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Day #209 Chili-Lime Macadamia Nuts pg. 40 everyday raw

February 19, 2010

I am getting ready for tonight’s journey to Jacksonville. I am so excited. I will be training for 2 days with Eva Rawposa so I can become Alissa Cohen certified. I have so many questions to ask and I know it will be the best weekend ever! My family is also going so we can tour Jax when I am done at class.

Today I made chili-lime macadamia nuts. They smell so good, I can’t wait until they are completely dry and I can eat them with my collard wraps with almond dressing.

Ingredients
macadamia nuts, dehydrated
maple syrup
agave
lime juice
lime zest
chili powder
cayenne
sea salt

After the macadamia nuts are dehydrated for 48 hours, then you put the remaining ingredients on them and dehydrate again for at least 36 hours.

I will not be posting too much on my blog for the next few days, but I will post the recipes I do. They will be simple because of travel, but I am sticking to my commitment. If I can do it in Maryland, I can do it in Jax.

I am off to pack. I can’t wait! I have waited so long to do this.

“Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us” Samuel Smiles

Day #208 Creamy Eggplant and Hummus Cream in Almond Tart Shells with Olive Tapenade pg. 156 entertaining in the raw

February 18, 2010

The Final Meal!

Jason had a tart for breakfast, no, not a POP TART. It was a little spicy for me to have for my first meal of the day. I did have small bite though. I really loved the cream and the eggplant. There was a little extra left so I put it together in a bowl and ate that. MMmmm, the spices were intense together. I would love to make a dressing with tahini, anise seed and garam masala and pour it in my bean sprouts. Now that would be incredible. I will do that tomorrow.

I had to make the cream and tapenade this morning before school. I am trying to switch it up a little. I am trying to make the recipe in the morning. That way I am not in the kitchen munching on stuff at 10:30 at night. That can’t be good for my dreams. The last two days I have managed to finish my recipe of the day before 5 pm. We will see how many days I can do this.

Cream Ingredients
1/2 cup cashews, soaked 1-2 hours
1/4 macadamia nuts, soaked 1-2 hours
1 T fresh lemon juice
2 t olive oil
4 T tahini
1/2 t salt
4 T water
1 clove garlic

All ingredients were blended until smooth.

Tapenade Ingredients
pitted olives
lemon juice
olive oil
pinch of anise seed

All ingredients were blended until smooth.

This meal is definitely worth making again. If you like creamy and heavy meals, then this is for you. The tart was delicious, but I could also eat just the cream and the veggies together. I have never been one to like pies, like pot pies, or even pumpkin or pecan pie crusts. I always love the gooey centers. So for me, I could leave the crust and take the rest. Jason really liked it. He didn’t finish the whole tart, it is pretty heavy. I am sure he will have it tonight when he gets home.

Today was a filled day again, I had class, then gym, and of course I had to see Jason. I am getting low on my love tank, he had to fill me up again;), so I stopped at work to see him. Christian and I went for another hike. We had a difficult time finding the walking trail, but we finally found it. We had about 30 minutes to spare, so we walked 15 minutes into it, then I wanted to turn around. We both a saw a sign that read “Gut Pile”. We both were curious as to what it was, so we went to take a look. We walked for few steps, and I saw a dead armadillo on my left and then I saw 2 of them. I showed Christian, and then I saw a third one. It really made me feel uncomfortable because they were laying in a triangle. I could see something dark laying about 30 feet from us, but the bushes in front of us were blocking it. We walked a few more feet around the bushes and found at least 10 dead animals and carcasses lying on the ground. We both couldn’t believe it. I was speechless, and of course Christian has a very active imagination, so he pretended we were in a horror movie, and a killer was lurking in the woods. Needless to say, we didn’t stay long. On the way back I realized that it must be for hunters. I never thought of what the hunters do with the remains of the animals, but I guess they put them in the Gut Pile. I always thought they took the animal home to clean it. Christian is still talking about it, and we went almost 2 hours ago. It’s amazing what you can see when you go out in nature. I won’t forget it, or the way I felt when I saw the big animal spines, skulls and black hairy bodies. I was not expecting that today at all. Christian wants to go back, maybe one day we will. I would rather see live animals then dead. We did get to see cows coming in for feeding time when a farmer pulled up to the gate. It was really fascinating watching them. Even the little calves were running in. We saw one white calf that stood out from all the rest, it was so adorable, he was running in to get food. I love cows:)!

