Cinnamon cashew pudding
It's gluten & dairy free, raw, sugar balancing, bone building,  immune boosting,  and packed full of nutrition!

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It is hard to find yummy desserts that are gluten and dairy free unless you make them yourself, and this one is SUPER easy!  It is a delicious and satisfying dessert-like pudding without sugar, bad fats, flour, or corn syrup that most commercially available desserts contain.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of raw cashews
• 2 pitted dates
• 3/4 cup of water
• Cinnamon (to taste)
• Yacón syrup (to taste)

Directions:

1. Blend the cashews, dates and water in a Vitamix or Nutri-Bullet.
2. Add your desired amount of cinnamon and your favorite healthy sweetener to taste and stir.

* I used Yacón syrup and a few drops of stevia. Perfect!!

What is Yacón syrup?

Yacón syrup is a sweetening agent extracted from the tuberous roots of the yacón plant indigenous to the Andes mountains (Peru, Bolivia and Brazil). It was used by the Incas. In Peru, people eat yacón because of its nutritional properties—few calories and low sugar levels.

Yacón is one of the most preferred natural sweeteners because it is high in the prebiotic sweeteners, inulin and FOS (Fructooligosacharides), which do not in any way increase blood glucose levels (great option for diabetics).

Health Benefits of Yacón syrup (based on 1 teaspoon per meal) include the following:

• High fiber content
• Appetite suppression
• Increased rate of metabolism
• Helps feed beneficial bacteria in the colon such as Bifidus and Lactobacillus
• Helps lower cholesterol and blood sugar Levels
• Increases bone density by increasing absorption of dietary minerals, and making calcium more bioavailable
• Improves immune system function and reduced incidence of allergies
• Increased energy levels

Cashews are a nutritional powerhouse!

Raw Cashews are loaded with benefits including the following:

• Packed with protein, soluble dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals and numerous health-promoting phyto-chemicals that help protect from diseases and cancers
• High in heart-healthy monounsaturated-fatty acids
• Rich source of essential minerals, especially manganese, potassium, copper, iron, magnesium, zinc and selenium
• Rich in many essential vitamins such as pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), pyridoxine (vitamin B-6), riboflavin, and thiamin (vitamin B-1) which are essential for metabolism of protein, fat, and carbohydrates
• Contain a small amount of zea-xanthin, an important pigment flavonoid antioxidant, which helps to prevent age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) in the elderly