Vegan Poop

I believe I have mentioned that I have received some apprehension of changing over to a vegetarian diet from 2 of my sons. They are my oldest sons, ages 13 and 18. My oldest son has taken pictures with his phone to show his friends vegetarian meals I have prepared and made him eat. We have hit a new level, now that I am transitioning to vegan from vegetarian.

In attempt to heal my body of follicular non-hodgkins Lymphoma I have also been trying to keep sugar out of my diet.

I miss sweets! So I tried to come up with a healthier natural candy/dessert that I could indulge in. When my 13 yr old son CJ came into the kitche and saw me making something, he asked me what it was. Before I could answer he piped in, "Uh Oh, is this vegan?"

I replied with a "yes"

He said, "It looks like vegan poop!"

So, this recipe has been affectionately named Vegan Poop curtesy of CJ. My 5 yr old daughter and I LOVE this sweet treat.

Vegan Poop

• 1 cup rolled oats


• 1 cup almonds


• 2 cups raisins (I prefer Newman's Own organic raisins)


• 1 tbsp. Brown Rice Syrup*


• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg


• 2 tsp. cinnamon


• extra cinnamon to coat after mixed together

This is so quick and easy plus there is no baking involved!

Put the almonds, oats, nutmeg and cinnamon in a food processor and let it run until it is finely chopped into almost a dust, like flour. Then add in the raisins, and brown rice syrup. Let the food processor run until the mixture pretty much rolls up into a big ball (this can take a little while). Take it out of the food processor and place it in a bowl. You can refrigerate it now for an hour or more to make it a little easier to work with or you can go ahead to take pieces and roll into logs about 2 inches long and half an inch wide. Then place them in a bowl of cinnamon and roll them in the cinnamon to coat. Another option rather then the logs is to roll them into marble sized or a little larger balls and roll them in the cinnamon to coat. Refrigerate once made and they will last quite a few days. I am finding I like them in the little balls so I can just grab one when I go in the fridge and just pop it into my mouth. They really make a great quick little treat to satisfy that sweet craving.
Ofcourse, use all organic ingredients if possible for the healthiest treat.

*You could use honey instead of Brown Rice Syrup