This is for the 'health' nut :-)  It's refreshing and amazingly tasty.

No cooking involved, all you need is a blender !

Ingredients:

- 2 parts fruit ( we had some frozen organic peach, mango pineapple from Costco and some cut up frozen

bananas so in they went :-))  Banana is a key ingredient.

- 1 part beet and kale

-  some organic almond milk

Preparation:

- Peel and cube the beets into 1/2 inch cubes

- Wash and cut kale leaves into small pieces (or buy them precut, but make sure you remove all

the hard stems)

1. Add the kale to the blender, top with almond milk and blend well.

2. Add the beets, adjust the amount of almond milk,  blend then add the fruit -I like to keep the almond milk almost leveled with the fruit- and blend well.

II used the 'food chop then 'high' setting, stopping once in a while to 'help' the blender with a  fork to move the pieces 

of fruit down'.  You can add more almond milk if it feels too dense.  

Once everything is chopped I hit 'high speed' on the blender a couple of times to mix it well, and serve the

smoothie ice cold.  

The super health nut can add a bit of whey protein t the smoothie (at the beginning), and the sweet tooth babes can add a bit

of honey or algave to taste (at the end, before serving)

A yummy snack for a hot summer afternoon !  Enjoy and have a happier summer :-)

This has become my signature salad because ... I make it just about once a week. :-)

Ingredients:

-   6 cups Spinach ( I like the leaves to be a bit thicker so no baby spinach please)

-  1  fuji apple (preferably organic, if not peel the thick/glossy skin please)

-  1/2 cup cheese grated ( I like Trader Joe's Toscano with black pepper, but you can use parmesan or any hard cheese

you like)

-  1/2 cup pecan

-  1/2 lemon (to keep the apple from turning brown

Vinaigrette:

 * Mix well equal part of sugar and vinegar + double part olive oil

- 2 TBSP  olive oil (w/ garlic)

- 1 TBSP sugar

- 1 TBSP japanese seasoned vinegar (if you can't find, use apple cider vinegar and add a pinch of salt)

Preparation:

-  Remove stems from spinach leaves, wash and dry well

-  Cut the fuji apple into quarters, remove core and slice.  Then sprinkle with lemon so they don't turn yellow.

-  Break up the pecan if they come in halves

-  Grate the cheese

-  Before serving mix the vinaigrette well, than slather it on the spinach leaves until just covered, add pecan,

apple, cheese et voila`

Easy peasy cheesy yummy salad that will make you as strong as Popeye !! :-)