Month: August 2022

Banana Strawberry Orange Smoothie

Ingredients

  • Two ripe bananas (bananas should be very ripe with spots on the peels)
  • Two frozen ripe bananas
  • Three Frozen Strawberries
  • One orange, peeled and cut into chunks
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1/3 cup water

Steps

  1. Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth.
  2. Serve in two glasses. Store in refrigerator.

Frozen mango can be substituted or added to smoothie.

Falafel Pita Sandwich

Ingredients

  • 1 package of Aldi’s Frozen Falafel or Trader Joe’s Dill Pickle Mini Falafel
  • 1 tomato, chopped
  • 1/4 cucumber, cubed
  • 1/3 cup red onion, chopped
  • 1/2 cup greens
  • Two whole wheat pita breads

Tahini Sauce

  • 1/3 cup tahini
  • Juice of one lemon
  • 2 chopped garlic cloves
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. cumin
  • 3 Tbsp. water
  • 2 Tbsp. chopped dill, optional

Steps

  1. Bake falafel according to package directions. I bake an additional 2 minutes for added crispness. Air fry about 15 minutes if falafel is thick.
  2. Chop tomato, cucumber and onion.
  3. In small bowl, whisk together tahini sauce, lemon juice, garlic, salt, oil, and water. Add additional water if sauce thickens.
  4. In pan, heat pita bread on both sides on medium heat. Cut in half and open pockets.
  5. Fill each pita pocket three falafel pieces. Top falafel with tahini sauce, chopped veggies and greens, and more sauce on top of veggies.

I like to skip the pita and fill all ingredients in a bowl to eat.

Tahini Sauce adapted from Bryan, Lisa. “Tahini Sauce.” Downshiftology. 9 July,2019, /https://https://downshiftology.com/recipes/tahini-sauce/