yummy cheese sauce / spread.

soaked: pine nuts, pistachios, sundried tomatoes, dried chipotle
blended with: basil, nutritional yeast, olive oil, salt, pepper, green onion

SO GOOD.

i have pictures of things that ive been making...camera is pretty dead right now, though.

dehydrating: sweet potato bread

portland.

we went to portland for a week! i discovered the challenges of eating raw while flying standby and having to wait around in airports ($1 per piece of conventional fruit! $6 for a disgusting-looking salad with iceburg lettuce!) and also that, while there is a lot of really great raw food in portland, the stuff at restaurants is generally overpriced and very small in portion. despite all that, it was a fun exploration and we did get some good eats (chai raweos! cashew sour cream and cashew hummus from blossoming lotus!)

now that i am back, i am thinking more about what i eat...when i have the most control, in my own home. i first craved grains and beans when i got home, so i thought i better start eating those in addition to my usual raw stuff. i ate some (cooked)millet, but havent really eaten any of the black beans i made. now im soaking kamut and just made some buckwheat cakes. so maybe sprouted grains will be all i need.

today:

pineapple buckwheat cake (a strange concoction of a buckwheat carrot cake base and pineapple preserves on top, all raw and homemade)
chococarob sunflower shake (banana, soaked sunflower seeds, carob, cacao powder)

1/2 avocado mashed up with garlic and red pepper
three buckwheat crusts, homemade
1 fuji apple
a handful of cherries

a bit of mango (as i cut them up to freeze, cleaning off the pits with my teeth)
one banana mashed with some coconut butter and carob
a small bowl of sauerkraut, homemade

kind of a weird day for eating. probably will have some more before the day is through, hopefully a big salad. its been mostly fruit and grains (buckwheat) today. i feel pretty good though, a little bit hungry at the moment...but i will wait for "dinner".

just getting byyyyyyy........................

the next few days and the following week will be a challenge.
we are about to go on a week-long vacation to portland, oregon
and the fridge is emptying out.
i want it to go empty.
there is a lot of perishable stuff in there
and its been kind of a forest as of late
now is a good time to clean it out
problem is, ive been eating
mostly saurkraut for every meal
and gnawing away at cashew cheese
whats left of the fresh produce...
some beets, a few pieces lettuce, cellery...
there are some frozen fruits in the freezer
for the trip i have been preparing some dehydrated foods
granola, buckwheat crusts/buns
i will also bring what we have of seeds and grains
luckily portland has lots of farmers markets and co-ops
but my parents dont live in portland, about 11 miles out,
so we have to be smart about food
and also we wont have all our fancy appliances...
portland also has some restaurants/cafes with raw food
that i am interested to try
i have also decided to "break" for some vegan baked goods...
its been a while since i had my chocolate cupcake :)

heres an example...what i ate today...
BFAST
smoothie of apple juice, celery juice, ginger, frozen peaches
SNACK
carob avo pudding with flax seeds and sunflower seeds
LUNCH
some beet greens with flax and honey mustard dressing
saurkraut
a celery stalk with cashew cheese inside
cucumber dill salad
mango banana ice cream
walnut fudge
SNACK
fruity guacamole
apple
DINNER
cucumber dill salad
some romaine lettuce
saurkraut
hunk of cashew cheese
SUPPER
miso soup with dulse, wakame, fenugreek sprouts, sesame seeds
saurkraut

yeah, its a lot of food, but it was mostly snacking on these foods, not large amounts. normally i would eat a huge salad for lunch or dinner, but we are so low on food....no greens! it is horrible. ive also been really hungry the last few days. and also extremely gassy from the saurkraut, i believe...

red delicious sorbet/smoothie and more

juice of one small beet
orange juice
ginger juice
cilantro juice
blend with two frozen pears
so pretty!

also: pineapple and celery juices are good together!

fruit salsa / guacamole
two avocados
two mangoes
1/2 pineapple
fresh cilantro
onion
jalapeno
salt
pulse to desired consistency. could be pureed into a soup or kept chunky as a salad, somewhere in between for a dip...

banana nut "bread" granola
ripe bananas
sprouted buckwheat
poppy seeds
honey / sweetner
cinnamon
nutmeg
vanilla
walnuts

other things recently made: cucumber dill salad, FUDGE, carob/avo pudding, cashew cheese wheel

dips, dressings, and more.

since getting a vitamix, i have ground up herbs that were once fresh and then dehydrated. powdered dried jalapeno and onion, as well. i have made the garlic tahini dressing and notcho cheese sauce from eco. delicious smoothies and sorbets, too. also

honey mustard vinegrette
honey
mustard
apple cider vinegar
lemon juice
balsamic vinegar
poppy seeds
salt
pepper
basil
tarragon
onion powder
olive oil

chewy "i cant believe its not
made with butter" balls
dried apricots
coconut butter
cinnamon
vanilla
walnuts
honey

seriously, the dried apricot & coconut butter combo is insane. these little chewie guys are so rich and decadent, it seems they must have been made with lots of butter. mmmmm!

crazy taste sensation vitamix in the houuuuuse!!

