Health-ified Rice Crispy Treats

• Makes 12 squares
• 2 cups of puffed brown rice
• 1 jar of almond butter
• 4 tablespoons of raw honey
• 1 tablespoon of coconut oil
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon

Simply place the almond butter, agave and coconut oil in a saucepan and heat gently. Once a runny liquid starts to form, which should take 2-3 minutes, pour the mixture over the puffed rice and cinnamon. Stir well until all the rice is covered. Transfer the mixture into a baking dish, patting it down firmly with a spatula. Then freeze for an hour or two before cutting it into squares to serve. Save the rest in the fridge.  

Raspberry Cherry Pops

1 cup frozen raspberries
1 cup frozen cherries
1 cup yogurt or vanilla yogurt
1/2 cup coconut water
1 tablespoon raw honey

Place the above ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Divide among six 4-ounce freezer-pop molds. Freeze until firm, at least 6 hours. You can also place the contents into an ice mold and make small servings.

Cashew Queso

Cashew Cream Queso

1 cup cashews (soaked for hours or overnight in water)

1/2 cup boiling water (or chicken stock)

3 tablespoons of olive oil

1/2 cup milk

3 tablespoons of nutritional yeast

8 oz. grated monterrey jack cheese

4 oz. cream cheese (optional)

Juice of a lime

Diced tomatoes & green chiles (I use 505 green chile)

1/2 an avocado (Sometimes if it is small I use the whole thing

1/4 teaspoon  of cumin, coriander, mustard seed, & tumeric

salt & ground pepper to taste

Rinse the soaked cashews and add to a blender (I use a blendtech or vitamix) with boiling water or stock and olive oil.  Once blended add the rest of the ingredients to the blender and press soup option.  If you have a normal blender – blend until smooth.  Heat the mixture on the stove consistently stirring until warm enough to serve.  

Roasted Grapefruit and Raw Honey

1 grapefruit sliced in half

Raw honey (mountain clover raw honey from Good Flow in Austin is yummy and you can purchase it at HEB)

Spread the raw honey on to each half and put it in the toaster oven for a few minutes.  Peel and eat.  It's delicious! Beware sometimes the honey drips off so you may want to use a piece of foil or a glass container to catch the overflow.  

Dark Chocolate Covered Pumpkin Seeds

A spoonful of coconut oil (1 tablespoon)

1/2 cup pumpkin seeds

15 or so dark chocolate chips

A dash of sea salt

In a pan heat up the coconut oil and then add the pumpkin seeds.  Sprinkle some celtic sea salt on the seeds and turn.  Cook for about 2 minutes and then add in the chocolate chips.  Stir for a minute or until the chocolate is somewhat melted.  You can enjoy them hot or put them in the freezer over night.  Be careful these are yummy and very rich :).

Sweet Potato and Green Chile Soup

1 tablespoon extra virgin coconut oil
2 shallots, roasted
1/4 cup hatch green chile
2 medium sweet potatoes (peeled and cubed)
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin

1/4 teaspoon ground coriander

1/4 teaspoon ground mustard seed
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
1 tablespoon unrefined sea salt
2 quarts Roast Chicken Stock 

Sour Cream, to serve
Minced Cilantro, to serve 

In the oven, roast sweet potatoes and shallots wrapped in foil at 400 degrees for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and place sweet potatoes and shallots in the blender with the remaining ingredients (if you have a small blender you will have to do this in batches). Pour into a pot and simmer for 10 minutes or until heated.  Ladle the soup into bowls and top with sour cream (or greek yogurt) and cilantro. You may crumple bacon on top for more flavor.

Salmon Steaks

Ingredients:

Salmon Steaks

Celtic Sea Salt and Lemon Pepper

Sprinkle of Tumeric

1/2 can Coconut Milk

1 Lemon (sliced)

Macadamia Nut Oil

In glass baking dish place your salmon steaks skin down.  Pour a small amount of MNO into your palm rub each steak with oil.  Season to your taste. I sprinkle a bit of celtic sea salt, lemon pepper and tumeric and rub it into each steak.  Thinly slice a lemon and place slices on each steak.  Pour 1/2 a can of coconut milk into the dish.  Bake on 400 degrees for 12 minutes.