Now, I am going to try to decide what I want to make for tomorrow before tomorrow comes, I have to plan to take something with me to Jax, too. After, I am going to lay down and watch Spongebob with Sabby.

Goodnight.

My lover is mine, and I am his. (NLT)-Song of Solomon 2:16

Day #207 Eggplant with olive oil marinade pg. 156 entertaining in the raw

February 17, 2009

Happy Birthday to Rhonda!

Today is going to be a quick entry. I made the eggplant and it is in the dehydrator now. The meal should be ready tomorrow for Jason. I could’ve made the rest of this recipe today, but honestly, I AM OUT OF FOOD! I have to go shopping but not buy too much, because I am going away this weekend to Jacksonville. I am so excited I am getting Alissa Cohen certified through a gal in Jax. I will be spending the entire weekend with her.

Eggplant Ingredients
1 large eggplant
olive oil
salt
pepper
garam masala

I chopped the eggplant and tossed with olive oil, salt, pepper, and garam masala.

Note** I was right, my tart shell isn’t completely dry, so I am going to leave it in the spring form pan another night.

Dinner will be served tomorrow. Tonight, Jason will have to settle for the boys’ Black Bean Soup. They all love it.

I am off to get Christian, shop and do homework. Should be a fun filled night. This entire day has been amazing. My fave part was spending time with Jason at Shalom Park and just talking. I miss him so much. Between work and school it is hard to fit time in for us. I will see him this weekend. I am so lucky, he will be driving to Jax and we will be in eachother’s presence for more than 3 hours IN A ROW!! Praise you Lord:) I am looking forward to it.

Goodnight!

MONITOR YOUR INNER DIALOGUE
Recognize that what you think about, expands. Monitor your inner dialogue, and match your thoughts to what you want and what you intend to create.

Day #206 Tart Shell pg. 156 entertaining in the raw

February 16, 2010

Today was a fun filled day. I went to school this morning and received my Cardiovascular test grade. I got a B on it. I was really shocked when I received it. I really was expecting an A. I was hoping it didn’t bring my grade down too much. After the test, I have a 98% in the class, so that is a big accomplishment for me. I am happy about that. After school I went to the gym and had a great workout! I did weights and cardio. I was in a hurry to get home so I could go on my hike with Christian. We had a wonderful time on the hiking trail. It was perfect weather and we had just the right amount of time. We could only go for 45 minutes because we had to pick up Sabby, but we took off our shoes and had a barefoot hike and chatted the whole time. He really loves hiking and so do I.
I made stir fry tonight for the boys and Jason. The boys loved it. I had to deliver it to Jason because he is working again tonight. He liked it too.

I decided to start this meal for Jason. I may try some of it, who knows. I don’t really like olives, so I don’t know if I will like it. I had to make the tart first, then I will make the rest of it. This was a simple recipe to make.

Tart Shell Ingredients
almonds, processed to crumb form
cashew flour
salt
nutritional yeast
olive oil
water
cumin

I mixed all ingredients in a bowl by hand. I lined a spring form pan with plastic. The recipe calls for a tart pan, but I don’t have a tart pan with a removable bottom. NOTE** I did not have very good luck in previous recipes, with the small tart pans that I bought. I placed it in the dehydrator and tomorrow I will try to take it off the plastic and dehydrate longer without the pan and plastic. I am sure I will have to dehydrate longer than overnight. For recipes like this, it usually takes longer to dehydrate it enough so I can remove the crust from the pan it is in. It is supposed to be slightly crisp when done.

