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Prior to my evening meal, which is usually greens and sprouts, I will have a fruit dish of some sort. I do this to make sure I get enough calories and healthy carbs, since a dinner of just greens and sprouts doesn't add up much in the calorie department. This week I purchased two bags of organic pears from Trader Joe's and 2 cartons of organic strawberries. The combo of the two sounded really good tonight. Here is the super simple sauce I made to drizzle over top of three organic pears. It is simply amazing! The first bite said, "Strawberry shortcake!!" The dates sweetened it up so nicely it tasted just like the sweet sauce my grandmother use to make for her shortcake. Hers of course was sweetened with white sugar--big no no. Now we know better and sweeten things with delicious dates. Strawberry Date Sauce 8 organic strawberries, with green tops 2 dates, soaked (keep soak water) In a personal sized blender, blend the strawberries, dates and some of the soak...

I was preparing the family dinner the other day and I was starving!! I whipped up this amazing raw soup in less than 1 minute and continued to prep the dinner--no kidding. Here is how it came together: I washed 1 cup of organic blueberries and 1 cup organic raspberries; into a bowl they went. In my personal sized blender I blended 2 organic bananas with a small handful of both blueberries and raspberries; poured it over top of the berries in the bowl and I was chowing down in less than a minute!! Quick and DELICIOUS! Berry Soup by Elizabeth @ rawlivingandlearning.blogspot.com 1 Cup organic blueberries (reserve a few for soup) 1 Cup organic raspberries (reserve a few for soup) 2 organic bananas water for blending (2 Tbsp more or less) In a bowl place the raspberries and blueberries. Next, in a personal size blender, blend the 2 bananas and a few blueberries and raspberries with a tablespoon or two of water just to get it blending. Blend until smooth and pour over the ...