Super Bowl finger food dessert: Moroccan Honeyed Dates

If you're going shopping for food for a Super Bowl party tomorrow, or even if you've already finished shopping, you might want to consider picking up some dates for a fabulous and easy to make Super Bowl friendly dessert.

Dates. Sweet and filled with fiber. A healthier treat to have around when you want something sugary, for sure. Almonds. Who will argue the health benefits of eating a few almonds? Now picture coating the almonds in honey, carmelized, and stuffing the honeyed almonds in some plump, juicy dates. Sounds pretty good! It sure is.

My whole family devoured this easy to make Moroccan dessert the other night when we had our Moroccan dinner adventure. My husband when he saw the stuffed dates commented "These look like footballs!" I laughed "Perfect for a superbowl party!" He agreed.

They do look rather like footballs...

But the taste. Wow. What an explosion of sweet chewiness! These are addictive!

Here's how my son and I made them.

Split the dates lengthwise and remove the pits.

Now comes the fun part. Feel free to let your child(ren) help stuff the honeyed almonds in the dates.

Yum! A tasty healthier dessert perfect for a superbowl or any party!

Find the recipe here at Maroque.

Week 3- Greece

With this post I'll have caught you up to where my family finds itself. A look ahead: this week we'll be "visiting" Corsica, a Mediterranean island southeast of France and west of Italy. On our last adventure we  enjoyed Greek food.

Greek food just happens to be a favorite of my husband. When I married him he already owned two Greek cookbooks. I had to find something different than we typically did. When I did- oh wow! We enjoyed it so much. In fact, it was so delicious I forgot to take any pictures. It was also exceedingly healthy, and so simple to make anyone could try it as the first soup they even cooked from scratch. Read more and find the recipe here.