yeah we have a vita mix now. it is a mash up of a stainless steel maxi 4000 base and a polycarbonate container that needs a top and tamper. im looking into getting these directly from the vitamix co, unless i can find them on ebay or craigslist, etc.

so for the taste combo of the year...dried apricot dipped in melted coconut butter

dont let me tell you what it tastes like, try it for yourself. (but personally i would say it kind of tastes like toffee or buttered popcorn. no kidding)

picturespicturespictures

RAW SUSHI!

with miso soup and a dipping sauce made from almond butter, nama shoyu, ginger, wasabi, rice vinegar, sesame seeds

JELLY ROLL CAKE!

i rolled out the carob cake, then slathered on some raspberry "jelly" (mushed raspberries with honey and coconut butter), rolled it up, and sliced...i never got a good picture of the slices

PLANTAINS!

looks like scrambled egg

"SAUTEED" MUSHROOM PASTA

on zucchini noodles with olives, a cheezy sauce (nutritional yeast and rejuvelac) and fresh basil

"sauteed" vegetables.

i love this concept. especially since i cant seem to stomach raw onions nor green bell peppers; but they are both delicious "sauteed," or maybe i should say "rawteed" (that doesnt really work, does it). something else good...it keeps the vegetables longer! you can keep them in the refrigerator and they wont go bad as quick...a great thing to do with older mushrooms! so anyway, im talking about coating chopped veg with olive oil, balsamic vinegar or nama shoyu and seasonings / herbs and then dehydrating at 105 for a couple hours. here are some of my favorite possibilities...

for fajita style vegetables
green bell pepper
onion
carrots
zucchini
cumin
nama shoyu
cayenne
garlic
olive oil

for pasta / italian / pizza
mushrooms
onions
garlic
fresh basil, oregano, etc
salt
balsamic vinegar
olive oil

you get the idea. there are so many tasty options.

i ate well today.

last night is another story...chocolate cake and challah bread from a bakery dumpster. hoohoo!

but today was awesome. i had a bowl of mashed red bananas for breakfast and a green juice.

a few sips of mango kombucha mid-morning, followed by lunch...sprout salad with homemade raw mustard and some zucchini noodles with fresh herbs.

went to eco-p and for my meal i had a cross between nacho plate and taco salad. mmm nacho cheeze! and i threw some pineapple in the salad, too. and some hot sauce, marinated mushrooms, olives, spicy ginger marinara, parsley, cilantro, tomato.......!

i brought home two of the "savory cookies" i made. ho-hum, they are kind of meh.

came home after a bit and had a slice of my carob jelly roll cake with avocado and banana slices and a mashed raspberry topping. yum-o yum. i never thought to put fresh slices of avocado on a dessert before!

so i had a bunch of stale and dumpstered bread and started a batch of kvass using the recipe from wild fermentation. at least it was a better option than bread pudding! i did it different by putting orange juice instead of lemon and fennel instead of mint; also, i put slices of apple. and the breads i used were not all dark and rye and barley. it was a combo of this pretzel-y bread, challah, some white bread stick, a baguette, and one sourdough / dark grain bread that was probably the only appropriate type used.

we have produce coming out of our ears!

thanks to the reduced section at global market...whoa!

i just made a delicious and very simple spring time guac

2 avocados
1/2 large white onion
1 medium tomato
handful cilantro
salt, pepper, cayenne
lemon juice
2 cloves garlic

process that bitch! but keep it a lil chunky! yum!!

we also got plantains, and i mashed a few up with my hands then spread them into little flat loaves, sprinkled with salt, pepper, lemon juice, and im dehydrating...EXPERIMENT!

also have spinach tortillas in the dehydrator, made with the cafe gratitute recipe.

next i am going to make a "jelly roll" like cake using dr t's carob cake recipe for the cake part and then rolling it up with some mashed raspberries.

today is awesome!

lemony beet juice

1/2 beet
1/4 lemon
1 orange
3/4 pear (or apple)
1 hunk ginger
1/2 stalk celery

today i made the cookies at eco. i was given pistachio "fluff" (the fiber left over after blending with water and then straining out the "milk") and allowed to do whatever, so i went with a less sweet cookie consisting of said fluff, dates, lemon juice, black pepper, olive oil, salt, raisins, coconut, and ground sesame seeds. i think they taste like a cross between a lemon cookie and halvah, but more biscuity and less desserty. hopefully they turn out okay. one person tried the batter and didnt like the lack of sweetness, but its always hard to tell what the dehydrated product will be like; also, the raisins were not processed in, but left whole, so some bites could be sweeter than others...???

spicy cilantro juice

one orange
one apple
1/2 celery stalk
1 sprig cilantro
1/2 carrot
1/4 lemon
ginger nubby
dash cayenne

yum!
my belly feels warm

today i got $20 of juicable produce from the store.
celery bunch, green top beets, 2lbs carrots, 3 lbs valencia oranges, 3 lemons, 2 ears garlic, 2 ginger chunks, an apple, two bell peppers (never tried juicing these before, but i will)
and my friend erin gave me half of a bunch of cilantro. mmm fresh cilantro

joooooooooooooooose!

