Spinach and Fruit salad

Spinach-fruit salad (serves 2)

4 cups raw spinach
1 cup sliced strawberries
1 cup red grapes -- halved
2 kiwi fruit
1/2 cup almonds, pecans, or walnuts

Mix dressing in a small bowl and then pour over salad.

dressing:
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp red wine vinegar
1 Tbsp honey
1/4 tsp dill

Taco Salad Rice (makes 2 large servings)

4 oz black wild rice, soaked for 2 days
8 leaves of green leaf lettuce, shredded
20 cherry tomatoes, halved
20 medium olives, sliced
1 avocado, chopped
1/4 cup diced onion
2 Tbsp taco seasoning

granola

In a blender or food processor, chop until crumbly:
1/2 cup raw soaked almonds
2 Tbsp any dried fruit you like
2 Tbsp any other nuts you like
2 tsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp cinnamon

Dump that into your cereal bowl. Stir in:
2 Tbsp rolled oats
1/2 cup almond milk (I actually used 1 cup, but I had a BIG cereal bowl)
a drizzle of honey
any fresh fruit (optional, but how could you have breakfast without fresh fruit?)

Pineapple-Cucumber Gazpacho (serves about 5)

Pineapple-Cucumber Gazpacho (serves about 5)

Blend until smooth:
3 cups chopped and peeled cucumber
3 cups chopped pineapple
1 cup pineapple juice
1 small jalapeno, seeded and diced (I omited this, and it was fine)
1 green onion (the white part and 1 inch of the green part), chopped
Juice of 1/2 a lime
2 tsp sea salt

Dump that into a large serving bowl. Then pulse chop until chucky:
1 cup pineapple
1 cup cucumber
1 handful fresh cilantro
1 1/2 Tbsp olive oil

Mix those together in the serving bowl. Just before serving, divide evenly and add to each soup bowl:
2 Tbsp madademia nuts or cashews
a small drizzle of olive oil

Jacki's coconut banana pie

I mashed up 2 bananas, about 1/2 cup shredded coconut, some lemon juice and honey, then spread it out over the crust and sliced up another banana to decorate the top. I also chilled the pie for a couple of hours so it would hold its shape better.

use crust from fig berry tart

collard greens wrap

2 avocados
4 roma tomatoes or 2 regular ones
a big handful of chopped cilantro
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 1/2 tsp salt
collard greens

mock spagetti (serves 2)

use a vegetable peeler to strip an ordinary summer squash into "noodles." Mix in:
2 Tbsp olive oil
10 large cherry tomatoes, quartered
10 mushrooms, diced
1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
1/4 tsp sea salt