Turtle Lake Refuge Recipes
We hope you enjoy these delicous and nutritious recipes. All our recipes call for organic and/or wild ingredients, all readily available just a few steps from the front door! But make sure the wild ingredients you pick have not been sprayed by neighbors or the local vector control. Request that the roadsides are not sprayed, include a yummy batch for a recipe you've made when you go ask you local officials not to spray!
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Green Goddess Pulp Dressing

  • 1 apple
  • 2 T soaked almonds
  • green juice pulp
  • 2 T honey
  • 2 T tamari
  • 1 T olive oil
  • 2 T Balsamic vinegar
  • 1-2 cup of water (or enough for the preferred consistency)

Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until creamy.
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Bell Pepper Vinaigrette

  • 1 bell pepper
  • 1 avocado
  • 1 lemon
  • 2 T tamari
  • 2 T honey
  • 1-2 cup of water (depending on preferred consistency)

Blend all ingredients together for a rich and tasty dressing.
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Nutty Seedy Cheese

  • 1 cup soaked almonds
  • 2 cups soaked sunflower seeds
  • Handful of parsley
  • 2 scallions
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1/2 t Celtic sea salt

Place all ingredients into a cuizinart and blend. After the initial breakdown, add 1/2 cup of water until the desired consistency is reached. Serve fresh or allow cheese to culture for one day out on the counter with lid 3/4 on or with a cheese cloth on jar.
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Almond Cream

  • 1 cup soaked almonds
  • 3 T honey (or 1 cup of dates)
  • 2 t vanilla

Blend all ingredients with approximately 1 cup of water until a thick creamy consistency is reached. Serve on fresh fruit or pies.
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Turtle Lake Refuge is located at the Rocky Mountain Retreat at 848 E. 3rd Avenue in Durango, Colorado 81301.
We can be reached by phone at 970-247-8395, or via e-mail.