Cacao Covered Strawberries

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup Earth Balance (you could also use coconut oil if desired)
2. 1/2 cup Raw Cacao
3. Strawberries

Directions:

• Using a double broiler, or a glass bowl on top of a sauce pan filled with a little water,  heat butter until melted (over low to medium heat).
• Mix in Raw Cacao powder, reduce heat to very low.
• Wash strawberries and dip into the chocolate mix.  Set onto a plate or baking sheet.  Let chill for 30 minutes to an hour.

~Antioxidant Dessert~

Raw Zucchini Pesto with Pizza Bread

Ingredients:

1. One medium to large zucchini
   
2. Pesto sauce (Costco has a good pre-made sauce if you don't want to make your own)
   
3. Olives
   
4. Pine nuts
5. Crusty french bread
6. Tomato sauce
7. Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese
8. Salt
   

 Pesto Sauce:

• 2 cups fresh basil leaves, packed
• 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/3 cup pine nuts
• 3 medium sized garlic cloves, minced
• Salt and pepper

Directions:

• In a food processor, add nuts and basil.  Pulse.  Add olive oil, garlic and salt & pepper.  Pulse again.  Add the cheese and pulse one last time.

"Noodles":

• Wash zucchini and place in a spirooli vegetable slicer.  If you don't have a spirooli, you can use a vegetable peeler to make long fettuccine like noodles.  
•  You can buy a spiroooli slicer at specialty kitchen stores, or online.  Here is a photo:

•  Place zucchini in a bowl and add about 1 teaspoon salt.  The salt lets the zucchini sweat to reduce the water content of the noodles.
• While the noodles sweat,  prepare your pesto sauce.  If using store bought sauce warm it slightly on the stove.  To be considered "raw" do not heat sauce over 110 degrees.
• Dry noodles off with a paper towel and add to a bowl.  Toss with pesto sauce and top with olives, pine nuts and Parmesan cheese.
  

Pizza Bread:

• Place slices of french bread onto a baking sheet and broil for about 3-4 minutes.  Flip over the bread and toast for another 1-2 minutes.
• Add tomato sauce and cheese and broil until the cheese is bubbling.

Benissimo!