Not Your Typical Snack

Smoothie topped with a chia, buckwheat, and hemp cereal

For the smoothie:
-Frozen acai
-frozen mango
-frozen pinapple
-apple juice

For the smoothie toppings:
-agave nectar
-chia cereal
-fresh strawberries
-fresh kiwi
-unsalted, roasted pumpkin seeds

Zucchini Ribbon Salad

Ingredients:

• 1 full size zucchini
• 2 tbsp of finely chopped garlic
• 1 full tomato, diced
• 10 basil leaves
• 2 tbsp of red wine vinegar
• 2 tbsp of extra-virgin olive oil

Peel the zucchini into thin slices (ribbon-like). Mix all the ingredients together and you're done! 

Potato Nests with Eggs

Ingredients: (makes 4)

• 1 full size Russet potato
• 1/2 tsp of freshly diced garlic
• sea salt
• ground black pepper

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Mix the salt, garlic, and grated potatoes in a bowl.

*Butter the walls of the pan before filling.

 Fill the outer walls in a cupcake pan with the grated potatoes. Bake for 12 minutes. 

Add one egg to each of the nests. Lower the oven heat to about 365 degrees and let the eggs cook for about 10 minutes. Let the dish cool for 2 minutes afterwards.

Sprinkle the ground black pepper over each of the nests and they're ready to be served!

Ricotta Bread Spread

Ingredients: 

• 2 cups of Ricotta (I used whole milk)
• 1/4 cup of milk (any type)
• pinch of sea salt
• 1 tsp of ground black pepper

Finish off with an olive oil drizzle and fresh thyme.

*I highly recommend you eat this with fresh figs for some natural sweetness.

**The bread I used is a cranberry raisin walnut bread from a farmers market.

Keep in mind, these are first attempts

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