Saturday, October 24, 2009
Lettuce Wraps
I just made lettuce wraps. They are good. I didn't really intend to blog about these but I am pretty happy about how they turned out. I made them all from scratch apart from the olive oil. I also didnt keep measurements.
My wraps were made out of iceburg lettuce, I like the shape and texture of the leaves but am aware they are not nutritionally dense being mostly sugar, water and fiber.
Inside I had...
-Salad leaves- baby spinich, rocket, purple sprouting broccili leaves etc...
-Grated carrot
-Red onion
-Mushroom
-Cucumber
-Avocado
The things that I "made myself" are
Tabouli which I made a heap of using:
- half a head of cauliflower
-4 leaves of parsley
-Chives (probably about 15)
-salt and pepper
-small colve of garlic
all blended in these in a blender (garlic and a small amount of cauliflower to a fine texture first) and the rest to a tabouli size. I then chopped some cucumber and red onion finely and chucked these in.
Then I decided I wanted some tahini so...
-2 teaspoons olive oil
-half a cup of unsoaked, unhulled sesame seeds
-water to desired consistency
This was then blended. As I have said previously I have a cheap blender so this wasn't smooth as I would have liked but I think it is better than pasturised.
I also made some sundried tomato hummus
-2 zucchini
-1/4 cup soaked sunflower and sesame seeds
-4-6 sundried tomato halves
-juice of one lemon
-salt, pepper, curry powder and garlic
This is delicious.
Overall this was really good. I would have liked something a bit more acid like some chopped tomatos but... I dont have any. I will def. make this again.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Golden Green Smoothie.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Sunflower Seed Ice Cream
Well, here I am. It is a sunny Saturday although I doubt it will last! It has been hailing this morning (a month and 10 days into spring.) I have never made raw ice cream before, I can't afford the cashews! I do however have an ice cream maker from my pre-raw days. I decided it was about time for this to change!
My recipe was a bit grainy, I could have passed the liquid through a cloth bag but... I couldn't be bothered. I like it anyway. Trouble with me is I dont measure things, I just chuck them in so the recipe is approximate. I will try and measure the next time I make this and then edit (however, it may be a while as I am keen to make a pumpkin pie (which I will also post) which I juice the pumpkin for so will probably make pumpkin pie ice cream too!
This recipe has...
about 1/4 cup of almonds about 1/3 cup of sunflower seeds 10 dates
These were soaked overnight but probably could have sone with a bit longer, maybe 24 hours. I then blended these together with the soak water (about a cup) and an extra cup of water and a banana (until it was a thinish smoothie consistency.) I then added 2 teaspoons of raw cocoa powder a teaspoon of cinnamon and a teaspoon of grated fresh ginger. Then I chucked them into the ice cream maker and switched it on.
This came out pretty yummy although a little bit grainy. I wonder if it is the lack of soak time, the low wattage blender or just that I should have separated the liquid off. It could have done with some more ginger but thats just me! I also grated a little bit of raw chocolate on the top. YUM!
My recipe was a bit grainy, I could have passed the liquid through a cloth bag but... I couldn't be bothered. I like it anyway. Trouble with me is I dont measure things, I just chuck them in so the recipe is approximate. I will try and measure the next time I make this and then edit (however, it may be a while as I am keen to make a pumpkin pie (which I will also post) which I juice the pumpkin for so will probably make pumpkin pie ice cream too!
This recipe has...
about 1/4 cup of almonds about 1/3 cup of sunflower seeds 10 dates
These were soaked overnight but probably could have sone with a bit longer, maybe 24 hours. I then blended these together with the soak water (about a cup) and an extra cup of water and a banana (until it was a thinish smoothie consistency.) I then added 2 teaspoons of raw cocoa powder a teaspoon of cinnamon and a teaspoon of grated fresh ginger. Then I chucked them into the ice cream maker and switched it on.
This came out pretty yummy although a little bit grainy. I wonder if it is the lack of soak time, the low wattage blender or just that I should have separated the liquid off. It could have done with some more ginger but thats just me! I also grated a little bit of raw chocolate on the top. YUM!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Green Smoothie
I have a new blender and food processor duo. I am happy to announce I have made my first... and second green smoothie. The first was a berry, banana and spinich one with a little raw cocoa. The second one which I made tonight was more of a raw soup and I heated it up in a bain-marie. It is horrible and cold here even though it is supposed to be spring. The recipe is one which I adapted from "Victoria Boutenko's Favourite" which can be found on www.rawfoodtalk.com. Here is what I used...
6 large spinich leaves (not baby)
10 basil leaves
1/3 large red chilli with seeds (I like it hot)
1/3 red onion
2 celery sticks
1/4 avocado
Himalayan sea salt to season
1-2 cups of water depending on your preference
I decided to pretty it up a little with some dukkahish stuff! this was just 1 sundried tomato, 5 almonds, 4 wallnut half and some curry powder. The pictures are pretty bad cause the light is a bit off.
Anyway, it was yummy. I will def. make it again.
6 large spinich leaves (not baby)
10 basil leaves
1/3 large red chilli with seeds (I like it hot)
1/3 red onion
2 celery sticks
1/4 avocado
Himalayan sea salt to season
1-2 cups of water depending on your preference
I decided to pretty it up a little with some dukkahish stuff! this was just 1 sundried tomato, 5 almonds, 4 wallnut half and some curry powder. The pictures are pretty bad cause the light is a bit off.
Anyway, it was yummy. I will def. make it again.
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