Creamy Lime & Avocado Dressing

Creamy Avocado Dressing

This dressing is ideal for salads, and I also serve it with prawns.

Ingredients

1 avocado
3 green onions, sliced
Juice of one lime
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
1/2 jalapeno pepper, de-seeded and finely diced (optional)

Method

Place all ingredients in a Vitamix or other high-speed blender.
Blend until smooth.

Serve with salad or prawns.

Enjoy!

Cherries with citrus dipping sauce

Cherries with citrus dipping sauce

I LOVE CHERRIES!!!! They are my all-time favourite food. Nothing makes me happier than cherry season. Given their price they are an indulgence to be savoured. I don't bake the them or use them in any cooked dishes; I think they are perfect on their own. The one exception is this divine citrus dipping sauce. It turns an ordinary bowl of cherries into a decadent (but healthy!) dessert.

When it comes to using cashews in recipes like this, a lot of people recommend soaking the cashews, for an hour or even overnight. That's all well and good if you have the time go ahead - it will soften them and give them a creamier texture. But if you have a high speed blender like a Vitamix you can simply keep blending until you have your desired creamy, dreamy texture.

Ingredients

2 cups raw unsalted cashews
Juice of 2 oranges
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon maple syrup (or your preferred sweetener - honey or a few drops of liquid Stevia)

Method

Place all ingredients into Vitamix or other high speed blender.
Blend until a smooth, creamy texture is achieved. If the mixture is too thick, add a little water or freshly-squeezed orange juice.

Serve with a big platter of divine fresh cherries and enjoy!

Cherries with citrus dipping sauce

Pineapple Mint Blender Sorbet

Pineapple Mint Blender Sorbet

This home made dessert is as delicious and refreshing as store-bught sorbet, but has a tiny fraction of the sugar. It takes only a few minutes to make if you have frozen pineapple in your freezer. I love to buy pineapples while they are in-season, plentiful and cheap, and freeze them ready to make divine frozen desserts with them.

This sorbet is best made immediately before serving. If you freeze it overnight it can become too hard to eat straight from the freezer.

Ingredients

One pineapple, peeled, cut into chunks and frozen.
One small handful mint leaves (no stalks or stems), finely chopped
1-2 teaspoons maple syrup or honey*

Method

Place all ingredients in a Vitamix or other high-speed blender
Blend until a fluffy sorbet consistency is achieved. You may need to use the blender's Tamper to make sure all of the pineapple chunks are evenly blended.

Serve immediately and enjoy!

* Taste your sorbet before you add any sweetener. If you have a sweet pineapple you may not need any added sweetener.