Healthy Strawberry Sorbet

Husband and I have been using this super-healthy homemade dessert to cool off this week.

We are back on our no-bread and no-sugar thing for awhile. It is no fun whatsoever... until I get on the scale in the morning - then its a lot of fun. Anyhow, its not forever, just for now. This little dessert however, makes me forget I've given up anything.

Healthy Strawberry Sorbet

Per person:
6-9 strawberries
juice from 1/2 lemon (approx. 1 Tbsp)
2 Tbsp stevia (or other sugar substitute)

1. Cut the tops off of the strawberries and then toss them in a blender (The strawberries, not the tops.
The tops you can throw away.). Add lemon juice and stevia. Puree until smooth.

2. Pour into a tupperware and put in freezer. After one hour, give it a good stir. Then check it after another hour to see if it is to your desired firmness. I like it when its still a bit slushy.

Serve in adorable little sorbet cups and you'll never even miss the sugar. Enjoy!

Antioxidant Orchard Salad

I've been reorienting my food choices lately to focus on vegetables and fruits. I'm also taking a break from soda, sugar, caffeine, butter, oil and bread, just to prove to myself that I have indomitable will-power. Turns out I do, good for me. It's been tough, but I feel great.

This salad is one of my new favorite things. Anything with berries is the best of both worlds in my mind (the two worlds being "tasty food world" and "healthy food world.")

Antioxidant Orchard Salad
1-2 heads of Romaine lettuce, (a bit of spinach is good too)
1/3 cucumber, sliced, then quartered
1 cup red grapes, sliced length-wise
1 cup blueberries
1 cup sliced strawberries
1 stick of celery, sliced thin
Handful of sliced almonds

Top with fat free vinaigrette. Balsamic is my favorite.