Living Rawesome Day #139 Chocolate-Ginger Macaroons pg. 42 everyday raw
December 11, 2009
I was looking through everyday raw and entertaining in the raw, to get an idea of what I will be making this next week. The more I looked through the books I realized how many recipes I have not done. I really am prone to using the everyday raw book. I think because it is based on recipes that you can use everyday, now I can see why he named it that (DUH). When I first received the everyday raw book I really thought that all the recipes were very hard. After these few months on this project I realized how easy the everyday recipes are. I tend to do them one at a time. The entertaining in the raw book is made up of more gourmet meals to please crowds. They are very delicious, but I have been doing them in steps. I am going to try to be diligent and try to finish both books by the year’s end, but after viewing all the recipes I am not certain that I will, especially when the new book comes out. After making that banana creme pie last night, I have a feeling that I will favor the dessert book:)
In this holiday season I have prepared many desserts. I would make desserts everyday if I could. And with the new book coming out I want to make that possible. Many people don’t want to try all my recipes, but when I bring a dessert around nobody can say “NO”.
Tonight I was in the mood to make a chocolate dessert. Even though I have so many dessert recipes in my house. I think that I really need to lock them up. I am addicted to them. I try to not eat as many servings, but I love all the desserts. I have been eating the apricot cake. It is definitely one of my faves. This recipe calls for dehydration, but I think they could easily just be refrigerated. There really is nothing like the flavor of cacao powder and sweetness of maple syrup.
Chocolate-Ginger Macaroons Ingredients
1 3/4 cups coconut
3/4 macadamia nuts
3/4 cup and 2 T cocoa powder
3/4 maple syrup
1/4 cup and 2 T coconut oil
1 T ground ginger
1 1/4 t vanilla extract
pinch of sea salt
All ingredients are put into food processor. First dry then add wet. I used a tablespoon to put the mixture onto my NEW Teflex sheets:). They will be done in a few days. I finally found some guinea pigs that will eat some of my desserts. The people that work at the bike shop. Gary is a customer at Rutabaga’s and now he works there. Many of them are vegetarian, I guess. I know they like hummus and tabouli, so I think they will like the desserts. I know Gary will. We are thinking about buying new bikes and we stopped there a few times this week. Today we went so Sabby could test drive a bike. His tire was flat after school and with the help of Grandpa, we made it to the bike shop and it went flat again, so they fixed that too.
I am going to watch a Christmas show with the boys and head to bed, without doing the dishes. I am too tired. I will be up early in the morning and I will do them then.
I had a green smoothie again today and even did meditation with Jason at my spot at the lake. The weather was beautiful today, a little rainy, but invigorating.
Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul-Wayne Dyer