Thursday, February 24, 2011

What's For Dinner? Nori Rolls!

Today is a work day for me, so I was happy to have my pre-made salads in the fridge.
On my plate is Cauliflower Salad, Kale Salad and Nori Rolls.
EASY NORI ROLLS with TAHINI SAUCE
nori roll
sliced avocado
tomato~diced
and drizzle with tahini dressing and roll

TAHINI SAUCE
tahini
lime juice
Bragg's Liquid Amino's
water to thin
blend



Remember to Breathe......deeply and slow...and Smile  :)

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Cacao Fudge, Salads, and more Salads...

Lunch Time~
I've been in the kitchen most of the morning and had to take a break.  I will juice after lunch, clean up and go work out.  :)
On my plate today is: Beet Salad topped with raw sunflower seeds, Cauliflower Salad, Kale Salad and on topside is another one of Ani's Hemp Sun Burger's with Mustard and a piece Sesame Flax Bread.



BEET SALAD
2 bunches of beets~peeled and shredded
6 garlic cloves
1/4 c. olive oil
1/4 c. lime juice
sprinkling of ground clove
salt to taste

Saving my tops for juicing

KALE SALAD
2 bunches of curly kale
1/2 red onion
handful of raw pumpkin seeds
4 garlic cloves
1/4 c. lime juice
1/4 c. olive oil
3-4 T. Bragg's LIquid Amino's


Set up for Juicing~
2 bunches of beet tops
5 cukes
3 bunches of celery
bowl full of kale stems, broccoli stems, cauliflower greens
I will add approx. 1 c. lemon juice
5-6 granny smith apples
big piece of ginger
and enough stevia to taste good to me
I'll be juicing my greens in my Greenstar...and the pulpy stuff in my Jack..you can see my nut milk bag in the pulp catcher...it is quicker this way and it keeps for about 3 days

Cheezy Kale Chips

2 bunches of Kale washed and large stems removed
place in a large bowl
In a blender or Vita-Mix blend until smooth & then pour over kale and massage until completely covered
1/4 c. Bragg's Apple Cider Vinegar
1/4 C. Bragg's Liquid Amino's
1/2 c. filtered water
*you may need a little more water~you need to be able to pour this out of the blender
but you don't want it runny.
3/4 c. Tahini
1 garlic clove
2 T. dried onions
1/4 t. sea salt
1/4 c. nutritional yeast
Place on Teflex sheets in dehydrator and dehydrate for 6 hr @ 115 degrees.

 


Dessert....
Cacao Fudge
1 c. raw walnuts~grind into flour
add: 1 c. pitted dates...one at a tim until mixed into nut mixture
add: 1 c. raw cacao
dash of salt
process until it sticks together...you may need to add a bit of water to get fudge consistency..add very slowly though, so you don't get a sticky, globby mess..
top with cacao nibs and place in fridge for 1 hr.

I also made a batch of Carob Fudge by substituting carob in place of cacao...
I made this for my hard core raw vegan son.... :)

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Sprouting, Cheeze Slices and RAW TORTILLA SOUP

Got my sprouting jar going again~from left..green lentils, radish, salad mix, alfalfa

The other day I made some cheddar cheeze and couldn't use it all, so I dehydrated it..I'll keep it in the fridge in an airtight container to use on raw veggie burgers or crumble on raw pasta, salads or raw soups

This morning I decided to come up with a
Raw Tortilla Soup
In Vita-Mix
3 1/4 c. water
4-5 t. Seitenbacher veggie broth powder
2 roma tomatoes
handful of baby carrots
1 big piece of celery
thick slice of red onion
2 garlic cloves
1/8 of a red bell pepper
1 baby bella mushroom
small handful of a shredded cabbage
1 t. Frontier Taco Seasoning
pinch of cumin
Blend in Vita-Mix until smooth
then add:
1 jalapeno
1/4 c. black olives
1/4 c. dehydrated sweet corn (this is all I had) you can use fresh or frozen
Blend again on #3...

