Oh-so-yummy Rawfood Snacks

[sarahfae]

Saturday the Sis came over and hung out for a while, and I of course took advantage of her [again] and had her assist with writing down recipes while I scurried around my kitchen like a mad-woman. It was a great time! I love that girl.

The other day when I was at Eureka Natural Foods, in their tiny rawfood section I noticed a bag labled "Cheesy Kale Chips". I grabbed the bag and looked at the ingredients and thought to myself: "I can totally make these!" So...I did. And the outcome was probably the best rawfood that I've had to date.

Cheesy Cashew Kale Chips:

3/4 c raw cashews

1 tbsp lemon juice

5 tbsp nut.yeast

1 tsp red pepper flakes

1-2 tbsp braggs liquid aminos (to taste)

agave nectar - to taste

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp dulse flakes

2 tsp onion powder

3 tsp evoo

 

Blend above ingredients in food proccessor, adding roughly 1/2 cup of water until you have a fairly creamy consistancy - but not "runny".

In a bowl drizzle Cheese sauce over kale, toss kale until it's evenly coated in sauce, place chips in dehydrator for 18-20 hours, or until crispy

The next yummy wonderful snack food that I whipped up was a savory flatbread/cracker. My only mistake with the flatbread was that I didn't oil my dehydrator trays so instead of big whole pieces of flatbread I had broken smaller pieces [silly me]. But I've never been a huge fad of "bread" anyways, so this worked out just fine for me.


Nut'n Veggie Flatbread
(this recipe yields a lot, so you may want to cut it in half)

This recipe works best if you proccess the wet and dry ingredients seperately. 

Wet Ingredients:

1 large zucchini (grated)

2 med. carrots (grated)

4 scallions (green onion)

4 small stocks of celery

2 tbsp lemon

2 tbsp dijon mustard

1 heaping tbsp garlic

3 tbsp evoo

2 tbsp agave nectar

2 tbsp braggs

 

---Pulse wet ingredients, then place into a bowl---

 

Dry Ingredients:

1 and 1/2 c raw sunflower seeds

1/2 c raw pumpkin seeds

2 tbsp onion powder

1/2 c nut.yeast

1 tsp paprika

2 tsp dillweed

1 tbsp dulse

2 tsp ground caraway seed

1/4 c ground flax seed

 

In a bowl combine wet and dry ingredients, for best results mix with a hand blender.

Spread evenly on *oiled* teleflex sheets, dehydrate over night, 20-24 hours.
 

And last, but certainly NOT least...my recipe for the best hummus evar --- and it's raw!!

Raw "no chickpea" Hummus

**EDIT on 5/26/09**

1 c soaked (overnight) walnuts
1 c soaked (2 hours) cashews

2 tbsp raw tahini

1 and 1/2 tbsp apple cidar vinegar

2 tsp garlic (to taste)

1 tbsp lemon

1 tbsp braggs liquid aminos (or to taste)

1 tbsp cumin
1 tbsp Fenugreek (optional - but it makes it sooooo good!)

2-3 tbsp evoo (can sub with water)

1/2 c water

1 tbsp dried or fresh chives

1 tsp agave nectar

 

Process all ingredients until smooth. Eat, share, and be happy!

Enjoy ~ xoxo