Mixed Berry Salad with Cinnamon Walnuts (and Lemon or Lime agave dressing)

Mixed Berry Salad with Cinnamon Walnuts
From: FAVES by Melissa Chappell
1 1/3 Cups walnuts (could use pecans or almonds)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 TBS agave (raw or use honey)
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 LB  Spring Mix
2 Cups mixed berries (fresh or frozen)
One batch lime agave dressing (use lemon instead of lime..I'll post dressing recipe below)
Mix the walnuts, cinnamon, agave and salt in a bowl until the walnuts are sticky and coated with the cinnamon and agave.  Set aside.  Toss the spring mix in a big bowl with the mixed berries and half of the lime (lemon) agave dressing.  If you prefer a wetter, more dressed salad, feel free to use more dressing. When everything is well coated, portion your salad out onto salad plates and top with the cinnamon walnuts.

Lemon (or Lime) Agave Dressing
1/2 Cups lemon juice (or lime)
1/2 cup olive oil
3-4 TBS agave
1/2 tsp salt
Whisk all ingredients together and serve.  This is especially good over green salads with fruit in them.  For a more exotic dressing, you may add 1-3 drops lavender essential oil.

Mexican Pizzas

Thanks for the idea Julene!

Sprouted Corn tortillas, rice tortillas, or sprouted Ezekiel tortillas

1 can vegetarian refried beans (or you can puree black beans in the blender)

Slice Olives

Toppings of choice: Homemade salsa, onions, lettuce, tomatoes, avocados, cilantro, and plain yogurt

Top tortillas with beans of choice and chopped onions. Broil until the sides are semi browned. Top with salsa, olives and other toppings. Make it look like a pizza!

Purple Heaven Cabbage Salad

A healthy and delicious alternative to cole slaw.  My kids love this too!
From: Robyn Openshaw
Salad: 2 Cups shredded green cabbage
2 Cups shredded red cabbage
1/2 cups golden raisins (I use fruit juice sweetened cranberries for the kids)
1/4 cup raw pumpkin seeds
Dressing: 2 TBS real maple syrup
2 TBS extra virgin olive oil
2 TBS raw red wine vinegar
1 clove garlic
Toss salad ingredients in a large bowl. Blend dressing ingredients and add to cabbage mixture.

Raw Melissa's Spring Rolls and Thai Nut Sauce

My kids love the 'magical rice paper skins".  They have a blast making these.

Raw Melissa's Spring Rolls

Spring Rolls
by Raw Melissa

16 rice paper skins (I bought these at good earth.)
1/2 lb. of mixed lettuce greens
2 carrots, peeled and julienned
1 bunch cliantro, washed
1 bunch basil, washed (I left this out.)
2 avocados, sliced
1 red pepper, sliced

Fill a shallow pan with warm water. Put three rice paper sheets in water, as they soften and become pilable, pull out one sheet and lay it on a cutting board. On bottom 1/3 of the rice paper, place 4-5 leaves of cilantro and 2-3 leaves basil. On top of this, lay a couple slices of avocado, two slices of red pepper, and 4-6 carrot lengths. Add a handful of lettuce mix to the top of the pile and roll up your spring roll. Start by lifting the bottom edge up over the pile of veggies with one hand, while holding the veggies tightly in place with the other hand. Fold the left side over, then the right side. Tightly roll the rest of your spring roll until everything is enclosed. Continue until all the rice papers are filled.

Thai Nut Sauce
by Raw Melissa

1 cup almonds
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup tamari sauce  (I used sea salt for Aspen, Michael &  Linden)
1/2 cup agave (could use 1/4 cup honey, coconut sugar or sweetener of choice)
4 cloves garlic

Put all ingredients in a high-speed blender and blend until smooth.