Almond Milk

 

What a wonderful way to start the day - a fresh batch of almond milk! Almond milk is my favorite beverage. It is delicious by itself or with cereal/granola, or as the base for a creamy fruit smoothie. I've also been known to whip up batches of chocolate almond milk for myself sometimes just because it's so delicious! It's so easy to make. Here's a quick recipe:
Soak 1 cup of almonds overnight.
Drain them and place the almonds into a blender.
Add 3 cups of filtered or spring water.
Blend at a high speed for about 2 minutes.
Then, pour the contents of the blender through a nutmilk bag placed over a large bowl.
Sqeeze the bag very gently and slowly until all of the liquid is in the bowl and you are left with only almond pulp in the bag.
If you want to make it sweeter, put the milk back into the blender and add 2 or 3 dates. Blend again.
Then, pour into a glass mason jar and store in the refrigerator.
Using these proportions should yield one mason jar full of almond milk.
Enjoy!
I also dehydrate the almond pulp and save it to use as almond flour for later.

Raw Chocolate Pudding

 

It was difficult to get a picture of this because we ate it up so quickly! I decided to use a different sweetner with my pudding this time and I will never go back to using agave in this recipe again. The coconut crystals made it taste so much better - kind of like fudge!
Ingredients:
Avocado
Raw cacao powder
Coconut crystals (coconut sugar) - grind in a grinder to make more fine
Tiny bit of vanilla

Mix ingredients together in a food processor adding cacao and sweetener to your taste. This is delicious and even my son loves it!

Coconut Bliss Ice Cream

 

I love Coconut Bliss ice cream - it's non-dairy, organic, and sweetened with agave nectar. I usually just eat the vanilla flavored one because it's just so blissfully delicious, but the other day I felt daring and added some cinammon, raisins and walnuts. The result was even more blissful than the plain vanilla! Trust your instincts and be daring - you may love the result!

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