RAW Living and Learning

Today I surprised the children with a new smoothie recipe. I had made some raw almond butter and wanted use it in a smoothie recipe for them. Having found some extremely fresh Medjool dates the other day at the market, I knew they had to be one of the smoothie ingredients as well. Here is what it looked like: And let me just tell you, it tasted like pure bliss!!!!! This is a must try!!! They will be requesting this smoothie again, or so I was told. Here is my recipe:   Raw Cookie Dough Smoothie by Elizabeth @rawlivingandlearning.blogSpot.com   4 fresh Medjool dates, pitted   4 ripe bananas   6 frozen bananas   1/2 C filtered water   2 Tablespoons of raw almond butter   1 teaspoon of vanilla   Blend all of the ingredients in a high speed blender and ENJOY!!!!     +JMJ+ Today I am grateful that my father had a successful surgery and is home recovering.

One of my little guys wanted some homemade Sorbet today. He requested pineapple to be exact. So I whipped up this easy recipe in my Blendtec blender and he was very pleased. Three ingredients and some ice is all you'll need for this tasty recipe. Pineapple Sorbet (vegan, sugar free, gluten free) By rawlivingandlearning.blogspot.com Yields 1serving 1 cup of frozen pineapple   1/4 cup of fresh coconut milk   1/2 of a frozen banana   1/3 cup of ice cubes   Allow frozen fruit to sit at room temp. For about 5-8 minutes to slightly soften. Then blend all of the ingredients in a high speed blender or food processor until the consistency of sorbet. Enjoy!   And on a side note, Blendtec has improved their already awesome warranty so be sure and click on my ad over on the right side of my blog to check out these wonderful blenders!! +JMJ+ Today I am grateful for the very kind produce manager who supplied me with a case full of ...