Strawberry Pie

Healthy and delicious. Time does not include chilling time.

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Yields: 1 pie

Ingredients

• Pie Shell

• 1  cup  raw  almonds (or 1/2 cup almonds and 1/2 cup cashews)
• 1  cup  soft pitted dates
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla

• Binder

• 8  large  ripe strawberries
• 5  soft dates, pitted
• 2  bananas, fairly ripe
• 1  tablespoon fresh lemon juice

• Fruit Filling

• 2 1⁄2 pints fresh strawberries

Directions

1. To make pie shell;Grind the nuts in a food processor until finely chopped, add the dates and vanilla, and blend well. Press thinly into a pie plate (from center to the outside rim) to form the shell.
2. To make binder;Blend all ingredients in food processor or blender until well mixed.
3. Fruit filling;Cut 2 pints of fresh strawberries into quarters, fold into binder and fill shell. Decorate with approximately 1/2 pint of quartered strawberries.
4. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until well chilled.