Teaching kids how to eat healthy

Today I found this great video on teaching kids how to eat healthy. I like the idea of the muffin tin, that you fill up with all kind of healthy dips, pieces of fruit and vegetables.

Collard wraps, a raw food lunch recipe with little Isadora

Little Isadora, 4 years old, shows you how to make collard wraps.
It’s child’s play. Making raw food is easy.
Here you see how to make a delicious raw food lunch.

How to make raw pasta with Victoria Boutenko

Making raw pasta is very easy. You can do it in a few minutes. I usually add fresh basil, garlic and onion to the tomato sauce. Raw courgette is great for the pasta itself. Enjoy!

Flax crackers, basic raw food recipe with Karen Knowler

Karen Knowler shows how to make flax crackers, a basic raw food recipe.
You need a food processor and dehydrater or normal oven for this recipe.

Ingredients:
1 cup of flax seed
1 cup fresh tomatoes
1/2 red bell pepper
1/4 cup of sundried tomatoes, best pre-soaked
small clove of garlic
juice of half a juicy lemon

Process all the ingredients and dehydrate them.
Enjoy your delicious crispy flax crackers.

For another video on basic flax crackers and using a normal oven watch:
http://rawfoodsuccess.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-to-make-basic-flax-seed-crackers.html

Raw food video: How to make raw vegan sushi and nori rolls

In this video, you can see the basics of making raw vegan sushi. Make sure to have the black nori sheets, they are raw. Some Asian stores sell green nori sheets, which are roasted. Instead of wasabi, you can take fresh horseradish, which is very similar to the main ingredient of wasabi and often used as a substitute. It has a strong flavor, so be careful. And buy raw natural nama shoyu, not the commercial kind.

Personally I add more things to the nut pâté, like fresh herbs, lemon and tomato. You can also use sprouts and edible weeds inside your sushi or nori roll. To close the noriroll, wet the seam with a little water. Press gently to make your roll firm enough to cut it into small slices. It´s a great idea to put it in the freezer for five minutes before slicing.

Enjoy your sushi!

Raw Live Lasagna Recipe made at Blossoming Lotus, Kauai, Hawaii

Look at this fantastic raw food recipe for live lasagna, it looks so beautiful and delicious. This inspiring video is made at Blossoming Lotus, Kauai, Hawaii.
Before we get "cooking" this live lasagna, we head out to visit the local organic and bio-dynamic farms that supply Blossoming Lotus.

I would love to visit Hawaii someday. After seeing this video, even more so :-)

Fast and easy raw food recipe for a cashew cheese sandwich

This is a very fast and easy raw food recipe. Within a few minutes you prepare a whole meal.
Take cabbage or romaine lettuce leaves, make a nut pâté, add some sprouts and if you like other vegetables and create a fantastic and nourishing raw food dish.

Ingredients nut pâté:
1 cup cashews
½ sunflower seeds
2 limes
1 cup red bell peppers and yellow bell peppers
½ handful parsley
1/4 red onion
2 cloves of garlic
little rosemary
pinch of sea salt

For the sandwich:
cabbage or romaine lettuce leaves
nut pâté
sprouts
optional: cucumber, black olives, more onions, mushrooms, more bell pepper

Mix the ingredients for the nut pâté in your food processor or blender.
Make a pretty fine puree with a little bit of chunks, not like a smoothie.
You can also add olive oil, more salt, cayenne, chili powder or curry, whatever you like.

Take the cabbage leaves, add the nut pâté and sprouts and other vegetables and make a sandwich out of it.
You can put in on a bed of rucola or spinach with a little salad dressing on top and your meal is ready!

Homemade guacamole, a fast and easy raw food recipe

This raw food recipe for guacamole is fast and easy and you don't need any special equipment.
It is ready in minutes and everybody loves it.

Ingredients:
3 avocado's
1 lime
1/2 medium onion
1 medium tomato
3/4 cerano chili (or less if you prefer)
salt and pepper to taste

You can eat the guacamole with dehydrated crackers or use it as a dip for raw broccoli rosettes, carrots, radishes, celery or cucumber.
It is also great as a filling for wraps, sushi or nori rolls.

Broccoli with tahini dip sauce, a great raw food snack

This snack is great, if you sit down in the afternoon or evening and want to eat something healthy, that is easy to make. You can also serve it on parties.

Serves two

Ingredients:
½ - 1 small head of broccoli

For the dip sauce:
4 tablespoons raw tahini
1/3 cup water
1 teaspoon lemon
½ teaspoon salt

Cut the broccoli into florets.
Mix all the ingredients for the dip sauce with a spoon.

Sit down, relax and enjoy your broccoli and tahini snack.
You can also add radishes, carrot-, cucumber- and bell pepper sticks.

If you add some dehydrated crackers or sprouted Essene bread, you have a whole meal.

BD Freeman makes collard green sandwich wraps, called raw burritos

This is a great episode of Jenna's Healthy Kitchen.
BD Freeman learns how to make his first collard green sandwich wraps or so called raw burritos.
These wraps are very nourishing and a good dish to serve your family and friends (also if they are not used to eating raw).
You can easily take them with you to work, when you are travelling or go out for a picnic.

Once you have made them, you don't want to live without anymore.
Watch this video and enjoy your healthy sandwiches!

Raw gourmet dinner with kamut couscous, broccoli and tomato sauce

This dinner was so great, sorry guys I finished it all …. just an empty plate left.

This is a great dish, consisting of kamut couscous, broccoli and a raw tomato sauce.

Serves 1

Ingredients tomato sauce:
1 soaked dried tomato and a little soaking water
1 fresh tomato
5 raw olives
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
½ spring onion
fresh basil
pinch of cayenne

Mix all the ingredients except for the spring onion and the basil with a handhold blender.
Mince the basil and spring onion and add the later.

