Energy to Burn...

Took my young man bowling the other day, and had a riot!! We pretty much had the place to ourselves, which was nothing short of awesome. Both of us have a tendency to act the fool, so it was right up our alley...oooh a pun.


We had gone to Deer Lake to rent a boat to row around in, but were stunned and amazed to see the ducks and geese walking ON the water.... yep, it was frozen. The rest of our city has thawed and spring is in the air, but not in this shady spot. It cracked us up big time!! So plan b was bowling and it turned out GREAT! My morning smoothie took me into late afternoon without hunger pangs, which was good.

At dinner I went to Eternal Abundance on Commercial Drive and ate in the back at the Truffle Cafe. Best salad in town, this place. The Truffle is a mostly raw cafe and the one thing cooked that I enjoy is the 'green soup', with broccoli, kale, and chard. It is sooooo tasty. That and a salad, and I'm good to go. (the yellow sticks that look like cheese are actually yellow beet...mmmmm)

And today, I got up and made Jalapeno Corn Tortilla crackers. They're hummin' away in the dehydrator as I type. I can hardly hear the hum over the opera I've got blaring. For a girl whose only opera exposure (until recently) was the Bugs Bunny cartoons, I've turned into an opera fan kinda overnight. It was brewing for years, but now that I've had a taste of a real opera, I am sofa king hooked!! So between the wild arias, my cat meowing along, the food processor, and now the dehydrator, it feels alive around here today!!


Here's a photo of the crackers in progress. Ya score them into crackers after ya flip 'em off the teflex sheet on 'hour 6'. SO......1 hour down, 13 to go... they should be ready by midnight...hahahaha am I the only one who thinks this is hilarious? :D



Oh yeah...not to mention, my living room is upside down because of a fit of feng shui and the subsequent declutter. Well, I'm in the clutter part of de-clutter, as usual. But today I'm not kidding, it's a bloody mess. Wanta seeee? Might make ya feel better about yourself!! ;)


I know, right? :) All that shit came out of this one cupboard, (well, except the plant). I'm going to paint mr.cupboard 'coriander green' today.


So now you have the 'before' shots of my crackers, my living room, and my cupboard... and I'll give you the 'afters' tomorrow or maybe even later today, depending on my ambition/burn-out!

Raw Powahhhhhhhhhh....

Energy to Burn...

Took my young man bowling the other day, and had a riot!! We pretty much had the place to ourselves, which was nothing short of awesome. Both of us have a tendency to act the fool, so it was right up our alley...oooh a pun.


We had gone to Deer Lake to rent a boat to row around in, but were stunned and amazed to see the ducks and geese walking ON the water.... yep, it was frozen. The rest of our city has thawed and spring is in the air, but not in this shady spot. It cracked us up big time!! So plan b was bowling and it turned out GREAT! My morning smoothie took me into late afternoon without hunger pangs, which was good.

At dinner I went to Eternal Abundance on Commercial Drive and ate in the back at the Truffle Cafe. Best salad in town, this place. The Truffle is a mostly raw cafe and the one thing cooked that I enjoy is the 'green soup', with broccoli, kale, and chard. It is sooooo tasty. That and a salad, and I'm good to go. (the yellow sticks that look like cheese are actually yellow beet...mmmmm)

And today, I got up and made Jalapeno Corn Tortilla crackers. They're hummin' away in the dehydrator as I type. I can hardly hear the hum over the opera I've got blaring. For a girl whose only opera exposure (until recently) was the Bugs Bunny cartoons, I've turned into an opera fan kinda overnight. It was brewing for years, but now that I've had a taste of a real opera, I am sofa king hooked!! So between the wild arias, my cat meowing along, the food processor, and now the dehydrator, it feels alive around here today!!


Here's a photo of the crackers in progress. Ya score them into crackers after ya flip 'em off the teflex sheet on 'hour 6'. SO......1 hour down, 13 to go... they should be ready by midnight...hahahaha am I the only one who thinks this is hilarious? :D



Oh yeah...not to mention, my living room is upside down because of a fit of feng shui and the subsequent declutter. Well, I'm in the clutter part of de-clutter, as usual. But today I'm not kidding, it's a bloody mess. Wanta seeee? Might make ya feel better about yourself!! ;)


I know, right? :) All that shit came out of this one cupboard, (well, except the plant). I'm going to paint mr.cupboard 'coriander green' today.


So now you have the 'before' shots of my crackers, my living room, and my cupboard... and I'll give you the 'afters' tomorrow or maybe even later today, depending on my ambition/burn-out!

Raw Powahhhhhhhhhh....

What a meal! Nutritious AND delicious...and filling as all get-out. I didn't need anything beyond this meal for the rest of the night. Oh wait, true to self, I did manage to have a raw vegan brownie after coming in from my evening. But that wasn't hunger, it was seeing my boyfriend grab one out of the freezer and me going, "Oh yeaaaaah...I forgot about theeeeeese....!"

So in the bowl on the left is raw chili from Gabriel Cousens' Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine. It's on the back pages here somewhere, but it can stand being repeated here, it is that good, and that easy.

