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Chocolate B-17 Bliss

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This raw food recipe is approved by most children.
Recommended equipment – a Vita Mix blender

1 c medjool dates
1/3 c cacoa powder 1 cup pure water
2 tsp vanilla extract
7 apricot seeds (soaked overnight)

Instructions:

Soak dates in 1 cup of very warm water until soft.
Drain the water but reserve it for later.
Remove the pits from the dates.
In [...]

Muesli Bar Fruit Slice

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Ingredients:

1 cup dried apricots, diced,(or any mixed dried fruit)
1 cup sultanas
1 cup Craisins (dried cranberries, (optional)
1 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup sunflower kernels
1/4 cup apricot kernels
1/4 cup sesame seeds (optional)
1/4 cup plain flour
1/4 cup (60g) butter
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup milk

Instructions:

Mix together oats, sunflower kernels, flour, apricots, sultanas (or dried fruit of your [...]

Honey Cardamom Mousse with Mango Gelée and Pistachio Apricot Kernel Toasts

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For the mango gelée:

1 cup fresh mango puree
2 tbsp fine granulated sugar
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
2 gelatin leaves

For the honey mousse:

1 cup whipping cream
4 cardamom pods, bruised
Zest of ½ orange, removed in wide strip, using a vegetable peeler
Zest of ½ lemon, removed in wide strip, using a vegetable peeler
2 gelatin leaves

4 large egg yolks
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Lemon, Apricot Kernel & White Chocolate Biscotti

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This recipe has been adapted from “Breakfast Biscotti,” found in Nigella Lawson’s cookbook, Feast: Food to Celebrate Life.
Ingredients:

The juice and zest of 2 lemons (reserve remains for lemon water or iced tea)
1 egg
1/2 cup Caster Sugar plus 3 tablespoons
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup [...]

Fig Cake With Apricot Kernels

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Ingredients:

25 good quality, dried figs
25 apricot kernels or almonds
¼ cup honey
2 tablespoons – melted, hot ghee
2 tablespoons – rose water

Instructions:

Finely chop figs.
Place them in a food processor, add honey and process until figs are smooth.
Add the ghee and rose water (acts as lubricants) in-between for easy grinding. A powerful food processor is essential for smooth [...]

Apricot Jam

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This is an old Celtic recipe that doesn’t contain any artificial preservatives, but just the same it is so delicious that it won’t last long in your fridge! Ingredients:

1.5 kg apricots
juice of one lemon

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Apricot Kernel Bread

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Ingredients:

shortening to grease the pan
1 1/2 cups thinly sliced apricots or loquats
1 cup water
1/2 cup juice from apricots
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 [...]

Apricot Kernel Cake

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Apricot kernels have a marzipan like taste which is enhanced with cardamom and black apricots. As the Hunzas ate the apricot kernel with the flesh, this recipe uses dried organic apricots to help balance the naturally occurring nutrients.
Ingredients:

3/4 cup Kefir.
100 grams butter.
2 eggs, from pasture fed chickens.
1/2 cup of sourdough starter.
1/2 [...]

Amaretti Cookies

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Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups of almond flour -or- 3 cups of fresh apricot kernels, finely ground up
1 1/4 cup of baker’s sugar (superfine sugar)
3 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 teaspoon of almond extract
Extra sugar for dusting

Method:

Preheat oven to 300 F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a food processor [...]

Apricot Kernel Face And Body Scrub Recipe

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Ingredients:

2 oz citrus blend or orange blossom floral water
1.5 oz ground apricot kernel
1 oz melt and pour glycerin soap
1 oz aloe vera gel
1 oz rice bran oil (or other light weight oil suitable for use on the face)
Orange and Sandalwood Essential oils

Method:

In a double boiler melt the soap.
Once thoroughly melted, add the aloe vera gel [...]