Bean/Rice Salad

Bean/Rice Salad: Ingredients: 1 Tbsp olive or grapeseed oil 1 onion, chopped 1/2 red pepper, diced 1 can black beans (or 2 cups cooked) 1 cup cooked brown rice or quinoa 2 tsp chili powder 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1/2 tsp unrefined sea salt 3 cloves garlic, crushed Directions: 1. Sauté onion, garlic and pepper in oil. 2. Add beans, rice and spices. 3. Simmer together as you prepare rest of toppings. After making this recipe you can place the beans and rice in a taco shell, a tortilla shell, or do what I did top it on top of salad. I than used salsa as my dressing. This makes a yummy Mexican salad.





(Recipe from: "Everyday Wholesome Eating" by Kim Wilson)

Pear/Apple/Banana Porridge

This is a very healthy and delicious dish that would be perfect for breakfast or just anytime.
Peel and core the pear and put it into the blender and blend.
Next add the banana.
Lastly add a peeled and chopped apple.
Blending the fruit in this order will preven the mixture from getting too sticky.



You can sprinkle your dish with cinnamon and some flaxseed and mix.



Recipe: "Raw Food - A complete guide for every meal of the day by Erica Palmcrantz and Irmela Lilja"

Kale/Avocado/Banana Smoothie

As I have said before you can use variety to your smoothies.
For an idea for one you can use water as your base of liquid, an avocado, frozen bananas, pineapple, bluberries, and kale.

Kale is a leafy green that an abudance of iron. I would just use a handful or less of kale (depending on your taste).



If you wanted you can add in some hemp protein powder for some extra protein or ground flaxseeds for omega 3.

Banana/Date/Flaxseed Smoothie

This is another good and healthy smoothie.
Recipe:
Ice-cubes, that is optional.
Frozen bananas
Dates (use 1-2 and pre-soak them before using)
Almond Milk
--Blend altogether and enjoy a wonderful treat. Frozen vs. non-frozen bananas will determine if you want it thinner or thicker. I like to make mine thick so Logan and I can eat it out of a bowl. Mmmm....Scrumptious!

Banana/Pineapple Ice-Cream

This is a very yummy recipe. All you need is almond milk (or you could use water). I like almond milk because it makes it a little sweeter. You also need frozen bananas and frozen pineapple. The reason you use frozen is because it will make it thicker like ice-cream. You can either use store bought fruit or freeze your own.
To freeze bananas - it's best to wait until there are some brown spots or it's very ripe (so they will be sweeter). Peel the banana, break in halfs or thirds, put in freezer bags and place in the freezer. Now you'll have a stock of frozen bananas to use whenever needed.
To freeze fresh pineapple - Cut up a pineapple, place pieces on a cookie sheet, and once frozen you then can place the frozen chunks in a freezer bag to have on hand for smoothies and such.


Mmmmm....very delcious. Logan loves eating this banana/pineapple ice-cream. To change up the flavor you can also do banana/strawberry or banana/blueberry or even another fruit. I like to use bananas as my base and add another fruit.