Veggie Pita and Spinach Pinwheels

 

These two meals are PERFECT for the summer: simple, quick and delicious!

Veggie Pitas
Pita bread, cut in half
Favorite Hummus or leftover cheezy sauce
Raw veggies of your choice: romaine lettuce, baby spinach, sprouts, peppers, carrots, celery, avocado, cucumbers, tomatoes, etc.

Spread your spread in the pita. :) Follow with whatever veggies you want. This is a great one for kids to build their own!  Enjoy!

I think I will like this one more when I find a great-tasting whole grain tortilla.
Spinach Hummus Pinwheels
GREAT TASTING whole-grain tortilla
favorite hummus or cheezy sauce
chopped baby spinach
thinly sliced avocado
thinly sliced peppers
thinly sliced cucumbers

Spread hummus. Thinly layer veggie. Roll up and carefully cut with a knife. Serve with a fresh fruit salad (mmmmm, peaches and blueberries right now, huh???).

4th of July Nom-Noms

Who said you can't eat healthy during the holidays? We sure did! Here in the south, we had quite a bit of heavy rain on the 4th, so it started out as a bit of a downer. At least for me. However, we quickly changed that with some patriotic food that we got the whole family in on, and in the end, the rain took a break long enough for many neighbors to shoot off fireworks. It was a beautiful day/night!  Here is what we did:

I took THIS potato salad recipe, and instead of using regular potatoes, I found some gourmet potatoes at Costco: red white and BLUE potatoes! Have you ever heard of blue potatoes? I hadn't, but they tasted just like regular potatoes and the kids thought it was the "best potato salad ever"! I scrubbed and cut them into smaller pieces, drizzled with a little bit of olive oil and roasted in the oven until I could easily pierce through with a fork. Let cool and follow the rest of the recipe. Delicious!

 For this one, I bought a (better-for-you) ready made pie crust from Whole Foods (you can totally make your own whole wheat pie crust), and line the bottom of a pie pan. Pit cherries and mix with raw honey or raw agave nectar. Let sit for 20 minutes. Mix a couple of cups of blueberries with agave. Take a piece of cardstock and fold so that it points to 12 & 9. Fill that triangle with blueberries and the rest with cherries. Gently pull out cardstock. Cut pie dough in stripes for your "flag" and use small star cookie cutters to make stars for your blueberries. Sprinkle with raw sugar granules. Bake at 425 for 10-15 minutes, or until crust is golden brown

 This is self-explanatory, right? The kids loved this one in particular. Happy 4th!

 P.S. After all the rain we had, my garden exploded!

Summer Fun!!!

Fresh Georgia Peaches. Oh baby! We had a lot of them, so I decided to try dehydrating them. (If you dehydrate at less then 113 degrees, they are considered raw still! You preserve the enzymes and nutrients! Wahoo!) 

I wasn't patient enough, so after a day of dehydrating, I ate one. It was still juicy in the middle and as sweet as candy. Needless to say, the 4 trays didn't make it to complete dehydration. The kids and I at them all! Yum!

 

 Remember this recipe? We celebrated our youngest's half birthday (poor kid was born 3 days before Christmas!), and we did a breakfast celebration: dessert first! I felt no guilt cause it's so good for ya!

 K, this recipe is compliments of Beachbody Ultimate Reset. I decided to give it a go, and have been pleasantly surprised! I can do this kind of cleanse all day every day!

Black Bean Open-Faced Tacos
3 c black beans (2 cans drained well and rinsed, or make your own!)
1 1/2 t extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 t chili powder
1/2 t cumin
1 1/2 t ground coriandor
6 t Braggs liquid aminos
Sea salt to taste
4 1/2 c cooked brown rice
1 1/2 c frozen corn kernels, rinsed in cold water until thawed
1 pkg non-GMO corn tortillas
1 ripe avocado
1 c salsa (fresh is best, but we just did regular)

Combine the first 7 ingredients. Warm over medium heat and fold in brown rice. Remove from heat. Gently stir in corn kernels. Mash avocado and mix with salsa. Put rice mixture in a corn tortilla and spread with some salsa mixture. Serve!