soft raw pretzels

What if we could make pretzels RAW and from whole foods???? We searched for recipes and found two basic recipes at numerous sites, one soft and one hard.

We are combining recipes. Thanks Courtney for your assistance and being our right-hand gal!!! The hubby LOVED these!!!!

Ingredients:
2 cup "crispie" sunflower seeds, ground to a flour
1 cup flax meal
almond pulp from 1 cup soaked almonds from almond milk
4 TBS liquid sweetener, we used nectar
1/4 tsp sea salt

Directions: 1. Grind the the sunflower seeds into a flour using coffee grinder.
2. Add all the ingredients to a food processor and process until it forms a dough ball. 
3. Using a 1/4 cup of dough
4. Roll each into a long strand,  ~ 1/2 inch in diameter.  
5. On parchment paper take the strand and make a U shape, bring the left strand down to connect to the bottom of the U and then cross over the right side. 
6. Gently press the center to the bottom and continue making the pretzel shapes with the remaining dough, making 10 large pretzels.

Coarse Sea Salt
7. Press each pretzel into the coarse sea salt
8. dehydrate at 105 for 12-24 hours, depending on the crispness desired

Recipes using sunflower seed

http://rawfoodrecipes.com/recipes/homemade-soft-pretzels/

http://www.love-fed.com/2014/01/27/game-day-soft-pretzels-raw-vegan/

Recipes using almond pulp
http://nouveauraw.com/raw-recipies/savory-treats/raw-pretzels-2/

http://www.tonyakay.com/journal/raw-vegan-gluten-free-pretzel-recipe-by-tonya-kay/

cucumber hummus

We are always looking for alkalizing recipes and from this one from http://www.veganfamilyrecipes.com/2015/01/cucumber-hummus.html
Thanks Courtney for assisting us making this today!!!

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups Chickpeas or Garbanzo Beans (rinsed and drained from can or soaked and cooked dried chickpeas)
• 2 springs fresh Dill (washed, stems removed)
• ½ Cucumber (washed, skin on, roughly chopped)
• ½ teaspoon Salt
• 2 tablespoons Lemon Juice
• 1 tablespoon Olive Oil (or more , optional)
• 2 tablespoons Tahini (Sesame Paste)
• 1 small Garlic Clove

DIRECTIONS

1. Put all ingredients in a food processor or blender and pulse/blend until smooth, scraping down the sides if needed.
2. Scoop hummus into a bowl and drizzle with olive oil.
3. Serve with crackers, veggies or spread on bread

Does the color of food give one clues to life forces?

We were listening to David Wolfe discuss the food clues of color. We were fascinated. And then it appears in other places. The links are below.

These are my notes from David's podcast.

White = lungs
Yellow =  purification, tissue building and tissue repair, happy
http://www.longevitywarehouse.com/ourblog/hello-yellow-superfood-recipe/

Orange = increase energy, anti-inflammatory, happiness in action

Red = heart, blood, circulation, stimulating mind and body, energy of fire

Green = detoxify, neutralizer, liver cleanser

Black  = longevity, life and rebirth, bone marrow, kidney, adrenal
Brown = intestines, parasite
Purple   = healing of skin ailments, protector of nervous system of central and gut
Blue = imagination creativity, stem cell, bone marrow, thyroid, speaking

David just released a video describing the rainbow salad http://www.longevitywarehouse.com/ourblog/david-wolfes-rainbow-salad/

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/david-wolfes-official-podcast/id584553690?mt=2

http://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2014/10/22/the-shocking-truth-about-the-influence-of-colors/?sr_source=lift_outbrain

http://thelogocompany.net/blog/infographics/psychology-color-logo-design/


Cosmic giggle in St John's Wort
http://www.longevitywarehouse.com/ourblog/can-food-increase-your-happiness/

This is an article about what your clothing color says about you.
 http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-17697/what-your-clothing-color-choice-says-about-you.html

This is from Deanna Minich's color link

Here’s a quick snapshot of the associations with color:

RED represents the adrenal glands and instinct; 
ORANGE represents the reproductive glands and creativity; 
YELLOW represents the digestive system and transformation; 
GREEN represents the heart and love; 
BLUE-GREEN represents the thyroid gland and truth; 
INDIGO represents the pituitary gland and wisdom; 
LAVENDER represents the pineal gland and connection.

Sweet Potato Soup

Our local news TV station posted this soup recipe, we had all the ingredients in the kitchen, so we HAD to make it. We made it vegan by omitting the Italian sausage. Thanks Courtney for your assistance making this today!!!

Ingredients:
2 onions
2 carrots
2 celery stalks
2 cloves garlic
1 1/2 tsp curry powder
2-3 sweet potatoes
6 cups vegetable broth

After everything is cooked and soft, use an emulsion blend-stick to blend.

For the hubby, we halved the recipe and added 2 links of Italian sausage.

Top with raw croutons and rawmesan cheese (garlic and pine nuts minced) or Parmesan cheese for those eating dairy and croutons for the gluten lovers.

Raw Caramelized Onions

Cherie Soria published a free ebook Cherie's Favorite Holiday recipes. We have made several recipes from her books and ebooks, loving them all. Today we made her caramelized onions (p 8). They are so good, even the hubby likes them.

Avocado Hummus

Our friend Linda posted this on facebook. Thanks Linda!!!
This recipe is from http://www.cookingclassy.com/2014/05/avocado-hummus/

Ingredients

1 avocado

1 can chickpea

1 TBS cilantro

1 clove garlic

juice of 1 lime

1 1/2 TBS tahini

3 TBS olive oil

1/8 tsp cumin (we added 1/2 tsp cumin because we love it!)

red pepper flakes

salt 

pepper

Directions: place all the ingredients, but the avocado, in the food processor until smooth. Then process the avocado. Top with olive oil.

FullyRaw Apple Pie

We halved her original recipe because we only need to eat so much apple pie and so many dates in a day. This is in a 10-inch spring form pan. This is amazing!!! We weren't sure how it would be using figs instead of almonds.

FULLYRAW APPLE PIE!

Ingredients:5 apples of your choice (we used Honeycrisp)1-2  pounds of pitted dates1 cups Raw dried figs (fresh figs work as well)CinnamonNutmeg
In a food processor, combine the dried figs and approx. 1 lbs of dates until it reaches a cookie dough consistency. Press this crust into the bottom of your pie pan dish.
Blend 2 apples with approx 1/2 lb of dates, cinnamon, nutmeg, and a small bit of water until it reaches a thick, smooth, pie filling consistency.
Thinly slice your apples with a knife or with a mandolin and start layering your apple slices with your pie filling as shown in the video. I alternate between an apple layer with an apple pie filling spread layer. Layer up to the top, remove the hold, and slice yourself a little piece of heaven! Enjoy immensely and share with family and friends!

Directions for the crust:

For the apple pie filling:

For the layers:

http://tv.greenmedinfo.com/raw-apple-pie-5-ingredients/