How to make date paste

Photo by JemaSmith

I would love to have a date tree in my back yard. How awesome would that be? Very.

Dates are a fruit born from the Date Palm tree. These trees can range from 49 ft – 82 ft tall. Humongous!! There are many varieties of dates, my favorite are Medjool.

These are usually large, moist, and sweet. Dates are a great source of natural sugars, potassium, protein, fiber, and trace minerals such as: boron, copper, cobalt, fluorine, magnesium, manganese, selenium, and zinc. Wowsers! That’s a serious profile in a small package.

Where can you find them?

Natural health food stores
In major chain groceries they are sometimes in the produce area near the nuts
Online: Nutsonline.com and Amazon.com are 2 of my favorite places to order

What can you use dates for?

To make date paste 😉
Chopped up in your favorite trail mix
Once pitted, stuff with an almond, pecan, or walnut for a delicious snack
Natural sweetener in raw and non-raw desserts
Perfect binder in raw or no-bake desserts (crusts, homemade lara like bars, cookies, etc

How to Make Date Paste

Ingredients:

1 cup of dates, pitted & soaked for 1 hour
1/3 cup water (you may use reserved soak water)

Instructions:

Remove dates from their soak water and place in a high speed blender or food processor with 1/3 cup water.
Blend on high until a paste is formed. Sides of food processor or blender may need to be scraped down in between.
This will make approximately 1 cup of date paste. Store in an air tight container for a week or more. (mine doesn’t usually last more than a week)