Raw fruit dip
1 1/2 cups of cashews (or macadamia nuts, but cashews work better)
1/2 cup of water
3 tablespoons of coconut oil (also known as coconut butter)
2 tablespoons of agave nectar (or honey)
1 vanilla bean (or one tablespoon of vanilla)
1/4 teaspoon of celtic salt
Directions
1. Blend all ingredients together in your high speed blender until very smooth and creamy.
2. Chill in the fridge for a couple of hours after blending because it'll firm up nicely that way.
3. Enjoy!
Goes so well with bananas, pineapple and strawberries! Mmm
The Rawtarian's Thoughts
This raw fruit dip is total comfort food for me. It's the same texture as cream cheese icing, which I used to love... Creamy and almost tangy, mmm!
Try this raw food fruit dip as a dessert. Serve this dip in a bowl with sliced fruit, such as apples, grapes, orange sections, pineapple, etc. Perfect dessert for SAD people and raw fooders alike.
This raw fruit dip also doubles as a very nice icing for raw cakes.
This fruit dip tastes best if kept chilled in the fridge.
Serve this raw fruit dip for dessert tonight!
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Comments
The Rawtarian
Sep 25, 2010
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Anybody try this one out there? What did you think?
Cupcakemom777
Feb 28, 2012
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I coming back to raw again after a long and unhealthy break. This is delicious and I plan to put it on raw crepes filled with fresh fruit. I just got done making it and thought I might add a little raw chocolate powder to some of it to just to experiment. Thanks so much!
The Rawtarian
Feb 28, 2012
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This sounds YUM!
Josie
Sep 26, 2010
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This looks fantastic - can't wait to try it. I'll let you know!
Juliana Braunsroth
Oct 24, 2010
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I am gonna try this for my kids, may put some cocoa powder in it to make it chocolatey. Thanks for the recipe
Victoria Gaston
Jan 18, 2011
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I was looking for a raw mayo recipe and came across yours. I made this dip and it is delicious, yummy :) I will be making the mayo for this weekend, I can't wait!
Thank you
Victoria Gaston
Jan 18, 2011
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Oops! I forgot the word fruit before dip:)
The Rawtarian
Jan 18, 2011
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Glad you liked it Victoria! :)
If you make the raw mayo let me know what you think of it.
Ashley
Jan 28, 2011
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Do you put the whole vanilla bean in or just the seeds? I'm thinking of making this for a party tomorrow night with lots of non-raw guests. My other option is the vanilla frosting from Sarma's book. This looks pretty tasty though--- and I don't have to crack any coconuts, which is a major plus!
The Rawtarian
Jan 29, 2011
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This is from Ani Phyo's book:
"I love vanilla beans. I throw the entire pod into my high-speed blender, bark and all. If you're using a less powerful blender, you might want to use alcohol free vanilla extract instead."
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"The outer bark on whole beans is tough, but easy to pulverize in a high-speed blender. Otherwise, you'll need to cut the beans lengthwise and scrape out the seeds lengthwise before using."
"Look for fresh beans with a rich full aroma that are oily to the touch and sleek in appearance. Beans to avoid are those with very little scent or that are smoky, brittle or dry."
The choice is yours!
Ashley
Jan 31, 2011
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Loved it!! Added zest of one lemon and it gave it a nice zing. It was even better the next day, when hubby and I dipped apple slices and raw chocolate cookies into it until every last morsel was gone. OMG. Oh-- and I forgot to mention, we also used it to make a fruit & yogurt thing for breakfast yesterday: took a bunch of cut fruit (pineapples, bananas, strawberries), poured some of this dip on top, added crushed almonds, raisins, and a drizzle of raw honey. Amazing. Thanks for the great recipes!
The Rawtarian
Feb 02, 2011
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Oh dear lord that fruit and yogurt thing sounds TO DIE FOR. TO LIVE FOR. SO GOOD I will have to try that!!
Alasia Maysun
Feb 16, 2011
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Hi! You wrote "one tablespoon of vanilla"; are you talking about vanilla extract? Thanks! Would love to make this in the next few days!
The Rawtarian
Feb 16, 2011
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Yes, try with one tablespoon of pure vanilla extract. Let me know what you think!
Gayla
Mar 07, 2011
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Made this today for a snack. My non-raw family loved it, too! Yummy!
