Recipes

Friday, November 24, 2006

Quinoa Thai Wraps

Quinoa - boil water, add quinoa, simmer, cook for 15 mins 2:1 water:grain or use sprouted quinoa


Chard or Napa cabbage leaf - tear into 2x4 inch piece, massage with olive oil and sea salt

In large bowl, combine sunflower sprouts, julienned carrots, yellow zuccini, portobello, red pepper, onion or any other vegetable that tickles your fancy. Add quinoa and toss in dressing made of
nama shoyu, lemon, olive oil, herbs (cilantro & parsley or cumin & turmeric. Coat well and transfer to leaf wraps.

Optional nut pate: blend cashews, garlic, ginger, red wine vinegar and spices of your choice.

Place all ingredients in center of leaf, roll together and wrap shut. Enjoy with miso soup.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Raw Cookies

1. Soak nuts, seeds and dried fruit seperately in water overnight.
2. Save the fruit and flaxseed soaking water but discard any nut soaking water.
3. Blend the fruit with water, adding nuts and seeds until at a thick consistency.
4. Optional add ins
- Banana, dates, agave syrup, molasses or stevia for sweetening
- Cocoa, carob, coconut, hemp, mesquite or maca
Blend well.
5. Prepare drying sheet. Scoop spoonfuls onto drying sheet.
6. Place in dehydrator at 105 degrees for 12-24 hours. Flip once.

Proven combinations
Hazelnuts, Flaxseed & Cherries
Apple, Cinnamon & Almond
Banana, Wild Jungle Peanuts, Cocoa and Maca
Coconut, Sunflower seed, Dates and Goji Berry

Have fun, experiment and share your creations.

Friday, October 06, 2006

Crockpot simplicity

Earthy fall root vegetables are fantastic for warming the body, cleansing the blood and satisfying the palate with rich hearty flavors.

Scrub, chop into rounds and layer in a crockpot
Carrots
Parsnips
Beets
Yams or Potatoes

Add to your liking
Onions
Garlic
Ginger
spices such as cloves, coriander, cumin, garam masala or cinnamon

drizzle with olive oil
cook on low for 8 hrs

if desired, add one or more of the following
ground bison or beef (organic of course)
drained and rinsed canned beans (chickpeas, navy beans, turtle beans)
perhaps some chopped elk pieces
or a salmon filet

Be creative, experiment and share with loved ones

Monday, October 02, 2006

Two for one recipe

Every morning a make a freshed pressed veggie juice and drink up some sweet nutrition.

Carrots
Kale or Chard
Slice of ginger
Celery

Sometimes I'll opt for beets, parsley or other leafy greens in the mix.

Often I mix in a green powder. Right now I'm using GreensRx by Enerex. I also like Greens+ extra energy natural orange flavor.

With the left over pulp, I blend it in the Vitamix with some flaxseed (ground up in the coffee grinder) and spices, either pizza flavor or taco seasoning and a little water to mix to a fairly thick consistency. Then I divide spoonfuls prepared like cookies on a dehydrator tray. I let them dry at about 100 degrees for 12-18 hours, until they are crisp like crackers. They are awesome with avocado or pate, alone or crushed up in a salad.

Monday, August 21, 2006

Summer salad

I love to experiment with creative salads. The summer is an especially fun time to use fresh and dried fruits. Here's a really sweet recipe bursting with sunny flavors.

Wash and tear some greens (butter or romaine lettuce, baby greens, herbs)
As the base for the salad.
Rinse well and throw together
blueberries
strawberries
mango pieces
cherries

Top with broken up walnut or cashew pieces

Taste great alone or try a yogurt based dressing. Mmmm.

Monday, May 29, 2006

If you're gonna drink coffee

Better make it good

Blend using vitamixer:
5 ice cubes
1 tbsp B vitamin supplement
1.5 tsp silica gel
1 tbsp maca or cacao
1 raw egg
squeeze of stevia
1 tbsp instant organic freeze dried coffee
or 1 cup of coffee, very freshly brewed

optional add ins:
banana
cinnamon or nutmeg
1 date or soaked fig
any other powdered supplements

Morning Matcha

This gives a great kick to start the day. Matcha has fantastic antioxidant properties and creates a sense of well being and focus and can boost your metabolism to help burn more calories throughout the day.

In a blender, vitamix recomended:

5 ice cubes
1 cup of mylk (soy, nut, oat or goat) or yogur
1 tsp matcha powder
1/4 tsp MSM powder
1 tbsp rice bran solubles
1 date, stoned
1/2 tsp guar gum or thickner/fiber supplement

optional add ins:
flaxseed
banana
maca, cacoa nibs or carob
bee pollen granules
hemp, whey or other protein supplement
choice of sweetner (agave, yacon or stevia syrup)

Monday, May 22, 2006

Easy healthy sushi roll ups

Throw together a handful of match stick chopped veggies: carrots, mushrooms and beets
alfalfa or other deli sprouts
briefly steamed chopped kale
sprinkled with sesame seeds
Other options include adding beans or nuts, raw or cooked fish or brown rice
Mix it all into a squashed 1/2 avocado and 1 tablespoon of wasabi-tamari sauce.
Place a lettuce leaf on the nori wrap and
Roll it all up.
Might be a messy meal but it tastes good and feeds your body right.