Tonight I had the pleasure of meeting Amanda from Organic Eats! She just moved to my lovely town and I thought I’d help give her the lowdown on some local stuff. We met up at a local coffee shop, Cafe Diem, for some tea. I am still getting used to this new schedule (out of bed at 4:45 a.m. but still can’t seem to fall asleep until about 10:30 at night which is not enough sleep for this lady!) so it was a short but sweet visit. Hopefully we can get together again soon! I remembered to bring my camera but didn’t have anyone take our picture. Next time!
I wanted to make her a treat, and yesterday I decided on Raw Donut Holes, which I’ve made several times but have yet to feature on the blog. The original recipe is from Ani Phyo. Unfortunately the co-op didn’t have any dried pineapple, though I have bought it there in the past 
I ended up scrambling to try to think of a replacement, and I decided to try dried apricots in place of the coconut. I think they turned out pretty well, they’re pretty much like a Larabar (though considerable cheaper to make). I hope she liked them.
Raw Donut Holes (vegan)
Original Recipe by Ani Phyo (she used to have the recipe on her blog but it looks like she took it down when she did a redesign)
Ingredients
1c raw almonds, soaked for about 4 hours or overnight, drained and rinsed and laid out to air dry for 8 hours or so
1c dates, chopped
1c dried apricots, chopped
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice
pinch of sea salt
5 Tablespoons coconut flakes
Directions
In a food processor, blitz up the almonds until they are roughly chopped. Add dates, apricots, vanilla, 3 Tablespoons of the coconut, and sea salt and mix until they are combined into a wet dough. Form into 1 Tablespoon-sized balls and roll in remaining coconut. Store in an air-tight container in the refrigerator.
Those looks so pretty and yummy. I love every single ingredients you used in this recipe. They sounds really healthy and delicious. I love to try this recipe.
[...] for some tea and talk. She also made some donut holes for me to take home. You can find her recipe here. These are so yummy, and I am definitely going to try to make these myself. Check these [...]
[...] for some tea and talk. She also made some donut holes for me to take home. You can find her recipe here. These are so yummy, and I am definitely going to try to make these myself. Check these [...]