Thursday, March 11, 2010

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Easy Collard Wraps

by Share on March 6, 2010

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One of the most important aspects of eating healthy is to find ways to get more dark greens into your life. This is a flavorful and easy recipe that makes eating your greens a joy! We picked some fresh collard greens from our garden. Here in South Florida it has been an unusually cold winter as it has many other places, however the collards loved this cold spell and grew like wild things.

Dark greens are essential to building your body’s immune system and are an excellent antidote if you overdo it on sweets or raw chocolate. The Boutenko family has a whole book on creating green smoothies as they discovered firsthand how crucial it is to get them into our daily routines.

We used them as wraps to create some delicious asian sprout rolls. Finely chopped fresh organic root Ginger offsets the bitterness of the collards and the dates create a nice balance too. Nonetheless, I must mention that growing them ourselves produced a much less bitter leaf than the type we buy at say, Whole Foods.

They are stuffed with a mixture of:

  • 1 Cup soaked and sprouted sunflower seeds
  • 1 Cup finely diced zucchini
  • 2 T finely chopped fresh ginger root
  • 1 T sesame oil (raw not toasted)
  • 1 T  umi plum vinegar
  • 1/2 t Sea salt
  • 3 T raw almond butter
  • 4 finely chopped Dates

Pulse all in food processor with S blade and spread on collard leaf shiny side out roll up and secure with tooth pick or bamboo skewer. Garnish with Nasturtium flowers and sunflower seed sprouts.

Wine could be a chilled Pinot Grigio or Orvieto!
Bon Appetite!

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The Controversy about Raw Cacao

by Share on February 28, 2010

Share and Lynn with chaga chocolate candyraw chocolate ingredientsEveryone has an opinion on raw cacao these days and the thing is, …. I still love it! Yes, it is a stimulant. Yes, it is gonna hurt your adrenals if you overdo it. Yes, I still love it. There, I said it. So what is a chocolate loving raw foodie to do? She makes raw vegan choco candy with her raw mate who also loves chocolate and just has a blast and inserts lots of joy in the process. My advice? Eat chocolate (raw or otherwise) in moderation. I call it common sense. But sometimes of course, I misplace mine and the old teenager in me unleashes the force and I find myself wolfing, literally WOLFING down piece after piece of yummy choco candy. Oh the joy of it! Ha!

Hey, it’s better than the m&m’s I used to wolf down right? Definitely.

raw vegan chocolate candy with chagaSo what is in this choco candy?

  • Raw cacao butter
  • Raw cacao powder
  • Raw lucuma powder
  • Raw maca powder
  • Crystal manna flakes
  • Chaga mushroom extract
  • Sea salt
  • Org vanilla extract
  • Date syrup for sweetening (or raw agave nectar)
  • Soaked and dehydrated almonds (from Spain so they are NOT pasteurized!!!)
  • Org raisins

The trick is to keep the butter nice and melted (done in the dehydrator slowly) while you add the rest of the ingredients. I don’t really measure so sorry for the list without amounts. Stick it all in the freezer when you’re done, in 30 minutes you have candy!!! Oh, and please… do eat it in moderation and try not to pig out! They are so good, it’s challenging!

A girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do. Follow your own path. Be your own guru. Listen to your heart and soul at all times. Even when they cry out for chocolate.

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How To Slow The Clock

February 19, 2010

Whether it’s the best of times or the worst of times, it’s the only time we’ve got.
~Art Buchwald
Living life to the fullest. What does that mean? Does it mean racing to get another hour of time on our computers? Making sure our cell phones are on and connected at all times? I was chatting with [...]

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Green Soup Day

February 18, 2010

It was kinda chilly today in South Florida so instead of having a green smoothie for lunch, Bam made us a delicious and chockful of herbs Green Curry Soup. Wow! So easy to make using the Blendtec to homogenize the ingredients and blend them long enough to get them warm. Bam warmed the bowls with [...]

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It’s What You Don’t Eat

February 16, 2010

We always talk about eating raw foods and eating healthy and how great it is for you and how much you’ll change from it. But there’s more to the story than that. It’s what you DON’T eat anymore that changes you the most.
By eliminating what I like to call “food products” from your lifestyle, you [...]

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3 Things I Love About Being Raw

February 15, 2010

Truly the list would be more than three but I’m trying to be reasonable here!

The easy weight loss (if needed) and then weight maintenance.
Feeling absolutely amazing!
Getting to eat a lot of yummy food and lots of delish desserts!

The easy weight loss (if needed) and then weight maintenance.
When we first went raw vegan, we were [...]

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Happy Love Day

February 14, 2010

So what does a raw foodist do for Valentine’s Day? We make raw chocolate candy for the ones we love!!! I will take a pic when it’s done and post it up here but for now, how about a link to an amazing Hot Chocolate recipe? Especially yummy if you live in a cold climate.
Remember, [...]

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Fast Greens

February 8, 2010

We drink a version of either a green smoothie or a juice every day. But sometimes, life makes it so you’re in a hurry. We get it. So one day Bam ordered these totally raw and vegan Ormus Supergreens from Matt and Angela’s site Sunwarrior and lemme tell ya… they are the BOMB! We found [...]

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Green is My Fave Color

February 6, 2010

It’s true. I love green. Ironically, I hated the color green as a teenager and no matter how much my mom tried to get me into green dresses and tops… I refused. But now, I see green as a color of health and wealth. After all, the most important aspect of eating healthy involves juicing [...]

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Raw Foodies Unite

January 26, 2010

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