This is a recipe imported from my old blog. (It tastes amazing)

Originally posted: 23 February 2014



These are simple to make and really quite delicious if I do say so myself. My parents loved these and my critical brother said they were "not bad" aka "very good". Really glad these turned out well because this morning's breakfast got screwed up when everything got stuck to my not so non stick waffle maker. 

I was scrolling through Pinterest the other day and I saw these divine looking lime squares with a pistachio graham crust, courtesy of Martha Stewart. So this Sunday afternoon I decided to healthify them. 

I love that green colour from the avocado! The ones I used were perfectly ripe and not brown at all! Pity I didn't take a picture. Avocados make up a good portion of this recipe so please get good avocados. Brown avocados will not give you such a pretty green. 

A flavour variation I thought of: if you replace the lime elements in this with some peppermint extract and add a raw chocolate drizzle on top, you'll get mint chocolate bars. 


Raw Vegan Lime Bars w/ Pistachio Graham Crust
Raw, gluten free, easy
Yields: 10 squares

The Ingredients

Base:
1/4 cup walnuts (20g)
1/4 cup shelled pistachio (25g)
1/4 cup rolled oats 
80g pitted dates 

Lime cream:
1 cup mashed avocado 
1/3 cup cashews (40g)
1/2 tbsp lime zest (avoid the white inner part of the zest, its bitter)
2 tbsp lime juice
3 tbsp maple syrup 
3/4 tsp vanilla extract 
1 tbsp coconut oil*

How to

Step one- Line a loaf pan (8.5inch by 4.5inch) with wax paper. Blend base ingredients in a food processor until everything is finely chopped up and mixed together. Press the mixture firmly into the pan. Keep in freezer while you prepare the lime cream.

Step two- Blend lime cream ingredients together until smooth. Spread evenly over the base and freeze for 2-3h until firm. Slice into 10 bars/squares and serve! They don't last very long out of the freezer, so please treat these like ice cream and keep frozen until ready to eat (:

*Coconut oil can be omitted but then your bars will melt quite fast once taken out of the freezer.