Fact: I’m not a huge “raw food”-ist. Most recipes (outside of a salad) call for bizarre ingredients, expensive/specialty equipment and complicated assembly. However there is a side of raw that I love–fresh and simple. So when Tandy posted a raw food challenge, I knew I had to participate. I also knew I had a bag of lemons I had to use up fast. Why did I think I would be able to eat ten lemons over the course of three days? But they were such a great deal…
And so I give you, with minimal assembly and even minimal-er ingredients, Raw Lemon Bars. Four ingredients will give you maximum summer deliciousness.
Raw Lemon Bars
- 1c Nuts, any kind
- 8-ish Medjool dates
- 2 Lemons
- 2 Ripe bananas
Put your nuts and dates in a bowl of hot water, let soak for five minutes or so. Run these two ingredients through your food processor/machine-with-a-blade of your choice. Line a small square pan with wax paper (or use muffin tins, two loaf pans, etc.), press in your “crust” so that you have an even layer. Rinse your blender, then throw in your bananas and the juice of two lemons (if you like lots of lemon tang, zest those babies into there too). Blend. Pour this layer on top of your date/nut layer. Put it all in the freezer, pull it out a few hours later for a sweet-but-not-guilty frozen lemon summer treat.
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i looove raw desserts! just made a triple layer nuts and choco dessert bar yesterday! this one looks amazing too! lemon and bananas- great refreshing spring treat!
Dude, you didn’t just accept the challenge, you owned it. These look delish.
I’m not a date fan, but I love lemon bars and this sounds good. Wonder if I could use figs?
You definitely could! You may need to add a smidge of honey or other liquid sweetener if you like sweeter desserts, as figs may not be a sugary as dates. But otherwise, I don’t see why that substitute wouldn’t be just fine.
OH my!!! This looks SOOOO good. Who’d have thought 4 simple ingredients could add up to that!!? Have a great day Allie!
I don’t think I have ever even tried a raw recipe (if I did, I didn’t know it!) but these lemon bars look and sound great! I might just have to break into the whole raw food thing!
I love dates! I’m pretty far from going to raw route but always find it so intriguing!
I’m not normally a big lemon fan, but those look really good! And it’s cool that you made such a tasty, raw dessert!
You rocked the challenge!
this sounds awesome! Thanks for taking part in the challenge
Ooh, what an interesting sounding challenge. I look forward to reading more raw recipes!
Mmm, looks delish! Good luck with the challenge