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.  

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.