Raw Chocolate Nutty Candy

 

YUM!!!! I made these for Thanksgiving dessert and they were a huge hit with my son and my husband! The recipe comes from Mimi Kirk's Live Raw cookbook, which is my current favorite cookbook. I left out the coconut and they were still delicious. As they are raw, you get all of the nutritional benefits from the cacao, walnuts, and dates. And I put the extra raw chocolate into the freezer and made candy bars!

Strawberry Banana Smoothie

 

You can still enjoy creamy smoothies even without dairy! I used almond milk as a base and added frozen organic strawberries, and one organic banana and mixed it all up in the blender. You could also use coconut milk or other types of nut milk as a base. No need to add sweetner when you are using fruits.

Not Cheese Cheesy Popcorn

 

This is so delicious and my son loves it! Simply pop some organic popcorn in an air popper. Place the popped corn in a bowl and pour some olive oil over it. Not too much, just enough to get a little bit on each piece. Add some salt to your liking, and then sprinkle with nutritional yeast. It tastes like cheesy popcorn! The nutritional yeast adds nice B vitamins, too!

Mint Nib Macaroons

My friend, Alissa, is a raw foods chef. Here she is teaching how to make delicious looking mint nib macaroons! And she's got a plug for my new healing book at the beginning and the end. Check out her other uncooking videos, too:
http://tv.punkrawklabs.net/?p=396

Hearty Grain Free Bread

 

This is a delicious and simple bread that my son and husband give two thumbs up!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a grinder, place 3 tsps of chia seeds and grind into a powder
Mix the chia meal with 16 tsps of water to form a gel. Allow to set while assembling other ingredients.
In a large bowl, mix together:
2 cups of almond flour
2/3 cup of garbanzo bean flour
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp baking soda
Then, add the chia gel and mix together.
Add 1/2 cup of water and mix together to make a dough consistency.
Place into a loaf pan lined with unbleached parchment paper.
Pour olive oil over the top.
Bake for 45 mins.
Allow to cool and enjoy plain or with butter or jelly.

World Food Day 2011

 

If you can, find a World Food Day event near you and see if you can sign petitions for labelling GMOs. There is a huge march in D.C. tomorrow, too. Everyone has the right to know what they are consuming. Those of us dealing with food allergies, sensitivities, and special needs really must avoid eating these products. Look for soy and corn and dairy ingredients in every product you buy and if it isn't organic, then you will not know if you are consuming genetically altered food, which means that the insecticide is actually within the grain itself. GMOs need to be labelled on products so that consumers will be informed.

Almond Vanilla Cookies

 

These are absolutely fantastic! They taste just like sugar cookies, but they aren't!
They are simple, gluten free, casein free, and vegan.
Ingredients:
1 cup almond flour
1/2 cup brown rice flour
1/4 cup clear agave nectar
tsp or so of vanilla (I didn't measure this exactly)
1/4 cup of coconut oil

Melt the coconut oil and mix it in with all of the other ingredients. Preheat oven to 300. Place cookies onto baking sheet into already formed shapes (they won't really spread out much). Bake for 20 minutes or until just browning on edges. Allow to cool before eating. They will be really soft when they come out of the oven, so you have to let them cool off first, I know it's hard because they smell so good!
Enjoy!