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Macrobiotic Potato Pancakes

Margaret — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:46:18 +0000

These were utterly delicious!!!!

Macrobiotic pancakes with creamy tofu dressing YUMMMMMM

This recipe is from the book: Macrobiotic Community Cookbook By: Andrea Bliss Lerman. Find it on my resources page under recipe books. I have made a few different recipes from this book already and I am very thankful that my mother-in-law found it and picked it up for me! Thank you!

Spaghetti Squash Dinner

Margaret — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:14:14 +0000

Spaghetti squash is a great alternative to pasta. It was an experiment that I am quite happy with:}

First cut the squash in half and scoop out the seeds. Then place face down on backing dish- 350 for 30 min.

Then cut up your veggies I used:
1. 4 cloves of Garlic
2. Half red onion
3. Half red bell pepper
4. A few grape tomatoes
5. One bunch of maitake mushrooms
6. Handful of baby spinach

Lightly cook the garlic and onion in cooking wine and shoyu. Then add the other veggies, spinach last.

Lastly scoop out the squash, which separates like spaghetti, and top with veggies. This dish could be substituted for a hearty pasta dish. It is very filling. Also add any veggies you would like:}

Mock Chicken Salad and dessert!

Margaret — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:58:17 +0000

On our menu last night was a recipe for mock chicken salad. I did my own variation and it was delicious! Not totally raw but I did feel good and not weighed down.

My variation:
Ingredients:
3 cups sprouted garbanzo beans {chick peas}
Half of a small onion {red or yellow} Chopped
Half or whole carrot Chopped
1 Red bell pepper chopped
Vegan Mayo

Directions:
Put garbanzo beans, onion and carrot in food processor and pulse until you have a nice texture. {not mush}. Transfer to a mixing bowl. Add chopped red pepper. Mix in vegan mayo as much or as little as you like. This is SO good! I had it with raw cabbage salad and some cucumbers:}

You can find the raw pudding on Organize Happy’s TV page under “Raw Hazelnut Pudding”. You can also purchase ‘everyday raw’ by Matthew Kenny from my resources page:}

Raw Bithday

Margaret — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:21:35 +0000

March 7th was my birthday! I am thankful for all the beautiful people who have come in and out of my life. All the lessons I have learned that brought me to where I am today.

For my birthday weekend I had a small get together to share some raw food:} I gave a little demonstration on making raw pad thai from the recipe book “Everyday raw” by: Matthew Kenney.

Raw brownies with raw hot fudge also from “Everyday raw”

Nanner was a big help – Thanks Nanner!

I had some more raw food fun but unfortunately I was too late in thinking about taking pictures! Including my raw birthday hazelnut tart! Delicious!

Chocolate – Hazelnut Buttons!

Margaret — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:23:41 +0000

These are our favorite snacks ever!

I started making raw snacks some time ago. I played around with various recipes. This recipe is the outcome of lots of experimenting. It really came together like a sweet sweet dream!

Organize Happy Chocolate-Hazelnut Button snacks:

Ingredients:

2 cups Hazelnut flour
1 & 3/4 cup oat flour
1/2 cacao powder
1/4 water
1/2 cup agave syrup
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon Hazelnut extract
Dash of sea salt
Organic dark chocolate chips {or see variations}
Gojis!

Variations:

cacao nibs instead of Chocolate chips
Add some almond butter or peanut butter
Add a tiny bit of ground coffee beans.

Directions:

Put all ingredients except Chocolate chips and gojis in bowl.
Blend with electric mixer or by hand.
Fold chocolate chips and gojis into batter.
Roll into small balls and place on dehydrator screen. Use extra gojis for little Button top:}
Dehydrate 6/8 hours.

I like to have these on hand incase I get that “I need chocolate!” craving:}

Savory Crepes

Margaret — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:51:49 +0000

Raw Crepes:}

Dinner last night! This recipe is from ‘Everyday Raw’ by Matthew Kenny. It was good and filling. I could only have one. It feels good to have an all raw dinner. I never feel stuffed or weighed down. I feel light and satisfied. In the background are the eggplant sausage {that I made Sunday} and the Lemon-thyme “yogurt” sauce. I used fresh thyme for the sauce and had plenty left over- so I threw it in the dehydrator to dry it out. Kyle {my husband} loved these! He ate two!

Night time snacking gone good!

Margaret — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:35:19 +0000

Ok- so here is the deal…my husband and I are night time snackers. Yes we have tried very hard not to snack but if we are watching a movie the urge is overwhelming. Sometime I make popcorn but even after that I know I didn’t make the best move for my body. I found a recipe for kale chips and tried them out. I did not love the recipe I used so I made my own- a concoction of the few recipes I tried out. These are so good and truly satisfy that salty craving. The best part is I don’t have that “I should’t have eaten that” feeling!

Ingredients:

One bunch kale {I use curley kale}

2 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon Lemon Juice

Fresh crushed garlic {I use 3 cloves- LOVE garlic!}

1 tablespoon miso {whatever type you like}

Sea salt to your tasting.

Dash of cayenne

Directions:

Remove kale from stalks
Massage all ingredients into the kale. {This is my favorite part!}
Let sit at least one hour.
Put on dehydrator trays and dehydrate over night.
Eat eat eat! These are very crunchy! You can even dip them in some vinegar!

I save the beautiful stalks and use for juicing the next day!

Happy snacking!

Chop suey

Margaret — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:53:41 +0000

On today’s menu was ‘Chop Suey’ {Delicious!} This recipe is from the wonderful ‘Macrobiotic Kitchen’ cookbook. We hardly have any leftovers! We will have the rest tomorrow night as a side to our mustard glazed salmon! I strive for no {or minimal} waste. I experiment with different strategies to see what works best in my family. You can find this cookbook on my resources page:} Enjoy!

Raw Eggplant Pizza!

Margaret — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:25:22 +0000

My first time making ‘eggplant’ pizza. I used up the rest of the Cashew cheese from our fajitas, some of the tabbouleh from last night and the pad thai sauce from Monday. How good it feels to use up all my food!

Raw Goji & Cacao Breakfast!

Margaret — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:12:35 +0000

This is my breakfast. I have it almost everyday. In the mornings we wake up and juice. Then a little later I have my goji/cacao. About a handful of Goji berries and 5/6 cacao nuts. I love it! Then I have my homemade kombucha:} The Goji breakfast is satisfying and makes me feel good. My dad said to me when I was young, “When you eat something heavy for breakfast see how it makes you feel- then one day eat light or only fruit and see how you feel- then make a decision.”

He was right! Thanks dad:}