Living Rawesome

Day #134 End-of-the-season heirloom tomatoes, warm “cheese” crisps, and melting olive oil “ice cream” pg. 80 entertaining in the raw

December 6, 2009

To end my long day of studying and work. I decided to make this beautiful meal. I had the crisps in the refrigerator. I made them a while back.

I decided to leave out the olive oil ice cream. Ick. I just felt like why make it. It doesn’t even sound good to me. But I did marinate the tomatoes. I dressed it up with arugula from the other day.

Jason bought me a beautiful heirloom tomato yesterday, so of course I had to use it. It was huge. I peeled it. Which was simple and I deseeded it. I cut thin slices and then formed them into squares. My presentation is a 1 on a scale of 1-10. MK’s is simply divine. One day I hope to dress up my meals like he does. Maybe a new camera would help.

Tomatoes Ingredients
large tomatoes
olive oil
salt
pepper

Crisps Ingredients
pine nuts
nutritional yeast flakes
lemon juice
chipotle chile powder (I used dry and ground them up in a coffee grinder)
salt
water
thyme (I used dry)

Olive Oil Ice Cream Ingredients (I omitted)
olive oil
agave
sea salt

We will try it tomorrow. I am too tired to eat and Jason just ate the Citrus Tart. He liked it:) Now for the real test. I want my Dad to try some. On Tuesday I will take him some.

I am going to bed. I have my last test tomorrow. Wish me luck!

“My main hope for myself is to be where I am.” -Woody Harrelson

Day #133 Citrus Tart Filling pg. 115 entertaining in the raw

December 5, 2009

Today has been such a busy day. I woke up early and started studying for Anatomy. Jason studied with me until about 12:00 pm. Then we went to the gym. It was needed! I was going stir crazy. I really don’t like sitting around very much and definitely not for as long as I did. After the gym, we came back home and ate lunch and we watched the Gator vs. Alabama game. The Gators lost. While I was watching that game I also studied for 3 hours. My brain is pretty fried. I had to make the filling really quick because I had to pick up the kids from Grandpa’s house and go to work for a couple of hours. I usually work long days on Sundays but I need to study some more tomorrow. Anyway, it’s been a long day and I’m ready for bed.

This pie is delicious! I love the fruity pies by Matthew Kenney. Jason helped me juice the lemons, so we could get out of our house quick.

Filling Ingredients

cashews
lemon juice
raw agave
coconut oil
water
vanilla extract
lime zest
orange zest
sea salt
vanilla bean

The cashews were soaked for 1 hour, and all ingredients were added to Vita-Mix. It came out smooth. It is actually quite pretty, you can see specks of green and orange in the filling. I put the filling in the pie crust and it is ready for my dad tomorrow. Jason and I really love the flavor. I think Christian will like it too.

Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules.
Wayne Dyer