mock "Caesar" Dressing

This is a Caesar type dressing. The recipe is as follows: grind 1/4 cup of pumpkin seeds, 4 TBS olive oil, 1 tsp cumin, 1/2 tsp salt, 2 cloves of garlic, 2 TBS maple syrup or raw honey, 4 TBS raw apple cider vinegar or the juice from 1-2 lemons. As we lose our sweet tooth, only 1 TBS of sweetener is needed.
1-2 TBS of water can be added to thin if needed

Lentil "meat" balls

We have made several versions of lentil "meat" balls, including Dr Fuhrman's, however we prefer rice free, as well as gluten free, grain based flours.
We like this recipe but replaced the GF flour with arrowroot starch. We also added diced celery, add as many anti-inflammatory foods as possible. We baked the balls at 350 for 20-25 minutes, instead of pan frying them. We then freeze them individually and use as needed. The original recipe is from
http://dairyfreecooking.about.com/od/vegetarianentreessides/r/vegmeatballs.htm

Ingredients:

• 2 cups red lentils, rinsed
• 3 cups vegetable stock
• ½ cup finely chopped onions
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 T. olive oil, plus more for cooking
• 8 oz. crimini or button mushrooms, sliced (we added 1 cup of celery)
• 1 t. dried thyme
• 1 cup nutritional yeast
• 1 cup finely ground flax seeds (also known as flax meal)
• About ¼ cup gluten free flour, such as sorghum or rice flour, more if needed (instead we used arrowroot starch more like a 1/3 cup)
• Salt and pepper to taste

Raw Mediterranean Pasta

This original recipe is at the bottom.
We made it with a raw twist. It serves 2. Next time we make this we will add cherry/grape tomatoes, cucumbers, red peppers, red onion, maybe even chickpeas. I might even make the "food processed" portion to use for a salad dressing.

INGREDIENTS

2 Large Zucchini – spiralized

in a food processor add:

1 Cup Spinach 

2 Cloves Garlic

Salt and Pepper – to taste

¼ Cup Sun-Dried Tomatoes (soaked)

1 tablespoon olive oil

2 Tbs. Italian Flat Leaf Parsley

top with:

10 Kalamata Olives – halved
(add 2 tablespoon capers if you would like)

¼ Cup rawmesan cheese (1/2 cup cashew or pinenuts ground to a powder, 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic, 1/4 teaspoon salt mixed together)

http://www.peaceloveandlowcarb.com/2013/12/mediterranean-pasta-low-carb-gluten.html

Curry, chicken or vegan?

We love curry spices and make our blend using this link  http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/curry-powder-blend-recipe.html

Tonight we are making a curry dish, one vegan and one with chicken starting off with one pot.

Ingredients:
dice 1 red pepper
dice 1 sweet onion
mince 2 cloves of garlic.
We water sauteed these ingredients.

1 pint of canned tomatoes (we can our tomatoes from the garden with basil and salt)
2 teaspoons curry powder from above
1/2 teaspoon of thyme.

For the hubby we will take a portion (about a third) of this mix adding
1 teaspoon of Hot curry powder
1 cup of diced cooked chicken
and bake for 20 minutes at 350






To the vegan dish we will then add
1 cup of sliced baby portobella mushrooms
1/2 cup soaked, rinsed and drained red lentils (any type will do)
1 cup of vegetable broth

This will be brought to a boil, the heat reduced and covered until the lentils are done, about 20 minutes.

chocolate cherry parfaits

This recipe for chocolate cherry parfaits was posted on facebook this week by the Raw Guru.
We used an alternative chocolate mousse using avocado instead of cashews from this link http://www.choosingraw.com/raw-chocolate-avocado-pudding/
We added 1 tablespoon of lucuma powder and 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon to the chocolate pudding recipe. (there are several on the web, this one is sweetened only by dates).


For the Cashew whipped cream we used raw honey instead of agave (maple syrup would also be a great substitute but use 1 tablespoon instead of 1.5). This is sweet, next time we will reduce the honey by a third.


Because i am not crazy about coconut, and coconut flour is overwhelming to me, we used almond flour instead for the walnut crumble. Coconut Oil or butter doesn't seem to bother my taste buds as much.

We used frozen organic cherries.
Our son loved this as a snack!!!!

The recipe link is  http://www.rawguru.com/raw-food-recipes/raw-chocolate-cherry-parfaits.html.html

Healing Multiple Sclerosis with Diet?

We know several people with Multiple Sclerosis. It is a dis-ease that is suppose to progress.

While delivering food to shut-ins, we met another woman with MS. That was 2007. While delivering food to this woman, i also worked a Kaiors team where a resident told me she had MS and that vitamin D and a vegan diet were a huge help to her. She had found it doing research on MS. Years later this is published "New Study links this Vitamin Deficiency with MS"
http://www.drcolbert.com/blog/?p=466

Four years ago,  Deb Lentz sent us a youtube video titled "Minding Your Mitochondria" from  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjgBLwH3Wc because it was suggested that our son may have mitochondria issues. This diet has yielded progress with our son, HOWEVER, the diet is for those with MS.
Dr Terry Wahl cured her advanced MS with diet. Her story is in the Huffington Post.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/meryl-davids-landau/multiple-sclerosis-diet_b_2258056.html

Other sources recommend raw foods to aid with the healing of MS
http://blogs.naturalnews.com/heal-your-body-from-multiple-sclerosis-lose-weight-with-a-raw-food-diet/

Dr Gregor has medical journal information at http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/multiple-sclerosis/

When googling Multiple Sclerosis and diet, there are books published as well. Amy Meyers, MD, has a new link on MS http://www.dramymyers.com/2014/02/24/functional-medicine-approach-multiple-sclerosis/

Isn't it amazing what food can do?

Anyone interested in nutritional research that doesn't make the news????

We heard Michael Gregor, MD speak a few weeks ago. After listening to him speak, watching his slides containing research we decided to check out his website http://nutritionfacts.org .
We were so amazed at what isn't publicized that we subscribed to his daily newsletter. Five days a week we receive either a video or a blog document that will cause your jaw to drop. He also has an annual review video.
We highly recommend at least looking at his website.