Plum Cherry Tart

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Appliances: Blender & Food Processor
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
  • 1 cup walnuts
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 5 plums, pitted
  • 1/2 cup cherries, pitted
  • 1/2 cup dates
In a food processor, grind walnuts until fine. Add raisins and process again until a fine crumble has been achieved. Press this into the bottom of a pie pan. Blend plums, cherries, and dates until smooth. Pour onto the crust. Chill to set - slice chilled and let thaw to eat. Enjoy!

Cantaloupe Sorbet 

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Appliances:  Blender or Food Processor
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Ingredients
  • ½ cantaloupe, cubed & frozen
  • 5-10 strawberries, frozen
  • 1 spring of fresh mint
In a high speed blender, or sturdy food processor, blend all till smooth.  If you are unsure of blending frozen fruit…blend it when it’s room temperature with some ice = cantaloupe slushie.

Mint CHocolates

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Appliances:  Blender
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Freeze Time: 2-3 hours
Ingredients:
1/2 cup Virgin Coconut Oil
3-4 Tbsp Raw Cacao Powder
2-3 drops of Peppermint Essential Oil
1 tsp Vanilla Extract (or juice)
1/2 cup raw Honey or Agave Nectar

Bring your coconut oil to room temperature (or warmer than 75 degrees) - naturally or by placing the 1/2 cup of coconut oil in another cup full of hot water until the coconut oil melts.  Blend the liquid coconut oil, cacao powder, essentail oil, vanilla, and honey until smooth.  Pour into heart molds or drop small dollops on wax paper.  Freeze until solid.  Enjoy!

Strawberry Cauliflower Cake

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Appliances: Blender & Food Processor
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
  • 1 cup raw Almonds
  • 1 cup Raisins (or Dates if you'd like it sweeter)
  • 1 cup Cauliflower, chopped
  • 3 cups Strawberries
  • 2 tbsp Virgin Coconut Oil
  • 3 tbsp Raw Honey (or Agave)
  • 1/2 Lemon, juiced
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • pinch of salt
  • 1/4 cup water

In a food processor, chop almonds until fine. Add raisins (or dates) and continue to grind until a fine crumble is achieved. Press into pie pan (springform works best!). In a blender, blend remaining ingredients until smooth. Pour onto crust in pie pan. Freeze until solid. Decorate with fresh strawberries after frozen. Slice to serve while frozen and let thaw for a few minutes before serving. Enjoy!

Apricot Apple Snack Balls

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Appliances: Food Processor 
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
• 1 cup raw Sunflower Seeds, hulled
• 1 cup of Dates, pitted
• 6 dried Apricots
• ½ Apple, chopped
• 1 tsp. Nutmeg

In a food processor, with an “s” blade, grind sunflower seeds until fine. Add dates and apricots and process until a crumble has formed. Add the apple and nutmeg and continue to process until a sticky ball of dough has formed. Take a big pinch of dough, roll it into a ball and place it into a container. Place in the fridge to firm up. Eat when firm and enjoy!

Chia Pudding

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Appliances: Blender
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
  • 2 Bananas
  • 5 Strawberries
  • 1/4 cup Chia Seeds
Blend bananas and strawberries.  Transfer to a bowl and stir in Chia Seeds.
​Wait 10 minutes and stir again.  Enjoy!

Fruit N' Cream

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Appliances: Blender
Prep Time: 10 minutes​
​Ingredients:
  • 2 cups Cashews
  • 1 Lemon, Juiced
  • 1 Apple
  • 5-50 Strawberries
  • 5-50 Grapes or Blueberries
  • 5-50 Slices of Pineapple
Spear a strawberry, grape, and pineapple on a toothpick and place on a fun platter.  Do so until all are used up. To make the cream: Blend the cashews, lemon juice, and apple until nice and creamy (adding water for a smoother consistency if needed).  Now you have a cream to dip your little fruit kabobs into!  Great snack, wonderful for children, and a hit at any party!

Apple Pomegranate Salad

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  • 2 apples, diced fine
  • ½ lemon, juiced
  • 1 pomegranate, jewels only  

Open the pomegranate – check here if you are unsure how to do that – and place jewels into bowl. Dice your apples into itty bitty pieces and place into bowl as well.  Juice that lemon and sprinkle over the apples and pom jewels.  Enjoy!!! 

Variations:
1.  Sprinkle cinnamon on top, mix with some honey and it’s a wonderful pie filling.  Add a raw pie crust, and voila!
2.  Place on a bed of spinach for a delicious and sweet salad.
3.  Add to your morning granola or yogurt.
4.  Juice everything in your juicer and drink in a fun cocktail glass. ;)

Brownie Bites

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I love this recipe because it only contains three ingredients and can be made in under five minutes.  If you make a double or triple batch, it's a wonderful recipe to take to gatherings and potlucks. Have fun!!

Ingredients:
  • 1 cup walnuts
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 2 tbsp cacao (or more, if you like)

In a food processor, using the "s" blade, start with the walnut and process them fine.  Next add the raisins until a fudgy consistancy is reached.  Finally, add the cacao.  Now, pinch a small piece off and roll it into a ball.  Do so with the entire batch.  Feel free to roll it in more cacao powder, coconut shavings or powder, or cinnamon.  Enjoy!!! 

Raw “Fudge”

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  • 1 cup walnuts
  • 1 cup raisins

In a food processor with an “S” blade….process walnuts with the raisins until the oils are released from the walnuts and it’s a sticky mess. Now, you can roll it into bite size balls/squares/into molds (cookie cutters are fun) and refrigerate it.  Press it into a pan and smother it in peanut butter (or Raw Almond Butter if you can) for an incredible dessert. It’s a wonderful pie crust as well.  Do whatever you like…it doesn’t need cacao or carob to make it fudgy…it’s already a great taste and consistency. ENJOY and be creative!