medjool dates - 2 recipes
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Ingredients
- 3 large eggplants
- 1 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup chopped basil
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- Salt
- Pepper
- 4 cup shredded cheese
Method
- Mix the olive oil, chopped basil, garlic, salt and pepper in a bowl.
- Carefully slice the eggplant on it's side in a cross-hatch pattern, without cutting all the way through.
- Lay the eggplants inside an oven-safe baking tray.
- Pour the oil mixture over the eggplants, taking care to pour between the slices.
- Stuff the gaps in the eggplant with shredded cheese.
- Cook in the oven at 355°F for 45 minutes, until the flesh is cooked and the cheese totally melted.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Paleo Hot Chocolate
By shayelynn87
Just blend it all up and then heat it up! It's so easy and super tasty
- 1 cup almond milk
- 5 to 6 Medjool Dates, soaked overnight (I keep them in my fridge) and pit removed
- 1 tbs Organic Raw Cacao
Delicious Dairy Free Hot Chocolate
By tiaberry, Living Beautiful
Sometimes we just need a little hot cocoa to pass the long, cold days of January
- 1 cup raw cashews, soaked
- 1 large Medjool date, pitted and soaked
- 3 cups water
- 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup or agave (or to taste)
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt, or to taste
- 1-ounce dark chocolate
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