Spring Cleaning

Mollie told me today how GOOD dandelion leaves are for us!! huge amount of minerals. That's why we have them in the spring....that and stuff like cilantro! for detox and cleansing purposes!! very informative. (just make sure they are washed really good AND haven't been chemically treated in any way!)

another rainy day

Yay! Pot luck!! Here's what I'm taking from "Rawvolution" Mock Tuna Salad which is basically sunflower seeds. Good with onion bread - again - made a TON of that stuff. luv it! or celery.

WOW!

Ash made this tonight was SO tasty!! Quite the raw food chef!!

from Rawvolution: only the best raw food cook book eVER!!

3/4 c coconut water

2-3 tomatoes

1 celery

1/8 onion

basil to taste (or cilantro)

2 cloves garlic

lemon juice to taste

1/8 c. hemp or flax seed oil

1/8 c. Nama Shoyu

sea salt to taste

Blend till smooth

Serve with onion bread from Goneraw.com

Food? for thought...

Slam Dunk!

Corn Chowder and Onion Bread!!

Chowder: from GoneRaw.com with some slight variations

Blend:

3/4 c. coconut water

1 c. corn

1/4 c. pine nuts (raw)

1/4 c. raw walnuts

clove of garlic

1/2 lemon juice

1/8 c. Nama Shoyu

I added peas and corn

throw it in the dehydrator for an hour - yum

Onion bread: from goneraw

DEE-LISH!!!

************************************************************ *****************Before dehydrator************

Well, the Raw Goddess did it again! another YUMY recipe!! was SOOO good!! 'cept on the crust i haven't heard alot of good things about sprouted buckwheat, so i used the regular sprouts I had on hand.

Crust:
handful of spouts
handful walnuts,
1/2 c. ground yellow flax
apple
sea salt
hemp oil
enough water to make "dough"
process together, put spoonfuls on dehydrator sheets. I dehydrated mine about 3 hours on each side. refrig. till you want to use them.

Sauce:
Soak cashews in water (how ever much sauce you would like: approx 1c. each) while you prepare veggies
then add:
juice from one lemon
1 crushed clove of garlic
sea salt to taste
1 squirt of agave
Blend until COMPLETELY creamy

Add to sauce:
finely chopped zucchini, red pepper, mushrooms, broccoli, and spinach.
Mix sauce and veggies, spoon into serving bowls top with crust. brush crust with hemp oil and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Place in dehydrator for 3 hours (to warm).

cant wait for breakfast!

Cant wait to eat this stuff! Cranberry maple granola from "Raw Food Real World"

B-B-B-Brrrrrrrr.........

we did it again!!! was lil chilly tho!!

I would post a pix of our breakfast but it wasn't too pretty. we had crepes! just blend a banana. dehydrate it for approx. 3-4 hours and you have banana fruit leather.

"Cool Whip"From the Raw Goddess: (she has GOOD recipes!!)

1 1/2 cups cashews

1/2 cup water

1/3 cup coconut butter

1/3 cup agave

2 tbs pure vanilla extract

1 tbs lecithin ~ I didn't have this...so left it out..

1/4 tsp sea salt
Blend all ingredients until completely smooth and creamy. Chill for a few hours to firm ~ i only put it in the freezer for a couple of minutes.

Put "cool whip" in "crepes" and top with blueberries! SO good!!

here is a pix of the Raw Goddess's creation as her pix looked tons better than mine!!

tacos!

you could add cooked beans if you like

throw in some tomatoes, lettuce and onions and your set!

shells ~ these recipes are all from "goneraw.com"
1 cup golden flax seeds, soaked for 8 hours in equal part water (they soak up the water and get pasty~was REALLY hard to clean up the vitamix after this but was SO yummy!
½ avocado
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
sea salt to taste
water to for consistency

blend in vitamix and dehydrate about 4-5 hours flip and dehydrate about 1 more hour.

sour cream

1 cup macadamia nuts (I used cashews)
½ cup water
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 teaspoon golden flax seed, ground
¼ teaspoon Celtic sea salt, ground
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon lemon juice

guacamole

2 avocados
1 tomato, diced
1 lemon, juiced
¼ cup cilantro, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon cumin
½ teaspoon cayenne
½ teaspoon Celtic sea salt
fresh ground black pepper, to taste

Good to know!

This makes sense .. The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals ....not cold water. Maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating!!! Nothing to lose, everything to gain... It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the! digestion.Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

KEEP walking..or jogging..or running!

