No-Fat Tangy Salad with Tamarind, Cauliflower and Eggplant

Dressing:
1 eggplant, juiced for pulp
5 cauliflower florets
3 tamarind pods, soaked in lime juice for 1/2 hr.
1 lime (use to soak tamarind.
1 orange
freshly dried oregano
1 jalapeno slice

Salad:
Spinach
Cilantro
Cucumber
Red Pepper
Tomato slices

Put all dressing, including soaking juice into food processor.  Process until combined.  Mix into chopped salad and eat.

No-Fat Raw Chutney Wrap

Mango chutney

• 1 mango, cubed
• ¼ cup packed chopped mint
• ¼ cup packed cilantro
• slice of jalapeno
• 4 dates
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 lemon, squeezed
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• Date Tamarind chutney

• 7 to 8 soft medjool dates
• 4 tamarind pods, without shell or seeds
• few shakes of ground cumin
• 1 lemon, squeezed
• 5 cauliflower florets
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Bowl ingredients:

• Spinach
• Onions
• Tomatoes
• Cucumber
• Red Pepper
• Apple
• Carrot
• Etc.

Instructions:

1. Put mango chutney ingredients into food processor. Process until blended. Remove and put in small bowl.
2. Soak tamarind (without seeds) for 1/2 hour. Place in food processor (make sure no seeds) with rest of date tamarind chutney ingredients. Process until blended
3. Add chopped spinach, chopped onions, tomatoes, chopped cucumber, diced red pepper, apple or other veggies to a large salad bowl.  Mix in date tamarind chutney until well mixed. 
4. Put mixture into romaine hearts and put a generous dollop of mango chutney over the entire filling.  

Low-Fat Raw Eggplant Salad

Dressing:

1 eggplant, pulp only (juice the eggplant and use only pulp - pour juice on garden)
1/3 rd of an avocado
1 slice jalapeno
handful of cilantro, chopped
1/2 small cucumber, diced
1/4 sweet onion, diced
healthy pinch of freshly dried oregano, well ground between fingers
sprinkle of freshly ground cumin seeds (or cumin powder)
2 limes, squeezed for juice

Salad:
3 oz spinach, chopped
handful of sorrel, chopped
1 turnip shavings, use vegetable peeler

Mix all dressing ingredients and mix in with the greens and turnip.  Can put in a collard green leaf to eat.  

No-Fat Raw Cumin Tomato Boats

In Food Processor:

3 oz. spinach
1/4 sweet onion
handful of cilantro
slice of jalapeno
1/2 of navel orange, including flesh (not just juice)
1 lime, squeezed for juice

Blend up until well soaked with orange and lime juice.  Put in whole cabbage leaves.

Topping:

1 small cucumber, diced
3 roma tomatoes, sliced in half
sprinkle of cumin on top of tomatoes

No-Fat Raw Tamarind Cabbage Rolls

- Cabbage Leaves - smaller ones with less rib

- Soak 4 tamarind pods - deseeded and soaked for 30 mins. in:
2 oz. pineapple juice
juice of 1 lime
1/2 lemon
slice of jalapeno

- Put in food processor:
3 oz. spinach
handful of cilantro
handful of arugula

Topping:

1 small cucumber, diced
2 roma tomatoes, sliced in 1/2
springs of dill

- Add tamarind pods and marinade to food processor with the greens.  Blend until chopped slightly.  Put in cabbage rolls and top with sliced tomatoes, cucumbers, and dill.