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!
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Banana Almond Nutmeg Smoothie
Almond milk is made from ground almonds and is lower in calories than other milks, it’s also free of cholesterol, saturated fat, and is naturally lactose free. This rustic and simple smoothie will start your morning just right! Have a healthy smoothie to keep you energized!
Avocado Banana Cacao Smoothie
Smoothies are a great way to pack in nutrients and vitamins in a quick meal. Sometimes even I don’t have time to make a nutritious meal and need something healthy on the go. My AVOCADO BANANA CACAO SMOOTHIE is just that. This smoothie recipe is part of a series of RUSTIC and SIMPLE smoothies and soups that I am developing… Don’t let the picture fool you, this smoothie is RAW and VEGAN so that makes it GUILT FREE!! ENJOY.
Pumpkin Pie Sorbet
If you serve up these cute individual pumpkin pie sorbets, NO ONE will notice the absence of a traditional pie on the table. There’s always a room for dessert if you serve sorbet. The creamy pumpkin sorbet is also rich in Vitamin A that helps form and maintain healthy skin, teeth and bones.
Hazelnut Silk Petit Four
These HAZELNUT SILK PETIT FOUR are a french classic with a jarOhoney twist. This was a product collaboration with Windy City Organics.
A perfect balance of 4 elements: semi-sweet dark chocolate, white chocolate, raspberries and fresh mint. The square base is a smooth, raw dark semi-sweet chocolate kissed with fresh organic mint flakes. The center is the raw HAZELNUT SILK spread mixed with just enough fine grated coconut to create a soft yet slightly chewy center. These two decadent layers are then balanced out with the slightly tart and vibrant fresh raspberry puree.Then we finish this symphony with chiffonade organic mint. ARE YOU DROOLING YET? Well to let you know it DOES taste as GOOD AS IT LOOKS!
Shaved Watermelon Salad
This beautiful salad will be the hit of the menu… vibrant watermelon, plump blueberries, fresh basil and earthy micro-greens–are you drooling yet?
Rainbow Tomato Stacks
WOW even the pickiest guests with these beautiful and vibrant Rainbow Tomato Stacks can’t resist! Let’s dig in to this nutritious goodness of tomatoes!
Blueberry Sweet Tea
Besides the abundant sunshine and warm weather that we get in the summer, I love the variety of fruits available. One of the fruits summer has to offer is blueberries….OH HOW I LOVE YOU SO!
As you all know, fruit is a very large part of my diet; so it is natural for me to make tasty recipes using fruit. Not only do I make fruit salads and smoothies with fruit, I also flavor water and tea with it too. Some of you might be thinking, “how do you make tea on a RAW diet?” It is actually quite simple, I cold brew my teas.
Cold brewing is a method that adheres to my raw lifestyle yet it is bursting with flavor like traditionally made tea. I just get my half-gallon glass jar, add my organic tea bags (6 tea bags for green tea or 4 bags for black tea), fill with 100 degree water and allow this to steep overnight. If I am making a fruit flavored tea, after it is cold brewed I add the flavoring to it. See, pretty simple. I even make different flavors at the same time so my family can have a variety of teas to choose from. This also prompts everyone to grab a glass of fresh tea instead of soda.
Sweet tea is has been a staple of summer beverages for generations and all across America, but why not take it a next step further and make it healthy? Traditional sweet tea is just brewed tea, tons of sugar and sometimes lemon juice; but I feel we can make a better choice here. I like to use fresh RIPE organic fruit with just a touch of raw agave syrup in my cold brewed organic tea.The fruit has natural sweetness and vitamins, the agave syrup adds a touch of more sweetness and smoothness to it, and the organic cold brewed tea has retained all of its antioxidant properties.
Although I have many combinations of sweet tea (and unsweetened tea), I want to give you my recipe for BLUEBERRY SWEET TEA. Just think, the flavor of fresh ripe blueberries with a touch of sweetness all in a refreshing drink that will cool you off and give you some extra health benefits this summer…. CHEERS to our HEALTH!!
Raw Chocolate Pumpkin Peanut Butter Cups
Peanut butter cups may just be one of my favorite treats of all time. That is, until deciding to add a bit of October spirit and fall flavors to make Halloween-worthy raw chocolate PUMPKIN peanut butter cups. These are 100% delicious, 100% raw, and what’s even better? They are good for you!
Pumpkin is an immune boosting food, packed with good fiber, potassium, vitamin A and vitamin E. Adding a bit to your peanut butter cups ups the nutritional value, packs a seasonal burst of flavor and adds a festive orange color! Enjoy!
Energy Bites
This has got to be my favorite snack on the go. I can make it at the first of the week and through out the day when I am hungry I can quickly grab a bite and it takes away my hunger.
The only problem is when I bring them to work they are gone before the end of the week, it’s become a tasty and nutritious treat for the whole office.
The best part is you can change it up really easy and it still tastes great, so you can skip the oat fiber or add chopped up almonds or any type of filler you like.
Green Smoothie Winner!
We have announced the green smoothie Winner! Jolene Harmon Thank you for all those who participated in the Green Smoothie Contest. It was a lot of fun for everyone, especially everyone over here in the Raw Food Magazine Office. I don’t think any of us have had that many green smoothies in a week. It…