Salad Day

I spent a few hours in the kitchen today making green and red juice, beet salad, pea salad, broccoli salad and some raw bread and chips...

Pictured is our veggie tray for the day...broccoli, carrots, celery, red bell peppers and cukes. This sits on our table for munchies all day or as long as it lasts.

Beet Salad

1 bunch of beets peeled and shredded

5-6 cloves of garlic minced

1/4 c. ev olive oil

1/4 c. lemon juice

dash of salt

dash of ground cloves

mix and let marinate for a bit.

Pea Salad

1 bag of frozen peas

3-4 green onions chopped

1 red bell pepper diced

3-4 stalks of celery diced

2 T. ev olive oil

2 T. balsamic vinegar

dash of salt

Broccoli Salad

1 1/2 bunches of broccoli cup into bit size pieces

2 garlic cloves minced

1/4 c. red onion diced

handful of raisins

1/4 c. lemon juice

1/4 c. ev olive oil

drizzle with Raw Agave

dash of salt

My lunch...topped with nutritional yeast and raw sunflower seeds..after I took this picture I added dulse granules and arugala sprouts...

My daughter's salad

After lunch today we went for a family bike ride.  The weather was beautiful!!!

Spend time with the ones you love and look into their eyes when they speak....

really listen to their heart

New Puppy! Mexican Feast and more Fakin Bacon

This is Midnight. and she is 7 weeks old...this past weekend when my kids visited their dad, he had a surprise for them...a new puppy. They now have two pug's at dad's house.

 She is beautiful, but she didn't like the flash on my camera.

My handsome son was leaving to go to a friends wedding, so I had to take a photo.

Mexican Feast...from top...no bean refried beans, red onion, green leaf lettuce, tomatoes, Macho Nacho Sauce

Not Refried Beans

I found this recipe on the internet a while back and copied and printed...I do not have the source...sorry

1 1/2 c. sunflower seeds, soaked for 2 hrs or more

3/4 c. sun dried tomatoes, soakd at least 1 hr

2 T. lime juice

1 T. olive oil

2 t dark miso

1 t. cumin

1 t. chili powder (I used Frontier Taco Seasoning)

1 t. ground coriander

1 t. salt

1/4 t. chipotle powder ( I used Mrs. Dash Chipotle)

2 garlic cloves

1 green onion chopped

handful of fresh cilatro (1/4c.) chopped (I used 5 t. dried)

Tomato soak water

Process all ingreds except cilantro in food processor until smooth. add a little soak water if needed. Fold in cilantro by hand....I added mine as I processed it..opps!

Macho Nacho Sauce

from "How We All Went RAW"

 by Chas. Nungesser and Stephen Malachi

In Blender add:

1/2c. distilled water

1 red bell pepper washed and seeded

1/2 c. pine nuts (I use macadamia nuts)

1/2 c. sunflower seeds

1 T. miso( opt. if used omit sea salt)

1 clove garlic

1 Fresno pepper (red Jalapeno)

1 1/2 T. sea salt

Blend on high until creamy. Serve on top of tacos or as a dip for "chips"

Raw Taco

~aother variation of a raw taco

Celery Stick with no bean refried beans, Macho Sauce, tomatoes and red onion

Blood Orange Frost~

by my daughter

In Vita Mix add:

2 blood oranges

4-5 ice cubes

blend and enjoy!

Avocado Spinach Soup

1 avocado

3-4 c. spinach

1/4 of a cucumber

1 roma tomato

lemon juice

jalapeno

salt to taste

blend until smooth

soaked dulse...cut up on top

BLT

Fakin Maple Bacon

romaine lettuce boats

tomato

Vegenaise

Raw Pizza's, Green Smoothie and Minty Snowball Truffles!!

If you've been reading my blog you know that I have been making Sweet Onion Bread. In this new batch I've added nutritional yeast, so I'll call it Cheezy Sweet Onion Bread.  This bread is so versatile. 

We've also been eating raw almond butter on it, which is very delicious.

Above is my teenage daughter's creation for lunch today.

