Happy Fourth of July to all you Americans!

Brent and I are on our way to a friends Fourth of July cookout. I am bringing a peach and blackberry tart. The crust is processed nuts, raw oat groats, raisins and spices (its actually my raw oatmeal cookie recipe.) I smooshed it into an 11 inch tart pan with a removable bottom.

For the filling, I pureed 2 peeled peaches and added 2/3 cup fresh orange juice, a teaspoon or so of cinnamon and the gel of some soaked flax seeds (to act as a binding agent.) I set it in the fridge for 10 minutes while I peeled and chopped three more large peaches into small chunks. I mixed the chopped peaches with the pureed mixture and spread it onto the cookie crust and topped the edge with blackberries. It sat in the fridge for about 4 hours and in about 15 minutes, more than half of it will no doubt reside in Brent’s tummy!

As I always say, there are no rules when it comes to food. If you would rather a cooked version of this tart simply replace my crust with real oatmeal cookies processed with a couple tablespoons of melted butter and bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes. You can use a teaspoon of gelatin in place of the soaked flax seed gel and the rest of the recipe is exactly the same. Deceptively simple but I guarantee you wont have a slice left.