Living Rawesome Day # 29 Parmesan pg. 38 entertaining in the raw
On Wednesday, I plan on having a beautiful Italian meal. The menu will be Marinated Tomato Salad, pine nut “parmesan”, basil oil, micro greens, and black pepper. I made the first part of this meal, pine nut “Parmesan”. I did this first because it takes several days to dehydrate. The recipe calls for pine nuts, water, olive oil, sea salt, lemon juice, and nutritional yeast. This is not going to be crumbled, it is called shards. In the book they have the appearance of thin crackers. They look dainty and elegant (I don’t expect anything else but elegance when I look at M.K.’s recipes, one day I will be almost as brilliant). I tossed the ingredients into the food processor and mixed very quickly. I still have to purchase teflex sheets for my dehydrator. Until then I continue to use parchment paper. I lay the parmesan on the paper and spread it out. It looks rather lumpy, but I am hopeful it will turn out as enticing as it should appear. I placed it in the dehydrator at 115 degrees. I will turn the parmesan over in 12 hours or possibly more. I will be at work when 12 hours is up. Most of the recipes I have dehydrated longer than it says. Maybe my temperature is slightly off and it is possibly the reason it’s slower to dry, or it could also be the thickness of the batter. I am learning, and getting better:)
My dehydrator has been at that same temperature for about a month now. Maybe a few days I have turned it off. I used to think the Excalibur was so loud, but I am getting used to the sound. It finally blends in with the house sounds. I love preparing live foods, it is effortless, because I have the tools, the ingredients are easily accessible and the passion to prepare the food with love.
I was thinking tonight about my trip to Raw Spirit, I am leaving in less than a week. I know that I will be able to continue my project because making raw and living food is uncomplicated. After all, I did make salsa in the hotel room with veggies from St. Augustine’s farmers market and a knife we bought. Now that was fun! I plan on buying and taking a bullet/personal blender on vacation with me. I plan on making almond milk and some smoothies while I’m there. I’ve never used a personal blender before but I am hopeful that it will work out swell:). I am so excited to be going. But I can’t forget my responsibility to MYSELF! I will complete all things. 
