Marisa is a young New Yorker from a large Jewish family with a passion for healthy eating and for including as much raw food into your diet as possible while not losing the fun and love that goes into preparing food and sharing a meal. Recently Smaller caught up with her and she told us her about her mission to share raw and healthy foods, and also gave us a raw brownie recipe to try at home. Raw cooking is great to do with kids as it is so immediately delicious. You can find tons of great ideas for healthy or raw foods on her blog- Marisa's Healthy Kitchen
What inspires you and your blog?
The
whole world inspires me! I have always been super interested in cooking
and culture. For me one of the most special ways of expressing my love
is through food. It makes me so happy to feed people with healthy,
nutritious and most of all delicious food.
How long have you been eating raw and what got you started?
What main ingredient can you not live without?My green super juice is the most important food in my life. I love that amazing feeling of super zing, zip around your body with pure goodness. When it comes to solid foods, I am one of those people who likes almost everything and always changes up what they are eating. So all veggies are super important to my diet, I am just constantly changing up which ones I am eating. You have to keep it interesting!
Raw Brownie Bites, with Vanilla Icing
- 2 cups Cashews
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/4 cups Raw Agave
- 1/4-1/2 cups Water
- 3 cups Pecans
- 2 Tbsp Nut Butter (almond, cashew, etc.)
- 1/4 cups Raw Agave
- 1/4 cups Raw Cacao Powder
- Dash of Celtic Sea salt
Method
First
make the icing so it has time to set in the fridge while you make the
brownie bites. Make sure to use a Food Processor and not a Vita-Mix, as
much as I love my dear Vita-mix it is not for this dessert :) Blend the
cashews till they are a fine texture. Add in the vanilla, agave and 1/4
cup of water. It is best to keep the icing thick, so add in more water
as you process but never more than 1/2 a cup. After the icing is well
combines fill up a pastry bag or ziplock and set in the fridge.
Once
you have the icing in the fridge you can begin on the yummy brownie
bites. Blend the pecans in the food processor till they are a fine
texture. Add the ut butter, agave, raw cacao powder and salt and
process until the mixture forms a ball around the blades. Transfer to a
bowl and make sure everything is combined with your hands. This is a
really fun part if you want to include your kids. Now form little balls
of dough and flatten them to make the brownie bite rounds. They should
be no more than 1 1/2" wide. Once you have all the bites formed take
your icing out the fridge and top the bites. If you want to dress them
up more you can add cocoa nibs, dried fruit bits or anything else in
your imagination.
These can be eaten immediately or set in the fridge to firm up. They will stay great in the fridge for over a week. ENJOY!
Reported by associate editor Jasmine Astronomo-Berger.
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