Banana-Oat Superfood Smoothie

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups almond milk
  • 2 handfuls of spinach
  • 2 frozen or fresh bananas
  • 1 tablespoon maca powder
  • 1 tablespoon chia seeds
  • 2 tablespoons regular rolled oats
  • 1 teaspoon wheatgrass juice powder

(For a chocolate version, add 2-4 tablespoons of cocoa or cacao powder)

Directions:

  • Pour almond milk in blends and add spinach. Blend until spinach is fine.
  • Add all the other ingredients and blend.
  • Enjoy your superfood smoothie and freeze any leftovers for later.

*Original recipe from Superfood Smoothies by Julie Morris – great book!

Raspberry Overnight OatsOvernight Oats with Chia Seeds

Ingredients:

  • ¼ cup regular rolled oats
  • ¼ cup whole chia seeds
  • ¼ cup fresh or frozen fruit
    or 2 tablespoons of cacao powder
  • 1 cup almond milk
  • 2 tablespoons nuts (almonds, pecans, walnuts)
  • 1 tablespoon shredded, unsweetened coconut flakes
  • 1 teaspoon maple syrup or more to taste
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla, opt.

Directions:

  • Soak oats, chia seeds, and fruit or cacao in almond milk for one hour or as long as overnight.
  • Right before you eat, add nuts, coconut, maple syrup, and vanilla.

*Original recipe from Sarah Klein of Whole Health Lab.

Lettuce Wraps with Sprouts

tuna salad

Ingredients:

  • 2 cans of chicken or tuna
  • 1 tablespoon organic mayo (more or less to taste)
  • Halved red grapes, opt.
  • Diced celery, opt.
  • Salt to taste
  • Alfalfa or other sprouts
  • Lettuce for wraps (romaine for taco style, iceberg for sandwich style or burrito style)

Directions:

  • Mix tuna, mayo, grapes, celery, and salt
  • Fill lettuce with tuna mixture.
  • Top tuna with sprout
  • Wrap and enjoy!

Sweet Potato Toast

Sliced sweet potato, orange

Ingredients:

  • Sweet potatoes, thinly sliced
  • Coconut oil, butter, or spread
  • Salt

Directions:

  • Put sweet potato slices in toaster.
  • Toast several times until potatoes are soft and slightly browned.Sweet potato toast with scrambled eggs and spinach
  • Spread with coconut oil or butter
  • Sprinkle with salt

Note – you can put all kinds of delicious
things on sweet potato toast.
A favorite of mine is mashed avocado,
scrambled eggs, and spinach.

***Watch a video demo about how to toast sweet potato slices at https://goo.gl/aZ8B5a***

Maple-Cumin Black Beans with Lime-Infused Salsa

Ingredients:

  • 2 medium-sized onions, finely diced
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil to sauté onions
  • 2 tablespoons cumin
  • 2 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1 tablespoon Bragg’s aminos or soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 2 15-oz cans of black beans (4.5 cups total)

Directions:

  • Sautee onions in coconut oil.
  • Add cumin, chili powder, Bragg’s aminos, and maple syrup. Stir to coat onions.
  • Add beans and simmer gently for 5-10 minutes.
  • Use as taco filling or serve with corn chips and fresh or canned salsa with lime juice or flavoring.

*Original recipe from the book The Family Dinner

Chocolate Bliss BallsChocolate Bliss Balls

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 cups pitted medjool dates
  • ½ cup walnuts
  • ½ cup almonds
  • ½ cup pumpkin seeds
  • 1 dollop honey
  • 1/2 cup raw cacao
  • 1 tablespoon maca powder
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil
  • Shredded, unsweetened coconut (optional)

Directions:

  • Combine dates, chia seeds, walnuts, almonds, pumpkin seeds, honey, cacao & maca into high power blender or food processor. Blend until it looks like brownie mix. You may need to pause the blender/food processor and stir occasionally during this process. Remove and shape into 1.5-inch thick balls. Roll balls into coconut. Double your batch and freeze half, they freeze well. Store in refrigerator. Eat 1 to 2 as an energizing snack — even those these are healthy, you can still eat too many and feel overfull, so just be aware of that.

*Original recipe from Sarah Klein’s blog WholeHealthLab.com


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