Fun in the Kitchen Today!!

Today is my day in the kitchen.  I had a lot of produce piling up from my CSA.

Above are the ingredients for my green juice today and a jar of sunflower seeds soaking to make some not tuna pate.

Green Juice 

celery

cucumber

zuchinni

swiss chard

kale stems

ginger

lemon juice

liquid stevia 

Don't forget your Greens!!!

I also made a batch of raw almond milk.  We use it in our smoothies everyday!

Here is my fixings from this morning.

Top left and clockwise.

Beet Salad

Cheezy Kale Salad

Spicy Cheese

chopped tomatoes

kohlrabi sprinkled with dulse

center~not tuna pate

stuffed mini peppers with the not tuna pate

cabbage salad

shredded cabbage to use later on roll ups or in salads

LUNCH!!

it was sooo good!!

Cheezy Kale Salad

1 large bunch of kale cleaned, de-stemmed and shredded

in blender:

1/4 c. apple cider vinegar

1/4 c. Bragg's liquid Amino's

1/2 c. filtered water

1/3 c. tahini

1/4 to 1/3 c. of  raw sesame seeds

2 garlic cloves

Himalayna  salt to taste

1/4 c. nutritional yeast

blend until smooth and pour over kale massage and let sit in fridge or eat right away if you cannot wait!

Spicy Cheese

2 c. soaked and drained sunflower seeds

1 red bell pepper

1 dried chili pepper

1/4- 1/3 c. lemon juice

2 garlic cloves

cayene pepper to taste

salt to taste

water to blend

place in Vita-Mix and blend until smooth

Cabbage Salad

1/2 head of shredded cabbage

sit aside

Citrus Dressing

 juice of one orange

 1/4 c. lemon juice

2 T. apple cider vinegar

2-3 T. raw agave

1/4 c. extra virgin olive oil

heaping T. of ground dried chives

  2 garlic cloves

salt to taste

blend until smooth and pour over cabbage

let marinate in fridge

I used some of the dressing to marinate my kohlrabi, and also poured it on top of my shredded beets.

Not Tuna Pate

(Inspired by Penni Shelton and Dara Dubinet recipe~Save the Tuna Heirloom Stuffed Tomatoes and modified)

2 c. soaked and drained raw sunflower seeds

3 c. diced celery

4 diced mini sweet peppers~chopped

1 T. dried powdered chives

handful of dulse chopped up in Magic Bullet

1/4 c. coconut oil

1 t. garlic powder

1/4 c. dried parsley

salt to taste

I placed my ingredients in the Vita-Mix and set it on 4 and plunged it until desired consistency. Place in bowl and add more chopped celery.

Stuff mini sweet peppers