From my friend Lois~~very good!Just to check this out...... The Organs of your body have their sensory touches at the bottom of your foot, if you massage these points you will find relief from aches and pains as you can see the heart is on the left foot.

this is intresting too!

another "learning" day!

What i learned today: the difference between living foods and raw foods is 3 days!

3 Reasons not to eat fish

i dont agree with EVERY point...but some are good..

30 reasons to go veg.....

Eggless Egg salad

This is the BEST stuff in the world! From Rawvolution

1/2 c.water
1/2 c. lemon juice
1 1/2 tsp turmeric
2 cloves garlic
1 1/2 tsp. sea salt
1 1/2 c. raw mac or cashews
Blend till smooth
add:
1/3 c. chopped scallions
1/3 c. chopped celery
1/3. c. chopped red bell pepper

Made this tonight was soosos YUMMY! (FROM Raw Goddess)

Caesar Dressing
2 medium avocados

½ c cashews

½ c water

¼ c lemon juice

¼ c olive oil

2 tbs nutritional yeast

2 tsp sea salt

1-2 tsp black pepper

2 medium cloves garlic

1 large date

Blend till smooth.

Parmesan Cheese
½ cup brazil nuts

½ c pine nuts

1 tsp nutritional yeast

1 small clove garlic, minced

¼- ½ tsp sea salt

Pulse brazils, yeast, garlic, and salt in FP until almost ground. Add pine nuts and grind until crumbly.

Then the left over cheese from the other day

Rich Cheddar Sauce Adapted from "Rejuvenate Your Life" by Serene Allison

1/2 large red bell pepper

¼ c water

1 c raw cashews, sunflower seeds, and/or almonds (I use a mixture of these and soak them overnite)

1 T tahini

2 T nutritional yeast

1 ½ teaspoon sea salt

2 teaspoons onion powder (or a small slice of onion or 1 tbs or so of green onions)

1 clove garlic

2 T lemon juice

Blend until creamy.

Add more water if it is too thick

Added 1/2 c. ground flax seeds too dehydrated over night flipped it and dehydrated it all day till crunchy.....these were the croutons!!! SO good!!!

Another raw lunch at Mollies.....made this cheese dip with veggies was SEWWWW good!! "the adventures of Raw Goddess IS the queen of raw!! Was delish!! my sis suggested making crackers with the leftovers and adding ground flax seed. have some dehydrating right now!! hope to make croutons to go with the Cesar salad!!! yum!!

Cheddar Cheese Sauce
1/2 large red bell pepper
¼ c water
1 c raw cashews, sunflower seeds, and/or almonds, soaked
1 T tahini
2 T nutritional yeast
1 ½ teaspoon sea salt
2 teaspoons onion powder (or a small slice of onion or 1 tbs or so of green onions)
1 clove garlic
2 T lemon juice
Blend until creamy. Add more water if it is too thick.
Healthy's Notes: I find cashews to make the creamiest and most smooth cheese!

This WAS SOOO good!!!

Stir Dry

Veggies of Choice:
Baby Bok Choi, sliced
Broccoli florets and chopped stems
Celery, sliced diagonally
Green onions, sliced diagonally
Mung bean sprouts, washed and drained
Mushrooms, sliced
Red or yellow peppers, sliced or chopped
Snow peas, sliced diagonally
Zucchini, julienned or cubed

Asian Dressing
By Nomi Shannon

6 Tbl Tahini
1 c. water
3/4 c. Nama Shoyu
3/4 c. scallions
3 Tbl flaxseed oil
3-4 Tbl honey
3 Tbl grated ginger root
3-4 cloves garlic
3/4 tsp Chinese 5-spice (I use less as I find this can easily overwhelm the other flavors)
1/2 tsp cayenne
1/2 tsp ground cumin

Toss all ingredients into blender and blend!

Assembly:
Put the veggies in a large bowl and coat with dressing. Cover with a plate and pop in the dehydrator for a couple of hours at 110 degrees.

Here is the "rice" recipe:
4 large parsnips
1/3 cup cashews, ground (approx)
Sea salt to taste

then of course i have to smother it with Braggs!!

VERY intresting from Deania....smart sis!!