Raw Mushroom Pizza

on Cheezy Sweet Onion bread she has placed dehydrated cheeze slices, marinated mushrooms and crumbled dehydrated Macadamia Creme (taste like parmesan)

Marinated Mushrooms

sliced portabella's

Bragg's Liquid Amino's

Raw Agave Nectar

EV Olive Oil

This is my Raw Kale Pizza

Cheezy Sweet Onion Bread

topped with Kale Salad with Baby Bella's that I had added 1/2 an avocado and massaged into the kale salad

This was my morning

Green Smoothie

1 c. water

1 blood orange

3 c. spinach

1 c. frozen mango

small piece of ginger

vanilla creme stevia

Before my workout today I felt like I needed a boost of energy, but not a meal...so this is what I mixed up in my food processor

Minty Snowballs Truffles

1 c. raw walnuts~ground in food processor

add a few at a time:

1 c. pitted dates

then

add:

1 c. raw cacao

dash of salt

then

add:

3 drops of peppermint oil

then drizzle

water into food processor to make sticky enough to roll into balls

Roll into balls and roll in unsweetened coconut

Sorry about the dark background of the picture.

Sweet Onion Bread and Another Kale Salad

This was our centerpiece for the day and what was left went into our dinner salad tonight.

Another

KALE SALAD WITH BABY BELLA'S

1 head of kale de-stemmed and shredded

1 package of baby bella's sliced

handful of red onion diced

Bragg's Liquid Amino's

lime juice

EV Olive oil

after the picture I added some diced red and yellow peppers from our veggie tray

This salad was the best!

I had some in a bowl and mixed in 1/2 of an avocado and spread it on my Chipotle Cheezy Flax Bread and it was better than any raw pizza I've had! sorry no picture...

SWEET ONION BREAD

recipe from Raw on $10 a Day

I doubled my recipe and used sweet red onions instead of yellow/white

makes two trays of bread

Mix together in large bowl until seeds gel~

2c. ground golden flax seeds

2 c. water

2 t. salt

Add:

5 carrots chopped up in Vita Mix

4 large red onions sliced in Food processor

3 T. EV olive oil

mix together with hands until throughly amalgamated

dry on one side, flip and dry until desired doneness and cut up with kitchen scissors

my bread is moist but firm and delicious

The Eggplant Fakin Maple Bacon was really good on it

If you look very close in the picture above you can see a bit of kale in my bread.  There are times when I have my dehydrator going non stop.  Sometimes I leave the crumbs or remanants of the last goodies on the sheet rather than washing it, because it may add to the flavor of what I'm making.  So one side of this tray of bread will have nutritional yeast and kale baked into it. Sounded good to me.

After this I did wash my sheets because I am drying Honey Cinnamon Walnuts and Almonds.  I'll try to post pics and recipe tomorrow.  I am looking forward to sharing some of these with my Mother in Law. She really likes the walnuts.

 

Here is the final product with a few lonely pieces on Fakin Bacon on the side

Fakin Maple Bacon and Mexican Casserole

I've been craving some fakin bacon for some time now, so this is what I came up with today.  I usually like to use two eggplants and store the extra in the fridge for another day or to crumble on a salad.

This turned out very good!

FAKIN MAPLE BACON

2 eggplants sliced on mandolin

Blend the following ingreds in blender and pour over eggplant to marinate for an hour or two

3/4 c. extra virgin olive oil

1/4 c. apple cider vinegar

2 T. raw agave

2T. pure maple syrup

Black pepper to taste

spread  eggplant on teflex sheets dehydrate @ 105 degrees until crispy

I like to throw together different cooked vegan casseroles for my family when I get tired of hanging in the kitchen....Here is what I directed my daughter to place together while I made the bacon

