Super foods = Super body 

Eat more raw foods! Especially this time of year your body needs all the living enzymes it can get to fight off the various infections and winter blahs. I know I feel better when I eat more raw foods, the more raw I eat the less I get sick! 

This smoothie recipe is a good start! Simple, delicious, and nutritious. I have all of these foods in my kitchen RIGHT NOW. I’ll blend it with some of the berries I got today =)

But don’t forget about your veggies my friends, try munching on raw veggies for a snack - you could even dip it in homemade guac. Just some ideas :) What are your raw favorite snacks or go-to meals?

Raw Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles

Ingredients:
2/3 cup Raw Almonds
1/3 cup Rolled Oats
3 tbsp Organic Agave Nectar
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Handful of Cacao Chips

How to:
In a food processor, blend almonds and oats. Once they reach the texture of flour, add in agave and vanilla. Blend until dough forms. Mix in cacao chips with a spoon. Roll into little balls. Refridgerate. Enjoy! :)

Ginger is crazy cheap and it’s great for you! These recipes look tasty, I’ll be giving them a try. Right now I’m all about juicing grapefruit, lemon, and ginger together with a dollop of raw honey mixed in. Best juice for the AM! 

(Source: laboomeria)

Detox & Digestion Green Juice

Ingredients: 6 celery stalks, 2 kiwi, 1 cucumber, 1 large broccoli floret

Prep: 

1. Wash everything
2. cut ends and skin off kiwi, then quarter
3. quarter cucumber and broccoli stem
4. break broccoli floret into small enough pieces to fit in the chute

Taste: Sweet and green 

Benefits: The cucumber properties prevent water retention, at the same time the high water content re-hydrates the system. Celery juice reduces puffiness and prevents bloating. Broccoli cleanses the intestines and stimulates the liver. Kiwi is an excellent source of digestive enzymes! 

Cost: ~$3.50

Lemon.

What? Lemon.

Why?  Aside from the fact that lemons refresh everything and anything, they are full of vitamin C.  They have also been proven to reduce inflammation and the chances of cancer.

How?  Oh what a versatile beast.  Slice it and put it in water.  Make lemonade. Squeeze it on fish, or chicken.  Or like the Greeks on lamb.  Drizzle it on sliced cucumber, or as zest over a dessert. Sky is the limit here, especially when they are in season during the summer. 

I just juiced lemon with grapefruit and carrots this morning! 

Detox juice 

Ingredients: 2 limes, 1 grapefruit, 2 medium sized beets

Prep: Pretty simple and relatively quick:

1. peel and quarter the limes
2. peel and section grapefruit
3. quarter beets (beet juice is a hell of a stain btw)

Taste: Sour & zingy with heavy notes of beet

Cost: ~$4.01

Raw Crackers 

yup. 

My bf and I juice almost everyday. Which means everyday a whole lot of juice pulp is going to waste. Well not anymore! This raw cracker recipe has kept me busy and they are absolutely delicious! The crackers taste great as a simple munchie or as crusts topped with say… pesto, tomato and raw cheese. Lately I’ve been throwing slices of avocado on them. 

This recipe uses these appliances:

• Dehydrator w/ teflex sheets
• Juicer
• Food Processor (you don’t need this)

Ingredients: 

• 2 C juice pulp, tightly packed ( I recommend starting with mostly carrot, then experiment from there)
• 1/2 C ground flax seed
• 2 Tbsp Liquid Aminos/Tamari
• 2 tsp Coriander
• 1 tsp Curry powder
• 1/8th tsp Sea salt
• Black Pepper to taste
• 1/3 to 1/2 C water
• 1/3 C Flax seed, whole

This is what you do

1. Place pulp, ground flax seed, liquid aminos/tamari, coriander, curry powder, salt and black pepper in a food processor fitted with the S blade. Pulse to combine well. OR just fold the ingredients together by hand. 
2. Add the water and let the motor run, till mixture is right consistency (start by adding 1/4 of a cup: how much you need will depend on how much liquid was in the pulp already). You want your mixture to be thick and sticky, but spreadable.
   
3. Add the whole flax seeds and pulse to combine
4. Spread on a Teflex lined dehydrator sheet, score into cracker shapes and dehydrate at 115 for about 5-6 hours. Flip the crackers over , and then dehydrate till very dry, about 4-5 more hours.
   

You can swap the flax out for equal part chia seed. The chia seed has a bit more crunch. These seem to be a softer bite, which makes them great to serve as crusts for fancy feasts. 

Also, you can change up the spices and ingredients for different flavors. I’ve made 4 different cracker flavors now, I don’t think you could mess this up.

(Source: choosingraw.com)

Raw Chocolate Mousse topped with Raw Vanilla Creme served with strawberries for dipping. 

I made this delicious dessert last night, and it will be repeated many, many times! So good! I’ll throw up the recipe soon ;) You’d be surprised what kinds of foods you can eat raw.

For dinner we had Zuchini Pasta, with raw maranara sauce and “not meat balls. The “not” meat balls were made of a walnut pâté. Although the texture wasn’t something I would prefer for meatballs, the pâté would be perfect for a Raw Lasagne! And I just got a mandoline too so I can slice the Zuchini really thin. Eventually when I get my dream Dehydrator I can start making flackers and chips and crusts for cakes, pies, pizzas, sandwiches, tacos. Oh my goodness, I’ve stumbled into the world of raw recipes and I am SO EXCITED!