errant date pit I forgot to remove. Whoops…..
For the past two years now I’ve been without a stand blender. A stick blender and a food processor have taken most of the brunt of my kitchen adventures since, but nothing makes as good a smoothie (or in this case raw truffles) like a high powered blender. This week then I’ve been excited to get my hands on Froothie’s Optimum 9200 – a blender so powerful that if I forget to pit a date again… it will just blend it up!
A formidable rival to Blendtec and Vitamix, Froothie is an Australian company specialising in bringing high-powered blenders to the Australian public (at much lower costs than similar overseas brands). I’ve only had the machine for one full day and I’m head over heels in love. There was no more ‘bits’ in my green smoothie yesterday morning, I made the creamiest home-made peanut butter of my life and my carrot soup for dinner was silky smooth. Move aside food processor, there’s a new favourite appliance in the kitchen!
My first recipe to share with you fresh out of the blender jug, is these Fudgy Cherry Date Truffles. It’s the raw treat to make when you want something decadent and chocolately, smooth and velvety, tart and sweet. Blend everything up, roll in your favourite coating ingredient and try not to pop these raw cherry date truffles all in your mouth one after the other!
- 5 medjool dates, pitted
- ½ cup pitted cherries, fresh OR frozen and defrosted
- ¾ cup raw cashews
- ½ cup almonds
- 2 tbsp dessicated coconut
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
- 2 tbsp hemp protein or raw sprouted rice protein (or any other protein for non-raw snack)
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp vanilla powder (or ½ tsp vanilla extract)
- Coating: ¼ cup hemp seeds or sesame seeds, desiccated/shredded coconut, flaked almonds, crushed nuts etc.
- Add all ingredients (except coating ingredients) to the jug of a blender or food processor. Blend until creamy and smooth. Roll into balls and then roll in coating ingredients.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until firm and then enjoy.
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I only have a stick blender and the last time I tried to make something with dates I broke the same version of it and had to buy a new one! I really need to buy a proper blender too so I can make things like this 🙂
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Oh no! I’m sorry to hear that about your stick blender 🙁 Though, I’m a bit glad it’s not just me that has issues with technology! Can I recommend the Optimum range, I’m LOVING mine so far, it’s fabulous 😀
These looks perfect! A nice and healthy snack.
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Thanks for the comment Natalie, these make a great snack and they are so filling 😀
Ally, I am in love with the list of ingredients! These look phenomenal! You have inspired me to use more hemp and chia seeds.
I just bought 1lb of cherries yesterday so I’ll get to work this afternoon!! 🙂
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1lb of cherries! I’m so jealous of you 😀 I’ll have to keep an eye out on your blog for some yummy cherry recipes it sounds like 😀
Thanks for the vanilla Extract recipe. i didnt even know that this could be made at home!
Could i use drained canned cherries and normal dried dates in the above recipeas I have heaps of those from last time I went to the lebanese shop.
Cant wait to try this one.
You make me laugh because I am feeling that every cooking appliance is blowing up on me right now!
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They sound like pretty good substitutes to me Linda 😀 And that sounds like you have some fun appliance mishap stories too!