Raw vegan Nut Log For Xmas, along with the Vegan Ham we made a cooked nut roast. I wasn’t particularly thrilled with this dish, so did not blog it. However, While browsing one of my favourite recipes books – easy living food, I found this version of a roast – a raw vegan Nut Log. I …
Raw kitchen appliances This blog started off as vegetarian and healthy, went through a low-carb phase, and now concentrates pretty much on vegan and raw, which is about as healthy as you can get, or so we think anyway. We are thoroughly enjoying making raw food, but it is quite a mindset change, and does …
Kale chips Since we started getting into this raw stuff, we have discovered kale, and kale chips. Organically grown kale, which we use frequently in our green juices, is available at the weekly Hope Street Market in Cape Town. One CAN buy kale chips, but even though they are delicious, they are hellishly expensive. However, …
Raw vegan mango tart One of our dreams is to run a small ‘underground restaurant’ from our home, maybe twice a month, serving raw vegan food. Which is why I keep practicing these raw vegan desserts. I tried this raw mango tart a while ago. It had a really lovely fresh fruity flavour. So good …
Rustic coconut tart Another heavenly and healthy raw dessert from Natalie and Noel’s ‘easy living food’. We served this at our last raw pizza dinner party – see previous posts. Their recipe called for mature coconuts. I used dessicated coconut. This tended to soak up the liquid so to up the liquid a bit, i …
Raw mini carrot cakes Here is another delicious raw dessert from my recipe book of the moment – ‘easy living food’ – by Natalie Reid and Noel Marten. Cake: 4 C carrots, finely grated 2 C almonds, or other nuts 1 C date jam 1 C dessicated coconut 1 C orange juice 1/2 C raisins …
Pizza 1 – Red pepper, sweet onion, spinach, fennel & walnuts We first tasted these raw pizzas a while ago. They were delicious and filling, and I have been wanting to make them myself for some time. Finally got around to it. I did a test run before letting them loose on our guests. I …
Carrot flax cracker biscuits I am beginning to sound like a stuck record, but this raw food concept is just amazing! (I usually hate that word!) The food is not only so tasty, but extremely satisfying without leaving you feeling full or bloated. Another of my pet hates is wasting food. The other day I …
Raw vegan pecan cookies We are just loving all these raw foods, and particularly the sweet or dessert ones. These raw pecan cookies were so easy, and of course delicious. The original recipe came from Anya Ladra’s book – ‘Raw Food detox’ Her recipe called for maple syrup, but that is ridiculously expensive, so I …
Raw vegan parmesan cheez In a couple of recent posts, raw courgette pasta and raw pastas pestos and sauces I talked about raw pastas and sauces. And of course pasta wouldn’t be pasta without parmesan cheese. At our last dinner party, we served a raw sweet potato pasta and tangy tomato sauce, with a vegan parmesan cheez. Vegan parmesan …