Chili

serves 4

Before starting anything, soak sundried tomatoes in water about an hour.

Chop up:
2 carrots
2 celery
1 red pepper
1/4 to 1/2 cup leek
Add about 1/8 cup olive oil and a touch of Celtic salt (original recipe calls for 1/4 c oil...I find it too much)
stir it up and put it in your dehydrator for an hour.

During that time, in the food processor add:
1/2 cup soaked sun dried tomatoes
4 tomatoes
2 avocados
1 tablespoon fresh grated ginger
A little more Celtic/Rock salt (optional...I don't)
2 tablespoon Chili powder (I use Mexican chili powder)
2 teaspoon ground cumin
pinch o' cayenne (HOT!)

Mix this with the veggies above and put it back in the dehydrator for one more hour


Even without a dehydrator, this recipe is great. The veggies, which should be really small cubes, will just be crunchier if you skip this step. The flavors are just so yummy!!

Around the salad bowl, you'll see three slices of carrot bread. I can't even begin to tell you how delicious this was. Sweet n' hearty, it was likely the easiest bread recipe ever. The amount below makes one dehydrator tray, but the recipe is easy to double/triple, etc. I got this from Goneraw, and I tweaked it to my tastes. The original called for agave or other sweetener, and I find carrots and apples already sweet enough. Honestly, this was just perfect. I could have eaten the whole batch myself but my boyfriend wouldn't let me. I'll have to make this on a day he's not home :)

Carrot Bread

M

akes one dehydrator tray

Soak dates and pecans an hour or so ahead of time...the pecans can soak a lot longer but I sometimes don't bother. Don't tell the Raw Police.

Ingredients:

3 medium carrots

1/2 apple

3/4 c pecans, soaked

5 dates, pitted, soaked

1/4 c. flax seeds ground

dash salt

dash cinnamon

Preparation:
Blend carrots and apple in food processor, set aside

Blend dates and pecans in food processor, add to carrot apple mixture.

Add flax to mixture.

Add salt and cinnamon to taste.

Add a little water if needed

Spread on dehydrator sheet about 1/4-1/2" thick. Score into squares with a wet knife.

Dehydrate at 145 for 1 hour, then turn down to 110 and dehydrate 6 hours or until desired texture is achieved.

Yummity Yummity Yum!!!!

What a meal! Nutritious AND delicious...and filling as all get-out. I didn't need anything beyond this meal for the rest of the night. Oh wait, true to self, I did manage to have a raw vegan brownie after coming in from my evening. But that wasn't hunger, it was seeing my boyfriend grab one out of the freezer and me going, "Oh yeaaaaah...I forgot about theeeeeese....!"

So in the bowl on the left is raw chili from Gabriel Cousens' Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine. It's on the back pages here somewhere, but it can stand being repeated here, it is that good, and that easy.

Chili

serves 4

Before starting anything, soak sundried tomatoes in water about an hour.

Chop up:
2 carrots
2 celery
1 red pepper
1/4 to 1/2 cup leek
Add about 1/8 cup olive oil and a touch of Celtic salt (original recipe calls for 1/4 c oil...I find it too much)
stir it up and put it in your dehydrator for an hour.

During that time, in the food processor add:
1/2 cup soaked sun dried tomatoes
4 tomatoes
2 avocados
1 tablespoon fresh grated ginger
A little more Celtic/Rock salt (optional...I don't)
2 tablespoon Chili powder (I use Mexican chili powder)
2 teaspoon ground cumin
pinch o' cayenne (HOT!)

Mix this with the veggies above and put it back in the dehydrator for one more hour


Even without a dehydrator, this recipe is great. The veggies, which should be really small cubes, will just be crunchier if you skip this step. The flavors are just so yummy!!

Around the salad bowl, you'll see three slices of carrot bread. I can't even begin to tell you how delicious this was. Sweet n' hearty, it was likely the easiest bread recipe ever. The amount below makes one dehydrator tray, but the recipe is easy to double/triple, etc. I got this from Goneraw, and I tweaked it to my tastes. The original called for agave or other sweetener, and I find carrots and apples already sweet enough. Honestly, this was just perfect. I could have eaten the whole batch myself but my boyfriend wouldn't let me. I'll have to make this on a day he's not home :)

Carrot Bread

M

akes one dehydrator tray

Soak dates and pecans an hour or so ahead of time...the pecans can soak a lot longer but I sometimes don't bother. Don't tell the Raw Police.

Ingredients:

3 medium carrots

1/2 apple

3/4 c pecans, soaked

5 dates, pitted, soaked

1/4 c. flax seeds ground

dash salt

dash cinnamon

Preparation:
Blend carrots and apple in food processor, set aside

Blend dates and pecans in food processor, add to carrot apple mixture.

Add flax to mixture.

Add salt and cinnamon to taste.

Add a little water if needed

Spread on dehydrator sheet about 1/4-1/2" thick. Score into squares with a wet knife.

Dehydrate at 145 for 1 hour, then turn down to 110 and dehydrate 6 hours or until desired texture is achieved.

Yummity Yummity Yum!!!!