The Rawtarian
Apr 11, 2011
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Glad to hear it was a success, Garla :)
The Rawtarian
Apr 11, 2011
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Oooooops I mean Gayla, sorry! :( :)
Gayla
Jun 03, 2011
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OMG, Laura Jane! I made a fruit salad yesterday with organic apples, red seedless grapes, celery, and pecans, and this fruit dip. It was so lovely! I ate it for lunch yesterday, along with my DH, and my two smallest kids. Then had a BIG bowl of it for breakfast today!My son thinks it tastes like cookie dough! I can't believe we used to make fruit salad with whipped cream so long ago. I had quit making it. I am so glad to have a new way to prepare FS! It sticks with you, for a long time, too!
The Rawtarian
Jun 03, 2011
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Cute!!! So glad they liked it :) It does take a basic fruit salad concept and kick it up a notch.
BTW, your fruit salad combo sounds unusually good!
debbie
Jun 22, 2011
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Oh my gosh!!! Your raw fruit dip recipe is fantabulous!!!! I ate it with a spoon and did not hide it the closet at all. In fact, I raved about it while eating it. Thank you so much for the inspiration to stay away from all the "bad stuff". Hopefully, my family will one day appreciate your recipes as much as I do. Can't wait to try them all!
Thanks again,
Debbie
Susan
Jun 25, 2011
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I brought this raw fruit dip to a potluck I went to this past week and it was quite a hit. Guests were even dipping veggies in it. Thanks for this wonderful easy recipe!
The Rawtarian
Jun 26, 2011
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Glad you and your dip were a hit!
Ashlyn
Aug 12, 2011
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I really love this recipe! I use it to dip fruit and lemon cookies in. Lately, I have actually been using it as a base for icecream. I put a cup of it in the food processor with either 2 cups (or a little more depending on the fruit) of frozen strawberries, cherries, peaches or watermelon. Process until smooth and then I put it in a glass or metal pan in the freezer. The key to making it icecream is stirring and smoothing it out every 30 min. until it's the consistancy you want.
I was inspired to use your fruit dip as a base after reading a recipe on another site that makes it with mock sour cream.
Needless to say, this fruit dip is a major staple in my home.
Thank you once again for another fabulous recipe!!
The Rawtarian
Aug 14, 2011
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Mmmmmmm lemon cookies dipped in this stuff. Why didn't I think of that myself???? Yummmmmm
Your ice cream sounds awesome!! I don't have a freezer right now (kitchen is being renovated, things in upheaval) but I look forward to making raw ice cream in future. Yours sounds delicious, especially cherry or peach or watermelon! Unorthodox flavours that must taste deelish.
Cindy
Feb 01, 2012
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Another great way to make ice cream is with frozen banannas and adding cinniumin, cocoa powder, or vanilla! However im sure you already knew that :)
The Rawtarian
Feb 06, 2012
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I do not have a freezer (long story!) so I haven't got into any frozen stuff yet! I look forward to it so keep those tips coming
Cindy
Jan 31, 2012
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I have a question. I heard that mixing fruits with fats was a no no. Is that necessarily true? or a myth?
The Rawtarian
Feb 28, 2012
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It's called "food combining" - generally you should refrain from eating too much fruit and nuts at same time, but I am not militant about this. If interested in this read up on "food combining"
The logic is that fruit digests fast and nuts take a long time to digest so you want to eat fruit first to let it go through your system and then eat nuts after so that they can sit there and digest without fruit trying to ferment above them. That's perhaps not scientifically correct but that's the gist of it. :)
deborah Knight
Feb 14, 2012
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yours looks light and fluffy. i did mine in the food processor rather than the blender.... maybe thats why the texture looks different?
The Rawtarian
Feb 18, 2012
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Definitely, for best results you want to use a high-speed blender.
Food processor is for dryier stuff (like cakes) and blender if for wetter stuff like icing, dips, smoothies, puddings etc
Melissa
Mar 30, 2012
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wow, this stuff is amazing. I couldn't believe how good it tasted, kinda tasted like cake batter a little bit. This is the kind of stuff that will keep me eating raw, I'm not a big fan of apples and used it to spread on apple slices this evening as a snack, I loved it! Great recipe!
The Rawtarian
Mar 30, 2012
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Glad you liked it Melissa :)
Riikka Laitinen
Apr 27, 2012
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This was absolutely heavenly. I don´t have a high speed blender, but I blended this first in a regular blender and then finished the texture with this hand held blender kind of thingy, don´t know what it is in english :) it came out great. I´m dreaming about a high speed blender though... it would be handy in so many recipes
The Rawtarian
May 06, 2012
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Glad you were able to make with the equipment that you have :)
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