Day 45 Sweet Tahini Dressing

POMEGRANATES

I devoured this pomegranate today with Nina, yummy! Doesn't it amaze you that such a thing exists, look at how well designed and structured it is...I always find such things fascinating, always.

Someone asked me today if I was a dancer :-) you betcha' I took that as a compliment. Sure i was wearing a tiny tank top (Completely decent by the way) my dancer shoes and my spandex double folded around the waist. I sure looked like one, especially as--thanks to my circuit training--some little muscles or should I say lean muscles have started to pop up on my arms and gluts, lol, they still call me J.Lo but again isn't that a compliment too? I figured whatever someone says to me, I will find the positive and use it as a compliment. That is something we can all try to do. We are all beautiful in our own way and that is precious.

Anyway, I had this great salad I made with some baby spring mix, 1/2 red bell pepper, diced, and extra arugula(I like it) I also julienned one yellow squash for the color into the salad bowl. I wanted something different today for a dressing so I came up with this sweet tahini dressing:

4 Tbsp raw tahini paste (or less if you don't particularly like the taste of sesame paste)
1/4 cup agave
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 orange juice, freshly squeezed

You can always save the remainder of the dressing for another salad on another day. It reminds me of peanut butter. I like this and you can add to make your own version.

p/s I made my own coconut butter skin lotion today, do I ever smell and feel yummy, hope no one eats me by accident, lol.

~B~

DAY 44 Spanish Spinach Casserole

MY SPANISH SPINACH CASSEROLE

i CAME uP wITH tHIS rECIpE jUST ThIS eVENiNG (I like writing like this, it's fun isn't it?)
okay, I added the ingredients as I went and happy to say I've started developing the knack for smelling ingredients and figuring which ones would work with which. Well, everything that is Nina approved (she cleaned out her plate) means it has got to be delicious--I passed my taste test. Oh, Rick finished his as well. Watching both of them enjoy my food makes me full :-)

Isn't She Lovely?

This was yesterday's project and now it's all gone. This is what a 5 LBs bag of fresh organic carrot yeilds. We added just two apples to this and juiced them all together. One of my favorite juice. Tomorrow i plan to make some fennel/ginger/apple (and by the way Alexa, I did send and speak some positive things to my juicer, she forgives me :-))



Here are my fruity truffles and chocolate covered snow mountain munchies. WHAM! that's what you feel when you taste these amazing deliciousness. YUMMMMY, hmm, don't let me start. can you permit me to get romantically involved with my desert? okay, "I love you chocolate, so very much." lol

A few of my coconut boats, walnut boats and raisin boats.....ah

A perfect example of my coconut boat desert...if you look below you can see what her insides are made of...pure goodness!

PURE GOODNESS! (Aunty Cathy, you will love these)

Tata for now

~B~

Day 43 My Very Own Organic Farm!

I have great news! I am now proud owner of my very own organic farm, yes, yes, you read it right. I get to manage it from the comfort of my own home and have planted on it whatever I want and when it's ready I will have it shipped to my house or sell it at the farmers market. NOW, whoever came up with such a brilliant idea is a genius. This is a phenomenal and amazing food system. Not only do I get to have fresh organic produce from my own garden, I get to sell it to others or give it some to feed hungry children somewhere. And oh, all the crops will use products certified organic by the USDA, guaranteed!

YOU CAN OWN YOURS TOO ...

Where ever you are you can own your own organic plot which you can manage from the comfort of your home. All your products will be free of pesticides and herbicides, 100% organic. The way the company works, you are basically getting your own organic food for less than nothing by introducing others to this amazing system and if that does not interest you there are still many more benefits. For example say you're paying $100/month maintenance fee for your full garden to be taken care of, you not only get all your organic products from your own plot sent to you but also a $100 debt card to use in their online store for whatever you wish to purchase, you can also choose to sell the rest of your produce to the online community farmer's market.






This is an idea worth supporting I believe. I am all for organic but then to have my own plot and an opportunity to make money while doing it sounds even better plus don't forget you can also choose to give good --guilty-free--organic food to hungry children.

For more information and to pre-register FOR FREE (the launch is in January so you can start building your income by referring other too now, right now!) click below:

p/s The first 2000 people to register become part owners of this great revolution plus you get to keep 2% of all the company's profits for years to come. I can't wait, can you?????????

CLICK HERE : http://www.myorganicacres.com/index.php?id=4399

HAVE A Blossoming DAY...and spread the word!

