Thursday, March 5, 2015

Berry Banana Smoothie

3  ripe bananas
3 oz. frozen wild blueberries
9 strawberries

Blend in blender.  

Friday, February 27, 2015

No-Fat Raw Very Cherry Berry Smoothie

4 oz. wild blueberries
3 oz. frozen sweet cherries
6 bananas
3 dates (optional)

Put bananas in first and add rest.  Blend.

Photo courtesy of Kami Laura.

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No-fat Raw Cream of Spinach Soup

• 4 small tomatoes
• 1/2 bag baby spinach (or 1 bunch leafy spinach)
• 1 stalk celery
• 1 small clove garlic
• 2 oranges
• 1-2 basil leaves, or a few sprigs of cilantro

Instructions: Place celery, tomatoes, juice from the orange, herbs and garlic in food processor or blender and blend. Add spinach a handful at a time until thick and creamy. The more spinach you add, the thicker & creamier it gets. 

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Fruity Tooty Smoothie

1/2 lb. grapes
1/2 lb. strawberries
4 celery stalks
2 navel oranges, juiced

Put all in blender and blend.  

Sunday, January 11, 2015

No-fat Raw Horseradish Dressing Salad

4 cauliflower florets
4 tamarind pods - shell off and deseeded - then soak in juice of 1 lime for 30 minutes
2 small tomatoes
1/4 inch horseradish, grated
1/2 inch ginger piece, whole
4 mint leaves
1 orange, squeezed for juice
1/2 small sweet onion
handful of cilantro

Put all in food processor.  Pout over cut spinach salad with grape tomatoes on top.

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Salsify Salad

To me, raw salsify root tastes like chestnuts.

4 oz. spinach, chopped
1/2 red pepper, diced
20 grape tomatoes
5 in. salsify root, peeled and sliced
1 orange, squeezed
1 lime, squeezed
slice of serrano pepper (optional)

Put all salad fixings together.  Squeeze orange and lime over it.  Mix and enjoy.  

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Orange Pear Juice

4 navel oranges, peeled
4 ripe pears, washed
1 inch piece of fresh ginger

Put pear, then ginger then orange through juicer.