The Live Green Smoothie Diet

For such an easy recipe, there’s a heckuva lotta mileage one can get out of this little dish.

Made from whipped dried Turkish or Greek figs, it tastes like a rich caramel sauce when paired with apples, and has a wonderfully luscious texture (without the teeth-sticking cloying aspect of caramel, and no added sugar whatsoever). Serve with fresh apple slices for a raw pot luck or family movie-watching snack that is sure to be a hit all-around.

It makes for a succulent spread on raw crackers for breakfast or a snack, and can even be used as a vegetable dip (not all veggie dips have to be savory…). Dollop it in your raw oatmeal or serve in a bowl with warm, fresh almond milk and cinnamon.

Make a nut crust, layer the Figgy Whip on top and add pecans, and you have a quick and easy raw vegan pecan pie. You can also incorporate this as an additional layer in most any raw dessert, with or without chocolate. Use it instead of a “whipped topping” if you have a sweet tooth. 

Spoon onto fresh fruit. Slice up bananas and combine with some of the sauce. Add fresh almond milk, ice, and vanilla bean for an instant vanilla shake. I’m just getting going. I bet I could create an entire chapter in a recipe book just for ways to use this humble little “figgy whip”.

Dried Turkish or Greek figs (my family brought these back from Greece on a recent visit…) are traditionally lined up in a circle and layered with fresh bay leaves into a “cake” of figs. I grew up eating these chewy treats as-is and never heard of or imagined of whipping them up.

But am so glad the idea occurred to me, as I know I’ll enjoy them far more frequently this way. Kids and anyone with a sweet tooth are sure to be able to invent lots of new ways of enjoying them.

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