The picture in the book looks delicious, I hope it’s good. Of course Jason will love it! He always likes to make me happy, by loving the recipes. In reality, the recipes are delicious, and he is always honest, so I know he is enjoying them.

I am going to the Dr. tomorrow to get my SpectraCell Analysis. I am excited about my blood tests.

I GO WITHIN AND GET IN TOUCH WITH GOD.
All of the great teachers have left us with a similar message: Go within, discover your invisible higher self, and know God as the love that is within you.Dr. Wayne Dyer

Day #205 Mocha Glaze pg. 114 everyday raw

February 15, 2010

I decided to make a recipe from Everyday Raw. I haven’t opened this recipe book for too long. I have been missing flipping through the pages of this book. The recipes are far less intimidating than Entertaining. Most of these are one step recipes. I was in kind of a sour mood tonight, not taste, just life. My son came home with low grades and my father is still in the hospital. It’s been a long day and I am just ready to sit on the couch and watch the Olympics. I have never watched the winter Olympics, but I am really enjoying them.

I bought coffee extract the other day, so I decided to make mocha glaze. I made half the recipe because I have so many things to eat right now, recipes are coming out my ears:). I figured that I would make a white chocolate pie and put this in the middle. This is really quite delicious. It is very thin, you can just pour it over ice cream, or granola bars.

This picture is really not the greatest, but I wanted to show what it looks like. Hope it helps.

Mocha Glaze Ingredients
1 cup cashews
1 cup agave
1/2 cup cacao powder
1/4 cup coconut oil
2 T + 1 t coffee extract

All ingredients went into the blender until smooth.

It’s 8 o’clock and Sabby is waiting for me to watch the Olympics. Goodnight!

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”-Dr. Suess

Day # 204 Brigadeiro, Pudim De Leite, and Canjica “Ice Cream” pg. 168 entertaining in the raw

February 14, 2010

Happy Valentines Day! It’s been an interesting day. I woke up and decided to make this recipe first thing this morning. I started rolling the truffles and my phone rang, it was my mother calling me from home, but she told me that her night was not so good. She preceded to tell me that my father was not feeling good and felt sick and light headed last night. She went to call 911, and apparanetly he stood up and passed out and went down with a loud “BANG”. He passed out and broke his nose! The paramedics arrived and took him to the hospital. He is still in the hospital, and hopefully will be released tomorrow. They did CAT Scans, and ECG. The doctors think that it was something he ate that made him feel nauseous and then made him pass out. My poor dad. I am grateful that nothing worse happened. I have been praying all day that he will recover quickly and that it is nothing more that bad greasy fish syndrome.

ON A BETTER NOTE:
This meal turned out beautiful. I honestly didn’t taste any, and Jason will eat it when he gets home from work.

The first part was to open the cacao beans. I didn’t have any cacao nibs, but I had a whole bag of beans, so I got to work and started peeling the skins off. After you take the skins off are the big pieces of chocolate. It really is such a marvelous nut.

I put all of the nibs into a bowl, so I could dip the truffles into the nib pieces. Next, I rolled the truffle mixture into Tablespoon size balls.

Then I rolled the truffle in the cacao pieces.

Then I placed the rolled truffle on a plate, so I could use it later.

I also made some plain and some with shredded coconut, spirulina, and lucuma powder. I was going to use maca, but I couldn’t find it.

Next, I cut the layer cake. I made a round pie plate and I really should’ve used a square plate. They turned out, but they were not all evenly cut. I ended up with a lot of crumbs. That is okay, we can use them for ice cream topping.

The final recipe was absolutely perfect. I am so pround! I made one for Jason and one for my sister. She will be here soon to get it.


Pudim De Leite Ingredients
1 cup cashews, soaked
3/4 cup young thai coconut meat
1/2 cup raw carageenan
6 T raw agave
1/4 t sea salt
3/4 t nutritional yeast
2 pinches of turmeric
1/4 t cinnamon

All ingredients were placed in Vita-mix. I covered small ramekins with plastic wrap then put the mixture in the ramekins. They were placed in the freezer for an hour, then I was able to take them out.

