Living Rawesome Day #60 Taco Shells pg. 190 entertaining in the raw
September 23, 2009 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
Today was such a wonderful blessed and exhilarating day. I was so appreciative all day. I thought about all the blessing in my life. I am taken care of at all times. I have people in my life that love me and it shows. I had phone calls, visits, emails and comments about my birthday. I reflected on this last year and all the wonderful things that have happened. I thought the most about the people in my life that keep me soaring to new heights. I am grateful I have the people that I do in my life. They are all so unique and I love all of them for that. I am looking forward to this year and will love to see what unfolds!
Today I decided to make the Taco Shells. These were easy to make. I halved the recipe because some of the corn that I bought went bad. But it worked out as always, because I only had enough red pepper for half the batch. The funny thing is, the corn that I had left came out to be exactly 1 1/2 cups. I cut the corn off of the cob inside of a bowl. I like to do this to refrain from the mess of corn getting all over the counter. After I put the corn in the bowl I measured it and then put it into the Vitamix with the onion and pepper and water.
Then I added spices and lime juice. This is the lime I used, it is almost ripe. Limes are actually supposed to be yellow when they are ripe. They look very similar to a lemon. I have read many places that they sell limes green so they will not be confused with lemons. I love to use the limes when they are ripe. Jason make the best lemon-lime slushy with Stevia. It is so refreshing on a hot summer day.
After all ingredients were in the blender I blended it. The only ingredient that wasn’t added was the flax meal. I placed the flax meal in a bowl then added the blended ingredients. It had such a strange color. It was pink. It definitely looks different than the book’s photo.
When the ingredients were mixed well, I measured a 1/4 cup of the batter for each tortilla. I placed 4 to a sheet, then spread the taco shells out with a spoon. The taco shells are approximately 6 inches round. Half the recipe made 8 tortillas.
I put them in the dehydrator for 4 hours. I went to school and came back and checked on them. After 4 to 5 hours the recipe says to fold the taco shells in half to form them like taco shells. Some of them were not dry enough to fold. I folded 4 of them. I guess the rest of them will be tostada shells.
The tortillas darkened in color. They look more attractive now. I will have another great dinner tomorrow, or Jason and I will.
Taco Shells Ingredients:
3/4 cup flax meal
3 cups corn
1 1/2 cups red bell pepper
1 cup water
1/2 small onion
3/4 clove garlic
1 T fresh lime juice
1 1/2 t sea salt
2 t cumin
pinch cayenne
This quote is perfect for the way I feel about everyone in my life!
“The best part of life is when your family becomes your friends, and your friends become your family.” —Danica Whitfield