Raw Blueberry "cake & ice cream"

For Levi's birthday, he wanted something blueberry related. First he said muffins but after I made Matthan's "strawberry shortcake" inspired by the lovely Fully Raw Kristina, he decided he wanted that….. but BLUEBERRIES.

I apologize because I didnt measure anything and because of that, I had left over crust (made them into "lara bars) and filling (made it into "ice cream")

Ingredients for Crust:

Dates

Figs

Cashews

Ingredients for Filling:

Young coconut meat (I didn't have this so I used coconut milk from the can, which made it extra runny)

Almond milk

Raw cashews

Frozen Bananas 

Dates

Blueberries

1. Put all of the crust ingredients into a food processor 
2. Layer the crust into a semi-deep dish (I used mini cheesecake pans)
3. Put a layer of blueberries (I mashed them a little bit)
4. Blend filling ingredients in blender- this should be more of a thick texture, however mine wasn't so I just decided to freeze it after I put it all together)
5. Add another layer of blueberries
6. Blend the remaining "filling" with blueberries (leave some left for the top and final layer)
7. Pour blueberry filling
8. Top with fresh blueberries

Then I froze it. I did put it in the fridge and that didn't keep it all together so I just decided to freeze it until a couple hours before I served it so it would soften a little.
 

 

Levi's Lunch

I wanted to share a fun lunch I made for Levi (on his birthday). A get a lot of questions and comments about feeding kids a healthy diet.

So I want to share what he ate. (Please note, not every day is this elaborate… some days he has left overs, salads, and sometimes he has an almond butter/jelly sandwich)

Homemade "lara bars": I made this yummy date/fig/cashew "crust" for his raw birthday cake and I had some left overs so I put them in a pan and put them in the fridge. I havent tried them but Levi loves them! I definitely plan on making more. They're so versatile and easy (and cheaper) than regular Lara Bars.

Sandwich: I get the bread from a local gluten free bakery (and yes, its vegan). I put veganiase, hummus, dijon mustard, avocado, yellow pepper and spinach. He chowed. Usually Ill add some cooked tofu as well. He loves these sandwiches

Sweets: So as you can see, the teeth are dates and the nose is a fig. A lot of people ask me what my kids eat for "treats" since they don't eat candy. Easy, fruit! We do a lot of fresh fruit too (which is obviously first choice) but dried fruit is easy and a nice treat.