Today's Green Smoothie for late lunch

1 very ripe avocado
2 very ripe banana
1 tbs lemon juice
1 clove garlic
1 large handful of kale
2 tbs flax seeds
Fermented cashew milk. (usually i only put fruit and seeds in my smoothies but the jar was almost empty so I half filled it with water shook that up and poured it in the blender. Nothing goes to waste around here)

Sweet, creamy with a hint of garlic and a little tangy. This was surprisingly good.

Frozen Banana Pie Vegan Dessert

This dish is great for using up ripe bananas. It comes together quickly, freezes in 2-4 hours and serves 4-8 people.















Crust:

In food processor with s-blade, chop
1 cup walnuts
1 cup dates
pinch of salt

chop until crumbly, do not over process

Press the walnut/date mixture into a 9" pie pan evenly, being sure to press hard where the sides of the pan meet the bottom.
Set aside

Filling:

5 very ripe bananas
2 tsp fresh lemon juice
pinch of salt

In food processor with S-blade process bananas, lemon and salt until very creamy, about 5 minutes.
Pour into prepared crust and freeze.

Slice and serve. Store covered in freezer.

The Fruity Trinity 3,2,1 Smoothie

Today's Smoothie!

















3 very ripe bananas
2 granny smith apples, chopped
1 orange (juice and pulp only)
1 head of celery
1 clove garlic
2 tbs flaxseed
2 tbs Renewme!
2 cups or more of water

Put it all in the blender and blend well.

This is a very creamy smoothie that utilizes the fruity trinity of banana, apple, orange. On the sweet side with just a hint of garlic.

I'm eating more raw garlic these days to try and help boost my immunity. The man had the flu or some kind of stomach bug but I will remain healthy.

So mote, it be.
:)

Coconut Banana Soft Serve RAW VEGAN Ice Cream Summer Frozen Dessert Idea

This is banana soft serve but I added









The meat and water of 1 young thai coconut
7 dates
1 tsp raw vanilla powder

Talk about creamy. We had it for a late night snack last night but it would be good for lunch, brunch, snack, dessert or even in a smoothie.



Today's smoothie














1 cup banana coconut vegan soft serve
4 leaves curly kale
1 banana
the usual supplements
water

Raw Vegan Soft Serve Ice Cream :: RAW Summer Snack Idea!

With inspiration from Gena and she is right, this will change your life!

this is about 2 and a half frozen bananas, half an inch of vanilla bean and 4 tsp of lemon juice in the food processor with the s-blade.
















Process until smooth
















Soft serve ice cream!










You won't believe how easy and good this is!



It's raw and vegan and you can have it for breakfast, brunch, lunch dinner or dessert. The sky is the limit. Dairy-free, Soy-free, Gluten-free and no preservatives. And Cheap? With bananas as low as 29c a lb sometimes, yeah, it's cheap-ola :)

You're welcome :)

Thanks, Gena! Once again you not only change but IMPROVE my life.

Raw Vegan Snack Ideas: Snacking Happens: Banana Date Mash Up Avocaco Sauerkraut Salad

I decided to post photos of my lovely raw vegan snacks today because I can only take so many photos of green smoothies...

Mid Morning Snack (Second Breakfast)

Banana Date Mash Up














2 ripe bananas
5 or so dates, chopped or whole 1/4 cup mostly raw granola (which is oats, sunflower seeds, chopped almonds, chopped dates and coconut oil, dehydrated overnight at 95f), all mashed up in a bowl.

Mid Afternoon Snack

Avocado & Sauerkraut Salad














1 half a ripe avocado sprinkled with vegan parm (1/4 cup almonds, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 cup nutritional yeast, 1/2 tsp cornstarch, optional, keeps it from clumping) and covered with about a 1/4 cup of raw sauerkraut. Eat with a spoon.

Raw Food Snacking Happens! Raw Banana Avocado Pudding

Whole food goodness and sweet, delicious raw food nutrition at it's simple best


















Banana Avocado Pudding
1 avocado
2 bananas
2 tsp lemon juice
Serves 2
Peel the bananas, cut the avo and remove the seed and scoop out the meat. Cut them both into pieces in a bowl mash them together with a fork.
if you like, add vanilla and nutmeg or cinnamon
The lemon juice prevents it from turning brown right away. If you are making this to eat immediately, you can leave out the lemon juice.

Works as breakfast, snack, lunch, Sunday brunch buffet or even dessert!

Super quick to make, no equipment necessary.

(Mostly) Raw Vegan Lunch Ideas! A Smoothie That Needs No Glass! Peanut Butter and Banana in Collard Leaf Wrap

An easy answer to "what's for lunch?" this is sort of like a green smoothie that you can hold in your hand. Sort of...

One large collard leaf, cut the stem as shown and apply peanut butter and bananas.









That is one banana cut in four pieces




If you use a raw nut butter this will be a raw sandwich. If you use a cooked nut butter, this will be an almost raw sandwich.

Fold up the cut stem ends first, then the tip of the leaf and roll up the open ends until you get














Something that looks like this














Cut it in half if you like for a nice presentation.














