Raw food makin' FOOL
So, I got some serious inspiration last night, and made some raw food.
Avo Gazpacho
veggies w/ thai seed paste
choco-banana pudding
Also, for breakfast (of which I am still eating) I made berry-mango delight!
First, what I did was grate some of the carrots(3) and a nice fat cucumber. I squeezed the juice out and put it aside.
Gazpacho
In the food processor, I put together:
A nice huge handful of parsley
an avocado
roughly a cup of soaked sun-dried tomatoes(with soak water, maybe two cups?)
five dried, soaked shiitake mushrooms, with soak water(probably altogether about 1 1/2 cup)
3 green onions
juice of half lemon
splash of Bragg's apple cider vinegar
squirt of Bragg's
the strained water from the carrot/cucumber
a nice healthy shake of kelp powder (about 1 heap Tb)
once it's all smooth, I just put it into a bowl and added a bit more water to thin it out, and salt to taste.
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Thai veg
Took out the bowl with the carrots/cucumber..
added:
1 red pepper, diced
1 large beet, shredded (used the mandolin for very fine shred)
THEN!
In the food processor:
1/4 cup soaked"wild jungle peanuts*"
small handful unsoaked "WJP*"
3/4 cup soaked pumpkin seeds
2 heap Tb (roughly) raw coconut butter
1 VERY heap Tb tahini
about an inch of fresh ginger, chopped
juice of half lemon
Handful of fresh thai basil/cinnamon basil from my plants outside
2 cubes frozen basil (from TJ's, about 2Tb)
splash Bragg's ACV
kelp
little salt
processed with a bit of water to thin, and poured over the veg, mixed. Yum!
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Choco-banana pudding
food processor:
2 smallish bananas
1 avocado
blend until smooth. Bright green, YUM!
In the bowl, with a whisk, add: raw cacao powder to taste (maybe 4 heap Tb)
about 1 Tb agave nectar
I also added chocolate hemp milk (not raw) to thin it out, but I know that next time I'll use fresh almond milk. T'would taste better. :D
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AND SO... this morning for breakfast:
Berry-mango delight! (proper name pending)
1 cup soaked goji berries (without soak water)
2 Tb soaked golden berries
1 smallish banana
2 very heap Tb coconut butter
blend till smooth, pour over 1 fresh chunked mango!
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*"Wild Jungle Peanuts" I've found recently. They're the first ancient peanut, grown in Ecuador. All commercial peanuts have some amount of a mold called "aflatoxin", but WJP got tested, and has absolutely NO aflatoxin! Finally, good, organic raw peanuts. Yay!
They're from http://www.sunfood.com
Enjoy!
Avo Gazpacho
veggies w/ thai seed paste
choco-banana pudding
Also, for breakfast (of which I am still eating) I made berry-mango delight!
First, what I did was grate some of the carrots(3) and a nice fat cucumber. I squeezed the juice out and put it aside.
Gazpacho
In the food processor, I put together:
A nice huge handful of parsley
an avocado
roughly a cup of soaked sun-dried tomatoes(with soak water, maybe two cups?)
five dried, soaked shiitake mushrooms, with soak water(probably altogether about 1 1/2 cup)
3 green onions
juice of half lemon
splash of Bragg's apple cider vinegar
squirt of Bragg's
the strained water from the carrot/cucumber
a nice healthy shake of kelp powder (about 1 heap Tb)
once it's all smooth, I just put it into a bowl and added a bit more water to thin it out, and salt to taste.
--
Thai veg
Took out the bowl with the carrots/cucumber..
added:
1 red pepper, diced
1 large beet, shredded (used the mandolin for very fine shred)
THEN!
In the food processor:
1/4 cup soaked"wild jungle peanuts*"
small handful unsoaked "WJP*"
3/4 cup soaked pumpkin seeds
2 heap Tb (roughly) raw coconut butter
1 VERY heap Tb tahini
about an inch of fresh ginger, chopped
juice of half lemon
Handful of fresh thai basil/cinnamon basil from my plants outside
2 cubes frozen basil (from TJ's, about 2Tb)
splash Bragg's ACV
kelp
little salt
processed with a bit of water to thin, and poured over the veg, mixed. Yum!
---
Choco-banana pudding
food processor:
2 smallish bananas
1 avocado
blend until smooth. Bright green, YUM!
In the bowl, with a whisk, add: raw cacao powder to taste (maybe 4 heap Tb)
about 1 Tb agave nectar
I also added chocolate hemp milk (not raw) to thin it out, but I know that next time I'll use fresh almond milk. T'would taste better. :D
---
AND SO... this morning for breakfast:
Berry-mango delight! (proper name pending)
1 cup soaked goji berries (without soak water)
2 Tb soaked golden berries
1 smallish banana
2 very heap Tb coconut butter
blend till smooth, pour over 1 fresh chunked mango!
---
*"Wild Jungle Peanuts" I've found recently. They're the first ancient peanut, grown in Ecuador. All commercial peanuts have some amount of a mold called "aflatoxin", but WJP got tested, and has absolutely NO aflatoxin! Finally, good, organic raw peanuts. Yay!
They're from http://www.sunfood.com
Enjoy!