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"Raw" Foods


These are dishes that don't require cooking, so as to retain all of the nutrients that cooking would leach out. Any cooking leaches out at least some nutrients.

AVOCADO SUN PATE
2 large avocados 1 1/2 cups sunflower seeds, soaked 1/2 cup parsley 1/4 cup lemon juice 1/4 tsp cayenne 1 handful sunflower sprouts Blend all ingredients, saving the sunflower sprouts for a garnish. Serves 2-4

GAZPACHO

2 cucumbers, halved and seeded, but not peeled
3 red bell peppers, cored and seeded
8 Roma tomatoes
2 red onions
6 garlic cloves, minced
46 ounces tomato juice (6 cups)
1/4-1/2 cup lemon juice
1/2 c. extra virgin cold pressed olive oil
1 tbs sea salt
1/8 tsp cayenne if desired

Roughly chop cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes and red onions into 1" cubes. Put each vegetable separately into a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse until it is coarsely chopped. Do not over process! Then, combine processed vegetables in a large bowl; add garlic, tomato juice, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Mix well and chill before serving. The longer it sits, the more the flavors develop. Serves 8-10.

MOCK TUNA

2 cups soaked almonds
1 jalapeno pepper
1 onion or 2 small green onions chopped
1 stalk celery chopped
1 handful dulse chopped 
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cumin
Juice of 1 medium lemon
Lots of fresh dill or dried 

Blend almonds with salt, cumin, lemon, dill, and jalapeno pepper. Consistency should be in between chunky and smooth. Then add the remaining ingredients and mix all together by hand -- don't blend. Enjoy on Romaine leaves or just on its own is great too!

Raw Cookie Recipes

RAW TORTILLA WRAPS

1 avocado
Ground flax (about the mass of the amount of avocado)
Spices of your liking (salt, cayenne, fresh herbs)

Place all ingredients in the blender and add small amounts of water. When all blended, you should have a pretty thick paste that just falls off the spoon. Spread onto teflex sheets about 1/8 inch thick very evenly and dehydrate for about 1 hour, give or take. Fill with your favorite veggies, guacamole, nut pates or just eat them as they are.

Soup

LIVING BORSCHT - A DELICIOUS RAW SOUP
Courtesy of Bobbi Ahrens

1 1/2 cup carrot juice
3/4 cup beet juice
1/2 cup apple juice
Juice of 1/2 lemon

Grate
1/3 to 1/2 cup grated beet
1/3 to 1/2 cup grated carrot
1/3 to 1/2 cup grated cabbage

Chop 3 or 4 green onions
Mix all of the ingredients together. I warmed them in a double boiler not hot just warm.
Top with an avocado blended with lemon and celery.

SUPER SIMPLE RAW DIP
Blend mango, cilantro, and avocados. Use as dip. Great with pita chips!

RAW VEGAN CEVICHE

1 diced green bell pepper
1 diced red bell pepper
4-8 stalks diced celery
1 small diced red onion
4 lg. diced tomatoes (I like Roma)
1/2 head diced cabbage
1 diced cucumber

Juice equal amounts lemons and limes. Pour over vegetables and mix. Season to taste. I add a little sea salt, maybe 1/8 tsp. of cayenne, garlic powder to taste, or press in 1-2 cloves fresh garlic, etc.) Mix well. Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving. Stir again. Serves 8.

THREE-NUT CARROT LOAF

1 1/2 cups carrots, grated 
1 cup sprouts of your choice 
1 cup parsley 
1/4 cup walnuts, soaked 
1/2 cup sunflower seeds, soaked 
1/4 cup pinenuts, soaked 
1/2 large avocado 
1/2 red pepper 
1/2 yellow pepper 
1 clove garlic 
1 tsp black pepper 
Nori sheets (optional) 
Blend all ingredients, except for red and yellow peppers, until slightly chunky. Shape into a loaf and garnish with peppers or wrap in dry nori sheets Serves 2-3.

These two recipes came from "Conscious Eating" by Dr. Gabriel Cousens.

VERY RAW CARROT CAKE WITH RAISIN FROSTING
Courtesy of Laura Curtiss
VERY RAW CARROT CAKE

1/2 cup raisins, soaked 20 minutes
1/2 cup dried apricots, soaked 20 minutes
2 cups pecans or walnuts
2 tbs pine nuts
1 1/2 cup coconut
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp Chinese 5 spice powder
pinch nutmeg
pinch clove
6 cup carrot pulp
1 1/2 cups date pieces

Make the carrot pulp while fruit is soaking. Put the carrot juice aside for another recipe or drink it while you are working in the kitchen. Change from the juicing screen to the blank screen before proceeding with the rest of the recipe.
Soak the raisins and apricots in two separate bowls. In a food processor, combine the pecans and pine nuts; process until uniformly fine. Add the coconut and pulse a few times until mixed. Add the spices and pulse until mixed; set aside.
In a heavy duty juicer, using the blank screen, alternate putting the carrot pulp, raisins, apricots and dates through the machine into a bowl. Knead this mixture with your hands until the ingredients are evenly combined. Add the nut mixture a little at a time, kneading it in. Firmly pack the mixture into a form pan or mold. This recipe is large enough to use several small molds or containers or put into two 8" layer pans and make a layer cake with the Raisin Frosting below.
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RAISIN FROSTING
1 cup raisins, soaked 1 hour
1 cup apple juice
1 tbs flaxseed oil
1/2 tsp vanilla
pinch cinnamon
1 tsp psyllium

In a small bowl, combine the raisins and apple juice. Let soak 1 hour; drain, reserving soak liquid. In a blender, combine the raisins with enough of the reserved soak liquid to allow the blender to operate; blend. When the raisins are very smooth, blend in the oil, then the vanilla and cinnamon. Add the psyllium slowly. Blend thoroughly, then let the mixture thicken for 30-60 minutes in refrigerator before using.

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