Hi All you health nuts ,I am finally posting on here. I always read your recipes and posts and really enjoy them, so I guess I should post too. I have the biggest sweet tooth, so I really didn't think I could ever do anything like this, but It's amazing what a little discipline does for you. Here are a couple of my favorite recipes to curb the sweet tooth:

Blueberry cheesecake
pg 509 in LOLF book

crust:

2c. Almonds
1c. raisins

filling:
4c. cashews
1lg lemon, juiced
8 Tbl. honey
2 t. vanilla
2 c. blueberries
1 c. water

for crust:
1. place the almonds in a food processor and blend until fine
2. add raisins and blend until well blended
3. pat crust down into a pie plate

for filling:
1. Place the cashews, honey, vanilla, lemon and water in a blender or food proceesor and process until smooth and creamy
2. Remove this mixture from blender and stir in the fresh blueberries
3. pour filling into pie crust. chill.

note: The filling can be made in a food processor, but will be creamier if you use a vita mix or strong blender. Soaking the cashews for a few hours will make this creamier if you are using a food processor.

My whole family loved this, especially Nathan. It's still really high in calories, so be careful and try to limit yourself to one slice ( It's about 320 calories per slice) But atleast they are nutritious calories, right?

My other favorite recipe is of course a CHOCOLATE recipe. I crave chocolate everyday, so I really needed a rich chocolate dessert that was raw and sugar free. I found a few brownie recipes on line and I'm still experimenting with them so I can have the perfect raw brownie recipe.

Here's one that my family really liked:
Brownies with frosting:

15 Minutes to Prepare

Ingredients:
1 c walnuts
1 c dates
1/4 c cocoa pwd( you can also use raw cacao from whole foods. I don't like carob, so I used cocoa, but I am going to buy raw cacao for next time so they're 100% raw.)

Directions for brownie mixture:
Food process the brownie ingredients until blended and dry chunky.
Press into a small pan, put aside

Icing:
2 avocados
1/3-1/2 c agave nectar
1/4 c cocoa pwd
2 T coconut oil
1 T vanilla extract
dash salt
dash cinnamon

Directions for icing:
Put all icing ingredients into blender or food processor, and blend on high until smooth. Spread icing over brownies and pop in freezer to set for 1 hr. then cut into 12 pieces.

I also added a few drops of mint extract. I have made it with and without the avocados. We liked it better without them, but they were still really good. The key to making them delicious is freezing them. They taste really good after freezing them for 1 hour and even better overnight. It's amazing how much they taste like real brownies. Hope you enjoy these as much as we do!