Desserts for Bones?
This is a recipe from my book Divine Vegan Desserts.
Yes, there is a lot of natural sugar in the recipe, but these delicious sweet treats are also packed full of nutrients that bones love, including calcium, magnesium, protein, vitamin C and boron.
To find out more about which nutrients you need for healthy bones, click on the button below.
Apricots with Prunes,
Pistachios and Sesame Seeds
Ingredients
24 whole almonds
1/3 cup (50 g) ready-to-eat prunes, finely chopped
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons maple syrup
¼ cup (30 g) pistachios, finely chopped
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
12 ready-to-eat dried apricots
Method
Preheat the oven to 170 °C/Gas 3
- Soak almonds in boiling water for a couple of minutes. Remove and slip off their skins. Place on a baking tray and roast for 7–10 minutes until lightly browned. Leave to cool.
- Chop 12 of the almonds coarsely and mix with the chopped prunes, cinnamon and maple syrup.
- Mix chopped pistachios and sesame seeds.
- Cut a slit down the side of each apricot, use your fingers to create a pocket, and stuff a spoonful of prune mixture inside.
- Roll in the sesame seed/pistachio mixture and poke a whole almond into the top.
Dates with Tahini,
Brazil Nuts and Chocolate
- Carefully slit each date across one side and remove the stone.
- Spoon in half a teaspoon of tahini and place a brazil nut inside each date.
- Close the date and arrange on a plate.
- Melt the chocolate in a bowl over simmering water and drizzle over the dates.
- Leave to set.
