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Pear Sauce with Black Currents
Back in the 1980’s I had a boyfriend who introduced me Michio Kushi’s Macrobiotics book. At first I followed the recipes religiously, layering my food, only eating “in season” fruits and vegetables. I was pretty religious about this for a couple of years. One of my favorites was the pear sauce and I continued to make it through the years. It’s cooked, and honestly, usually overcooked, so I didn’t think of it to add here right away. Since we started this site we’ve done many experiments using the dehydrator to soften foods and enhance the flavors of a dish. Sometimes it takes a few tries but not this time. Perfect…
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Watermelon Sushi Rolls
As some of you may know we have a couple of watermelon recipes here on the site. Dehydrated, watermelon takes on a completely different texture. Somewhat reminiscent of raw tuna, it lends itself to the perfect substitute for raw fish. I made sashimi Watermelon Sashimi & Forbidden Rice and regularly make poke bowls, but this is the first time I attempted to make sushi rolls. I’m not going to lie, this is not the easiest thing to do. Not that making sushi rolls are hard; they aren’t. The difficulty lies in using the raw Forbidden Rice and keeping it in the nori wrapper. Unlike sushi rice, which is sticky (glutinous),…
It’s Okay to Drink Tea When You’re Raw
When I started on this journey, like so many others, I worried about what I would have to give up. Some things I was more willing to chuck out of my diet than others. I really don’t miss a lot of things as I explore new ways to literally have my cake and eat it too. But I worried about my crazy and expensive tea habit. Every single person in our pod are heavy tea drinkers. We drink it iced in the summer, hot in winter and make special toddies when we aren’t feeling well. So the thought of not being able to have my tea was depressing. Luckily for…
Stuffed Poblano Peppers with Avocado Whip
Keeping with our winter warming trend, I decided to make a more hearty dinner using poblano peppers. Okay, normally this recipe would have just about everything we wouldn’t post on this site. But that shouldn’t stop us from adapting any meal to fit our raw-vegan sensibilities. I chose the poblano peppers because it’s heat index is mild to medium once warmed in the dehydrator. With a flavor more reminiscent of a jalapeno, I thought it would make the perfect pepper for anyone trying to make this at home. Don’t fret if you don’t like any spice, this recipe with work with bell peppers too. And for those of you who…
Intermittent Fasting: Fewer Hours Eating = Better Health
For me it all started at the onset of COVID. I had never really given much thought to intermittent fasting. Yes, I’ve done plenty a three day juice fast and felt all the better for it every time. But anyone will vouch for the fact that I like to eat. I like to eat a lot! So anything that involves not eating for prolonged periods of time will not be a big blip on my radar. In March, however, I lost my job in retail when it became one of the hardest hit businesses in the pandemic path. And suddenly I found myself at home all the time, as did…
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Cool Mint Oreo Cookies
Nothing says winter like peppermint, and nothing pairs better with mint than chocolate, so the cool mint oreo cookies were born. Originally I was going to make a raw-vegan minty hot cocoa, but raw and piping hot are kind of an oxymoron. In raw food prep it’s spice that gives heat and that just wasn’t going to cut it for hot chocolate. Being cookie season around here, I tried to think of how to combine the two flavors and still make it visually interesting. As you can see from the photo, the cookies look fantastic, but the taste…minty perfection! You’ll find this recipe relatively simple. My struggle doesn’t have to…
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Indian Poppadoms with Mango and Mint Chutneys
The idea at first was Indian nan but I didn’t make a big enough batch of this stuff to make more than one big circle of nan bread. Then Melissa suggested doing poppadoms instead… Now, I know you’re thinking: what the hell is a poppadom? Granted, it seems nan and dosas get all the publicity and the poor poppadoms are kind of hiding their light under a bushel basket. It’s not a exactly a ‘household name’. A poppadom (also called papadum, papad or papar) is a thin and crispy round Indian flatbread. It is kind of like a dosa but not quite as paper thin and crumbly. And it’s round and can…
Going Vegan with Baby Steps
I know from experience that going vegan – let alone raw vegan – is not always the easiest road. Whatever our motivation, we are often up against a lifetime of mind and body conditioning that certainly hampers the path. And it’s never made easier by the fact that many of our friends… and even, in some cases, our families put up obstacles to our forward movement just by being so incredulous. “When are you going to start eating real food again?”, they’re asking us. We thought we were. This is obviously some gaslighting technique to convince us we’re insane. And don’t you just love those folks who magically spew all…
Rosemary Olive Oil Crackers
If you’ve been reading the blurbs that accompany our recipes you know by now how much we dislike flax seed in everything. It drives us crazy that a lot of raw/vegan crackers and bread bases rely on something that leaves such a weird aftertaste. Starting innocently enough, I was dehydrating thin slices of plantains for chips when it became apparent, they were way too dry to be enjoyable. Instead of throwing out two trays full of plantains, I pulverized them into flour. I had never used plantain flour before but it’s very popular in Caribbean cooking, so that was going to be my plan. At this point I had already…
Boosting Immunity: 7 Steps to Superwoman
Ever since the onset of the COVID19 pandemic, many people have become hyperconscious about their health. It’s hard not to be when everyone’s walking around in masks and maintaining a 6 foot distance from everyone else. The whole world’s starting to look like some sci-fi movie. So what does boosting immunity look like in corona virus times? Not much different than any other time, honestly. Except you get to look like a bandit, if you’re into it, and nobody will bat an eye. Because boosting immunity isn’t just something we should be doing because a pandemic comes knocking on our collective door, but something we’re actively doing all the time.…
