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Mango Wrap Part 2

Margaret — Thu, 20 May 2010 11:50:14 +0000

This is the sequel to part one of “Mango Wraps”. At this point you have already opened your coconut and scooped out the meat. To view part one click here

Now it is time to work on those mangos:}

Peel, chop, and blend the mangos with the coconut and some spices. {fresh cilantro if you have it} Then spread the mixture on your dehydrator sheets. Dehydrate for about four to six hours.

Flip the wrap and peel off the sheet. You might want to dehydrate some more now, just with the wrap on the screen, if it is still a little wet in the center.

Cut your wraps however you would like, fill them up with any variety of veggies. Carrots, cucumbers, bell peppers, avocado. In this batch I even used some of my homemade hummus. Roll them up and enjoy!

For dipping use creamy thai dressing, or any dressing that has flavor and some spice. The sweetness of the wrap goes great with some spicy dipping sauce.

Find mango wraps in everyday raw by Matthew Kenny. These are my favorite!

Mango Wraps Part 1: Opening the Coconut

Margaret — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:56:00 +0000

Mango wraps are one of my favorites! A lot of work goes into them but the rewards are plentiful:}

Part one…opening the coconut. There are other ways of opening a coconut but this is the way I have been doing it. I did not buy any special tools as of yet to open my coconuts. In the future my technique might change.

1. Get your young coconut

2. Cut all the husk around the nut off and find the hole where you will drain the coconut water. The hole will be at the top/bottom of the coconut, you will feel a soft spot that you can literally push in.

3. Drain the coconut water and hydrate yourself:} Coconut water is full of electrolytes, magnesium, potassium and everything healthy.

4. Cut the coconut in half. I use a hacksaw.

5. Admire your beautiful beautiful coconut:}

Scoop out the meat. I keep my coconut halves without the hole, sand them down, and use them as bowls:}

Banana Chip Snack

Margaret — Tue, 11 May 2010 12:19:52 +0000

I have said it before and I will say it again…I like to snack at night. I really really try not to but I like to….oh what a dilemma. So I experiment with different things to eat. Here was a fun experiment. Banana chips!

1. First I cut up the bananas

2.Then I made a chocolate sauce out of agave and raw cacao powder

3. I coated the bananas with the sauce and put them on a dehydrator screen to dehydrated over night and part of the day

4. These turned out a little chewy which I like but next time I will leave them in longer to see how crispy I can get them.

Next time I am also going to coat them with shredded coconut. Yummmm

Happy banana-snacking! :}

Diabetes help

Margaret — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:30:04 +0000

I am a firm believer in my body. I know when I have done the right or wrong thing for it.
I myself did a seven day completely raw diet and never felt better. I also love the macrobiotic diet and lifestyle.
I believe in food and its ability to be our medicine. I believe we can all live a healthy beautiful peaceful life with the right decisions about what we invite into our bodies.

These two videos are about ridding people of their diabetes through food. The first is a macrobiotic approach and the second a raw approach.

Kushi Institute

Raw for 30 days

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!

Excalibur Food Dehydrator!

Margaret — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:21:36 +0000

After dabbling with raw food I knew a dehydrator was essential to complete more elaborate recipes. I was on the look out for a medium sized dehydrator with a timer. I did my homework and found this lovely piece of machinery:

Excalibur 3526T in black.

It has a 26 hour timer!

Five trays are perfect for what I need but if you need more you can get a nine tray.

Before my purchase I read many reviews. Now, after having the excalibur for over a year I can add to the many wonderful reviews and say I too LOVE the excalibur!

It fits great on my counter, my food comes out the way it looks in the recipe books and it has square trays {as opposed to round} letting me utilize optimum space. My kitchen would be empty with out you excalibur!

Excalibur Dehydrator

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!

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!