~B

DAY 43 Raspberry White Chocolate Cheesecake

Basil-Arugula Pesto Wraps

What a delicious recipe this is! I used green chard leaves to wrap my filling. Just 1 of those wraps were enough to satisfy me, you know I had to keep some space for a little bit of what's down below...go ahead look below, did you see that? lol, okay back to our grand wraps. Here's the recipe:

Basil Arugula Pesto
(recipe of pesto from http://www.thesunnyrawkitchen.blogspot.com I made a little variation and didn't add the 1/2 tsp nutritional yeast it called for and instead added the wraps and julienned veggies for a more of a meal)

1.5 cups fresh basil leaves, tightly packed
1/2 cup arugula
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tsp mellow white miso
2 garlic cloves
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbs almond, ground
2 tsp lemon juice
2 tbs pine nuts

Blend in food processor with 'S' blade to preferred consistency--I like mine not overly processed. You can wrap it as is in some green chard leaves or add some julienned squash and zucchini--like I did-- to fill it up more. ENJOY YOUR GREENS:-)

Raspberry White Chocolate Cheesecake
ONE ONE: RAWsome!

DAY 42 My extra virgin Piña colada

EXTRA VIRGIN PINA COLADA

Ingredients:
1 cup coconut water
Juice of 1 lemon
1 Tbsp agave nectar
8 0z frozen pineapple
2 Tbsp coconut butter
pinch of salt

Blend and enjoy!

RAW WHITE CHOCOLATE in all its glory....

Okay, I always said if I could make raw/vegan white chocolate then I would be sold on the raw food lifestyle, yes I CAN! The secret ingredient for white chocolate lovers like me is raw cacao butter...AMAZING STUFF!!!!!! For this I just used equal parts of cashews, agave, cacao butter and 1 tsp of Lacuma powder. I got this recipe off http://www.thesunnyrawkitchen.blogspot.com/

RAW NOT-NESTLE CRUNCH BAR

Then to tweak it some more I used half of my batch and added some raw cacao bliss and some crushed walnuts, okay people why on earth (even if you're not a raw/vegan) would you not want to eat guilty-free deserts??????????????????????????????????? This came out so great and fooled everyone who tried it. It tasted like a Nestle Crunch bar, except that it is a healthier choice. Try any raw desert and you will never miss the other kind.

Tomorrow I will unveil my raspberry white chocolate pie. It is sitting pretty in the freezer for a little while. Thank God for His bounties. RAW IS FABULOUS.

~B

Day 41 ...And The Beet Goes On....

...AND THE BEET GOES ON...

oKAY, sorry for posting so late but as you can see from above, this is what I was doing in the kitchen. Came up with this recipe on the spot because I have more collard greens than I know what to do with it. I hope you like it, I certainly did.

Ingredients for THE BEET GOES ON SALAD

4 cups of thinly sliced collard greens, tightly packed (great source of folic acid)

1 tsp of minced garlic ( I love garlic)

1/4 cup of Bragg's raw unpasteurized apple cider vinegar + 1/4 more

dash of salt

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

1/4 cup diced red onions

2 Tbsp green bell pepper or red bell pepper

1 Tbsp dulse granules (great source of iodine)

1/4 cup currants or 1/3 cup for sweeter taste

1/4 cup shaved or grated beets

First add apple cider vinegar and dash of salt to the collard greens and work with fingers to wilt the greens (till they start to take a darker green color). Then add the rest of the ingredients as listed. You can eat as is or garnish for more fun. I like more fun!

...LET THE BEET GO ON...

Day 40 (30-Day Green Smoothie Challenge)

Coconut-Curry Soup

Garnished with cilantro, tomato, mushrooms and avocado slices.


Whether it's cooked or uncooked, preparing food is an art form but I believe that raw/uncooked food is superior when it comes to nutritional density and benefit. Today is day 40 for me on the raw food lifestyle, I would never have imagined myself eating raw for 40 days but it got so simple once I got rid of my cravings for cooked food, got more recipes and joined some raw food communities for support. There is no way I can go back feeling the way I feel and knowing the things I know now. I love this lifestyle! It is back to basics and that to me is just gravy.

Today I made a delicious coconut curry soup (thanks Alexa, for the young Thai coconut).

This recipe if off a video I saw on YouTube and the host said it is from the Cafe Gratitude uncook book. Just type in 'Vegan coconut soup at cafe gratitude with the hippy gourmet'

There are so many great nenefits of coconut water and I will list some here:

-It is a natural isotonic beverage

-It is better than processed baby milk: it contains lauric acid which is present in a human mother's breast milk

-It is more nutritious than whole milk, it has less fat and no cholesterol

-It contains more potassium than most sports drinks

-It has less sodium and sugars than most sports drinks.

~B