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Honeydew Granita Kombucha Float

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Honeydew Granita Kombucha Float

Made from fresh fruit and probiotic kombucha, this refreshing drink is like a root beer float's healthier sexier sister. Serve it as a mocktail or a dessert. Made from fresh fruit with no added sugars, you might as well have it for breakfast.

Honeydew Granita Kombucha Float

Ingredients: 

1 Honeydew melon (or any melon)

6-8 large mint or basil leaves

16 oz. kombucha (I used Asian Pear flavored and the flavor was great)

Slice the melon and discard the seeds. Blend the melon and herbs in a blender until smooth. Pour into a bowl and place in freezer stirring every 30-45 minutes and breaking up any large ice chunks. Once completely frozen, use a fork to scrape the frozen honeydew. If you have an ice cream maker you use that instead for a smoother texture. Fill a glass 3/4 of the way full with the honeydew granita and pour in kombucha to fill the glass. Serve with a spoon and a straw.

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Refreshing Honeydew Mint Sorbet

Just when I thought there was no way we would make it to the beach this Summer, the universe surprised me with an opportunity to spend a few days on a beautiful island.  It was pure bliss.  As a child I took it for granted that every Summer we went on a beach holiday.  Now as an adult, I see how special it is to find time in our busy schedules and money in our limited budgets to spend time together in such an idyllic place as the seaside.  For that I am overwhelmingly grateful.

One blissful thing about the coast is the plenitude of fresh produce.  The warm, moist climate means tons of local fruits, veggies, and herbs.  And in the summer sun and heat, produce is exactly what I want.

To stay cool I made this incredibly simple and refreshing Honeydew Mint Sorbet.  The ingredients can't get any simpler: purely honeydew and fresh mint.  The result is an amazing and cooling dessert with absolutely no guilt.  I kept thinking to myself while eating it that maybe I had added a touch to much sweetener.  Then I remembered I had added none! The honeydew was just that divine.

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Refreshing Honeydew Mint Sorbet
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Tomato Basil Farro with Summer Vegetable Stack & Pesto Drizzle

Last year at the Naked Fig Dinner Party I made this Tomato Basil Farro and topped it with a Summer Vegetable Stack and Fresh Pesto Sauce. I meant to share the recipe with you then, but summer came to an end and the produce was no longer available. So before another summer fades away, I want to share this simple and delicious recipe. It is so easy to make, but the presentation will make people think you worked all day on it. And it is vegan too!

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Tomato Basil Farro with Summer Vegetable Stack & Pesto Drizzle
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Raw Orange Vanilla Cream Cake

Raw cake always seems to be too good to be true.  Healthy cake!? This one tastes like a creamsicle, but the ingredients are barely more than nuts, honey, and fruit.  No matter how many times I make a raw cake, I am always surprised that it can taste this good and be this good for me.  And remembering to soak the cashews is the only prep-time.  Making the cake only requires about 10 minutes total.  So if you are looking for an easy dessert that is healthy enough you could eat it for breakfast, look no further.

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Raw Orange Vanilla Cream Cake
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Root Vegetable Chips with Caramelized Onion Dip

When you think about chips and dip, you don't exactly think healthy. But this might be the healthiest recipe I've ever posted. Seriously. Other than a tablespoon of oil and a pinch of salt, the only ingredients are vegetables. And somehow this two-ingredient healthy dip  tastes completely indulgent. Put this caramelized onion spread on toast, veggie burgers, cheese, fruit... (might I recommend gruyere, fig spread, caramelized onion jam grilled cheese?) It tastes good on everything. Trust me.

Also be sure to check my instagram this week for a delicious giveaway!

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Root Vegetable Chips with Caramelized Onion Dip
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Sugar Snap Pea Salad with Mint & Ricotta Salata

When you plan a wedding in Atlanta on the eve of the Summer Solstice, you know one thing: it will definitely be hot.  Despite the nearly 100 degree heat, I decided to have a dinner outside the night before the wedding.  We asked a few people to bring dishes and had an intimate potluck style dinner on the porch of a glass treehouse.  As hot as it was, salads were definitely the perfect food.  So I recreated a sugar snap pea salad from the dinner to share with you.  With mint and lemon, this refreshing salad is the perfect thing to eat when it is too hot to turn on the oven.

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Sugar Snap Pea Salad with Mint & Ricotta Salata