Raw McGuiver #1: Banana Walnut Carrot Cake with no dates

Roommate Victoria: "Xam, can you make some Xammin' goody if I provide you with the walnuts?"

Xam: "You got dates?"

Victoria: "no, I thought you did..."

Xam: "nope...but I can figure somethin' out."

Minutes later, a banana-walnut carrotcake is put into the freezer.

How did I accomplish this without dates you ask?

Well, it went a lil something like this:
1c Walnuts
1C sunflower seeds
grind them both and add them to a food processor.
Add half a banana, half a carrot cut pretty small, half a lemon's juice, 1/2 Tbsp. of cinnamon and about 2 Tbsp. of honey. Process that until it makes a sort of cake batter.

Add a handful o walnuts and process or hand mix them (and chop them).

Stick this in the freezer.

For the frosting?
The other half of that carrot? Shred it.
The other half of that lemon? Juice it and add it into a bowl with the carrot
1/2 Tbsp. of cinnamon, 1 tsp of nutmeg
1/2 Tbsp of carob powder
1/2 Tbsp of melted coconut oil

Take a half C of sunflower seeds and finely grind them and add them to the bowl.

Mix it all up, take the cake out of the freezer and add the frosting on top. Freeze for another 30 minutes and serve!

Voila, carrot cake McXuiver style

Xammin' Cranberry-Choco-Lemon Juice Bars 1/8/10

Hello everybodies! As per request, here is the recipe for the Xammin' Bars that I made tonight...


1 C Cashew
1C Dates pitted
half a lemon (in this case I used a Meyer's Lemon, yum!)
1/2 C dried cranberries (got these from my mom who dried them at 105 degrees in her excalibur, thanks Mom!)
1 Tbsp. Honey
1 tsp. Cinnamon
2Tbsp. Cacao powder
1 tsp. cacao nibs

Put dates in the food processor until they're finely chopped. Then add the cashews and other dry ingredients. Process until it makes a nice nutty consistency and add the honey and lemon juice to seal the deal!

Alternatively you can soak the cashews for 4 hours, then follow the same process and dehydrate them on each side for 2 hours. This will make them more digestible by removing the enzyme-inhibitors.

There you go, Lovelies!!!

Much Loves