Thursday, January 29, 2009

Howard's Special Raw Trail Mix

1 cup Raw Almonds
1 cup Raw Walnuts
1 cup Raw Pecans
1 cup Raw Pine Nuts
1/2 cup Raw unhulled sesame seeds
1/2 Raw sunflower seeds
1/2 Raw pumpkin seeds
12 Dates
1 cup Raisins

Chop the dates, pecans, almonds, and walnuts. Put all ingredients in a Ziplock baggy and shake until the ingredients are well mixed together. The proportions of the various ingredients vary each time I make this. I don't worry too much about measurements. It is a delicious snack or dessert. Guests love this trail mix.

Sometimes I put the ingredients in the grain jar of my Vitamix and chop lightly to get a smoother consistency to the trail mix. This mixes everything together more fully and gives a sweeter taste if you put enough dates in the mix. This makes it especially nice as a topping for oatmeal, salads, etc.

Tropical Green Smoothie 2

1 medium banana
1/4 fresh pommello
1 slice of fresh pineapple
1 ML DHA Purity (Optional)
1 tbsp ground flax seeds (Optional)
5 oz organic baby spinach
4 dates
4 ice cubes

Put ingredients in Vitamix and blend until smooth and creamy

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Fuhrman's Anti-Cancer Soup over turnip greens

In a large soup bowl I put about 3 oz of turnip greens
I ladeled some soup over the greens and mixed
Put in microwave for 5 minutes

This was better than I thought. The soup, which has a sweet carrot/celery juice base, softened the flavor of the turnip greens. The resultant mixture was quite good.

Special Spinach Oatmeal

1 cup rolled oats
1 medium banana
4 dates
Almond milk
1.5 cups water
dash cinnamon
dash nutmeg
2 oz. organic baby spinach

Slice banana on bottom of large cereal bowl
Slice dates and put in bottom of bowl
Put oats in bowl and sprinkle on nutmeg and cinnamon
Pour on water and mix ingredients
Put in microwave on high for 4-5 minutes
Let stand a few minutes and add almond milk

Spinach and Black Bean Salad

1 cup black beans (low salt)
3 oz organic baby spinach
1 bell tomato sliced and part diced
1/2 cup broccoli florets
1 tbsp almond butter
1 tbsp Fuhrman Black Fig Vinegar

Put beans, sliced tomatoes, broccoli, and spinach in a large salad bowl
Blend the diced tomatoes, almond butter and vinegar in Vitamix
Pour the dressing over the salad and mix well

Dr. Fuhrman's Famous Anti-Cancer Soup

From: www.DrFuhrman.com

Serves: 10
Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:
1 cup dried split peas and/or beans
4 cups water
4 medium onions
6-10 medium zucchini
3 leek stalks
2 bunches kale, collards or other greens, chopped, tough stems and center ribs cut off and discarded
5 pounds carrots (4-5 cups juice)*
2 bunches organic celery (2 cups juice)*
2 tablespoons Dr. Fuhrman's VegiZest or Mrs. Dash
1 cup raw cashews
8 ounces mushrooms (shiitake, cremini and/or oyster) chopped
Instructions:
Place the beans and water in a very large pot over low heat.
Add whole onions, whole zucchini and whole leeks to the pot along with chopped kale. Add carrot juice, celery juice and VegiZest(or Mrs Dash).

Simmer mixture until onions, zucchini and leeks are soft, about 20 minutes. Remove the soft onions, zucchini, and leeks from the pot along with some of the soup liquid, being careful to leave the beans and some of the kale in the pot.

Using a blender or food processor, completely blend/puree the onions, zucchini, and leeks. Add more soup liquid and the cashews to the mixture, and blend in. Return the blended, creamy mixture back to the pot. Add the mushrooms and simmer another 30 minutes or until beans are soft.

* Juice carrots and celery in a juice extractor. Fresh juiced organic carrots are necessary to maximize the flavor of this soup.

Tropical Green Smoothie

1 slice of fresh Papaya
1 slice of fresh pineapple
1 medium banana
1 ml DHA Purity (Optional)
1 tbsp ground flax seeds (Optional)
5 oz organic baby spinach
4 dates
4 ice cubes
Put into Vitamix and blend until smooth and creamy
This one has a nice sweet flavor. Excellent