Summer is strawberry season! This recipe uses strawberries to create a delicious, nutritious cobbler (with the help of NaturesPlus Collagen Peptides Vanilla). And best of all, it’s uncooked…no hot oven required!

Crust:

4 ½ cups dry pecans

2 tbsp cinnamon

1 tbsp vanilla

1/8 tsp salt

3 tbsp well-packed, very finely chopped dates

Filling:

8 cups sliced apples

5 cups sliced strawberries

¼ cup lemon

2 tsp vanilla

1 tspCollagen Peptides Vanilla

pinch salt

1. To make the crust, fit a food processor with the “S” blade. Add 3 cups of the pecans, cinnamon, vanilla and salt, and process for 1 minute. Continue to process while adding the dates in small amounts. Transfer to a mixing bowl and add remaining pecans. Set aside 1½ cups; press remaining mixture into a 12” x 10” x 2½” pan.

2. To make the filling, combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Evenly distribute on the crust, then crumble remaining crust on the top.

Yields: 12 servings

Source:Adapted from I Am Grateful: Recipes and Lifestyle of Cafe Gratitude by Terces Engelhart (North Atlantic Books);. copyright © 2007 by Terces Engelhart; reprinted by permission of publisher.