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My Mango Birthday Pie
Happy 31 to me. Couldn't be Happier!
KAIA Granola yummy!!!!!!!!
Raw Fudgesicles
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Happy Birthday to
Me!
I celebrated my 31st birthday at my
raw food potluck! It was awesome because people made
the most awesome raw food. And my friend made me a mango pie
with a macadamia nut crust. I don't have the recipe but he used
Irish moss to thicken the pie. It had a great consistency, it
was like a thick pudding that stood up on it's own.
Besides the pie I got some great gifts this year. My lovely
boyfriend got me a shirt and jacket with my website written on
it and other sweet sentimental stuff. My fam got me an
ipod which is the first one I've ever had. I love it, so much
fun. I work out with it, read with it, do the dishes with it. .
Basically I'm listening to music all day. If you don't have one
already I highly recommend it. It's not just for kids!
A friend of mind got me some raw snacks
including freeze dried banana chips from Trader Joes
and the most amazing raw granola I have ever tasted. It's called
Kaia Foods Granola and it comes in a few flavors. Here is the
website so you can order your own!
http://www.kaiafoods.com/home.html I promise you it's
amazing. I'm able to get it at Oliver's market in Cotati,
California. But I haven't seen it in Whole Foods yet but I'm
going to hound them until they carry it. I'm sure it would taste
amazing with almond milk. So
far I've just tried it with bananas or by itself.
Another new raw food item I've seen on the
market are these raw food fudgesicles by Happy Day Raw Foods. I
found them at Community Market in Santa Rosa. I haven't seen a
website for them yet so I guess you'll only be able to enjoy
them if you live near Santa Rosa, California. Reminded me of
fudgesicles as a kid. Plus you get two in a package for only
around $3.50. Considering most raw food snacks are over 7
dollars I thought it was a nice find.
Hostess with the Mostess
Have had a busy month so far. Been host to a lot
of visitors this month. First my boyfriend's parents came to
stay with us plus his adorable 9 year old niece. We had sooooooo
much fun. We went to Stinson Beach and all over San Francisco!
Then I had a friend from Hawaii stay for one night and we also
played host to some friends from Vegas for a weekend. I'm
becoming quite the hostess and quite the tour guide of San
Francisco. Looking forward to a well deserved laid back weekend!
Cooking with Kombucha
As many of you know I'm a fan of Kombucha.
Kombucha is an ancient recipe for a fermented black tea filled
with probiotics and enzymes. At my potluck someone made
sauerkraut with Kombucha as the starter. It tasted really good
and I though it was a brilliant idea. I haven't tried it yet,
but I had always wanted to make a salad dressing with Kombucha
because Kombucha has always
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Kombucha
Sauerkraut
Kombucha Dressing
Kale Chips
Fun at Stinson Beach!
Open Tulip
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reminded me of vinegar. So I took a little
original flavored Kombucha, a handful of macadamia nuts, one
spoonful of raw honey, and two spoonfuls of organic mustard and
blended it in the blender until smooth. You could adjust the
honey and mustard until you like the taste. I then put it over
salad greens and I thought it was successful experiment! It was
an interesting twist on Honey Mustard Dressing. I'm sure you
could just use the mustard seed if you didn't want to use the
prepared mustard. Now I'm wondering what would happen if I put
Kombucha in my blended soups. I know energy soup is usually made
with either rejuvelac or cabbage sauerkraut so why not Kombucha?
I'll keep you updated:)
Kale Chips
Another experiment I made was dehydrating kale
and chard to make chips. The truth be told as much as I love
flax crackers, most heavy raw food crackers feel like a rock in
my stomach. So I decided to make kale and chard chips as a
crispy alternative to the heavier flax chips. First I
washed a large bunch of Kale, but you could use chard or
collards if you like. What I did was grind some golden flax seed
and black sesame seeds in the blender until I got a fine powder.
Probably about a half cup of each. Then in a separate bowl I
mixed about a 1/3 cup water with a spoonful of miso, chopped
green onions, grated ginger, and 1 teaspoon of curry powder. In
a large bowl I massaged the kale with the miso mixture and the
sesame/flax seed mixture until everything was well coated. Then
I dehydrated the greens overnight until they were crispy. You
might have to adjust the amounts because they are all
approximations. They tasted amazing, but just a warning, if you
take them out of the dehydrator they will immediately get soggy
so eat them immediately or put them in an air tight container.
You might have to "crisp" them up again it the dehydrator before
eating
Sorry I don't always have definitive recipes. I
honestly am always experimenting and don't always remember to
write down the experiments than turn out good!
But luckily I have a recipe
below that you can enjoy!
A New Earth
I'm sure that many of you are reading Oprah's
book club book A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah's Book Club, Selection 61)
.
But on the rare chance that you haven't read it yet; I highly
recommend it! I am almost finished with it and have felt like
I've grown so much since first picking it up. It has taught me
to let go of my identification with the ego, like what I do,
eat, look like, what I own, . . . (etc.) And to instead be aware
that I am not my thoughts but rather that I am the awareness,
the presence, behind my thoughts and feelings. I have felt so
much inner peace since I started reading it and I can't
recommend it enough!
A New Earth
Eckhart Tolle
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Pear Delight Smoothie
I'm a fan of
light smoothies. This is my latest creation:)
1 mango peeled,
deseeded, and diced
1 pear
1/2 cup chopped pineapple
1 celery rib
juice from 1/2 lime
seeds from 1 vanilla bean
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1 teaspoon raw honey
water to thin
Blend all the
ingredients in a powerful blender. Adjust lime juice and honey to
desired taste.
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Vanilla Beans
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