I will add  Walnut Taco meat and crumbled Salted Flax Crackers and some Macadamia Creme on Top and sprinkle with cilantro



Macadamia Creme

1 c.  macadamia nuts~soaked for 2-4 hrs drained and rinsed
1 jalapeno
1/4 c. lemon or lime juice
salt to taste
1/4 c. water

The final product!!

You can blend your soup and make it warm in the Vita-Mix.
I did not add the meat to the soup.  I placed it in the bottom of the dish and poured the soup mixture over it, topped with Mac Creme and cilantro
Even my most picky eater liked it!!
~another option is to leave out the Taco Meat and chop up some Avocado and add to the soup in place of the meat

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Review of Ani's Raw Food Essentials, Chinese Cole Slaw and Red Green Juice

This is a picture of my mid afternoon meal today.  I've been hanging in the kitchen today...preparing raw crackers and breads...veggie burgers and salads.
On my plate is a Hemp Sun Burger with Mustard...on Salted Flax Cracker from Ani's recipe book pictured in the background.  I have made two double batches of these recipes..and added my own modifications to them....I cannot say enough about this book and the recipes...Ani's Raw Food Essentials.  The recipes I have tried are delicious, easy to prepare...with few ingredients.  I have been coaching a couple of friends about raw foods...and of all the raw food recipe books I have and use...this is one of the top one's I would recommend!
I can hardly believe this ridiciously low price for what you  get.  I purchased mine at the Half-Price Bookstore and paid almost $13 for it....and it was still worth it!  I would put the value on a book like this up in the $20 range..when comparing it to all of the raw food books and un- cookbooks I've purchased.  It is a hardbound book, 324 pages of information...
Here is a list of some of the info~
tools & ingredients
raw food techniques  and basics
dehydration, flatbreads, soaking & sprouting, fermenting & pickling, substitutions
drinks~smoothies, mylks and shakes, elixirs,, sun teas, cultured drinks
b-fast~cereal, crepes, pancakes, bacon, scrambles, quiche, toast & biscuits and gravy, jams &butters
snacks and accompaniments~cheezes, chips, crackers, veggies, seasonsed nuts, pickled veggies
soups
salads and dressings
wraps, sandwiches and burgers
pizza and noodles
dumplings and rice
nori maki
desserts~pies, cakes, ice kream, sweet sauces, cookies
sample menus
raw food for dogs
Resources

as you can see this books has it all...it even has several basic recipes that you can use to create your own recipes according to your tastes or desires....for instance..she gives a basic cake recipe...you can add cacao...for chocolate...spices to make a spice cake...or whatever flavor you want....as you can tell I Love this book...and by the way ~~Ani is not asking me to promote it....nor do I get any compensation from Ani for promoting it...



This is a picture of the Hemp Sun Burger and Salted Flax crackers from Ani's book I have dehydrating...on one of the trays of crackers I left it a bit thicker and topped it with sesame seeds to use as a bread...I also added some grape tomatoes to her recipe. I will flip the mixture over when it is dry enough and score accordingly and continue to dry to desired crispness

Here I am in the process of making two different salads
in the bowl is shredded green cabbage and shredded carrots, diced celery is on the counter

I have divided the cabbage mixture and added celery to only one bowl
I will mix in the celery and store that mixture to make Cabbage Slaw . This is a great way to be prepared for salad days ahead.  This slaw uses avocado and jalapenos, nutritional yeast and veggie broth powder..it is very filling and a favorite at my house.

With the other bowl of cabbage I made
CHINESE COLE SLAW
about 1/2 head of cabbage shredded
1 c. raw cashews
1 c. raw sunflower seeds
1 bell pepper diced (not shown)
1 carrot shredded
1 bunch green onion diced
3 T. Seitenbacher Veggie Broth and Seasoning Powder

DRESSING
3/4 c. extra virgin olive oil
1/3 c. raw apple cider vinegar
1/4 c. water
pinch of stevia
mix in blender & pour over salad mix




This is not Kombucha...it is my

Red Green Juice Blend
1 bunch of celery
1 bunch of beet tops
2 beets
1 bunch of kale
3 broccoli stems
5 cukes
6 granny smith apples
big piece of ginger
1 c. of lemon juice
I also added some leftover collard stems, kale stems and the greens from the outside of a cauliflower...waste nothing I say...if it is green juice it....whenever I make something with the items above or similar items I place the unused portions...like stems and such in a container and juice them at juicing time.

