Freezer Superfood Seed Squares

Hello and welcome to my very first blog post! I'm sharing one my favourite recipes that my family and I have really been loving lately. Originally I was going to write about my "health journey" or whatever the cool kids on Youtube call it, but to be honest, I'm only 21, still studying, and constantly learning even more through books or podcasts so I'm definitely not ready to write that quite yet...

I discovered this recipe years ago and used to make it ALL THE TIME. I'm so happy I remembered it the other week and can confirm they are still my all time favourite snack/treat/dessert (if you call it all three, you have an excuse to have them more often). I can't believe how nutritious they are - so many raw seeds plus tahini, which are both packed with so many vitamins, healthy fats and protein. This recipe isn't fully mine, I remember I got the bones of it from a raw cookbook i'll have to dig up, but i've adapted it to be less sweet, have more seeds, and be more tahini-ey (just go with it...). They are SO YUMMY. If you love anything with great texture, this is chewy, fudgey and crunchy. As for taste, I would describe them as having bit of a salted caramel flavour - do I have your attention?

Anyways, I don't love super long blog posts when I just want to get to a recipe (anyone else the same?) so here it is! Please leave a comment if you make these and i'd love to know what you think :)

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RECIPE

DRY INGREDIENTS

- 1 cup pumpkin seeds

- 1 cup sunflower seeds

- 1/2 cup goji berries

- 1/4 cup raw oats

- 1/4 cup shredded coconut

- 1/4 cup sesame seeds

- 1/4 cacao nibs

- 1/4 cup hemp seeds

- pinch of salt

WET INGREDIENTS

- 1/2 cup tahini

- 1/3 cup maple syrup or raw honey

- 1/4 cup coconut oil (melted)

- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste or extract

METHOD

1. Mix all dry ingredients in one bowl

2. Mix all wet ingredients in another bowl

3. Add the wet ingredients to the dry bowl and stir until well combined

4. Take half the mixture and add it to a blender or thermomix. Process until the seeds are much finer.

5. Add the fine mix back to the other half in the bowl. Stir until well combined again.

6. Line a 20x20 cm baking tin with baking paper and spray or grease with coconut oil.

7. Press the mixture firmly into the baking tin and freeze for at least 30-60 mins

8. Take out of the freezer, cut into squares and enjoy!

9. Store in the freezer for extra chewy and crunchy squares