No-Fat Piñon: Plantain Lasagna

LASAGNA NOODLES

2 large yellow plantains, ripe
1 tbsp. rosemary
1 tsp. dried oregano

Slice plantains thinly lengthwise and lay on bottom of pie plate.   Press herbs well through fingers to crumble over plantain slices.

SAUCE - TWO LAYERS

2 med. tomatoes
1 small serrano, seeds removed
4 dates, pitted
7 basil leaves, small to medium

5 button mushrooms, well washed
2 basil leaves

1. Blend 1st four ingredients together at high setting until smooth.  Strain sauce through a mesh strainer.  Press some of the sauce with a spoon.  
2. Take watery sauce and put back in blender with mushrooms with another couple of basil leaves.  Put mushroom sauce over first layers of long plantain slices.  
3. Add another layer of plantain slices.  
4. Put thick gooey sauce over the top and carefully spread evenly with a spoon.  
5. Cut up a basil leaf into little pieces and sprinkle over the top.  Add a few microgreens as well.  

Lovely and satisfying and flavorful.  Yummm!!

Ginormous Green Juice Drink

5 Valencia oranges, peeled
1 small cucumber
1 bunch cilantro, washed and stem ends cut off
1 big handful of spinach
2  big handfuls of kale
(maybe lemons next time....)

Juice all.  Use cucumber and oranges to push through the greens.  I needed 3 oranges to push through cilantro alone.  Very satisfying and nice citrus finish.

No-Fat Asian Daikon Noodle Salad

NOODLES

6" peeled daikon radish, make ends flat

Put into spiralizer and make noodles.

SALAD

5 oz. spinach, chopped
10 grape tomatoes, sliced lengthwise
2 limes
3 green onions, finely chopped (more green than white)

Fill large pasta bowl with spinach and chop.  Add sliced grapes tomatoes, and chopped green onions.  Squeeze limes over salad.

DRESSING

1/2 red pepper
few slices serrano (optional)
1 reg. sized mango, no peel and no seed
5-7 basil leaves
2 med. tomatoes, whole
rest of daikon end left in spiralizer

Put all in blender and blend until smooth.  Pour dressing over noodles and salad.*

*Sprinkle sesame seeds over top (optional - will add overt fat).

Mango/Kiwi/Spinach Smoothie - Thick and Rich

2 kiwi, peeled 
1 small mango or ½ mango, no seed and no peel
2 handfuls of fresh baby spinach
4 small mint leaves

Put kiwi and mango in blender first and pile on rest.  Will help blend when liquidy fruit is on the bottom.  Will be very thick.*  Will need to eat with spoon. 

*I don't like to add water or ice to my smoothies or juices because it dilutes my stomach acid (HCL) and I need all I can get.  May not apply to others.  

Plantain Hash with Sweet Gravy

GRAVY

Juiced org. grapes, about 4 oz.
1 mango, without seed or peel
1/3 pint of blackberry
few slices of serrano, optional
5 leaves of mint

Put all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.

HASH

Slice up plantains thinly and on the diagonal.

Pour gravy over hash.  Enjoy!

Blackberry "Vinaigrette" over Baby Spinach Salad

Dressing

1/2 pint blackberries
1 small mango (I used Ataulfo)
2 small oranges, squeezed (I used Valencia)
5 basil leaves
few chopped slices of serrano, optional (I'm addicted!)

Put everything but the serrano in blender (I have Montell Williams HealthMaster) and blend until smooth.  Taste and see if it needs anything, like more basil.

Salad

Baby Spinach
10 grape tomatoes, halved lengthwise
5 white button mushrooms (preferably organic), well washed and cut into pieces

Pour Dressing over Salad and add serrano if desired.  Very flavorful...!

No-Fat Raw Horseradish BBQ Sauce with Mushroom Meat & Plantain Slices

BBQ SAUCE

1 mamey sapote, scooped out
1 mango, peeled and chopped
1/2 tsp. thyme
1 garlic clove, sliced
few slices of sweet onion (to taste) - optional
8 grape tomatoes
1/4 inch ginger, grated
1/4 inch horseradish, grated (start slow and keep tasting)
few squeezes of lemon
handful of washed cilantro leaves
slice of serrano (optional - if want some heat)

Place all ingredients in cuisinart and blend into creamy.*

PUT OVER:
Ripe red plantains, sliced at an angle
Button Mushrooms, preferably organic, well washed, sliced

Very meaty and satisfying!

* Sauce actually tastes much better with just 4 hours of being in the fridge because the bold flavors all melded together.

