Wannabe Vegan

I have been fired up about nutrition since I started the Maker's Diet (basically just whole foods, nothing processed) back in 2009. After recently seeing Netflix films like "Vegucated," and "Forks Over Knives," I am starting to steer away from meat and dairy also. The Word of Wisdom does tell us to only eat meat when we have to, and that we should mostly just stick to grains and fruits and vegetables. Anyhoo, today the kids and I decorated dairy-free, sugar-free Valetine's cookies. They weren't beautiful, but the kids actually liked them! They tasted like chocolate Pop Tarts(aka Heaven) to me.

Cookies:
1 and 1/2 cups soaked, chopped dates
1 and 1/4 whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 C unsweetened cocoa powder
One huge swig of honey

Mix together dry ingredients and set aside. Blend the dates, cocoa powder, and honey together in blender until smooth. Add the blended mixture and the dry mixture together to create your cookie dough. We rolled the dough out and used cookie cutters. Bake cookies for 9 minutes at 350 degrees.


Frosting:
1 C raisins
1/2 C chopped walnuts
2 TBSP cocoa powder
Another huge swig of honey
1/4 C Almond milk

Blend together all ingredients until smooth. Spread onto cooled cookies and enjoy the wonderful taste of Pop Tarts minus carcinogens :)