Healthy Holiday Meals

Los Angeles (myFOXla.com) - Holiday eating doesn’t have to mean huge meals full of fat and sugar. Raw food chef and nutritionist Kim Snyder shares some delicious, healthy holiday alternatives.

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 Kimberly's Raw Pecan Love Pie

Pecan pie always conjures up memories of being made and given with love. There is something very nurturing, and loving, about pecan pie!

Crust:

* 2 cups walnuts
* 2 cups Pitted Dates
* 1 cup coconut flakes, finely ground

Pit the dates yourself, extracting each pit and discarding them. Add the dates, coconut flakes and walnuts to your food processor and mix on high until thoroughly mixed.

Press the mixture into the bottom and sides of a pie tray. Set to the side.

Filling:

* ½ cup unrefined coconut oil
* 1 cup raw pecans, soaked about 15 minutes
* 1 cup organic Thompson raisins
* 1 tsp. vanilla extract
* 1/3 cup maple syrup
* 1 tsp. Celtic sea salt

Blend all ingredients together in the blender until smooth. Pour onto the crust of the tray, and garnish with fresh, raw pecans.

Set in freezer overnight, or for at least 5 hours before serving. Slice up and share with loved ones!