No Bake Pumpkin Pie

This healthy crust is made from flax seeds and sunflower seeds. This is a fast recipe and is healthy enough to eat as a main course!

Ingredients

Crust:

• ¾ cup flax seeds
• ¾ cup sunflower seeds
• 1 cup chopped medjool dates, soaked to soften
• ½ cup walnuts, pecans, cashews or other nuts, chopped fine
• Pinch of salt

Filling:

• 3 Tablespoons arrowroot powder or corn starch
• 1 cup soy milk or soy cream
• 2 cups cooked or canned pumpkin
• ½ cup sweetener: sucanat, maple syrup, turbinado or organic cane sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves

Instructions

1. For the crust, grind the flax seeds so they are fresh.
2. Grind sunflower seeds and add to flax seeds.
3. Mix in moist dates, then add remaining chopped nuts.
4. Pat into a non-stick pie pan.
5. For the filling, mix the arrowroot into the soy milk until it dissolves. Pour into a wide, non-stick skillet.
6. Add all remaining ingredients and heat on medium, stirring until ingredients are mixed well and begin to thicken, about 5 minutes.
7. Stir until very thick, then pour into pie shell and refrigerate 2 hours.
8. Slice and serve with soy ice cream. Enjoy!

Yields 8 servings

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