Mint and citrus are both such strong, characteristic flavors. In this grapefruit and mint salad, they combine perfectly, like a well-sung duet. In this performance, the citrus hits the high notes, and mint provides the harmony.
Those strong flavors makes this fruit salad great for breakfast, or any other time you might be looking for some extra invigoration. And it’s so easy to make, you can do it anytime!
A salad is no salad without a great salad dressing! But you want something that is tasty and flavorful without just overwhelming your green leafies and crispy veggies. This orange salad dressing is the perfect solution, striking that ideal balance and serving to enhance your awesome salad, without smothering it.
On top of that, this home made salad dressing can be made in the time it would take you just to choose one off the shelf at the grocery store. Five minutes or so is all you need to whip up enough dressing for several salads. Store what you don’t use right away in the fridge to pull out the next time you have a hankering for some salad.
Here’s a salad with summertime in mind. Sweet juicy mandarin oranges, crunchy cashews, creamy avocado and all sorts of delicious and nutritious colorful veggies! Like any good salad, this one’s got all sorts of flavors and textures mixing together into one exquisite whole.
Make sure you slice those Brussels sprouts super thin. A mandolin is a good method if you’ve got one.
For the dressing, adjust it to suit your taste! As many a refrigerator can attest, everyone has their own specific preferences when it comes to dressings. Some like i sweeter, some not so much. So adjust accordingly!
You know what they say about apples! This gluten free no bake apple pie isn’t just excellent in the taste department, it offers all kinds of wonderful health benefits!
According to Ayurvedic expert Laura Plumb, lovely apples are good for your blood, skin and eyes. An they’re anti-inflammatory. They’re also great for helping control blood sugar, and appreciably full of fiber. This apple pie may be a dessert, but that doesn’t mean it can’t also be super healthful!
Yes, apples have a special place in our hearts. They’re symbolic of all that is good and worthy! While doctors may be repelled by them, teachers seem to find them irresistible. Just imagine how teachers might feel about this raw apple pie!
The first day of summer is rapidly approaching, and that means that now is as good a time as any to get on board the smoothie train.
Actually, the smoothie train runs year round. And the smoothie train stops for no one. But there is something particularly summerish about this mango coconut green smoothie. Maybe it’s the mango coconut. Whatever the cause, there’s nothing beating a green smoothie with a tropical attitude on a warm day.
And you get the benefits of all sorts of happy nutrients from the banana, the lovely spinach, and the subtle nutty goodness. If coconut and mango isn’t hitting the tropical highs you need, consider tossing in some pineapple!
There’s nothing like lemon tarts. That bright tangy yumminess unique to lemons makes for just about the most delicious pastries and pies you’re likely to find. Combine that with some sweet raspberry jam and some apricots and you’ll never look back.
With this lovely raw vegan variation on the lemon tart, we’ve got macadamia nuts and almonds making up the chewy crust, along with some medjool dates — the raw “bakers” secret weapon. Dates can be used to make all kinds of surprising treats, and tart or pie crust is one of the best.
These tarts require a little bit of planning ahead, since you have to thaw the raspberries and soak the nuts overnight, and there is some assembly required. But the effort is well worth the delightful zesty tarts you come out with in the end. Can you imagine a better summer picnic snack than these awesome lemon raspberry tarts??
Fermented foods and probiotics have long been a part of a healthy human diet. Pickles, sauerkraut, kombucha and kimchi are just a few of the ingenious methods human beings have developed to boost our immune systems and help sustain our precious gut microbes.
All of those fermented foods are great, but none of them qualify as dessert. And that’s where these probiotic raspberries come in! Combining the powerful nutritional advantages of probiotic cultures with the wholesome deliciousness of natural raspberries, this simple recipe is another fantastic way to add fermented foods to your diet.
Once you’ve made up a batch of these probiotic raspberries, there’s all sorts of things you can do with them. They are great just a snack by themselves, or you could add them to your favorite raw ice cream. You could use them to add a probiotic punch to a yummy smoothie, or mix them in with your breakfast porridge.
No matter what you do with them, you can’t go wrong. Sweet, simple, and probiotic. It’s a home run.
Part brittle, part granola, it’s branola! Packing the power of sprouted buckwheat and nuts. It takes a little forethought to soak the ingredients overnight, but it’s definitely worth it for all those extra enzymes and nutrients. And because they’re sprouted, they’re easier to digest. And that’s great, because you’re probably gonna find yourself eating a lot of this.
Granola makes for an awesome snack, but so much of the stuff that comes pre-made is loaded with refined sugar and artificial sweeteners. This delicious granola brittle on the other hand is sweetened with fruit and raw honey, adding even more healthful enzymes to the mix. Apricots, bananas, dates and goji berries hold it all together and make for a super delicious snack.
With golden flax, nuts, and sprouted buckwheat, it’s is also a delightful way to load up on healthy your essential fatty acids. Whether you enjoy it as a brittle or as granola; for breakfast or for a nice afternoon snack, this banana nut branola will keep you smiling.
Pudding. It’s impossible to imagine a word that better captures the essence of pudding than ‘pudding’. Merely uttering the word is enough to dispel all feelings of frustration or sadness, and to catapult one back to the nostalgic innocence of childhood. Pudding!
Sadly, too many of us have left pudding behind as we’ve matured into serious adults. Pudding is something seen mostly on store shelves, sealed in plastic cups, preserved with who-knows-what. It’s time to reclaim pudding for grown ups!*
This cocoa superfruit pudding has been jam-packed with delicious and nutritious foods like raw honey and organic cocoa and is ready in minutes. No one should be too busy or too healthy for pudding!
*Okay, and maybe kids, too.
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One of my favorite winter fruits is LEMONS!! Not only do I love the taste of lemons, I love that it is one of those ingredients that can be used in either sweet or savory dishes. Most of the time I like the savory side of life. Sometimes I like the sweet side too. With these DOUBLE LEMON BAR SORBET TARTS, I get to enjoy both!
Coconut meat appears to protect against heart disease and stroke as well. As it turns out, coconut meat’s measurable vitamins A and E, and polyphenols and phytosterols, all work together to decrease the levels of LDL cholesterol, which are fats that stay in the blood and in skin tissues and high levels of which have been found a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases.
“CHOCOLATE SMOTHERED COCONUT ICE CREAM” pretty much says it… except that this treat is raw, healthy and heck yeah- it tastes as amazing as it looks!
Sesame seeds are an excellent source of copper, a very good source of manganese, and a good source of calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, zinc, molybdenum, Vitamin B1, selenium, and dietary fiber. Arm yourself this holiday season with healthy snacks like Sesame Macaroon Bites and leave the “holiday weight gain” to everyone else!