I don't know just how true all this is, but it does make some sense to me. Here is just a short list of examples of "Whole Food Signatures." A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye...and YES science now shows that carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.
A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart is red and has four chambers. All of the research shows tomatoes are indeed pure heart and blood food. Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows that grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food. A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds are on the nut just like the neo-cortex. We now know that walnuts help develop over 3 dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function. Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys. Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet the body pulls it from the bones, making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body. Eggplant, Avocadoes and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats 1 avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? .... It takes exactly 9 months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemica l cons tituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them). Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the motility of male sperm and increase the numbers of S perm a S well to overcome male sterility. Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics. Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries
Grapefruits, Oranges, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts. Onions look like body cells. Today's research shows that onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes

Nuke it!!

Humm.... Interesting...

Read this on the net today....

"The violent change that microwaving causes to the food molecules forms new life forms called radiolytic compounds.

These are mutations that are unknown in the natural world. Ordinary cooking also causes the formation of some radiolytic compounds (which is no doubt one reason why it is better to eat plenty of raw food), but microwaving cooking causes a much greater number.

This then causes deterioration in your blood and immune system. In addition, they found that the number of leucocytes increases after eating microwaved food - something which haematologists take very seriously, because this is often a sign of highly harmful effects, such as poisoning.

Also, after eating microwaved food, cholesterol levels increased. Hertel said "Common scientific belief states that cholesterol values usually alter slowly over longer periods of time. In this study, the markers increased rapidly after the consumption of the microwaved vegetables." He believes his study tends to confirm new scientific data that suggest cholesterol may rapidly increase in the blood secondary to acute stress. "Also," he added, "blood cholesterol levels are less influenced by cholesterol content of food than by stress factors. Such stress-causing factors can apparently consist of foods which contain virtually no cholesterol - the microwaved vegetables."

In Summary: Blanc and Hertel found that eating microwaved food:
Increases cholesterol
Increases white blood cell numbers
Decreases red blood cell numbers
Causes production of radiolytic compounds (compounds unknown in nature)"

Interesting about popcorn:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/pop_print.shtml?content_type=article&content_type_id=248178

Found this on goneraw.com and can NOT get enuff of it!! yum-me!!!

Chocolate Cherry "Ice Cream"
-from shannonmarie on goneraw.com

1 frozen banana, chopped
½ cup frozen cherries
1 tablespoon raw almond butter
½ tablespoon agave nectar
1 tablespoon cocoa or carob powder
1 dash sea salt
1 teaspoon vanilla

Process all ingredients in food processor or vitamix until combined into a smooth consistency, similar to soft-serve ice cream. Either enjoy right away or allow to set in freezer until firm. Tastes great by itself or topped with chopped raw nuts, more nut butter, agave, and/or raw cocoa nibs.

thot for the min.

Life is short!
Forgive quickly!
Kiss slowly!
Love truly!
Laugh uncontrollably

What'cha eatin'?!?!

Produce: organically grown, genetically modified or conventional:

by reading the PLU code, you can tell if the produce you buy was genetically modified, organically grown or produced with chemical fertilizers, fungicides, or herbicides.

Here's how it works:

For conventionally grown fruit, (grown with chemicals inputs), the PLU code on the sticker consists of four numbers.

Organically grown fruit has a five-numeral PLU prefaced by the number 9.

Genetically engineered (GM) fruit has a five-numeral PLU prefaced by the number 8.

Our Raw Food (almost) Lunch!!

(Recipes to follow)

Cheesecake with cho. crust ~by Elizabeth~ from the "Raw Food Gourmet"

Process 2 c. soaked, rinsed and re-dried (or unsoaked) walnuts with 1/2 c. raw cacao beans peeled and ground (or just use cocao)and 1 Tbsp agave and sprinkle of sea salt unrefined. press into pie plate.

Filling:Blend 2 cups raw mac nuts rinsed, 1 cup pine nuts rinsed, 1 cup almond pulp left over from making almond milk, juice of 1-2 oranges, juice of 1 lemon, 1/4 agave, packet of stevia, 1/2 tsp. vanilla, 1/2 tsp almond extract, salt to taste. top with strawberries. yum!

Idea:

My Sis add Cinnamon to her apples she dehydrated and said it helped "lower the insulin level" ??? and was quite tastee!....NO! leftover lunchbox lettuce doesn't count!! tsk tsk!!

snacks

I made a snack the kids actually liked today!
sliced pears and apples with the mandolin (really thin)
spread on dehydrator sheets
spray with fresh squeezed lemon juice
dehydrate to desired crispness
If you don't have a dehydrator you could try setting the oven at the lowest temp setting, propping the door open with a hot pad and setting an oven thermometer in the oven and monitor it. I never had much luck with this but it is worth a try.....