Healthy Salad

Ingredients
Orange Vinagrette Salad Dressing.
See link: http://healthyfoodforahealthyou.blogspot.com/2014/07/orange-vinagrette-dressing.html
Spinach
Kale
Walnuts
Raw Pepitas
Raw Sunflower Seeds

Directions
Wash spinach and kale.
Hand tear Kale off of stem.
Cut off Spinach tails.  We just leave them on.
Sprinkle walnuts and seeds on salad.
Add dressing.
Enjoy!

Portabella and Hummus Sandwich

Ingredients
Hummus ingredients.
See link: http://healthyfoodforahealthyou.blogspot.com/2014/03/sweet-red-pepper-hummus.html
Sprouted Bread.  We like Trader Joes and Ezekiel
Fresh Spinach

Directions
Make Hummus
Slightly cook portabellas on non-stick pan or grill
Toast your bread slightly.
Put portabellas in between 2 pieces of bread.
Toast the bread and portabellas together.
Watch so it doesn't burn
Remove bread and portabellas from heat.
Put hummus on your bread, add the portabellas and add spinach.
Eat!

Mustard Hummus

Ingredients
2 15 ounce can chickpeas rinsed and drained
4 T Lemon Juice
1 T spicy brown mustard
1/4 tsp salt
1 c chopped gr. onions (4-5 onions)
1 T reg mustard
1 T dijon mustard
1/2 tsp ground tumeric

Directions
Put into food processor.  Add water as necessary to blend.  Serve immediately with veggies, crackers, or chips.

Delicious Orange Smoothie

Ingredients
2 Large Carrots - scrubbed and/or peeled and cut up
1 15 oz. can mandarin oranges with juice
1 Green Apple with skin, cored and cut up
1 banana
1 inch piece raw ginger root
1 20 oz. can natural juice pineapple

Directions
Put all ingredients in blender.
Add water as needed.
Makes 2 large servings.

Notes
IF you don't have the exact sizes for the ingredients it's ok.  More or less of one or two ingredients is ok.
If I have leftovers I just put them in mason jars and put them in the refrigerator.  The smoothie keeps well unlike juicing.

Cocoa Date Bars

Ingredients
2 cups sprouted sunflower seeds ( See how to sprout sunflower seeds link)
2 cup pitted dates or raisins
2 T. Cocoa powder unsweetened
5 T hemp or chia seeds or a mixture of both!  Flax works too!


Directions
Put all ingredients in a food processor.
Blend until mixed.
Line pan with wax paper.  Spread mixture.
Put in freezer until solid.
Flip the pan over and remove the wax paper.
Cut and put into a container.
Line each layer with wax paper to keep from sticking.

You can also roll it into balls.  It's a little sticky.  Refrigerate.

How to sprout sunflower seeds.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4430694_sprout-sunflower-seeds.html

Note: I use sprouted sunflowers because sprouting breaks down the enzymes in the seeds and makes them more digestible.  Also, on the Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease plan you do not eat nuts.

Oatmeal Breakfast Bars

Ingredients

1. 2 1/2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
2. 1/4 cup oat flour
3. 1/4 cup ground flaxseed
4. 1/8 cup goat's milk (lactose free)
5. 1/4 c. vanilla protein powder (Trader Joe's)
6. 1/2 cup hemp seeds
7. 1 cup raisins
8. 1 cup honey
9. 1/2 cup natural unsalted almond butter

Directions

Preheat the oven to 325 F. 

In a large bowl, combine all ingredients.Pat the mixture evenly into the prepared baking pan. Press firmly to remove any air pockets. Bake just until the edges begin to brown, about 25 minutes. Let cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, and then cut into 24 bars. When just cool enough to handle, remove the bars from the pan and place them on the rack to cool completely. Store the bars in airtight containers in the refrigerator.  Makes 15 bars in a 7x11 pan. 

Note:  I found this recipe in a magazine but I don't know which one.  It just said May 2012 at the bottom and they were called muesli breakfast bars.  I found a recipe similar to it on the site below but of course I changed quite a few things.  

http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/recipes/muesli-breakfast-bars/rcp-20049614

Beet Power Smoothie

Ingredients:

1/2 cup water

1/4 large Beet, peeled

2 large Carrots, peeled

1 small apple ( I used gala)  

1/2 tsp. ground ginger

1 Banana

1 T Almond Butter, raw

1/2 scoop vanilla protein ( I used Trader Joe's)

1T hemp seeds 

Directions:

Put in blender and blend until smooth



Inspiration for this recipe was originally from this site:

http://www.theholykale.com/2012/06/banana-beet-smoothie/?printthis=1&printsect=1

I changed quite a bit!