Living Rawesome Day #288 Candied Almonds pg. 118 entertaining in the raw
May 7, 2010
It is late for me. It’s been a long day and I am ready to go to sleep. I am listening to my little one yawn in the background and it’s making me even more tired. I made it to the gym again today and I feel like my body is changing. I am getting stronger and I feel like I don’ t get tired as easily as I was a few months ago. I am not eating like crazy like I was for many years. Working with food really makes you love everything about it. Including the taste. I am starting to appreciate just the simple meals throughout the day and looking forward to the MK recipes that I am making in the evening. This one in particular looks very good. I will pay special attention to the wrappers. I don’t want them to mess up.
When I decided to do this project I didn’t know very much about Matthew Kenney. I knew that I really liked some of the recipes in everyday raw. I knew that raw food real world had some delicious recipes as well. I didn’t know that he is such a caring and genuine person. As some of you know, I messed up on the dumplings yesterday. I didn’t call this to his attention, he is busy and I don’t feel it was the recipe that is wrong, it was poor judgement on my part. If you follow him at all you know he is busy with different projects that he is doing. I did post my bombed recipe on facebook and maybe that is where he read about my frustration, but he took the time to write me a quick email of encouragement. I think it is a true person who would take time to do a nice act such as that. It made me feel better about my past failure. Something good always comes out of something I think is bad. Sometimes I forget that. I never know what the outcome will be but I can always find something positive.
Thank you Matthew for your kindness and inspiration.
Candied Almonds Ingredients
almonds
maple syrup
vanilla extract
sea salt
cinnamon
maple powder
I used dehydrated almonds. In a large bowl, I coated the nuts with maple syrup. Combined vanilla, salt, cinnamon, and maple powder, and I stirred the almonds until they were coated. I will dehydrate them for 48 hours.
These will be delicious. Wish me luck on these. Hopefully they will turn out like I want them to.
To believe in yourself and to follow your dreams, to have goals in life and a drive to succeed, and to surround yourself with the things and the people that make you happy – this is success! -Sasha Azevedo