Cherry Vanilla Smoothie

Hi everyone,

I just bought some amazing vanilla beans and I don't think anything goes better together than vanilla and cherries! Enjoy!

Ingredients:

- 5 bananas
- 5-6 dates
- 1 1/2 c frozen cherries
- 1'' vanilla bean (If you are not using a high speed blender like a vitamix or blentec, you will need to open the vanilla bean and use just the seeds.  If you have a high spend blender you can throw skin and all in)


Directions: Blend and enjoy!

Heap O Fruit

This is a recipe from my almost finished low fat raw cookbook.  Sorry it's been SOOO long since I've posted, but I've been busy working on this cookbook.  Let me know what you think.  Enjoy!

Ingredients:

• 15-20 dates
• few Tbsp. shredded coconut
• fruits of choice (bananas, berries, cherries, mango, peaches, etc.)
• 1 banana

Directions:

1. Process dates in a food processor until they form a doughy ball
2. Sprinkle coconut in bottom of a 8” glass pie dish to cover
3. Flatten out date “dough” in your hand 1 section at a time laying it on top of coconut to make a crust. Keep a little aside for topping.
4. Make several layers of the fruit you chose on top of your crust-chop up any large fruit into bite sized peices.
5. Blend 1 banana and a handful of the other fruit you chose and pour on top of the heap. Sprinkle with coconut and bits of date “dough”. 

Recipe of the Day: Berry Banana Soup/Cereal

Ingredients:

- Banana milk (2-3 bananas blended with enough water to make thin milkshake consistency)
- Berries of your choice, amount of your choice
- Date sauce (5 medjool dates blended with enough water to make caramel sauce consistency)

How to:

1. Put berries in bowl.
2. Pour banana milk and date sauce over them.
3. Enjoy!

Total Calories: (using 8 oz each blueberries and raspberries & 2 med. bananas) 790, 93/4/3