Raw Vegan Christmas Dessert Recipe: Meet The Raw Snowman Recipe

How to make it

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• How to Make this Raw Holiday Recipe
• How to make & use raw cashew flour[/section]
• 1. Place dry cashews into a food processor, magic bullet, or high speed blender (like a vitamix) and process until it looks like flour. Or is finely chopped. It doesn’t need to be perfect here. Remove from food processor and set aside in a mixing bowl.
• 2. In the same food processor, or blender add the lemon juice, the dates, and a few sprinkles of coconut flakes. (This is to help the machine process properly, and so that it doesn’t spin with all the food under the blade.)
• 3. Put the lemon-date mixture into the cashew flour and mix together with a spoon. At this point you should have something that resembles dough.
• 4. Take a handful of dough and roll into a ball. Repeat for a total of three balls.
• 5. Take each ball and roll it in some extra coconut flakes to add that snowy white feel to it.
• 6. Stack the largest cashew ball on the bottom, the medium one next, and the smallest one on top.

• How to Make Raw Dessert Decorations

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• Raw Cashew Balls

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• Now you’ve got the makings for a great snowman! It’s time to add the finishing touches that are really going to make this little guy come alive. (Well, he is alive… it’s all live food. Haha.)
• 1. Use grape stems for the arms, and simply push them into the sides of the trunk.
• 2. Place 2 seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, etc) for the eyes. Notice how this actually gives the face some depth too.
• 3. Add a goji berry for the nose.
• 4. Use chia seeds for the mouth. This one was tricky, and I used a spoon to stick the seeds in a round shape. Another idea might be to use a toothpick or fork.
• 5. For the buttons, push in a set of mung beans. You could use other nuts or seeds too.
• 6. Just for fun, add a cinnamon stick in one of the hands. I figured a cinnamon stick looked like a rolled up “crazy carpet”. I used to slide down the snowy hills in those things as a kid, but maybe that’s just me.

• How To Eat Your Snow-People

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• Okay, so it looks great but it’s a pretty big portion to eat all on your own. You can definitely slice this snowman, or even reshape it into balls or cookies.
• You don’t need to dehydrate this dessert at all, and it will naturally dry out if you leave it out. If you’d like to preserve it, you can freeze it in a sealed container. Simply let it thaw out before you eat it.
• And yes, I realize the irony of freezing a snowman and thawing it out before you eat it. ;)