Perhaps this picture doesn't show the most delectable dish, but I enjoyed licking the spatula clean after making it.
I have always had a massive sweet tooth. And I was always one for dessert, even for breakfast. I mean let's be real, Nutella on toast is sweet enough to qualify as a dessert. In my career as a sweet fiend, I really, really liked Nutella. My favorite thing to eat it with was a spoon.
I friend of mine has mostly rid processed sugar from her diet. She's constantly on the look-out for recipes that turn out a sweet product, but use some sort of sugar alternative. I'm also keen to cut down on my sugar intake & have already knocked out most processed sugar from my diet as well. This sort of Nutella replacement recipe from her sounded intriguing, so I made it & I'm rather pleased with the result. I would even venture to say that one could add less dates to the mix as I almost find this batch a bit too sweet. Too sweet or no, I'll eat it!
Here's on such recipe she shared with me---
'Nutella'
Ingredients:
1 cup of roasted hazelnuts
1 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa
12 dates
1 cup of water
Directions:
Blend nuts in mixer until it resembles nutbutter
Add dates & cocoa (I also added a smidgen of vanilla extract)
Add water until desired consistency is achieved
Mix until well blended
Sadly I have a sweet AND a savoury tooth. Not a fan of Nutella though. If they made it with almonds or cashews...
ReplyDeleteI too am slowly weaning myself from processed sugar. I hope it works as well as eliminating added salt did.
Dates are a wondrous fruit! I can't tell you how super sweet this stuff is. I would like to try making it with almonds sometime.
DeleteI have a small amount of date syrup on my morning porridge. Delicious.
ReplyDeleteI have a massive sweet tooth but I've never really had Nutella! I have cut out some of the sugar from my diet, but have a way to go yet.
ReplyDeleteNutella is a sugary delight, but might be best left alone as I found it a hard habit to break! :)
DeleteThat definitely looks worth trying!
ReplyDeleteI believe you found it, Watson. The unsweetened cocoa is the magic ingredient, and six or eight fewer dates is the topper.
ReplyDeleteRight-o!!
DeleteI've never been a Nutella person, but I do have a sweet tooth. One of these days I'll go after the processed sugar.
ReplyDeleteIt was certainly a hard habit to break. I occasionally indulge, but as a result of severely cutting back on the sugary stuff, I find that most of it is now 'too sweet' for me!
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