Raw, Day 1
Day 1 of my raw week went well. I was impressed with how satiated I was and how energetic I felt all day. A breakfast of ground almonds, sunflower seeds and pepitas will do that, I guess. But once evening rolled around, however, I was craving bread, pretzels, pancakes and, strangely, Alphabits cereal. Hmmm.
Wok Man, my partner in the raw week/juice fast, agreed, the want for cooked food was strong. After several ‘Obama bumps’ enthusiasm for the cause increased and we pledged to stay in the game.
With a decade+ of being vegan under my belt, I haven’t faced a craving I couldn’t oblige for quite some time. So often I hear that veganism “must be so hard”. It certainly is not for me. But now, craving naan soaked in vegetable biryani, my big chocolate chip cookies and wanting to chop up all my vegetables and scald them in hot oil in a wok, I can remember how it is to give something up. I’m already planning my first cooked meal after our fast…
During this week of raw, my main source of recipes is a book published in 1980 that I bought from a thrift store some years ago: Feasting On Raw Foods. It is a thorough book that lists entrees, desserts, sauces & dressings, beverages, etc. Frighteningly, it also contains a whole section on raw meat and another on gelatin dishes. I found some gems in these antiquated pages:
Carrot Salad Dressing: Carrot, onion, flax seed and cider vinegar give this dressing quite the kick.
Raw Apple Pie: This is my favorite so far. The picture isn’t the most appetizing but this pie is very tasty.
Crust/topping
1 cup ground walnuts
1/4 cup currants
1/4 cup tahini
1/4 agave nectar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup ground almonds
Filling
1&1/2 cups chopped walnut
3 cups grated apple, sprinkled with 1/2 juiced lemon
2 Tbs agave nectar
3/4 cup raisins
1 tsp cinnamon
Mix crust ingredients together.
Set aside 1/2 cup for topping & press remaining in pie plate.
Chill both.
Mix filling ingredients together in bowl and pour onto bottom crust.
Top with reserved crust.
Blackberry-banana-flax and cucumber-avocado-lemon smoothies!
Alfalfa burgers and beet greens salad
Soaking beans
Gorgeous huge blackberries
Beet it.
