Canyon Ranch Fruit Gazpacho Food

FRUIT GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Place all fruit in a large bowl.
• Add juices and pepper.
• Stir gently.
• Cover bowl tightly.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.

GAZPACHO

Steps:

• Roughly chop the cucumbers, bell peppers, tomatoes, and red onions into 1-inch cubes. Put each vegetable separately into a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse until it is coarsely chopped. Do not overprocess!
• After each vegetable is processed, combine them in a large bowl and add the garlic, tomato juice, vinegar, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Mix well and chill before serving. The longer gazpacho sits, the more the flavors develop.

CANYON RANCH FRUIT GAZPACHO

Steps:

• In medium bowl, combine pineapple, strawberries, grapes and blueberries.
• Add juices and mix well.
• Cover bowl and refrigerate.
• To serve, spoon into bowls and garnish with pepper and orange segments.

CANYON RANCH ZUCCHINI BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Lightly coat an 8 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 2 1/2" bread pan with canola oil.
• In a medium bowl, combine zucchini, olive oil, prune puree, raisins and applesauce. Mix gently. Set aside.
• In a small bowl, combine all flours, baking soda and baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom. Stir in flax seed and mix well.
• In a medium bowl, beat eggs with sugar until fluffy. Stir in vanilla extract. Add zucchini mixture and mix well. Add dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Do not over mix.
• Pour into bread pan and bake for 45 minutes or until bread springs back when touched in the center. Cool completely on a rack. Remove from pan and cut into 18 slices.

STRAWBERRY CHANTILLY

Steps:

• Clean, stem and slice strawberries into quarters.
• Place in bowl and set aside.
• In blender, combine cottage cheese, buttermilk and lemon juice, pureeing until smooth.
• Add brown sugar to blender mixture and mix.
• Place 1/4 C of strawberries into champagne or short parfait glass.
• Top with 2 Tbsp cottage cheese mixture.
• Top with a strawberry.
• Chill for 1 hour.