Up Class: More Recipes

Green Soy Salad (from Nedley text)

1 12 oz pkg. frozen green soybeans

1 16 oz. pkg. frozen shoepeg white corn

1 8 oz. can water chestnuts

2/3 cup celery, finely chopped

1/3 cup green onion, thinly sliced

¼ cup red sweet pepper, diced

5 Tbsp. lemon juice, freshly squeezed.

1 ½ T. honey

1 ½ t. salt

1 T. fresh parsley, finely chopped

1 clove garlic, pressed

1/8 tsp dill weed

¼ tsp sweet basil

Slice chestnuts in thin strips.

2. In a large bowl combine all vegetables.

3. In a small jar, combine remaining ingredients, cover, and shake well. Chill at least 2 hours. Serve on lettuce leaves and garnish with fresh mint.

Walnut Maple Cookies (from Nedley text)

2 ½ cups walnuts ground in food processor

2/3 cup whole wheat pastry flour

1 tsp salt

1/3 cup flaxseed meal

1/3 cup carob chips

½ cup + 2 T. maple syrup

2 t. vanilla

I In a small bowl add all the ingredients in the given order. Mix well.

2. Spray a large cookie sheet and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

3. Drop dough on cookie sheet with a spoon and flatten with a fork.

4. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown, checking often to prevent burning.

5. Let cool before removing from the cookie sheet. Makes one dozen.

Super Food Breakfast Balls

½ cup almonds

1/3 c. pumpkin seeds

1/3 c. chia seeds

½ cup tahini

¼ sesame seeds

¼ almond butter

1/3 cup walnuts

½ cups raw or coconut palm sugar

2 T. water +

Blend all ingredients in food processor—make into walnut sized balls

3 balls = 1 portion

Add ins if you like dates, chopped raisins, dry cranberries, dry chopped apricots.

ANYBODY’S SMOOTHIE

Named because most people like it. (Katie Sue Peterson)

spinach, kale or a mix of the two
1 Tbsp chia or flax or hemp seeds (rotate every day)
1 tsp raw green powder*
1 banana
1 orange
1 small apple
frozen blueberries
frozen strawberries
frozen pineapple

Wash fruits and greens if needed. Place greens halfway up Vitamix or Blendtec jar (64 oz.), snuggly but not too packed. With a knife mostly peel your orange, leaving a little rind on and as much white as you can. Cut apple and oranges in to quarters and put in with the greens. Place the rest of the ingredients in, with frozen fruit coming slightly above the top of jar, and water to the top line. Cover and blend on high for 1 minute. Adults 18 years and older should drink 32 oz. every day. Teenagers 12-18:12-16 oz. Children 6-12:6-8 oz. Feed any children younger as much as they will drink, offering this first thing in the morning and throughout the day. This is a healthy alternative to baby food.

*I rotate through Amazing Grass or NOW brand Wheat Grass, Garden of Life Perfect Food Alkalizer & Detoxer, & Sun Warrior Ormus Greens. If you take the greens right from your garden, you don’t need the powder.

Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Bake 350° for 7-9 minutes Double Batch

2 TBS Chia in 1/3 cup water, let soak. Set aside.
½ cup applesauce
1 cup ground flax (blend in Blender until fine powder)
2 cups ripe bananas

1 ½ cups raw (turbinado) sugar
3 cups groat flour (use steel cut oats, blend in Blender until fine powder)\1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
4 cups old fashion oats
1 cup chopped walnut, pecans or raw pumpkin seeds
2 cups choc chips
Combine first 5 ingredients in mixer, adding Chia last.  Mix until almost smooth.
Combine next 5 ingredients in a separate bowl.  Whisk together.  Add dry mixture to banana mixture.  Mix.
Add Oatmeal 1 cup at a time.  Batter will be stiff.
Add nuts and chocolate.
Place close together on cookie sheet. Cookies will not spread much.
Press down on each cookie.