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No-Bake Festive Vegan Desserts


Spoon a little white chocolate over the tops of the puddings if desired and garnish with goji berries, fresh cherries or another fanciful topper.


Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks. Serve puddings with chilled mango coconut custard.


Mango Coconut Custard 1 mango, chopped ½ cup coconut milk Juice from ½ orange


Teresa Cutter’s Healthy Christmas Puddings


Yields: 6 to 8 small puddings


8 oz fresh pitted dates—approximately 10 to 15 dates, depending on their size


Zest from 1 orange 9 oz dried apricots, chopped 1½ cups almond meal/ground almonds 1 tsp vanilla bean paste or extract 1 tsp ground cinnamon ¼ tsp ground nutmeg ¼ tsp ground ginger 1 to 2 Tbsp orange juice 3 oz white chocolate, melted, for decoration (optional)


Combine dates, orange zest, apricots, vanilla, ground almonds, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger in a food processor. Process until mixture is combined and looks like fine crumbs.


Spoon the mixture into a large bowl. Add the orange juice, and then mix again. Pudding mix should come to- gether when lightly hand-squeezed.


Divide into 6 small puddings. Line the base of 6 small decorative molds with plastic wrap and firmly press the pud- dings into them.


Once firmly packed in the mold, invert the pudding and remove the plastic wrap.


Melt white chocolate in a small bowl set over a simmering pot of water.


Teresa Cutter’s No-Bake Carrot Cake


Yields: 16 servings


2½ cups (9½ oz) shelled walnuts 1 Tbsp ground flaxseed or whole chia seeds ½ cup (2 oz) rolled oats (or gluten-free almond meal) 1 tsp ground cinnamon ¼ tsp ground ginger ¼ tsp ground nutmeg ¼ tsp sea salt 1 cup (6½ oz) of 12 large fresh dates, pitted ½ cup (3 oz) dried chopped apricots or pineapple (sulfur-free)


2 large raw carrots, grated Zest from 1 orange 2 tsp vanilla bean paste


Combine all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. Serve chilled with the puddings.


Combine walnuts, flaxseed, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, orange zest and sea salt into a food processor and run it until mixed and finely chopped. Add dates and apricots. Process again until thoroughly mixed.


Add grated raw carrot and vanilla and then process again until combined. The mix should now form a nice dough.


Spoon into a bowl. Add and kneed oats through the raw carrot cake mixture.


Press cake firmly into a 6-inch round baking dish lined with parchment paper.


Refrigerate until ready to serve, allow- ing at least 2 hours for the cake to rest. It will keep in the refrigerator for about a week.


Enjoy as is or garnish with macadamia nut cream, a drizzle of honey and walnuts.


Note: Other raw nuts can substitute for walnuts—try pecans, almonds or macadamia nuts.


Macadamia Nut Cream Combine 1 cup of raw cashew nuts or macadamia nuts with ½ cup of orange juice or coconut water and a little vanilla. Blend in a high-speed blender like a Vitamix until smooth and creamy.


Emily Holmes’ Chocolate Cherry Mini-Cupcakes


Yields: 2 dozen mini-cupcakes Cake


1 cup raw, shelled, skinned nuts (such as almonds)


1/3 cup cacao powder


4 fresh dates, pitted Filling


2 cup shredded coconut 1 cup dried cherries 6 fresh dates, pitted ¼ cup coconut cream ¼ tsp vanilla powder Pinch of sea salt


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