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Cashews, Soaked and Drying Cashews are a magical ingredient in the raw food world, but they have been gaining great popularity in the cooking world too. Vegan chefs use them as a staple that stands in for dairy in a variety of ways. Cashews don’t have a really strong flavor… read more »
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free, nut-free ~ I get excited when I make jam because it means pulling out my collection of mason jars and selecting thee right one for that particular jam. And once filling the jar it beams like a rich glowing beacon… a ray of sunshine that is sure to brighten any… read more »
Whenever we host a gathering in our home, I sit down and quickly sketch out a menu plan… drinks are always the last thing I think of. Mainly because I want the drinks to complement the dinner, not compete with it. Just like when we buy shoes to match our… read more »
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free ~ I will admit that when making these, they start out looking a bit alien… not that there is anything wrong with that (for all you aliens out there ;)… but the end result is a chocolatey, nugget filled with a chewy cherry and crunchy cashews.… read more »
Meyer Lemon Poppy Seed Scones with Glaze Scones are normally a small unsweetened or lightly sweetened biscuit-like cake made from flour, fat, and milk and sometimes having added fruit. Through the transformation of ingredients, I turned oats, buckwheat, and coconut into flour… instead of milk I used Young Thai coconut… read more »
After a huge success with my Raw Sweet Bread and Butter Overnight Pickles… I decided to try my hand at a spicy pickle. I pretty much kept to the same recipe but added in a sliced jalapeño along with the feathery green leaves that belong to fennel. Adding… read more »
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free ~ Here is a tropical delight heightened by a topping of diced mango, shredded coconut, a light dusting of ground cinnamon and raw coconut crystals. I swear that I could feel a tropical breeze whisk through my hair and sand in my socks. This cereal is extra crispy… read more »
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free, nut-free ~ Let’s talk puddin’ (pooodin as I would say). Have you ever had a pudding before where you took one bite, and you got that O-M-G-I-Have-Died-And-Gone-To-Heaven, response? This is exactly the experience I had this afternoon when I made this dessert for a friend of… read more »
Soft Brown Sugar Ginger Cookies ~ raw, vegan, gluten-free, nut-free ~ Sweet potatoes are commonly paired with cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and other warming spices, along with brown sugar or maple syrup. They were a perfect complement to the ginger cookie that I was making this past week. These cookies turned… read more »
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free ~ I bet I caught you off guard with the name of this bar, didn’t I? This bar is part of my Long Haul™ series that I have created and dedicated to my dad, who is a truck driver. I have shared a few of the… read more »
raw / vegan / gluten-free / nut-free I absolutely adore making agar cheeses. The fact that you can use just about any mold that your imagination can come up with is downright liberating in the kitchen. You can use bowls ( shallow, deep, or somewhere in-between ), Tupperware containers,… read more »
This recipe is a mashup of my raw Chocolate Chip Cookie with Ice Cream and the Raw Chocolate Ganache! You can use your favorite ice cream for this dessert. A nice vanilla, such as my Creamy Vanilla Bean Frozen Custard or as shown in the photos, the Raw-E-O Cookie Ice Cream. Cookie on cookie!!… read more »
Peanut Butter Banana Split on a Stick ~ raw, vegan, gluten-free ~ What a treat, peanut butter cookies, banana ice cream, chocolate – individually each is amazing all on its own… together they are like a finely tuned orchestra, and the taste buds are the backup choir singing its praises.… read more »
Cranberry Coconut Star Anise Bar ~ raw, vegan, gluten-free, Paleo ~ Looking for a hearty bar that isn’t too sweet and filled with exotic flavors? Good! Because I am about to share a recipe with you. There is a beautiful medley of flavors taking place here… cranberry, coconut and… read more »
I have a confession to make… this recipe happened due to the slip of the hand. First, scroll down a tad to see the second photo. Beautiful right? Lovely, gorgeous, I think I admired that cake for about ten minutes straight. Ka-Boom! Not a sound that you want to hear in the… read more »
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free ~ I have always loved surprises in life and this cheesecake was a delicious surprise. It’s not that I didn’t expect it to turn out, but the flavor and texture combination turned out to be quite extraordinary. When taking a bite of this decadent dessert, I suggest… read more »
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free ~ Shredded Wheat Cereal used to be one of my many favorite cereals. But then I can say that just about any cereal that has ever been created. When I used to eat commercially made cereal, I enjoyed everything from those made from all bran (my… read more »
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free, probiotic free ~ I made this recipe for my mom who spent three weeks with us over the Christmas holiday, and I must say that it wasn’t long enough! She is one of my largest supporters, right up there with Bob, so I just love making… read more »
Hazelnuts, also known as filberts, may be small in size, but hazelnuts pack a large amount of valuable nutrients. They are a good source of vitamin E, thiamin, copper and manganese. As any typical nut, they are high in fat but it’s a healthy fat. Gosh, if I had a nickel for every time I… read more »
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free, nut-free ~ Black rice is known as purple rice or forbidden rice, and it is currently touted as the healthiest rice. When it comes to shoes and purses, I have heard the phrase, “Black is the new brown.” I guess I add rice to that list… read more »
Black rice offers all of the same health benefits of brown rice, but it also packs some serious antioxidants. Because of its dark color, black rice bran contains the same anthocyanin antioxidants found in blueberries or blackberries. The bran is the outer coating of the rice kernel. White rice is… read more »
The idea of creating an “eggless,” tofu-less, scrambled eggs has been high on my bucket-food-list. Well, I finally got around experimenting, and it turned out just like I imagined. Tasted like scrambled eggs, had the texture of scrambled eggs and visually… well, you be the judge of that. :)… read more »
Flax Seed Flour / Meal Flax seeds… touted for their amazing nutrients, are also known as the “holy binder” of raw foods. So what makes them so magical when it comes to using them in recipes? For being such a tiny, itty bitty seed, it has an outer hull consisting of… read more »
raw / vegan / gluten-free I created this recipe because I needed to hear a crunchy sound when eating my salad. Like when you have croutons on your salad. Do you ever miss mouth-sensations? Often times my cravings are not for particular foods but instead for mouth-textures. To be honest,… read more »
– raw, gluten-free, grain-free – This cookie has become one of my all-time favorites. Not only in texture but also in flavor. With one tiny taste test, the first word that roared from my lips was, “Heaven”! They have a buttery, rich brown sugar taste in every single bite with… read more »