Time to go clean up and exercise....enjoy your day!!!
and smile...it does a body good and the people around you too!

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Dreamsicle Green Smoothie

DREAMSICLE GREEN SMOOTHIE
coconut water
blood orange
banana
spinach
vanilla cream stevia
ice

It's green, but it taste like a dreamsicle....
I made this on Saturday morning...we were just lounging around the house enjoying our family time.
I have posted pictures of my daughters before and I thought it was time to reveal the men in my life.

This is my Raw Vegan Son...most days he is 100% raw...overall he eats about a 97-98% raw food diet.

This is my hubby...he eats a high raw vegan diet.  He just had his blood work done and everything was in the normal range but his good cholesterol...it was just a bit low. His total cholesterol went from about 189 to 165...in less than two weeks after starting a high raw vegan diet at the beginning of this year.
He has vasillated a bit over the last few years...but he always comes back to a vegan diet.

My youngest daughter is a high raw vegan...her choice andshe is happy with the results...
My oldest married daughter...is a flexitarian...at one time she was a vegetarian...but she is flexing due to her newly married state...she eat's salmon/chicken/cheese/eggs.....and not quite sure what else.
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I've had a very busy week....working, schooling, teaching a raw food class and preparing for a b-day party.

Today's weather....61 degrees..... made me want to get outside and walk/run....I can hardly wait for springtime...sunshine....when I can go outside and play.

I am still trying to gain full range of motion in my wrist and shoulder...I am doing Hatha Yoga to gain strength and flexibility...I am also jumping on my Rebounder and walking on my Treadmill...to try to regain some of my muscle tone after breaking my wrist....and laying around while recovering.
Someday...I may get back to P90X....but after this ordeal...I'm not too sure how extreme I need to be to be fit & strong.
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Friday, February 11, 2011

What's on Your Table? Mediterranean Kale Salad, Monthly Veggie haul and Sprouting

What's on your table??
This is todays munchies
That is Paul Newman's Vegan Poppy Seed Dressing for my daughter and her broccoli...


This is Jennifer Cornbleet's recipe for
Mediterrianean Kale Salad
follow the link for a video
kale
yellow bell peppers
olives
olive oil
lime juice
Himalyan salt

Today Kristen Suzanne of Kristen's Raw posted what is in her fridge, freezer and counter...so for lack of a better idea on my part I took some pictures of what I purchase for the month from our produce distributor.
Most items I purchase are organic...but some are not.
This may seem like a lot of veggies but I feed three adults and one teen a very high raw diet which includes juicing.


case of cukes, celery and spinach

top shelf~coconut water kefir, broccoli in bag, miso
in drawer~Volcano organic lime juice, carrots,  (Earthbound Buttery spread and vegan sour cream~not veggies-these come from my co-op buying group)
third shelf~blood oranges, in bags are more kale
in bottom drawer~in bags...romaine lettuce


This is coconut water kefir~it is usually in the fridge, but I ran out of room

This is one of my freezers~Greensuperfood powders, hemp powder in front
sunflower seeds, hempseeds, brazil nuts, macadamia nuts, sprouted almonds, sprouted walnuts,
flaxseeds(brown and golden) in the back Ruth's Hemp protein powder...a snow/ice ball my daughter got out of our front a yard, sesame seeds
on the bottom I have several jars of almond pulp from making almond milk

In my other freezers I keep frozen fruits for smoothies, ginger,  frozen veggies, chia seeds, raw almonds, raw walnuts, cacao nibs, barley powder, carrot powder, beet powder, pumpkin seeds, sunflower and sesame  seeds, wheatgrass seeds, mung beans for sprouting and other sprouting seeds, raw trail mix,
for non raw meals I keep green and red lentils, organic brown rice & bulgar, sprouted Ezekiel bread and tortillas


