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Banana Recipes

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Homemade Banana “Ice cream”

  • 1 frozen banana
  • 1 tablespoon of peanut butter (or BP2 – a dried peanut butter)
  • 1 teaspoon of cocoa
  • 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
  • a touch of almond milk

Mix them up and freeze them. Enjoy!

Courtesy of Darren Brown, RunKNOX

Tropical Harvest Smoothie

  • 1/2 medium banana (fresh or frozen)
  • 1/2 cup light coconut milk
  • 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 1/4 cup pineapple juice
  • 1 cup tropical frozen fruit (a tropical blend that contains a good mix of frozen pineapple, mango and strawberries)

Optional additions:

  • 1/2 tbsp. honey
  • 1 tbsp. shredded coconut (healthier to use unsweetened)
  • 1 tbsp. lime juice
  • *Add crushed ice if you prefer it “frostier”
  • *Add extra juice or milk if it’s too thick

Serves 1. It makes a great breakfast or filling snack!

Courtesy of Amy Lambert (coffeescarvesandrunningshoes.com)

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Berries Recipes

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Jana’s Berry Simple Syrup

1 cup of water
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of mixed berries

In a small saucepan, bring sugar and water to a boil; simmer until the sugar is dissolved, 3 minutes. Add the berries and cook them just enough for the juice to mix in. Remove from the heat. Add to pancakes or waffles.

Jana’s Blackberry Basil Jam

4 cups blackberries (you can do smaller batches but not bigger)
4 cups sugar
handful of fresh basil leaves
1 lemon (juice)

Take the basil and sugar and mix them in a food processor until the basil is all ground up with the sugar. In a large sauce pan, put equal parts of blackberries and basil-sugar mix. Add the juice of a lemon and cook the ingredients together until the mix sheets off a cold spoon. Simmer for 20 minutes. Store in jars.

NOTE: You can make smaller batches but not larger.

Courtesy of Jana Graziano, Clear Springs Farm, TN

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Tomato Recipes

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Tomato Toast

Tomatoes are a staple of the Mediterranean diet and for good reason. Delicious and healthy, this versatile fruit can be consumed raw or cooked. An easy recipe involves only a few ingredients but it’s perfect for a summer meal.

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Açaí Berry Recipes

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Açaí Berry Smoothie

  • 1 1/4 c. plain or vanilla soymilk, or almond milk
  • 3/4 c. Orange juice
  • 3/4 c. Acai juice
  • 1 large Mango, peeled, seeded and cut into chunks (use frozen mango chunks for an extra thick smoothie
  • 1 c. fresh or frozen blueberries

Serves 2

Courtesy of Beth A. Booker MS, MPH, RD, LDN

Açaí na Tigela (Açaí in a bowl)

Pulp

  • 1 1/2 scoops frozen acai pulp (about 1 cup)
  • 1 banana
  • 1 tsp guarana powder
  • 1/3 cup orange juice
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • Topping
  • ¼ cup Granola
  • 4 sliced strawberries

Pulse in blender until achieving the consistency of a soft ice cream.

Serve in bowl with halved strawberries and granola as topping.

Recipe courtesy of Maira Quillin

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Garlic and Onion Recipes

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Sheila is a good friend and college classmate. Always an active person, Sheila’s world changed when she became ill with Lyme disease. In order to manage her health and post-Lyme neurological damage, she quit her corporate job and focused on treatments and healing. A large part of healing involved cleaning up her diet and experimenting with healthy recipes. She became well-versed in and knowledgeable about anti-inflammatory diets, vegan lifestyle, gluten free, Paleo, Keto, Whole30® , socially responsible ingredients, low carb/sugar, yeast free, and organic foods. Her quest for a healthy life and her desire to provide support to others battling chronic disease led her to open She She’s Bakery, a home-based alternate bakery which is completely vegan and yeast free. You can feel confident that what you are eating is home made, clean, and organic! Check out her online store and get inspired by her story.

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