by Share on March 6, 2010
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!
by Share on February 28, 2010
Everyone 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.
So 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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