The layer cake was stacked with the truffle mixture to keep the small pieces together. I put the mint on the top of the ice cream and I added the prune sauce to the pudim de leite. This was so fun to make. I love the presentation, especially on the white plate.

I was nervous after hearing about my Father, but after doing this recipe, it soothed my mind and spirit, I then showered and went to see him. He is doing fine, just a little uncomfortable. He is so strong. He never wants us to worry about him. He always seems to have everything under control. He has always been my HERO! I LOVE YOU DAD:)

“To love another person is to see the face of God.”-Les Miserables

Day #202 Truffles and Chocolate Sauce pg. 168 entertaining in the raw

February 12, 2010

I had an “Angie Day” today. I went to get my blood drawn for my blood tests, went to the gym, and library. Now I am sitting at home alone while the boys play outside. They are searching through the woods and finding “treasures” such as old baseball bats and bicycle pieces. They are always exploring. I love it!

I decided to make my recipe somewhat early tonight, so I can finish laundry before Jason gets home. I made 2 recipes the truffles and chocolate sauce.

Truffles Ingredients
1/2 cup raw cacao powder
2 cups cahsews, soaked 4-6 hours
1/2 cup coconut oil
1 t vanilla
1/2 t salt
3/4 cup agave
1/4 cup mesquite

I put all ingredients in Vita-mix except mesquite powder. After the ingredients were blended I placed them in a bowl and added mesquite into the mixture by hand. I placed in freezer for 1 hour. I divided the recipe in 2.

Chocolate Sauce Ingredients
agave
cacao powder
carob powder
vanilla
salt
coconut oil

I blended all ingredients in Vita-mix until smooth. I placed it in a glass jar to use tomorrow.

It’s been a very rainy day today. It was perfect weather for reading a great book, so I did just that. I made some zingabar coconut tea from Teavana and brought it to the library. I read Susun Weed’s book Healing Wise. I love this book. I learned so much today just about myself. There were two paragraphs in the book were so healing for me today. One was, “Loving ourselves unconditionally strengthens our power to say “no” when our heart knows beauty and truth are not present.” This was so powerful for me, over the last 7 months I have become so much stronger than I was, and it all comes from loving myself more than ever! The second paragraph that was so healing for me was about honesty to self. It goes along with this weeks The Quest chapter entitled, Who am I? “Become aware of how often you do the expected thing, the good thing, the right thing, says the Wise Woman helper, and acknowledge the part of yourself that is a liar, that is afraid to say “no”. Truth and unconditional love support each other. To love yourself unconditionally, you must tell yourself the truth. You cannot hear your own truth if you are lying to others. This brings you wholeness. Tell the truth often and you will be filled with beauty. You will have health, you will walk the beauty way of health/wholeness/holiness, your truth will bless all you encounter. You will be blessed. Do not be afraid to reveal your own uniqueness, for that is part of your blessing.”(Healing Wise, Susun Weed). This book is very empowering for me. I feel like this came into my hands at the right time and I am reading it when I was supposed to. My heart was wide open for this teaching today. Susun Weed’s books are fun and easy to read. She has so much Wisdom and I love how she compares women to a void and how life is like a spiral. When I was younger I would always draw little swirls on papers at school. Maybe in my subconscious/spirit I knew that a woman’s life is shaped like this. If you haven’t read any of her books check them out, or look her up on Susunweed.com.

Time to do my mommy chores. Pphheeww, yeah right, the kids don’t mind if the clothes are folded but I do. Even though I would much rather sit in my chair with my dog’s head on my lap and just pet her. I love feeling the love of ALL BEINGS in my life! I am truly blessed.

