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I enjoy browsing through book stores especially the cookery section – when I used to go shopping with my children they made sure that we avoided book stores whenever we were in a hurry – this memory always makes me laugh. Over the weekend I bought a cook book, from a second hand bookstore, by a local author, Deona Tait – I have never heard of her previously. The recipes in this book use simple every day ingredients – it’s the main reason I purchased it and the date and raisin balls recipe is from this book.

With my healthy eating plan in place (well, almost) – I had to find recipes for healthy snacks and this recipe does not need any baking – it is quick and easy and good for lunchbox snacks. It should kill any cravings for forbidden unhealthy sweet goodies.

DATE AND RAISIN BALLS

250ml (1 cup) seedless raisins

250ml (1 cup) stoned dates, chopped

250ml (1 cup) peanut butter

50ml coconut

Sesame seeds or extra coconut for coating

Process all the ingredients in a food processor.

Roll into approximately 20 balls.

Coat the balls in sesame seeds or coconut.

Refrigerate.