Spaghetti with Marinara (butternut squash based)

6 oz. Butternut Squash
10 dates, deglet noor
handful of spinach leaves
3 mint leaves, cut into small pieces

1 med. squash, spiralized into noodles (can use julienne peeler)

1/2 a lime, squeezed over squash "noodles"
grape tomatoes

Put 1st 4 ingredients into food processor.  Process until everything well cut up and creamy.  Spiralize squash or use julienne peeler to get noodles or use reg. potato peeler to get strips.  Squeeze lime over noodles.  Place puree over noodles.  Top with generous amount of grape tomatoes.  

Butternut Squash Pate on Okra Slices

6 oz. Butternut Squash
10 dates, deglet noor
handful of spinach leaves
slices of okra
grape tomatoes

Put squash, dates and spinach in food processor.  Blend until creamy.  Spread on okra slice and top with tomato.  

Bought some fat type of okra at local farmer's market.  So they are a heftier slice than normal. 

Baba Ghanouj, sweet

1 Japanese eggplant
1 med. yellow squash
15 dates, deglet noor
8 mint leaves
1/2 leek, white and pale green parts only (optional)
lime juice, optional
Red pepper slices (to spread on)

Put in food processor.  Spread on red pepper slices. 

Butternut Squash Rice

6 oz. Butternut Squash
10 Dates
1 Leek
Handful of cilantro
Lime juice

Put in food processor.

Can't Beet It

 This is similar to my Rosh Hashanah dish.  Haven't tried it on someone yet who doesn't like beets though. 

Ingredients:

1/2 beet - whole beet was size of an navel orange (marinated in oj for 1/2 hour)

8 or 9 deglet noor dates (smaller than medjool)

1 raw leek (white and pale green only)

1 small/med carrot

2 small leaves of mint (add more to taste)
small handful of spinach (or cilantro, mostly leaves)
Slices of cukes, for presentation

Put all in food processor (could probably use vegetable peeler on beet and carrot and dice mint, leek and date) and then lump on cuke slice.   Put a grape tomato on top.  Learned about this peeler on another site to make "noodles" and little strips.

I have also used a spiralizer and made cucumber noodles, instead of slices, and put the beet mixture over the top.  With the grape tomatoes over that.  Kind of a chunky saucy marinara :).

Potluck Recipe with sun dried tomatoes

If anyone figures out how to actually SUN dry tomatoes out in the sun without bugs and birds being an issue, let me know.  Thx!

Very much by feel Ingredients:

onion - about 1/3 of an onion

basil - 2 med. leaves (start out with less and add more)

squash - 1/2 of med. squash

garlic - start with one clove

sun dried tomatoes - 3 s.d. tomatoes

orange juice (freshly squeezed) - about 1/4 cup

Put all in processor.  Let sit and marinate for about 10 mins.  Use slotted spoon to drain some of juice. (Drink juice separately)   Put puree into romaine leaves or collard leaves.  Place cherry tomatoes on top.

Rosh Hashanah Raw

Carrots, apples, dates, honey...all supposed to be good to make and eat for Jewish new year.  You know, bring in sweet stuff for a sweet year.  Also leeks to cut down which is standing in our way and bad. 

This has a hint of mint which makes it really scrumptious.  Dates are a wonderful sub for overt fats.  There is a creaminess to it and solidity that has a satisfying mouth feel.  They are also so good for you!

Ingredients:

9 dates, deglet noor (smaller than medjool but can use medjool, just less of them)
1 med. carrot, cut into chunks
1 leek, white and pale green bits only, cut into fat chunks
Tight handful of fresh spinach leaves
3 med. leaves of mint
15 slices of cucumber
10 grape tomatoes, cut in half
lemon juice (optional)

Put dates, carrot, spinach and mint in food processor.  Process until stuck together and still chunky.  Taste to see if it needs anything, like more mint or maybe a little lemon juice.  Put dollop on cuke slice and put one grape tomato half on top.  

Sweet Thang Soup with Mint

I am working diligently on NOT adding overt fats.  Detox goes better and faster.  Fruit is the powerhouse of cleansers and oranges appears to be at the top rung.  Grapes and apples are in season so thought I would try something with them.  All this goes in a food processor.  Can cut up apple and grapes also.  Just don't put grapes and apples in processor at same time.  They chop up at different rates...learned the hard way.

Ingredients:

large handful of grapes
1 med. apple, cut into slices
2 oranges, juiced
4 small mint leaves

Chop grapes in food processor*.  Process apples with mint in processor*.  Do the apples and grapes separately because they chop up at different rates.  Put in bowl and pour freshly squeezed o.j. over it.  Voila!  Soup improves as you eat it and the juice marinates the apples and grapes and they add their flavors to the "broth."   Can also put some of juice and fruit into processor and chop up further to make for a thick "stew." 

*Feel free to dice up apples and cut grapes into slices if don't have food processor.