Week 1: No-bake Berry Bars

Published by Emily, January 5th, 2014

These delicious berry bars (modified from therawtarian’s Raw Raspberry Bars recipe) were incredibly easy to make. They only required about 20 minutes in prep time and 6 ingredients (no sugar!). I was quite skeptical when my sister-in-law, who's on a raw food cleanse, sent me this recipe because its simplicity seemed too good to be true... but the shortbread crust was a delight! I'm looking forward to trying a few more raw food recipes throughout the year as I was very impressed by how these bars turned out. Looks like the bar has been set rather high for the rest of the year.

Blunder of the week: This crucial step wasn't included in the recipe (likely because it should be common sense for everyone except me!), but always pit your dates before popping them in a blender. I'm sure I could've prepared the bars in 10 minutes if not for the search party I called for the six missing date pits. It's going to be a long year folks...