I know, I know. It sounds strange. But it works on the same principle as a green smoothie. The sweet banana makes it so you can barely taste the collard leaf at all! Try it once and you will be sold.

Dinner Last Night with Banana Nut Cake and Bliss

Juice this morning was carrot, beet, celery.














I'm going to use that pulp to make some Beet Your Meat Raw Vegan Burgers for dinner



Dinner last night was tempeh baked in tomato sauce with onion and potato.














I didn't write down the recipe but it was really good. A sweet sauce made with tomato, zucchini, onion, garlic and grape juice. I am always trying to make barbecue flavor. This one was ok. The man put more barbecue sauce on it :)

Also featured are side salad of corn, tomato, cuke, zuke, onion and fresh thyme, red leaf lettuce with sauerkraut and horseradish and some bread that didn't seem to want to rise. I may or may not have forgotten the baking powder or something. It still tasted good, it was just... thin. and dense. The boy loved it, ate three pieces before I caught him :)

I also made a banana cake with banana nut raw frosting that I was happy with.

Banana Layer Cake

Preheat oven to 350F and grease and flour a loaf pan

In blender:
1 cup grape juice
3 ripe bananas
1/4 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt
2 tbs oats
2 tbs ACV
Blend well and set aside

In large bowl:
1 cup white flour
1 cup wheat flour
2 tsp aluminum free baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda

Mix dry ingredients well and add liquid banana mixture

Pour batter in greased and floured pan and bake at 350F for 1 hour. Cool completely.

Frosting or filling

In food processor:
1.5 cup Brazil nuts
2 ripe banana
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbs vinegar
1/4 tsp vanilla
Process with S-blade until positively creamy. Chill while the cake is cooling.

When cake has completely cooled, cut the cake in half, cutting the top off of the cake.
Put the bottom back in the pan and spread the frosting all over the bottom half of the cake. Put the top half of the cake back on and chill the cake for an hour before serving.















Shown with Cherry Amaretto Coconut Bliss
which I would never buy but the man brought it home. He said I deserved a treat. Thank you, baby. I like treats. I really don't need any ice cream but I love you for thinking of me. The reason I look sadly at your bowl when you have ice cream is because I am thinking of how bad it is for the cows. I never liked ice cream very much, it's too damn cold :)

Mashed Banana Breakfast

Organic bananas were 29c lb. I got them all. I can't find the receipt. I was going to tell you how many pounds. There were more we ate bananas last night and I had some today for breakfast. mmm bananas...












Here is the empty bowl. I had mashed bananas for breakfast.











Chore today will be freezing some bananas :)

Raw Banana Pudding

2 or more bananas, mashed in a large bowl
2 tsp lemon juice per banana
vanilla to taste
a shake of cinnamon if desired
Stir well and eat.

This can be frozen for a tasty treat. Stir every half hour in the freezer until it's a soft serve consistency and enjoy!

Home Grown Green Smoothie

The green smoothie is so good and so delicious. It's an amazing tool in anyone's quest for a highly nutritional diet.
Frozen banana, fresh mint from the yard, lettuce and chard from the small plants and some celery hearts from the store.















I chopped up all the celery and put all of every thing in the blender















Then I found some broccoli and cauliflower stems that I had been meaning to juice.
















I washed and trimmed them but...















There was just no room in the blender














So I juiced the stems in my Acme Juicerator and added the juice to my smoothie.














with some Renew Me! and some E3AFA


















And here it is in the jar there, next to the plants it came from.
















My very own, homegrown, green smoothie!

Raw Vegan Dessert Ideas :: VEGAN Banana Cream Pie with Walnut Crust :: NO Tofu!

The man looked at the pile of bananas turning brown on the counter, then he looked at me and said "you should make a pie"






I adapted this recipe from John Tobe's No-Cook Book. (1969)


Crust

2 cups finely crushed raw walnuts pressed in a pie plate. place in 115F dehydrator while making

Banana Pudding for the filling

4 ripe bananas
5 chopped dates
2 tbs lemon juice
1/4 tsp vanilla
2 tbs sugar or natural sweetener of choice (optional)
Water to blend
Blend until a pudding consistency
Pour in crust
Continue to dehydrate at 115F while making

Sweet nut cream topping

1/2 cup Brazil nuts
2 tbs sugar or natural sweetener of choice about 5 chopped dates work fine in this
1 tbs lemon juice
Water to blend
Blend until very very creamy. There will be small brown flecks.
Pour on top of the banana filling and garnish with walnuts if desired















Dehydrate for 6 hours longer if you want it firmer, at 115F. Serve warm or cold. Keeps well in the fridge but eat fresh for best taste.





























The lemon juice makes it light and fresh. This delicious raw vegan dessert comes together rather quickly. About 15 minutes prep time and 6 hours in the dehydrator.
Yummm!














The lemon juice makes it taste lighter and the added sugar, while totally unnecessary, makes it sweeter. I could have eaten the whole pie but there were others and I had to be polite. I might make banana pudding for lunch today :)