Grape, Banana and Date Smoothie

About 30 red seedless grapes (sorry just a rough estimate)
2 bananas
2 dates

Blend in high speed blender.  I blended at highest speed for about 20 seconds.  I like to find a few chunks.  Makes it interesting.  Some like it completely smooth.  Blend according to your tastes.  

Cream of Plantain Pineapple Soup

One russet potato, juiced, throw out juice and keep starchy bit found under juice in the glass
3 spears pineapple
1 plantain

Use the starch from the juiced potato (found at bottom of glass- quite thick).  Puree in cuisinart the pineapple, plantain and starch.  Thick creamy soup.  Very filling:) 

Fruity Rooty Herby "Bread"

1 med. eggplant, juiced, save pulp, toss or drink juice, remove hard cellulose bits
1 med. russet potato, juiced, save pulp, toss juice (save starchy bit on bottom of juice for another recipe)
1/2 med. sweet onion
1 garlic clove
1 tbsp. rosemary

Put onion, rosemary, and garlic into cuisinart.  Blend until in little pieces.  Add eggplant and potato pulp (pick through eggplant pulp and remove hard cellulose bits).  Blend until mixed well.

Spread on flat plate thinly.  Put in clean mesh white laundry bag and close top.  Hang on clothesline outside on sunny day - lower humidity is better.  Takes about 17 hrs. of sun.  Will need to put in fridge overnight and start process again the next day.

Eggplant is a fruit; potato is a root; onion and garlic and rosemary are herbs...hence the name of the bread:)

Still fairly soft but I love it!  You can of course dehydrate.  My body treats dehydrated food as dead food...just like it does with cooked.  The power of the sun is quite something.  Chacun a son gout!  

Kelp Noodles with Spicy Micro Greens/Mushroom/Tomato Dressing

1/2 package of raw kelp noodles

Dressing

1 lime squeezed
1/4 inch serrano, no seeds
6 or 7 white button mushroom
1/2 ripe med. sized tomato
handful of micro greens (mine were from Trader Joes)
pinch of dried oregano (freshly dried on my kitchen counter - just takes a few days)

Put the dressing ingredients in a cuisinart and blend until slight chunky.  Chop the other 1/2 of tomato and put on top of noodles.  Add dressing and stir.  

Plantain Pasta w/Spicy Sweet Marinara

Pasta 

Get a spotted black plantain - not too black or it will be too mushy to spiralize.

Spiralize to get noodles.  Put any remaining plantain - core and last bit that won't spiralize - into blender with rest of marinara ingredients.

Marinara

1 mango
2 dates
1/2 large red pepper, deribbed and seeded
4 leaves of mint
leftover plantain bits from spiralizing - core and bottom 1 inch of plantain
1/2 inch of serrano pepper, optional

Really nice flavors and just melts in the mouth.

Green Gingery Fruity Smoothie

5 romaine leaves
handful of spinach
1/2 a mango
1 cup cilantro leaves
1 cup pineapple
1 inch ginger
2 oranges, juiced

Put fruit and juice in first and then add ginger and greens.

No-Fat Raw Jicama French Fries with Spicy Ketchup

Cut jicama into strips for fries.  Can also use daikon.

Ketchup

1/2 mamey sapote*
5 dates
10 grape tomatoes
1/2 inch serrano pepper, optional
squeeze of 1/4th large lemon, to taste
quarter size of dried rosemary
pinch of dried oregano
(can add mango possibly)

Put ketchup ingredients in cuisinart (not blender).

* The mamey gives it a sweet creamy taste. 

Dip fries in scrumptious ketchup. 

Cherry Vinaigrette Dressing over Baby and Butter Lettuce

15 cherries, pits removed
1/4 cup basil leaves, fresh
4 oz. button mushroom, optional
little chunk of serrano or jalapeno, optional

Blend together...will be chunky.  Pour over lettuce.  I put over spinach and microgreens but would work with any lettuce.  Yumm!

Low-fat Raw Sweet Marinara with Spaghetti and Mushroom "Meat"

Marinara

2 dates

1/2 large red pepper

1 med. mango

basil (fresh)

rosemary (dried on counter)

oregano (dried on counter)

8 grape tomatoes

2 sun-dried tomatoes, hydrated in water

Put in blender and blend until smooth.

Mushroom Meat

8 White button mushrooms

1 garlic clove

rosemary

oregano

Spaghetti

2 yellow squash

1 large cucumber

Spiralize both and mix together.

Combine marinara and mushroom meat.  Pour over spaghetti.  Serve and enjoy!