i have decided...drink more juice! i have a champion, for goodness sake! i think i just feel intimidated to clean it, but whenever it comes time its not even that bad! when i crave sweets late at night, i will have juice instead of a fruit salad or banana ice cream. hopefully this will help some of my digestion problems (farts!), too. right now im having a juice comprised of: 1 apple, chunk o carrot, four or five kale stems, knob of ginger. makes my tummy feel good and satisfies my desire for sweet nighttime snacking!

whats going onnnnnnnnnnnn whooooooooooooooooo

yeah, thats right. bloggggggggggggin'

um...well ever since i had a computer virus, i kind of gave up on reinstalling / finding a picture editing program, so i havent been updating. i do have tons of pix, though.

in the dehydrator right now: apple cookies, sprouted lentils / bell pepper spicy mix of goodness

i am currently rocking some trawpical grawnola at breakfasts. buckwheat with coconut butter, papaya, banana, and blood orange juice, dehydrated into crispy chunks. ate with macademia milk this morning, hoo!

what else is new. sunflower seeds are very cheap, but great for making cheese, creamy salad dressings, cookies and crackers, and they are very good for you, too. EFAs!

heres some pictures:

dehydrator with some goodies in it: crunchy chocolate drops, sesame wakame crackers, rosemary and garlic sprouted kamut bread

here was a very lovely dinner we ate: a zucchini pasta with fresh spinach, tomatoes, herbs, spinach, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, etc. with pine nut cheese crumbles and that kamut bread

flax pancakes with eggplant baccon and a fruit salad. amazing!

dr t's carob cake, my style. topped with currants and poppy seeds. this is the best cake in terms of cost to make, time, ease, simplicity, least ingredients, and it is so versatile and satisfying.

here was another attempt at the carob cake, but it was more of a lemon / spice cake and the result was very moist...the honey / coconut butter glaze with poppy seeds was good.

i turned that cake into cookies because it was too thick and moist to be cake.

goodnewsbadnewssortof...

still no updates or pictures...had to redo my computer and i dont have the photo software on here at the moment. will probably get around to it this weekend. good news: just found a delicious pineapple in a dumpster aka free pinapple omg and in the dehydrator right now we have pancakes, granola, and falafel! shaping up to be a good weekend. minus work tomorrow, ugh.

virus!

my computer has a pretty bad case of the virus...shouldve been eating raw bytes...har har...err...so...i have a bunch of pictures of dehydrated goods i made over the weekend, but will have to wait.

laRAWnge haha no lasagne

from the bottom up:
eggplant
cashew cheese
portobello
cashew cheese
zucchini
spinach
tomato sauce
pine nut cheese

also involved:
balsamic vinegar
olive oil
fresh rosemary, basil, parsley
thyme
garlic
pepper & salt
oregano


....and taco salad time!
in the dehydrator right now: kamut brownies (not very choco) and grawnola made with buckwheat

the dehydrator is almost full.

i made some flax crackers with green beans, onion, carrot, bell pepper, and fresh herbs.

a cracker / flat bread of sunflower seeds, flax, green peppers, cumin, cayenne, garlic.

eggplant bacon from the book everyday raw. it smells good in here.

the dehydrator has been on for two days straight. im scared of the power bill...

dehydrator.

we got one. its on. in the kitchen. macaroons are in there.

dumpster gold and green smoothies.

last night we hit bread and produce gold in some local dumpsters. our finds included a 5-pack of labatt blue.

2 stirato loaves
1 large baguette
1 small baguette
5 skinny, long baguettes
1 pack of buns
1 whole wheat and walnut sandwich loaf
2 whole wheat and honey sandwich loaves
1 focacia
1 sandwich bread loaf
a pile of mushrooms
1 orange pepper
pears
nectarines
grapes
zucchini
chard
kale
fresh fennel
fresh parsley
2 heads lettuce
collards
1 ear garlic



a most delicious green smoothie (made from over 50% dumpstered produce!)

JUICE:
kale
parsley
nectarine
green apple

add and PROCESS:
frozen bananas
frozen grapes
frozen cranberries
honey

oliver says: "lets party"

anemia and eco burgers.

im pretty sure im anemic, but i got some good vitamins and im on my way to feeling better.

in other news, the eco burgers at ecopolitan are top notch.

sprouted kamut

is the best!

walnut sausage! sunflower seed cheese!

these are two delicious raw foods i made today. here is what i had for dinner:

















a bed of mixed greens topped with zucchini noodles, shallot and mushroom slices, walnut sausage, sunflower cheese chunks, nutritional yeast, cayenne pepper, balsamic vinegar

we biked 37 miles yesterday and then went in a sauna

still very, very sore today. owww. we also found a very well-stocked donut dumpster. shiiiit. i did eat a lot of donuts :( but i am going to tell my friends where it is and never go back there myself, haha. today i will have free lunch from working at eco, then free dinner from playing a show at acadia! salads all day long, i think. got to flush out the donut gunk. laughoutloud

the thing about papaya.

we got a papaya and found that some sections taste good while others taste like barf. my solution: papaya sauce (like apple sauce). food process with a touch of honey. every bite is now delicious.