Stuffed Mushrooms Hors D'oeuvres

6 white button mushrooms, large, well washed and stem removed
dulse strips
1 lime, for juice
tiny bits of serrano pepper, optional
sprouts or microgreens
10 grape tomatoes

1. Place small amount of dulse at bottom of mushroom.
2. Place small serrano bit on top.
3. Stuff microgreens into mushroom.
4. Squeeze lime over and let juice sit in hollow. 
5. Slice of tomato on top. 

Enjoy!

No-fat Raw Noodles with Mango Marinara

MARINARA

1 heirloom tomato
5 basil leaves
6 mango chunks
1 sun dried tomato - soaked for 2 hours
1/4 of a sweet red pepper
1 heirloom tomato, cut up into chunks
Pinch of dried oregano

NOODLES

6 small Persian cucumbers, skin on and ends cut off

Spiralize the sweet potato* (I like the white) or cucumber into noodles.  Blend all ingredients except for 1 tomato.  Pour over noodles and add chopped up tomato.  Put a pinch of dried oregano (work well through fingers) onto noodles. Add a handful of microgreens on top.

Variation: Can do sweet potato and apple noodles mixed together in same bowl.

Wild Blueberry Smoothie - Super Easy and Tasty

1/2 cup of frozen wild blueberries (or fresh if you have!)

2 oranges, cut in half and juiced in a hand held juicer

Put blueberries and orange juice into blender.  Blend on high until smooth - about 20 seconds.  Put in straw and enjoy!

Sundried Tomato Dressing over Spinach & Arugula

SALAD

1/4 lb baby spinach, chopped
2 handfuls of arugula (aka rocket leaves), chopped
2 limes, squeezed over greens (allow to sit while make dressing)
cut up 3 small tomatoes or use 20 grape tomatoes
handful of microgreens

DRESSING

1 ripe mango
1/2 red pepper, deseeded and deribbed, cut into big strips
2 sun dried tomatoes, soaked for a couple of hours in water, chopped into pieces
1/2 serrano, I like mine red and ripe
5 basil leaves, rinsed and whole
5 button (white) mushrooms, rinsed well

Salad of arugula and spinach sits with lime juice while cutting up tomatoes and making dressing.  Will wilt the leaves and give them loads of flavor.  Especially needed when not using oil or salt.

Blend the mango, red pepper, serrano and basil on HIGH.  When smooth add the whole mushrooms and blend on LOW until slightly chopped up.  I like to leave it chunky.  Can cut up mushrooms by hand too...but more work.

Taste dressing and see if it needs anything.  Pour over salad.  Mix well. Add microgreens to the top.  Yum-yum!!!

Nanner Milk

1 Banana
1/4 cup water

Blend in high speed blender on medium for 30 secs.  Voila - banana milk.  Great for granola or young children to use as milk sub.  Also yummy to pour over dates and eat like a chunky date soup. 

Super Fast and Easy Nut Milk

Soak 1/4 cup of nuts (almonds, walnuts, pecans, pine nuts) for 1/2 an hour
Drain and rinse the nuts
Put nuts into blender
Add 1 cup of water

Blend on low (I used 3) for 3 minutes in a high speed blender.  I used a HealthTech.

Strain through cheese cloth or tight mesh.  Voila - creamy and frothy!   Makes about 1 cup of nut milk.*

*You can double or triple recipe.  

Collard Burrito with Butternut Squash/Date filling

FILLING

3 dates, pit removed
1/2 cup butternut squash, diced
1 large button mushroom, well washed
1/2 sweet bell pepper, any color, seeds and ribs removed
1 med. mango, seed and skin removed
1/2 small serrano, with seeds will make it more spicy
5 mint leaves

Put all in cuisinart and blend until slightly chunky.

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BURRITO

3 Collard Leaves, shave down back of rib.

Put the filling inside and roll up like a burrito.

No-fat Raw Cucumber & Yellow Squash Pasta with Tomato Dulse Herb Dressing

1 yellow squash, peeled and ends cut off
1 greenhouse cuke, peeled

Spiralize both.  Cut up the noodles a bit.

3 med. tomatoes
1/4 cup dulse
1/2 tsp of dried oregano
1/2 tsp of dried rosemary
1/2 serrano, cut into pieces
2 limes, juiced

Put over pasta.  Will be juicy.

Tamarind Banana Date Smoothie

3 tamarind beans, no pods or seeds
2 bananas
2 dates, no seeds
12 red grapes

Put grapes in bottom of blender and add rest.  Blend until smooth.  Thick, creamy and sweet.