CARROT BAR FILLING
2 cups organic carrots grated
5-6 tbs. of raw organic almond butter
1 tsp. Simply Organic Orange Flavor
1 cup dried organic cranberries
8 organic dates
1 cup finely ground raw organic pecans (Terrasoul. Terrasoul.com or Amazon)
1 teaspoon Simply Organic cinnamon
1 tablespoon organic agave
2 teaspoons Simply Organic vanilla
1 cup organic pineapple drained very well (Native Forest. Amazon)
*Grind the dates and pecans to make a paste. Put them in a mixing bowl.
*Add the carrots, agave, vanilla, cinnamon, orange flavor, almond butter. Mix well.
*Add in the pineapple. Mix.
*Spread on top of the Crust (see below)
*Cover with plastic wrap and keep in the freezer.
CRUST:
1 1/4 cup finely ground walnuts
3 tbs. ground organic golden flax meal (Spectrum on Amazon)
1 tbs. Organic coconut butter, butter flavored (Nutiva, Amazon)
1 tsp cinnamon
*Mix all ingredients together well, especially paying attention to the coconut butter so there are no chunks.
*Press down firmly into a square baking dish. Lay a piece of parchment paper on the crust to press down evenly. (I used the Pampered Chef stone, square pan).
ZUCCHINI BAR FILLING:
2 cup grated zucchini (squeeze some of the liquid out).
8 dates
1 tbs. Organic agave
1/2 cup finely ground raw organic pecans
1/2 cup finely ground raw organic pumpkin seeds
1 tsp. Simply Organic cinnamon
3 tbs. Organic, raw sprouted pumpkin seed butter or almond butter. (Jiva. Amazon)
1 cup chopped organic pineapple chunks well drained (Native Forest 14oz can. Amazon)
1 vanilla bean (slit the bean down the middle and scrape out the black seeds) or 1 tbs organic vanilla (Simply Organic Amazon)
*Grind up the dates, pecans and pumpkin seeds to make a paste. I used a cusinart to grind them.
*In a mixing bowl, Mix the ground ingredients with pumpkin butter, pineapple chunks, cinnamon and vanilla.
*Spread on top of the crust in the square baking pan.
*Cover with plastic wrap. Keep these bars in the freezer.
They will cut better and will never freeze solid because of all the nut oils. Let them firm up in the freezer so they are easy to cut.