Onion Bread & Avocado

Here it is! The yummy (yet salty) onion bread with avocado. We will be serving this at our next raw food class.

Right now, a raw mango cheesecake is setting in the refrigerator. I remember my baking days... My family and I would make brownies, birthday cakes, banana nut breads (usually not from scratch). We'd pour the batter into the pan and the bowl was left with a batter. I never licked the bowl; the thought of eating processed food or egg in its uncooked state was not something I wanted to dip my fingers and eat, even if it had chocolate. I waited patiently until it was baked before I would taste it. A true chef would probably taste the batter. Fortunately, with raw food batters, I can taste my food before it gets put into the fridge, served, or while its being prepared. (except for recipes requiring dehydration since dehydrating concentrates flavors). So, it's easy to tell what will turn out good, bad, and exceptional. The mango cheesecake is exceptional! Soon, I will post the recipe and a picture of the deliciously glazed mango cheesecake.

47 Green Days

I may have skipped one day, but 47 days of green smoothies made with lots of dark leafy greens, water, and a couple fruits is finally showing results! My cravings for sugar has reduced significantly and my tolerance for the amount of sweetness in a dessert has decreased. Before, the sweeter it was, the more I liked it. I still eat sweets, but I now crave salty things like tostada chips. Pass the sea salt please. What a complete turn around. I am pleased with the results. I also feel our nutritional needs are being met since we find that we are less... Hungry? We still eat the free donut and bagel at work for breakfast on Wednesday; the rest of our diet hasn't changed much (from before green smoothies). We typically eat two meals a day, so it's a great feeling to have our appetite satisfied... all by green smoothies and, at times, not feel like we need a third meal.

Basic green smoothie recipe (makes 2-4 servings)
6-8 cups dark edible leafy greens and/or edible weeds
2-4 cups filtered water
2-3 handfuls of fresh or frozen fruits of choice
Blend all in a high-speed blender.

Onion Bread

We are making onion bread. Here is the flattened mixture of ground flax seed, ground sunflower seeds, and onions finely sliced with the spirooli. The bread sticks together by the thinly sliced onions and the flax when moistened with first cold-pressed olive oil and Braggs aminos. We are about to pop it into the dehydrator for 24 hours or more. I've almost forgotten what it tastes like, and I want to know if it will go well with the wilted kale. We plan to demonstrate and serve this at the upcoming living foods class. I recently became part of the Reaching Hearts health ministry team and I will probably teach a living foods class there. To visit our church website, go to www.reachinghearts.org or to hear one of Pastor Oxentenko's sermons, go to Reaching Your Heart Radio (I recommend: When "Why" Won't Work and The 666 Fix)

Onion Bread Recipe

Wilted Kale Recipe

Sprouted Peas

A before-and-after picture of organic green snow peas. They are 3 1/2 days old and have even begun to grow a 2nd tail. This sprouted bunch was less than half the size before sprouting. There are so many to eat, we had them wrapped in a chile tortilla with red leaf lettuce for breakfast. (no time o make a delicious hummus for it this morning) To learn how to sprout, check out www.sproutpeople.com

Day 30 of Green Smoothies

Today is day 30 of green smoothies. Our goal was to reach 30 days, but we will continue the green smoothies. Today's smoothie has plenty of spinach, water, mango, pineapple, and orange juice. Spinach is rich in iron. Mango is good for blood sugar levels. Pinneapple has bromelain (enzyme) to aid in the digestion of protein, and of which is more concentrated in the core of the pineapple. And orange juice for vitamin C to aid in the absorption of iron.

Recipe:
7 cups spinach
2.5 - 3 cups filtered water
1 mango
1 cup pineapple
2 Tbs orange juice
Blend in a high speed blender until liquified.

Yesterday's smoothie was yummy:
7 cups mixed spring salad
2.5 - 3 cups filtered water
1 banana
2 kiwi, with skins (ends chopped)
1 bosc pear
Blend in a high speed blender until liquified.

Another favorite smoothie:
7 cups mixed spring salad, spinach, and/or chard
2.5 - 3 cups filtered water
1 mango
Handful of blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries
2 Tbs orange juice
Blend in a high speed blender until liquified.

Afterward, we eat mini bliss-full blueberry cheesecake made from blueberries, cashew, coconut butter, agave, carob powder, lemon juice, and sea salt. Slightly modified from the recipe on http://thesunnyrawkitchen.blogspot.com