Basic Veggie Flax Chips & Cashew "Cheese/Sour Cream" Dip

The key to making these break like a chip, is to spread the batter very thin.

This is just a basic recipe, and a good way to use up some of the vegetables that may be just sitting in your fridge. I don't use sea salt in this recipe, but you could sprinkle some on top if you wish to have salted chips. I ate a few of these on their own, and the rest with a salty dip. On their own they are slightly sweet, and taste faintly of onion. You can leave the onion out, and use more carrot if you like. 

Ingredients:

1 cup tomato or 1 tomato

1 cup celery  or 2 stalks celery

1 cup carrots or 2 carrots

1 cup sweet onion or half a large onion

1/2 cup flax seeds

Easy Strawberry Juice (No Juicer Required)

 Great for those who don't have a juicer, or don't have time to clean all the parts to their juicer. You can basically make this with whatever fruit you like. All you need is a blender.

 

Ingredients 

2 cups strawberries, tops removed, or fruit of choice
2 Tbsp dates, pitted & packed - or 2 medjool dates

In a blender, liquify strawberries, to do this you may need to keep stopping the blender and pushing the fruit into blades with a spatula. Then add dates, to taste. 

Makes about 1 1/2 to 2 cups depending on type of fruit used.

If you want it cold you can either use half the fruit frozen, or add ice. Also, if you want pure juice, you could run it through a strainer - but I don't. :)

Variation - add juice of half a lemon &/or a celery stalk(or 1 Tbsp cilantro)

Enjoy!

Pineapple Raspberry Shocker

 When I’m craving something sweet and sour, this is what I drink. It reminds me of those blue-raspberry flavoured slush puppies with added "shockers".

Ingredients:
1-2 cups frozen raspberries
1 cup fresh pineapple, chopped

 

In a blender, add pineapple, then raspberries, and blend. Start with 1 cup raspberries, and add more to taste. You can also freeze pineapple first to make it thicker. If it's too tart for your taste, add a few dates or try half a banana.