Rachel Ray acai berry recipes don't seem to exist. After searching off and on for a number of days I gave up searching but I did not given up hope. I decided to experiment in my own kitchen. Often times some of my best recipes are those I've created when I've had to swap ingredients.

The first thing I tried was an acai berry juice marinade on boneless skinless chicken breast. This is just a variation of an orange juice and white pepper marinade I picked up in Nicaragua or the lime juice and soy marinade I had been using for years. I should note that I always marinade for at least six hours as any less time doesn't do much for me.

I cut the chicken breast into strips and pour acai juice and some extra virgin cold pressed olive oil over the pieces. In an effort to cut the sweetness, I added some sea salt and crushed capers. The result was interesting and got fairly good reviews. I didn't like it as much as my stand by marinades so I won't be likely to repeat this recipe. Also I ended up tossing much of the acai goodness down the drain which entirely defeats the health benefits of acai berry juice. Additionally, acai is more expensive than lime juice lemon juice or orange juice so it was a dear experiment.

Surely Rachel Ray would use acai more sensibly! The next recipe I tried was acai frozen yogurt and it was a much bigger success. I added acai berry juice to low fat yogurt. I used plain yogurt as I wanted to isolate the acai flavor but I think vanilla yogurt or a berry yogurt would also work. I poured the berry/yogurt mixture into a screened drainer lined with two layers of new cheese cloth. I then left the mixture in the fridge to drip into a bowl for 24 hours. After 24 hours the yogurt was the texture of cream cheese. It was perfect to spread on bagels or crackers at this point.

I scraped the acai/yogurt off the cheese cloth and into some plastic containers. I then placed the mixture in the freezer for 8 hours. It was delicious! It was tangy and sharp from the yogurt and had the rich chocolaty berry taste of acai. Yum Yum. The amount of freezing depends on how you like to have your frozen yogurt. I prefer it softer rather than harder and therefore 8 hours worked well for me.

The last and most obvious recipe was an acai berry smoothie. I added ice, two frozen bananas, some plain low fat yogurt, and 1.5 cups of acai berry juice to the blender. Predictably, it was absolutely fantastic. Smoothie recipes are almost fool proof. Don't forget to add a little wheat germ or flax meal to your smoothies to add some added protein to your smoothie recipes.

With a little imagination acai can be incorporated into many different recipes. Without much thought I was able to create a main course, desert and a smoothie. I will keep looking for Rachel Ray acai recipes while continuing to experiment with my own acai berry recipes.

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