My Crown Berkey and some organic banana's ripening up...hopefully

Top shelf~TJ's pitted prunes, pulp from juicing this a.m., broccoli seeds, green onion, Green Juice,
drawer~baby carrots,
second shelf~green peppers, colored peppers, in the bags~red beets with tops (in the background are cultured ginger carrots, a jar of black beans and a jug of Matt's organic OJ)
third shelf~ more spinach for green smoothies
bottom drawers~ Gourmet salad greens
I keep this in cold storage in my Sunroom, which is not heated.  I cover these boxes with blankets to insulate.
Pictured is a case of Granny Smith Apples, a case of organic bananas, bosc pears in closed box, topped with some ripe bananas
front~roma tomatoes, grape tomatoes


On Kristen's blog the issue of Green Bags came up, as to whether or not they actually keep produce fresher longer...
I tried them and they do work...I had some broccoli in one and it kept for a month with no change.  I was shocked!  
You will notice that I bag mine greens in grocer bags...I place a paper towel at the bottom and top and tie them tightly and my produce keeps very nicely this way.  If my items are especially wet, I will change the bag and paper towel out regularly to keep it from getting soggy.


This is what is growing in my window sill..
 alfalfa sprouts,  radish sprouts and in the jar are  more alfalfa sprouts.

WHAT YOU PLANT IS WHAT YOU GROW....
WORDS
ACTIONS
REACTIONS
LOVE

WHAT YOU ARE PLANTING?


Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Raw Food On The Go with Jennifer Cornbleet



Jennifer has some great idea's on how to stay raw while traveling...enjoy!

Collard Wraps and Mango Cilantro Soup, Strawberry/Cashew Green Smoothie

This was our centerpiece for today's munchies.
What's on your table? 
 If you stay home and have children I encourage you to make a veg/fruit tray and have it on the table.  Better yet, have your young ones help make it. 
Children love to be involved in what you are doing....make it fun and don't get fussy when they make a mess.  You and your children will grow together and cherish the memories always.
Whenever I spill something on the floor, I laugh and say....I guess it was time to mop the floor!
Always remember...Relationships are more important than things....whether it be broken items or messy kitchens...


COLLARD WRAPS
collard greens
avocado
tomato
carrots
lime juice

I used Annie's Goddess Dressing as the dip

MANGO CILANTRO SOUP
2 roma tomatos
4 stalks of celery
2 handfuls of spinach
small handful of cilantro
1/2" jalapeno
lime juice
handful of frozen mango
water to help blend
Blend in Vita-mix on #3 until soup-y

My son and I gobbled this down after running errands this afternoon.

STRAWBERRY CASHEW GREEN SMOOTHIE
1 c. fresh almond milk
1 banana
large handful of spinach
large handful of frozen strawberries
1 heaping t. beet root powder
about heaping 1/4 c. of raw cashews
blend well...this will hold you for a few hours....


Today was my major produce pick up for the month...I miss my van on this day each month.  I am part of a co-op where we buy organic produce from our local distributor.  We get great prices purchasing this way.  We have several families that participate with us.  We have to purchase produce by the case, so we share cases or purchase them whole.  When you buy this way it is imperative that you have the necessary refrigeration space.  I find that if I carefully bag most of my items they stay good for some time.  Most fruits keep well in cold storage.
Although it is best to get your produce as fresh as possible...this works for our family. I still  buy other items during the month, but this is the bulk of what we use.
We live outside of the city in a rural area so frequent trips to the grocer is not feasible for our family.
Some of the items we received today were:
Avocados
Granny Smith Apples
Bananas
Blood Oranges
Red Beets
Broccoli
Carrots
Caulilower
Celery
Cucumbers
Kale
Romaine
Spinach
Gourmet Lettuce
Roma Tomatoes

What's in your fridge?

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