Raw Food Recipes:
Paul Nison

A Blended Salad is a mixture of raw, leafy greens and other foods blended together to create a smooth, creamy consistency. Eating a salad prepared in this manner is quick, convenient and increases absorption of important nutrients.

Recipe #37 of the Complete Book of Raw Food Endeavor.

This is a pretty standard recipe and the beauty of the salad is you can add your favorite vegetables to eat.

Blended Salad by Paul Nison, p. 93
1 handful leafy greens (lettuce and spinach work best)
1/2 cucumber
1 stalk celery
1/2 lemon, juiced
1 handful sunflower sprouts (optional)
1/2 red pepper (optional)
1 avocado
1 teaspoon flaxseed oil (optional)
1 tomato

Blend all ingredients and serve.

Banana Tahini Drink by Paul Nison, p. 138

With only three ingredients: one banana , two tablespoons tahini and a cup of water, Paul Nison’s Banana Tahini definitely qualifies to be placed in the Minimalist Meal category.

Tahini, a paste of ground sesame seeds traditional used in hummus, may seem like an odd coupling with banana but it produces a surprisingly appetizing beverage.
Preparation is a breeze, just a swift whirl in the blender provides you with a tasty, smooth beverage to please any grumbling stomach. My husband, the Man on the Raw, went as far as to say that he would drink this every day.

Which he proceeded to do the next day and the next and the next and the...well you get the picture. Like a mad mathematician, he added, subtracted, multiplied and divided ingredients to each batch to achieve a different version of the last. Below is the recipe he settled on to whet his appetite.

Bananahini

Inspired by Paul Nison’s Banana Tahini Drink, from The Complete Book of Raw Food

2 bananas
2 tablespoons raw tahini
1 tablespoon raw agave nectar (more or less to taste)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups water

Blend ingredients together. Serve on ice.

Note: Add a tablespoon of cocoa powder and another tablespoon of agave nectar and create a Chocolate Bananahini.