Diced Dates, Mixed with a small amount of rice flour to stop them sticking together. This is what we use to make up our own muesli please see our Breakfast Suggestion below or click here - Breakfast Suggestions.

Having the dates pre-cut into small pieces makes them so so much easier to use. So we decided to supply them as we use them all the time.

Another good use for Diced Dates is to cook slowly with brown rice, best is to just throw them in at the end, bring the rice back to simmer, turn it off with the lid on and let it slow cook, a great way to provide a warm base for a salad especially in the winter months. A fantastic solution when done with our thermal cooker, see Thermal-Cooker-2x3L-Pots, or if you don't have one of these a cast-iron pot is also good.

Dates:- are one of the Very Alkaline-Yielding Foods and once they have been soaked or cooked they release such beautiful sweetness to your meal that no other sweeteners are required, a very big plus. They also contain a variety of B-complex vitamins – thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B-6 and pantothenic acid. These vitamins have a variety of functions that help maintain a healthy body – eg metabolize carbohydrates and maintain blood glucose levels, fatty acids for energy, and they help make haemoglobin, the red and white blood cells. Dates also contain Magnesium which is essential for healthy bone development and for energy metabolism, also high in Iron which is essential to red blood cell production. In addition, Dates are fat and cholesterol free.

Dates are one of the best natural sources of Potassium an essential mineral your body needs to maintain muscle contractions including the vital heart muscle. Potassium is also needed to maintain a healthy nervous.

Since potassium is not stored in the body, and much is lost in perspiration, it must be continually replenished. As you consume potassium you excrete sodium, helping to keep blood pressure down. As people age, their kidneys become less efficient at eliminating sodium. About a 400 mg increase in potassium intake has been associated with a 40% reduction in the risk of stroke. This roughly amounts to one additional serving daily of Dates.