Dried banana The last few recipes have made use of our new dehydrator. The thing with a dehydrator is you have to generally dehydrate things for anywhere between 8 to 30 hours, or even longer. Our one (Excalibur) has 9 shelves. So if you are going to be running it for that length of time, …
Chocolate Brownies I am back offshore again, but Karen is still, home trying out more dehydrator recipes. Over the last few years, having realized how bad refined sugar is, I have managed to lose my taste for sweet things. However, I have now found all these delicious and healthy raw food sweet things. This is …
Karen`s Onion Bread I have mentioned this onion bread a couple of times already in previous posts. Were we served some at the Raw Food Seminar, and we have made it twice at home already. But I never actually gave you the recipe – so here it is: My attempt at onion bread Ingredients: 5 …
Lunch – salad with raw vegan lemon tart My very first attempt at a raw vegan dessert was actually a lemon tart, from the Rawlicious recipe book, available from Amazon here. It uses avocado as the bulk for the filling. The trick here is to make sure you have enough lemon flavouring in it to mask …
Raw vegan ice-creem and chocolate sauce The dessert for our second raw dinner party was raw vegan ice-creem and chocolate sauce. Served up with a small slice of classic cheezecake from the first evening. When we attended the Raw Food Seminar (see this post), we received a set of DVDs in which Peter and Beryn …
Raw red pepper and tomato soup Thrilled with our first successful raw dinner party, we held another the next evening. Red pepper and tomato soup, with the rest of the onion bread for starters. Main course was sushi and veggie wraps with 2 salads – a red salad and a green papaya salad. Dessert was …
My raw classic cheezecake As promised, here is the recipe for the raw classic cheezecake. This is the same dessert that was served up at the Raw Food seminar a while back, and I am pleased to say, I think my one turned out just as well as the pro’s one. The pro version – …
Raw butternut, carrot and ginger soup As I mentioned last week, our first go at entertaining with raw food went off really well, with even our carnivore friends being suitable impressed. The menu comprised raw butternut, carrot and ginger soup, raw vegan pizza and classic cheezecake for dessert. I have to confess the pizzas were …
Onion bread A little bit late this week with my post! Good excuse this time – We have been having a wonderful time in our new kitchen, trying out our new gadgets and even entertaining. One of our views on healthy eating has always been to avoid refined carbohydrates. The dehydrator is perfect for making …
Green juice So – the Raw Food Seminar presented by Peter Daniels of Rawlicious here in South Africa. A fascinating day – loads of information on nutrition, healthy eating and raw food concepts, along with a couple of demonstrations on juicing and smoothies, as well as lots of really tasty food to sample. Its opened …
