Living Rawesome

Day #161 Sesame Brittle pg. 124 entertaining in the raw

January 2, 2010

I just got back from a day in Orlando with my hubby. We had such an awesome day. We went to a cleansing class. A woman and Chef Olive gave a presentation on cleansing. I really enjoyed the information. We learned the importance of bowel movements, cleansing, and skin brushing. I have been wanting to attend Chef Olive’s pot lucks and seminars and I finally made it today! Praise God. I have already fulfilled one of my New Year goals(attending at least one of her gatherings). She is doing a 21 day Challenge and will be doing classes on Sundays at 3pm at Whole Foods on Turkey Lake. If you are interested go to Meetup.com and look for Central Florida Raw Food Meetup. I am going to try to attend as many as possible. She is a wealth of knowledge, she has humor and she is a blast to listen to. I am so grateful I was able to go.
After the seminar I went with Marsha, Tom, Gayle, Jason and a new friend Georgia to Cafe 118.

The food was of course delicious. The restaurant is based on Matthew Kenney’s recipes. The staff was pleasant, environment is warming, and the meals were delicious. We all ordered either the Spinach Lasagna or Chile Relenos.

The chile relenos makes me want to make the recipe tomorrow! It was perfect for my tastebuds. I am grateful I chose this meal. It was exactly what I needed.
Of course we had the brilliant desserts. Jason and I shared the Hazel nut torte. What a great choice.

I enjoyed the time with friends and great food.

I was not eager to get home, I loved the entire day, and starting tomorrow it is lonely days without my hubby. He is returning to nursing school and work. Kids go back to school on Wednesday and I am eager to start school again on Thursday. I am really anxious to start learning again!

Before I left today I made the sesame brittle. I was going to do the pear sauce to make the raviolis, but I decided that I am going to wait and make them for the Potluck this month. I didn’t have the right color sesame seeds for this recipe. I probably should have waited to make these because the presentation is not very pretty. I have had this page dog eared for many weeks so I was anxious to do it. Black sesame seeds and brown flax is probably the worst to use together. They are in the dehydrator. I haven’t tried them. Quite honestly I am supposed to flip them over off of the teflex sheet but I am really afraid to look at them, but I guess I have to.

Brittle Ingredients
sesame seeds
flax seeds, ground
maple syrup
sea salt

In the recipe book the brittle almost looks transparent, mine however does not! If the flavor is good I will probably try to do this with lighter colors.

Dehydration time is 24 hours, flipped after 12 hours. This recipe goes with ginger date flan with mint syrup and shaved pear. I found out how enjoyable pears are. In fact I just ate one and it was perfect!

I am getting sleepy so I am going to lay down. My boys are on the way home from their adventures in the snow. So I am waiting for them to arrive. My father took them to North Carolina so they could see snow and go sledding. What an awesome Grandpa! Thank you Dad:)

My day was unbelievable and I hope that my wish comes true that I get to be involved with Chef Olive’s Challenge. There is so much to learn. I always want to improve myself and I believe that through cleansing and raw food and of course and most importantly through God I can be the person I am designed to be according to HIS plan.

Goodnight!

“He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.”
Arabian Proverb