LET GO OF YOUR NEED TO HAVE MORE
When you stop needing more of everything, more of what you desire seems to arrive in your life. Since you’re detached from the need for it, you find it easier to pass it along to others, because you realize how little you need in order to be satisfied and at peace.-Wayne Dyer

Day #203 Ice Cream and Prune Sauce pg. 170 entertaining in the raw

February 13, 2010

I just realized my Day #202 didn’t post yesterday:( I don’t know what is wrong with my computer:( I might cry. Well, I did do it yesterday, but something is definitely wrong with my computer, even now the words are typing really slow, and I can’t even load YouTube. I guess I need to have it fixed.

Today was the last day of Soccer season. Sabby’s team played 3 games and all of them he did SUPER! I will miss him playing soccer. I have the best time ever watching him. We signed him up for Baseball today, so I have that to look forward to .

Today I made ice cream and the prune sauce that is for the assembly of this meal.

Ice Cream Ingredients
cashews
coconut meat
agave
water
vanilla extract
sea salt
coconut oil
cloves
cinnamon
coconut flakes
thai coconut meat

All ingredients were put into Vitamix except Thai coconut. That is added after when it is put into the ice cream maker.

Prune Ingredients
prunes
water
agave

The prunes were soaked in water and I cut them up after, then added them to agave.

I am going to watch SpongeBob with the boys. They asked so I can’t turn that down.

Goodnight!

Moss always points to civilization. – Spongebob Squarepants

Day #201 Brigadeiro Layer Cake pg. 168 entertaining in the raw

February 11, 2010

Today was my first day not working at Rutabaga’s. I am sad that I had to depart from my favorite job ever, but for the health of my family, husband and myself, I decided that staying home is the best for us right now. I know I was only working 1 or 2 days, but yet, on those days it took time away from my family and chores at home. I know the good Lord has a plan for me and I know it is in Divine Order:) I do have FAITH, at times, I feel that is all I have, and it gets me through.

I went to the Dr. today to get blood work, I have been feeling a little off lately, could be stress, but I wanted to make sure that everything is going okay on the inside:) I am also getting a nutrition analysis next week, so the results will be here in about 5 weeks.

I decided to make my layer cake recipe in the afternoon today. I had to take Christian to get his haircut and then pick Sabby up from Jason, I wanted to get it done early so I could do some reading for my Unity class. I missed homework from last week, so I have catching up to do. The cake was easy, but the flour was not completely into powder form. The cashews never seem to powder like almonds, or flax. I am sure it is the oil in them, and the recipe suggests a tami. With all the pieces not powdered, my cake has some chunky pieces in them, but it will still be amazing!! I used a plastic lined round pie plate to lay the batter in until it is dehydrated enough, then I will cut it into rectangle pieces and dehydrate for 4-6 more hours.

Layer Cake Ingredients
cashew flour
cocoa powder
salt
cinnamon
agave
water
vanilla extract

I mixed the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add remaining ingredients and mixed well with my hands. I lined a pan with plastic. I pressed the mixture into a 1-inch layer. The cake will dehydrate overnight. I will flip the cake onto a cutting board and trim edges. The cake then will be placed on a dehydrator screen and it will dehydrate another 4-6 hours.

My goal is to have this entire recipe done on Valentine’s day for my family! I already know the kids love the Truffles. They will be delighted to have these delectable treats again. At least they will have some yummy organic, raw treats for Valentine’s Day instead of the mainstream treats. Aren’t we blessed?

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. ~Albert Einstein

Day #200 Caramel Sauce pg. 170 entertaining in the raw

February 10, 2010

This dessert that I will be making for the next few days, is going to be another “WINNER”. I decided to start with the caramel sauce because it was quick and easy. I got home late from work and I was tired. I have made a sauce similar to this before. This dessert has 7 desserts in one. So it will be a process to make, but I am sure it will be worth it:)!!!

Caramel Sauce Ingredients
1 cup raw agave
1/4 t salt
1/4 t cinnamon

Blend in Vita-mix for 20 seconds, then refrigerate. If you are going to serve it on that same day, chill in freezer for 2 hours.

“There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction”- Winston Churchill