EASY MEXICAN CASSEROLE

 FOR THE KIDS

1 can of Amy's spicy chili

1 can of organic chili beans

some leftover lentil/rice casserole or soaked bulgar

taco seasoning

nutritional yeast

Daiya Mozzarella cheese

Ezekiel sprouted tortilla's

layer

tortilla on bottom

1/2 can of chili & 1/2 can of chili beans

lightly sprinkle taco seasoning

nutritional yeast

rice or bulgar

Daiya cheese

tortilla

other 1/2 can of chili and 1/2 can of chili beans

taco seasoning

nutritional yeast

rice or bulgar

Daiya Cheese

bake at 350 for 30-40 mins

Spicy Doritos Cheese Dip

NACHO CHEESE~

I used taco seasoning instead of chili powder

thank's goes to Averie for the recipe

1/2 c. hemp seeds

1/3 c. sunflower seeds

1/2 red bell pepper

1/4 c. nutritional yeast

1/2 t. taco seasoning

pinch of cayenne pepper

3 T. lemon or lime juice

1/2 t. himalyan salt

water to thin to desired consistency

Blend all ingredients in a Vita-mix until smooth and creamy

We had the dip with some Salted Flax Cracker's from Ani Phyo's new book.  I changed her recipe up a bit and added Chipotle Mrs. Dash and nutritional yeast for a nacho cheese flavor.

Get Alkalized!!

Alkaline Lunch!

Beet Salad, Oriental Kale Salad and blended Soup/Salad

Oriental Kale Salad

2 bunches of kale cleaned and shredded

1 red bell pepper diced

handful of raw pumpkin seeds

1/4 c. extra virgin olive oil

1/4 c. lime juice

garlic to taste

Chinese Five Spice~lightly sprinkled over the top

Blended Soup/Salad

2 roma tomatoes

2 large stalks of celery with leaves

2 big handfuls of Gourmet Salad Greens

1" of  fresh jalapeno with seeds

lime juice

water to make it blendable

I blend mine of #3 of my Vitamix for a soupy coleslaw texture.  You can blend it to a smooth consistency if you like.

Sprinkle with dule and nori granules

For good health we need to keep our diet to about 75-80% alkaline. Do you know what that means and why? Read about the PH Scale here and how it relates to your health

Click here for links to alkaline food list, the PH scale

Educate yourself, you are worth it!

Today I also had some Super Green Juice made with tons of kale and kale stems, broccoli stems, collard green stems, celery, cuke, beets, lemon, ginger and stevia

and

Carrot, apple, ginger juice

and a

Green Smoothie

raw almond milk

1/3 of a banana

handful of berry blend~raspberries, blackberries, blueberries

2 handfuls of spinach

So far it has been an alkaline day!

Did you know that almonds are alkaline and contain calcium?

Fresh Almond milk is a great substitute for cow's milk.

Here is a great video on how to make your own Almond Milk

Tempeh chicken style and Honey Mustard for the Kids! & Cheezy Broccoli Soup

Tempeh Chicken Style

In skillet heat:

coconut oil

Bragg's Liquid Aminos

Poultry seasoning

dash of sage

When heated add:

slices of tempeh and brown

Honey Mustard Sauce/Dressing

1/2 c. dijon mustard

1/3c. raw honey

1/3c. raw agave

4 T. extra virgin olive oil

Blend in Vitamix and add water to desired consistency

Non Dairy Cheezy Broccoli Soup

3-4 garlic cloves
1 med. red onion halved and sliced thin
1 celery stalk diced or 1 T. dried celery
coconut oil.
Saute these ingredients


3 c. broccoli florets, separated, stems chopped into 1/2" rounds
or pulse in food processor until small chunks (peel tough fiberous skins off)
32 oz of low sodium Pacific veggie broth plus 2 vegan veggie boullion cubes or use 2 t. Seitenbacher Veggie Broth Powder)
4-5 c. water
1 handful of shredded carrots
1 handful of dried celery leaves
1/2 c. nutritional yeast
2 t. lemon juice
2-4 t. Annies Worchester sauce

Add all other ingredients except lemon juice and simmer until broccoli is al dente.
Add lemon juice just before serving.
Ladle into bowns and put a dolop of Ranch Dressing on top

Ranch Dressing

1 c. Vegenaise
1 t. garlic powder
1 T. dried onion
2 t. lemon juice
1/2 t. sea salt
3 T. water

Blend until smooth and creamy...can a bit more water if needed.

My raw vegan son worked on our pre-made salads and had some nori rolls today....
green smoothies for b-fast and lemonade for in between
I had a smoothie, blended salad, raw fudge and some of the broccoli soup