Cherry season is here, heralding summer! A few ways to enjoy this little treat:
🍒 Keep a bowl on the kitchen counter for a quick sweet treat.
🍒 Cut in half, pitted then add to green salad with nuts.
🍒 Add to pancake batter.
🍒 Add to stuffing for side dish.
🍒 Sprinkle on granola.
🍒 Layer with yogurt.
Thank you cherries for showing up – you sweet little round packages of delight!
I’ll see you at the table!
Vegan breakfast for baby and mommy. 
Little Miss: prunes and banana
Mommy: green smoothie with kale, apple juice, mango, cherries, orange
A week of green smoothies! One of the things I missed the most while gone to Seattle was my Blendtec… Should’ve just packed it along with me!
greens
collard greens
kale
spinach
berries
juice
banana
grapes
mango
cherries
ice
carrots
apple
My first crack at vegan cookies… and they turned out really yummy. Not just IMHO, but everyone in the family – even the picky 6-year-old nephew liked them. Woot!
Yield: 2 dozen cookies
INGREDIENTS:
3 cups quick oats
1 cup Nectar of the Gods (aka NOTG)
1/2 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup dried tart cherries
1 cup raw macadamia nuts, rough chop
3 ripe bananas (not totally brown peels, but lots of brown spots)
2 tablespoons cinnamon
1/2 cup raw coconut
1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds
1/4 cup raw pumpkin seeds
Water
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare cookie sheet with parchment paper. Mix together NOTG and bananas until fully mixed well. Add oats, 1 cup at a time, until mixed through. Add all other ingredients and mix until well combined and very sticky. Add water 1 tablespoon at a time to make sure that you have a good sticky consistency. You don’t want the cookies to fall apart in the oven… then you’ll just have really chunky granola. Bake 15-18 minutes (depending on your oven). Cool on cookie rack. Store in container… if they last that long!
A creamy, rich dessert. Will satisfy any sweet tooth.
Serves 2
INGREDIENTS:
12 cashews
1 cup frozen black cherries
1/4 soy milk
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa
4 medjool dates pitted
Fresh raspberries
DIRECTIONS:
In a high powered blender, combine all ingredients – except raspberries – and blend. Sprinkle raspberries on top and serve immediately.
We love this dessert! Great with banana or berries instead of cherries too.
Serves 2
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup vanilla soy, hemp, or almond milk
1 tablespoon natural cocoa powder
4 dates, pitted
1 1/2 cups dark sweet frozen cherries
[We added 1/2 cup of ice for extra creamy goodness]
DIRECTIONS:
Blend all ingredients in a high-powered blender until smooth and creamy. If using a regular blender, add only half the cherries and blend until smooth, then add the remaining cherries and continue to blend.
Variation: Use berries or banana instead of cherries. Freeze ripe bananas at least 24 hours in advance. To freeze, peel, cut into thirds, and wrap tightly in plastic wrap.
