Raw Sun-dried Tomato Soup

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Here is a nice and easy tomato-based soup recipe that I just eat at room temperature, as I eat most of my raw soups. Several hours before making it, I put some cashews and sun-dried tomatoes in separate bowls, and cover with water to soak. Then I drain and rinse, cut off any stem areas from the tomatoes (they don't blend well), and throw the tomatoes in the blender with some water, sea salt, onion, and a few herbs, maybe a little red pepper - whatever sounds good. I make it thin for a soup - thicker for a sauce. It's quite versatile, and tasty, too.

Really Raw Chili with Lentil Sprouts

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Well, I figured winter days with chili would be a thing of the past, since I'm trying to go "mostly raw." But I made a raw chili last week that I really loved, and I've had it several times already. Glad I made a lot!

I soaked some dried tomatoes for a day, then ran the tomatoes, soak water and all, through the food processor along with some chili spices, sea salt, onion, and garlic. When it was processed, I added my three-day sprouted red and green lentils.


Wow--it was awesome! What flavor!  I added a bit of raw tomato and just a dab of yogurt (it wasn't raw, but it was the good kind with nothing but milk and probiotics--it's got live stuff, anyway) and it was great that way too.

Dried Apple Nut Bread

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Well, yesterday I tried the Pumpkin Pie Smoothie with carrot juice instead of coconut water and coconut meat, and I didn't like it much--it was a no-go. So I will stick with the coconut water. Just FYI...

Last week, I finally found a dehydrator at a Goodwill, though it was the round kind I didn't really want. Still, it's something, and I have been trying out new goodies, like this Dried Apple Nut Bread. I used some leftover Raw Apple Crisp with apples, soaked walnuts, cinnamon, and a little raw sugar, and ran it all through the food processor along with some sprouted wheat berries. Then I made little flat breads with it, although I let the dehydrator go a little too long and they were more like apple nut crackers! But they were very tasty--they were very similar to a granola bar. I thought they would be really good with some Cashew Cream, which I will try to get to soon.

Yummy Pumpkin Pie Smoothie

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Here is a great smoothie that is very filling and ....mmmmm.....

I took about half of a small raw pumpkin and cut it in chunks, put it in the blender with some raw coconut water and young coconut meat, some ground cinnamon, ginger, and cloves and a little raw wildflower honey. It was SO good! I think next time, though, I may use carrot juice and pulp instead of the coconut water and coconut--It will give it a more "orangey" color.

Pumpkin's color is a good indicator that it contains the anti-aging, disease-flighting alpha and beta-carotenes, which are converted to vitamin A. It also contains vitamins C and E, along with magnesium, potassium, pantothenic acid, and more. Of course, pumpkin's many health benefits are magnified tremendously when it is eaten raw. 

Rawsome "Spaghetti" with Sauce

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This is really too scrumptious to pass up! A plate of "spaghetti" and marinara sauce made from all raw ingredients. Start by soaking some sun-dried tomatoes. When they are soft, cut up a few sweet red peppers, some onion, and throw it all in the food processor with a little garlic and fresh basil, oregano, and sea salt. The flavors are so much more intense than the cooked variety.

If you want some meatless ground meat with your sauce, soak some walnuts for several hours, then drain and grind them in the food processor. Add to the sauce. 

For the "spaghetti," thin-slice some zucchini and then slice the slices into long slivers. Throw it in a bowl with some sea salt and mix it up.

For the "parmesan cheese," I just grind some pine nuts with a little sea salt.

Awesome!

Raw Apple Crisp

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Here's one even my son asks for:

Cut or slice some apples, add a little sea salt to taste, then add some cinnamon and raw sugar or a bit of raw agave nectar, and some walnuts (preferably soaked for an hour or two first, then drained) that have been chopped in the food processor. All of this is done to taste--no need for a recipe. Yum!

You can eat it right away--it's crispier that way. Or put it in the fridge for a day or two. It gets softer--more like apple pie.