Feeling skinny, even if I'm not. :-)

After my last post, my family and I had to take a two-day road trip. Let me tell you - 12 hours in the car over two days with an almost 7 month old baby is not fun. It required much coffee and fast food - neither of the raw vegan kind. :-) Regardless, today we were back on it with two successful recipes! Eating raw all day left me feeling slightly hungry, but energetic and "skinny feeling." (You know, when you feel like you must have lost weight because you can move freely...but then you step on the scale and nothing happened. I'll take it, for now!) We had cooked food for dinner (chicken parm), but both of us felt heavy and tired afterwards. I imagine over time we'll prefer just to finish the day raw. We'll see. Regardless, here's the pics and recipes from today:


Breakfast: Apple Cinnamon Rawmeal (You know, like oatmeal...but not...) I followed this recipe, but also added ends and pieces of some strawberries, part of an over-ripe pear, some lime juice...etc. Experiment with what you have! (I called it "rawmeal" because the texture ends up kind of like eating oatmeal. It doesn't contain grain.)

Ingredients

 2 apples

·         Handful of soaked raisins

·         1 tablespoon of raw honey (I used agave nectar instead)

·         1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon

·         Dash of vanilla (I didn't use because the flavor is SO strong)

·         Dash of sea salt

Approximate serving size

·         1-2 people

Machine use

·         Food processor or Vita-Mix

Directions

·         Cut apples and place in food processor or Vita-Mix.

·         Add in all ingredients except raisins.

·         If using a food processor, pulse until apples are broken down, but still chunky.

·  If using Vita-Mix, put on low setting and use tamper to break down. Don’t put on too high because it will become soupy.

·         Transfer into bowl. Add raisins and mix.

   And now for the best RAW recipe I've made yet - Strawberry Banana Pie! It only took MAYBE 20 minutes to put together, along with some freezer time. So much faster than "real" pie, and very delicious! 

   

    Crust: 
2 cups walnuts
1 cup organic red seedless raisins
pinch of sea salt

Filling: 
4 cups strawberries, sliced (I do the slicing in the food processor. So much faster.)
2 tbs agave nectar
2 bananas, sliced

    Topping: 

     Handful of walnuts

     Agave nectar

     Sea salt

What to do: 
Place the nuts in a food processor and grind until they’re a coarse meal. Add the raisins until well processed. Add the salt. Press the mixture in a glass pie plate. Freeze crust for atleast 30 minutes.

Slice up the bananas. Take crust out of the freezer (after atleast 30 minutes) and place the sliced bananas on top of crust. Place back in freezer. Slice 4 cups of strawberries and mix with agave nectar to taste. Stir well. Remove the pie from the freezer and pour the strawberry/agave mixture on top of the bananas, spreading out to cover all bananas. Garnish with other fruits, or this nut topping: 

     Take a handful of walnuts and place them in a ziplock. Crunch them down to small bits. Open the ziplock and pour in agave nectar...maybe a tablespoon. Mix the nuts around to coat. Add a little salt. Taste the topping and add more nectar and/or salt to taste. You want it a bit saltier than sweet, like the topping on a fruit cobbler would be. 

     Freeze or refrigerate to desired consistency. Enjoy, guilt-free!