Kiwi Strawberry Dessert

Ingredients

• 6 kiwifruit, peeled and sliced
• 1 cup sliced strawberries
• 1 cup fresh pineapple cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp honey

Directions:

• Mix all ingredients together and serve immediately

Serves: 4

Prep Time: 10 minutes

recipe courtesy of whfoods.org

Tropical Fruit Salad

Ingredients

• 1 pint strawberries sliced
• 1 pint blackberries
• 1 cup pineapple diced
• 1 cup mango diced
• 1 kiwi diced
• 1 tbsp finely chopped mint leaves

Directions

• Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and serve!

Kiwi Mango Pineapple Super Smoothie

Ingredients

• 2 ounces fresh organic baby spinach
• 1 leaf swiss chard (optional)
• 2 cups fresh or frozen pineapple
• 1 cup fresh or frozen mango
• 3 kiwis, with the skin
• 1/2 avocado
• 1 tablespoon chia seed or flax seed
• 1 banana
• 1.5 cups water

Directions

• Blend all ingredients in Blendtec blender on “smoothie” setting.

Prep time: 3-5 mins

Serves: 2-4 adults

Berry Kiwi Banana Kale Smoothie

Ingredients

• 1 kiwi
• 1 banana
• 1 cups mixed berries
• 1 leaf kale
• 2 scoops vanilla lepterra protein
• 1 tbsp Anutra or ground flax seed
• water to desired consistency

Directions

• Blend well in Blendtec blender!

For the ice cream lovers out there….Green Kiwifruit Sorbet

This is sooooooooooooo yummy and so fresh! Its an excellent substitute for dairy free “ice cream”.  Kiwi’s are an excellent source of Vitamin C and fiber.  They actually have more Vitamin C than an orange.

Ingredients

• 6 green kiwifruit (ends cut, peeled and chopped)
• 1/4 cup agave nectar
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
• 1/2 tsp lime zest

Directions

• Wash, peel, and cut kiwifruit into small pieces
• Spread chopped kiwifruit pieces on a cookie sheet and place in the freezer until frozen
• Place frozen kiwifruit pieces, agave nectar, lime juice and lime zest in a food processor or Blendtec blender and process until creamy
• Serve immediately as a soft-serve sorbet or pour the sorbet into a container with lid and return to the freezer for about an hour or so to firm up or until ready to serve

Recipe courtesy of http://www.rawepicurian.com

Kiwi-Berry-Greens Smoothie

Ingredients

• 3 leaves turnip greens
• 1 kiwi
• 1 cup berries of your choice (we use blueberries)
• 1 banana
• 1/2 cup strawberries
• 1 tbsp chia seeds
• 1-2 scoops of Lepterra or Vega protein (or high quality protein of your choice)
• filtered water to desired consitency

Directions

• Add the fruits, veggies and chia seeds into the blender with water.
• Blend the contents
• Then add protein to the blender and pulse gently to mix contents
• Do not over-blend the protein, or they will become denatured
• Drink Immediately!

Simple Baby Finger Foods

Simple Suggestions for Finger Foods for Babies

1. Diced avocadoes

2. Peeled seedless organic grapes

3. Ripe mango cubed

4. Steamed broccoli – small stems

5. Soft boiled peas

6. Steamed green beans

7. Steamed & cubed soft sweet potato

8. Steamed & cubed butternut squash

9. Steamed & sliced carrots

10. Cubed tofu

11. Small shreds or cubes of chicken, fish

12. Diced soft steamed organic peach

13. Diced melon

14. Squished blueberries

15. Diced ripe banana

16. Diced ripe pear

17. Scrambled egg yolks

18. Soft cooked brown rice pasta

19. Diced kiwi

20. Soft cubes of steamed apple

Breakfast – 02/13/11 – Vegan and Gluten Free

Kirkland Brand – Cashew Clusters

These little bite sized clusters are made from cashews, almonds, pumpkin seeds and agave nectar, cane sugar and honey.

They are perfect for a quick snack or side for breakfast.  Kids love them since they are a little sweet.These can also be coated with some yogurt or almond milk and eaten like a cereal

There is only 4 grams of sugar per serving, 11g of healthy fats and 4 grams of protein.  A serving size is 5 pieces

 

 

One of my favorite treats is to have a shot of POM juice with a tablespoon of RAW apple cider vinegar

This tonic hits you like a tonne of bricks and tastes awesome.  I drink it from a shot glass to control my dose.  I could drink the entire bottle if you let me!

We buy the ACV from Kroger’s and the POM juice from Costco

ACV is awesome for lot of things including weight loss and healthy liver function, for more info go to this link.

Apple Cider Vinegar

 

 

Apple – I try to eat 2-3 apples a day.  They are awesome for countless reasons.

Also Dipa had a Larabar – Cashew Cookie Flavor, so good

That juice is the POM and ACV, two servings

 

 

 

 

 

Now the last segment in what seems to be a never ending breakfast.

1 cup of strawberries, blueberries and kiwi

1 banana

8 leaves of turnip greens, stems removed

4 scoops of Lepterra Rice protein, berry flavor

1 tablespoon of ground chia seeds

Notice that the color is a nice purple, kids wont even know they just had turnip greens (probably for the first time ever for most)

The shake is sweet from the stevia in the protein and from the banana, so you can cut the banana if you wish.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A GOOD BLENDER TO DO THIS