Monday, July 13, 2015

No-Fat Raw Stone Fruit Mint Salad

  • 1/2 cup sliced fresh ginger, left unpeeled
  • 3 ripe peaches, sliced
  • ripe plums, sliced
  • 3 ripe nectarines, sliced
  • 1/4 cup fresh lime juice, from 2 limes
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint

Chop up everything and squeeze lime juice over it.  Mix and serve.  

Friday, July 10, 2015

Low-Fat Raw NomNom Tacos

SERVES 2

Taco Meat

2 T pumpkin seeds
1 zucchini

1/4 red onion
1/4 tsp oregano
shake of cumin
handful of cilantro leaves
1 celery stalk
1 slice of jalapeno

1/2 zucchini

Throw all in food processor and pulse to leave chunky.

Guacamole

  • 1/2 eggplant, peeled
  • 1/4 c. chopped red pepper
  • 1/4 c. diced sweet onion
  • 1 c. chopped cilantro
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • Juice of 2 limes

  • Half an avocado

Put avocado in bowl and mash well.  Add rest of ingredients and mix together.  

Toppings

3-4 roma tomatoes, diced
arugula, chopped
spinach, chopped
asparagus tops
sprouts

Get romaine heart leaves and put a little strip of taco meat and guacamole and toppings and arrange on plate.  Enjoy.  

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Note: To bulk up the "meat" and guacamole without adding more walnuts and avocado, which contain the overt fat, I used other veg to add volume and flavor.  You can leave those off and add more nuts and avocado if preferred.  




Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Low-Fat Raw Curry Broth with Spaghetti and Veggies

6 button mushrooms, cut into chunks
1 roma tomato, diced
1/4 red onion, diced
1 zucchini, spiralized or julienned
handful of cilantro, chopped
3 oz. spinach, chopped
1/4 red pepper, diced
1/4 in. turmeric, grated
handful of carrot shavings
1 inch slice ginger, chopped
8 basil leaves, chopped

Put all in large bowl.

Broth
1 lime, squeezed
1/4 cup of chopped fresh coconut (in food processor - not juiced)
1 thin slice jalapeno
In juicer first and then into food processor:
Juice 5 roma tomatoes
Juice 1 in. ginger slice
Juice 1/4" in. turmeric
Juice 1 garlic
Juice 1 celery stalk

Use juicer and juice the last 5 ingredients.  Put juiced items in food processor with lime juice and fresh coconut pieces and jalapeno slice. Process for 2-3 minutes until coconut pieces are very small.  Don't blend basil because it gets basil gets bitter and less flavorful.  Pour over veggies.  Mix well and top with sprouts.



Monday, July 6, 2015

Low-Fat Raw Ceviche

1 orange
2 limes
2 oz mature coconut meat
put on top of young coconut meat and let marinate while chop up ingredients

2 roma tomatoes
large handful of cilantro
1/4 red onion
2 broccoli stems, outer skin removed, diced (or cucumber)
1/2 red bell pepper
5-6 crimini mushrooms, diced (optional)
1 slice of jalapeno
1/2 garlic, crushed
handful  of cilantro, chopped
3 oz. spinach, chopped
optional: avocado or slices of sun dried olives

Just keep adding cut up ingredients as you go to large bowl with marinating coconut and mix well.







Sunday, July 5, 2015

Pina Grape Orange Smoothie

1 orange, squeezed
big bunch of grapes
1/2 pineapple
squeeze skin of pineapple

Put in blender and blend.  

Curried Lentil Dip

1/2 cup sprouted lentils
5 roma tomatoes
1 garlic, crushed
1/4 sweet onion
1/2 in. ginger, grated
1/3rd avocado, optional
1/8 tsp. cumin
1/8 tsp. coriander

Blend in blender to make creamy dip.

Friday, July 3, 2015

Low-Fat Raw Snippy Avocado Soup

1 large parsnip, grated
1/2 cup celery juice
1/4 avocado, cut-up
1 roma tomato, diced
Squeeze of lemon juice

 In a blender, blend parsnip and liquid until smooth.  Put in bowl and put diced tomatoes on top.