sarahfae: (no make-up)

I am seriously SO excited about the meal I had for dinner tonight. There's a bit of a story that goes along with it...so here it is.

Once upon a time Sarahfae was in her kitchen, thinking as she always does...about food, and creating something yummy to eat (and share with her online friends).
She remembered suddenly the two cucumbers in her refrigerator, and how much she enjoys eating them for lunches. So she pulled them out from their respective "crisper drawer", and began peeling off the skin with her newly aquired Titan Peeler. After the skins were removed her thoughts went to how much more enjoyable the cucumbers would be in a meal if they were spiral cut like pasta. So she did just that.

Hollowed out the insides with a mellon baller...


And as she removed the seeds from the cucumber she thought to herself:
"I can't throw away these seeds, they're totally edible, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with them"

So she set the seeds aside, and finished spiral-cutting her cucumber...


After the cucumber was properly spiral-cut, she packed it up in a container and placed it in the fridge - where it would wait for her until the following days lunch.

Meanwhile back at the kitchen counter, Sarahfae decided to get reacquainted with the cucumber seeds she had previously removed with a mellon baller. She poured a little bit of her favorite vinaigrette dressing over the balls of seeds, and set them in the fridge to marinate while she prepared the rest of her dinner.

Four leaves of Nappa Cabbage, and one Mango later, a dinner plate was almost ready.

Sporadically (as Sarah's thoughts often are when she's in the kitchen) her mind turned to raw nut cheeze powders and how yummy they are: 
"I think I'll whip up a few different kinds so I can have a little bit more variety in my work lunches." 

She grabbed up her pretty red coffee grinder (the BEST tool to have if you want to grind up your nuts and seeds!), and made three different types of raw cheese powder --- each one with a distinct flavor, and all equally very tastey!

Clockwise from top:

Flax-cheeze (tastes JUST like a ground up cheeze-it):
1/2 c Flaxseed Meal
1 tsp Onion Powder
1 tsp Paprika
3 tsp Nut.yeast
1 tsp dehydrated Red Bell Pepper (can substitute with an extra dash of paprika and a dash of raw cane sugar)
- dash of sea salt
Place all of the above ingredients into coffee grinder and grind evenly.

Pumpkin Parm-cheeze:
1 c Raw Pumpkin Seeds
2-3 tsp Nut.yeast
- sea salt to taste
Place all of the above ingredients into coffee grinder and grind evenly

Sunflower Parm-cheeze:
1 c Raw Sunflower Seeds
2-3 tsp Nut.yeast
-pinch of Raw Cane Sugar (optional)
- sea salt to taste
Place all of the above ingredients into coffee grinder and grind evenly


After Sarahfae had her three raw cheeze powders made she placed them in the refridgerator (for optimum long-lasting freshness!), and that's when she noticed a lonely Avocado...staring up at her...begging to be a part of her dinner.
Without hesitation she grabbed the Avocado and began slicing, removing the large seed and cold bumpy black skin. Placing the sliced Avocado in a shallow bowl, she reached for the Sunflower parm-cheeze and generously poured the raw cheeze powder on top of the Avocado, covering it completely.

It was then, at that very moment "Parm-Cheeze Encrusted Avocado" was born...
...and it went on to become the star of her dinner plate, the Mango of course becoming the perfect lovely co-star.

One more pic with the entire cast... )



The rest was raw food history...in my belly.

The End.

sarahfae: (Default)

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

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