Tossed Crunchy Sweet and Sour Salad
I made this delicious salad for quick dinner last night and it was just too good no to share.
Ingredients
1/3 head nappa cabbage, thinly sliced
1 bunch watercress , stemmed
1 bunch spinach leaves, stemmed and sliced
8 ounces mung bean sprouts
3 ounces snow peas, cut into strips lenghwise
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Raw & Tasty Tacos, Photo by Johan Everstijn
By Laura Weldon
Ever heard the word “locavore?” This was the New American Dictionary word of the year for 2007. A locavore is a person who chooses to eat food that has been grown and produced locally.
Why go to all that trouble?
Here’s a tasty Kale Salad Recipe,– the cheese is optional.
Ingredients
1 cup raw macadamia nuts
1 cup organic raisins
2 avocados, peeled and seeded
1 cup raw honey (you could use dates if you’re vegan)
1 vanilla bean (soak for an hour or so if it’s dried)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon grated fresh or frozen ginger
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 cup water
4 cups (960 ml) raw pumpkin, peeled
4-8 tablespoons ground psyllium husks
Pie shell of choice
Directions
Soak the macadamia
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By: Delicia Beaty and Sharon Foutch
Soaking nuts, grains, seeds, and legumes
Nature has set it up so that the nut, grain and seed may survive until proper growing conditions are present. Nature’s defense mechanism includes nutritional inhibitors and toxic substances that can be removed naturally when there is enough precipitation to sustain a new plant
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Ingredients
1 cup raw sunflower seeds
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1/4 tsp salt
1/3 celery stalk
1/8 medium onion
1/3 carrot
2 tbsp minced fresh parsley
seasonings as desired
Directions
Soak the sunflower seeds for at least 1 hour until soft. In food processor combine onion, celery, and carrot, and chop until fine. Add the soaked sunflower seed, salt, parsley, and any desired seasonings.
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Sprouting takes a nut or seed that is dormant and brings it to life. You can watch as a food that has been sitting in a bag on a shelf for months begins to grow a little sprout and transforms. One of the easiest foods to sprout is buckwheat. Buckwheat becomes packed with live enzymes
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Ingredients:
1 small head of cauliflower
1 turnip, small dice
1 carrot, small dice
1 tbs. garlic, minced
1 tbs. shallot, minced
2 dried apricots, diced
2 dates, diced
4 leaves dinosaur kale, chopped
2 tbs. pine nuts
2 tbs. olive oil
1 tbs. nama shoyu
1 tbs. tamarind, soaked at least 30 minutes in 3 tbs. water
2 tsp. cumin seed
2 tsp. corriander seed
1 tsp. fresh tumeric
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