February 2012
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Roasted Pepper stuffed with Pignoli Spinach Pate...
Pignoli Spinach Pate:
makes 4 cups or stuffs 5 peppers
11/2 cup pine nuts
2 cloves garlic
2 tabelspoons lemon juice
1/3 cup water
1 teaspoon nutmeg
2 tablepoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon braggs liquid aminos
11/2 cups red bell pepper, diced
1 cup sun dried black olives, pitted and minced
2 tablespoons basil, fresh and minced
3 tablespoons dill, fresh and minced
11/2 tablespoons...
December 2011
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Milk Basics
Milks can be made from EITHER sprouted grains OR nuts/seeds blended with pure water and strained. The resulting milky liquid is typically white to off-white in color and can replace animal milk in conventional uses. It makes a very satisfying, nutrition-packed beverage.
USES FOR NUT & GRAIN MILK
beverage
served with raw sprouted cereals
base liquid for flavoring or making smoothies,...
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Pear and Walnut Pancakes with Banana Ice Cream
These deliciously sweet raw pancakes are a great treat for a special breakfast.
I made them for Justino’s bday and he loved them.
You will need a Blender and a Dehydrator to make these yummy pancakes.
For the Ice Cream I used our Green Power Juicer KP1304 but you can make it in a blender too.
So for the pancakes you will need
1 ripe pear
1 cup walnuts (soaked for 6 hrs and then...
October 2011
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Lunch for my Love.
I made my love a nice organic salad for his lunch
baby spinach
mixed greens
zucchini
celery
orange pepper
avocado
and of course I made him a nice basic salad dressing too.
Hippocrates’ Basic Salad Dressing:
1 cup cold pressed olive oil
2 1/4 tbs fresh lemon juice
2 1/2 tbs Bragg’s Liquid Aminos
2 gloves garlic
2 tsp ground mustard seed (or mustard powder)
...
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Revive Cafe - Fresno’s first & only Raw Vegan Cafe...
After getting our marriage license yesterday we decided to go have lunch at the Revive Cafe since we were already in the area.
The Revive Cafe is located at: 1807 Broadway St., Fresno, CA, 93721
Hours : Mon-Fri 9am-7pm Sat 9am-3pm Sun CLOSED
Please not that the daily specials are not usually ready until 11am
This is what we had I went for the Lasagna and my love went for the enchiladas...
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Green Leafy Salad with Avocado Dressing
I love salads, you can be so creative with them add whatever you like.
2 handful’s of organic baby spinach
1 handful of organic mixed green salad
1 organic orange bell pepper
1 organic zucchini
2 organic tomatoes
Basic Avocado Dressing
1 avocado
1 1/2 tbs fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 tbs chopped onion
1 clove garlic
1 cup water or vegetable juice
1/2 tbs Bragg Liquid...
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Breakfast Smoothie
I haven’t had smoothies in a while and when shopping the other day we bought a whole box of mango’s so I figured I’ll make us a smoothie for breakfast.
2 Banana’s
1 Mango
1 handful of raspberries
a dash of almond milk
Combine all ingredients in the blender and blend until smooth.
Enjoy.
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Taco Tuesday.
We never participated in Taco Tuesday because I always forget but luckily I had all the ingredients in the fridge so we had our first Taco Tuesday.
As taco shells I used baby romaine lettues, but I guess you can use whatever green leafy’s you like.
And for the filling I made a yummy orange bell pepper corn salsa.
Orange Pepper Corn Salsa
2 cups of chopped orange bell pepper
1/2...
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Raw Raspberry Love Cake
I love how easy raw cheese cake’s are to make. And you can make them any flavor you like.
This recipe is for an 8 inch spring form pan. If you would like to make a larger cake just double the ingredients.
Crust:
1 cup raw almonds
1/2 cup raw pecans or walnuts
2/3 cup chopped dates
1. In a food processor, process the almonds and pecans to a coarse meal. add the dates and process to...
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Zucchini Noodles with Pesto
So my awesome husband to be got us the world cuisine 48297-99 Tri-Blade Spiral Vegetable slicer from Amazon for $32 and I made some yummy zucchini noodles.
For the noodles I used just 1 medium size organic zucchini.
Pesto
2 1/2 cups spinach
3/4 cup fresh basil leaves
1/3 cup chopped sun dried tomatoes
3 tbsp hemp seeds
3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
2-3 tbsp water
3 tbsp cold pressed...
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Watermelon Juice.
I love fresh watermelon juice, it’s nutritious and very refreshing.
this much watermelon will give you about 2 cups of watermelon juice, I juice the whole thing including the rind.
a little squeeze of fresh lemon gives it a nice little kick.
there you go simple, easy to make, and deliciously nutritious.
Enjoy
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Green Veggie Juice.
I can’t wait to get the Greenpower Juicer 1304 so I can finally juice sprouts too. But until then our trusty Jack Lalane Juicer will have to do.
1 Cucumber
3-4 stalks of Celery
1 head of baby Romaine lettuce
it will give you about 2 cups worth of delicious and nutritious green veggie juice.
I try and have at least one of these a day.
the leftovers. I’m sure it will be...
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The 10 Commandments of food Combining & Dining
1. Consume food and beverage at room temperature - hot and cold temperatures alter enzyme activity and thus affect digestion and tax the body
2. Avoid drinking 30 minutes before and 2 to 3 hours after eating.
3. Avoid combining protein and starch.
4. Avoid eating more than one type of protein at a time (this does NOT mean you cannot combine more than one variety of nuts or seeds at a meal). The...