Living Rawesome

Day #77 Tomato Sauce with Heirloom Tomatoes pg. 29 entertaining in the raw

October 10, 2009

Sauce Ingredients
olive oil
chopped heirloom tomatoes
pinch of red chili flakes
salt and pepper
julienned fresh oregano (I used 1 T dry)

We had fresh Heirloom tomatoes at Rutabaga’s this week. I was so excited when I saw them. They were all so beautiful, in various sizes, shapes and colors. I absolutely love heirloom tomatoes. They always remind me of the Garden Of Eden. How beautiful all the food was in the Beginning! None of them look alike or taste the same. They are all very much their own design, unlike most tomatoes in the store, which are mostly the same shape, size, color and texture.
Sebastian loves Tomatoes, he tried the green one. The flavor was not the same as those cherry or grape tomatoes that he likes. He will like them one day!
I had to cut up and marinate the tomatoes in olive oil. They will be blended after they are dehydrated for 2 hours.

It’s always a shame when I have to blend them in the blender, I can’t see the beautiful colors separately, but the sauces always taste so pure.

Tomorrow will be the Raviolini Puree. Yummy. I’ve been hungry for Italian food!

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. ~Voltaire

Day #76 Sweet Green Juice pg. 35 everyday raw

October 9, 2009

I love juice, but I really don’t drink enough of it. I do more blended salads/smoothies. This juice is really refreshing, especially because I haven’t had one in a while. I have 2 juicers but I really don’t like cleaning them. Guess I am a bit lazy.
I love green juices. I turn orange when I have too many carrots. My mom and my friends can always tell if I have been juicing carrots. My hands and my skin on my face always look orange. I like to stick to green juices too, because they are not as high in sugar.

Ingredients
2 cucumbers
2 carrots
2 apples
1/2 cup parsley
1/2 cup mint (I had to leave this out, my plant is no longer alive)
1 stalk celery
1/2 inch piece of ginger
1 lemon, peeled

REFRESHING!

For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace.
– I Corinthians 14:33

Day #75 Raw Chocolate Chip Cookies pg. 46

October 8, 2009

THIS RECIPE WENT 100 TIMES BETTER THAN YESTERDAY!

The chips came out beautiful!

I rolled them into balls first. They were sticky, so I had to keep my hands wet. I smashed them down with my hand.

Then put the chips on top. I decided to just put the chips on top because I didn’t get the chance to refrigerate the chips so they were still a bit soft from the dehydrator. I figured that they would get smashed when I went to mix the batter and the chips together. They turned out so cute. I will make them again, but with a better piping bag for the chips.

They are in the dehydrator now. I am going to pack them with the kids tomorrow for lunch. Sabby had a mostly raw lunch today again. I can get used to all of this good eating by my children:)

Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients

cashew flour (Blended in food processor)
oat flour (Blended in food processor)
cacao powder
water
maple syrup (I used agave)
vanilla extract
sea salt
Chocolate Chips

You are always a valuable, worthwhile human being — not because anybody says so, not because you’re successful, not because you make a lot of money — but because you decide to believe it and for no other reason.-Wayne Dyer

Day #74 Raw Chocolate Chips pg. 46 everyday raw

October 7, 2009

Today was a long day. Woke up early, sent the kids off to school, cleaned the kitchen, went to work, got home at 4, finally took time for myself and read some of a new book I am reading. Then I had class tonight. I finally started on my recipe by 10:30 pm. I thought that these would be really easy. Quite honestly they really made me in a bad mood. My piping bag broke so I had to make the chips with a plastic ziploc bag. It broke, then I decided that I would just spread the batter out and dehydrate it. So I have some chips and alot of batter that will have to be chunks. This recipe was easy to make in the vitamix, but doing the chips was an absolute nightmare. I wasted so much of the chip batter. I just hope these cookies are worth it. I seriously was ready to just throw them. I think I’m just tired. I really just want to go to sleep. This recipe should’ve been fun but I made it make me in a bad mood:(
At first things were going well. It was fun making the chips, then I realized the hole was too small for the chips so I changed it, then it just got worse from there!

Then it started to get sloppy.

Then I just slapped all the batter on the parchment paper and spread it out. I will make these chocolate chunks. So I will have chocolate chunk cookies and chocolate chip cookies.

Raw Chocolate Chip Ingredients

1 3/4 cups cashews, soaked 2 hours
1 cup maple syrup ( I used agave)
1 cup raw cacao powder
1/4 t vanilla
1/2 t sea salt

They are dehydrating overnight.

Even though this recipe was the hardest to make and the most time consuming yet. I know the kids will love these cookies. It will be worth my agravation, I am sure. This really should’ve been one of best recipes to make. I think it was my state of mind. Just tired.

I am going to rest. The cookies will be great tomorrow.

“Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.”-Richard L. Evans

Fermented Sauerkraut

Makes 1 Quart

1 medium cabbage, cored and shredded
1 T caraway seeds (I used sesame seeds)
1 T sea salt
4 T whey (if not available, use an additional 1 T sea salt)
2 cups shredded carrots

In a bowl, mix cabbage with caraway seeds, sea salt and whey*. Pound with a wooden pounder or a meat hammer for about 10 minutes to release juices. Place in a quart-sized, wide-mouth mason jar and press down firmly with a pounder or meat hammer until juices come to the top of the cabbage. The top of the cabbage should be at least 1 inch below the top of the jar. Cover tightly and keep at room temperature for about 3 days before transferring to cold storage. The sauerkraut may be eaten immediately, but it improves with age.

Recipe modified by Theresa Perman from Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon

Day#73 Chocolate Hazelnut Tart filling pg. 122 everyday raw

October 6, 2009

The last two days have really been an incredible experience for me. I feel ever since Reiki and chatting with Susan, I feel more focused! I feel like I want to be more creative again. I feel inspired, and I feel so many synchronicities today!! I was feeling strange last night. Not quite knowing what my purpose is. Then, I woke up today thinking I don’t need to find my purpose it will find me.

I was blessed and found an article in Energy Times with Wayne Dyer. It really inspired me to stop cutting my body down and treating it the best I can. He spoke about how our spirit really doesn’t change, our bodies do. They are materialized and they will dematerialize, so we need to care for our bodies correctly. I really feel like raw food is a necessity, as exercise, stress less, prayer, positive thoughts, and love to self and others! So many other things to name. This sets me up for an incredible journey. Many of his ideas are what I already think. I will begin to explore more than I have been. I don’t know where it will take me but I do know that I believe I am a spiritual being having a human experience!

Tonight I decided that I would make chocolate hazelnut tart. I bought hazelnut extract from Rutabaga’s. They had it! The cake was so much fun to make. There is not a strong flavor of hazelnut, I actually added more. Sabby tried it and I thought he wouldn’t like it, but HE DID! He had a spoonful, then another spoonful! I absolutely love making desserts! I can’t wait for M.K.’s desserts to come out!

Chocolate Hazelnut Tart
cashews
water
agave
coconut oil
vanilla
sea salt
cocoa powder
hazelnut extract

I officially want a blend-tec. This morning I made a raw pie at the store and the blend-tec is the best. I love the shape and the fillings always come out so creamy. If I had an extra 350 dollars I would buy it, but honestly I don’t like to buy things for myself. Maybe I will buy one soon.

The pie is in the freezer now. Jason just got home, so we might cut it tonight. I decorated it with chocolate pieces and Sunfood Nutrition cacao nibs:)

It’s going to be the best pie I have made since this morning.

“Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul”-Wayne Dyer

Day #72 Cookie Crumb Crust pg. 122 everyday raw

October 5, 2009

I had to make cookie crumb crust again. I accidentally fed it to my dogs, I thought it was carob. Oh my goodness I am so grateful they are alright. There wasn’t that much. I fed it to them last week. One thing I have learned that I have to do, is label what I am making. I really do love my dogs, don’t think I don’t. I made them the same recipe with carob. I am so grateful they are okay. I made the crust for the chocolate hazelnut tart. I need to buy hazelnut extract. I hope they sell it at Rutabaga’s.

Cookie Crumb Crust ingredients
cocoa powder
oat flour
sea salt
maple syrup
agave
coconut oil
vanilla

This pie will be delicious. I will bring some to work for customers or employees of Rutabagas.

I am headed to class, I get my test back tonight. I am definitely nervous, but not as nervous as the night I took it. I tried my best. I definitely didn’t slack off. I have been doing homework all day. So now I am ready to learn about our wonderful body’s bones.

To keep the body in good health is a duty… otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. ~Buddha

Day #71 Cucumber pg. 114 entertaining in the raw

October 4, 2009

Tonight was the second part of my recipe. The cucumbers to go with paratha and mango mixture.

Cucumber ingredients
cucumber
1/4 t cayenne
1/4 t cumin
1 T lime juice
1/4 salt

I decided to do the cucumbers tonight, because I think it will taste really good by tomorrow night, after they marinate for 24 hours. I tried them, and they were very spicy from the cayenne. Jason tried the paratha tonight, he said it tasted like a piece of bread.

Today was a relaxing but fun filled day. We went on a bike ride in town. The boys were excellent! They didn’t complain at all:) Sabby said he would love to do it everyday, but go somewhere new each time we go. We have been able to go places as a family because Jason has been off. We rode to the park and Jason and Sabby threw the football together and Christian and I searched for blackberries. Sometimes we find them, but I am not sure if it is the season for them.
I can’t wait to go biking again.

Jason and I went on a date…to the gym. I renewed my membership and decided I will try to go 3 days a week. It felt exhilarating to lift weights again. It’s always nice when I can see my man work out. Love it!!

After the gym, I came home and got ready to go to Susan’s house. It was my first reiki session today. It was relaxing and healing too. I felt so connected to her, she is a kind person and willing to help everyone. I love her and hope to go back soon.

I’m off to rest, work in the morning and class tomorrow night. I went to work tonight and made flax crackers and other recipes. I am going to sell the flax crackers for the first time in the store tomorrow.

“The best of all medicines is resting and fasting”-Benjamin Franklin