Kamut couscous:
½ cup kamut couscous
1 cup water

Pour boiling water on the kamut couscous and let it sit for a few minutes.
This couscous is still considered raw.

Put a nice green leaf on your plate. I used Romaine lettuce.
Make 1 inch pieces of raw broccoli and put them on the lettuce leaf.
Pour your tomato sauce over the broccoli.
Add the kamut couscous and garnish with tomato, basil, olives and spring onion.

Enjoy your dinner!

Healthy Raw Recipe for a Salad with Pineapple, Tomato and Walnut

Do you want to make a special raw food dish?
Try this delicious salad with pineapple, tomato and walnut.
Together with dehydrated crackers, you have a complete meal.

Ingredients:
1 pineapple, cut into cubes
4 big tomatoes, cut into cubes
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
12 black olives, in small pieces
1 stalk celery, chopped
2 tablespoons chives, minced

Dressing:
1/2 cup olive oil, extra virgin
1 tablespoon mustard
2 tablespoons lemon
1 tablespoon agave nectar
salt and pepper to taste

Mix all the salad ingredients in a big bowl.
Prepare the dressing and add it. Mix the salad.

Bon appétit!

How to Make Basic Flax Seed Crackers

In this video raw chef Dan shows us how to make basic flax crackers. You can grind the flax to get flax meal or use the whole flax seeds. Dan uses a dehydrator for the flax crackers. I make flax crackers in a normal oven at about 150 degrees Fahrenheit (65 degrees Celcius), with a wooden spoon between the door of the oven and the oven for circulation. I have a simple kitchen thermometer in the oven to monitor the temperature. This works great.

These flax crackers are a great substitute for bread in the raw food diet. You can eat hem with for instance salads, raw soups, raw nutpaté, raw nutbutters, avocado, tahini or honey. These flax crackers are very nourishing.

Enjoy!

Raw Lunch Recipe for Nori Roll or Sushi

In this video Karen Knowler shows you how to make a raw nori roll or sushi. I have my nori roll or sushi recipe elsewhere on the blog. It's very similar.
I would start off with the lettuce leaf on top of the nori sheet and add less ingredients, so that the nori roll or sushi doesn't become too thick. Then it's easier to eat it.
You can also use nut pâté inside the nori roll or sushi. This tastes great as well, but takes a little more preparation time.
We eat about two of these nori rolls a person. They are great for lunch or dinner.

Enjoy Your Raw Food Diet!

Recipe for Raw Vegan Herb Butter

Do you miss herb butter in your raw food diet? Don’t worry, you can have it!
Here is the recipe for a great raw vegan herb butter.

Ingredients:
½ cup coconut butter (instead of real butter)
3 tablespoons dried Italian herbs (basil, oregano, thyme, marjoram and chives)
1 or 2 cloves of garlic
1/2 - 1 teaspoon sea salt or Himalayan pink salt

Press the garlic in a garlic press.
Mix all ingredients with a small fork or spoon.

Enjoy with dehydrated crackers or on sprouted bread.

Raw Food Diet Breakfast Recipe for Muesli

Karen Knowler makes her own muesli, a fantastic raw food diet breakfast recipe.

Dry ingredients (all raw of course):
hazelnuts
almonds
brazil nuts
dried apricots
medjool dates
raisins

Give this a good mix up with your hands.

Fresh ingredients:
1 ripe banana
blueberries
raspberries
1/2 apple

Give it one final mix.
Of course you can use any kind of fruit you like, like mango, kiwi, orange, pear or passion fruit.

Finally add the nut milk (for the recipe, see nutmilks and pâté’s). Add as much as you want.
Top it off with some grated coconut, raspberries and blueberries.
This makes the most amazing breakfast, you may ever have.

Raw Olives Marinated with Fresh Herbs

Use fresh raw olives for this recipe. If they are very salty, soak them first for a few hours and throw away the soaking water. Put them in a bowl.

Pour over some olive oil to cover and stir in your favorite fresh herbs or a few shakes of dried Italian herbs. Add 1 or 2 cloves of fresh garlic and some lemon peel.

Marinate in the fridge for 1 or 2 days. Bring to room temperature before serving.

Personally I would not eat them with cheese and crackers, but in my salad or as a side dish.

Take a special look at the part about growing your own garlic grass. I'll give it a try!

Recipe for Raw Olive Tapenade

This raw homemade olive tapenade is great with dehydrated crackers, sprouted bread, salads or inside sushi or wraps.

Ingredients:
30 raw olives
1/3 cup pine nuts
1 handful of basil
2 sundried tomatoes, soaked
1 tomato
1 clove of garlic
a little bit of soaking water from the tomatoes
a pinch of cayenne

If the olives are too salty, you can soak them first and throw away the soaking water.
Blend all ingredients with a (handhold) blender or food processor.
Don't blend until smooth. The tapenade should still contain little pieces.

Enjoy this healthy dish!

Recipe for Raw Almond "Peanut" Sauce

This raw almond "peanut" sauce it a variation of the traditional peanut sauce everybody knows.

Ingredients:
1 cup raw almond butter
2 tablespoons of fresh grated ginger
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup agave nectar
1 teaspoon sea salt or 3 tablespoons nama shoyu
3 tablespoons lemon juice
2 gloves garlic
1/4 teaspoon cayenne

This sauce tastes like commercial peanut sauce, but it's much healthier because it's raw. It doesn't contain transfats, which are bad for us. But it does contain essential fatty acids, which most western people have a lack of and which are very good for us.
You can eat this sauce with zucchini spaghetti, as a dip with your vegetables, inside wraps or as a salad dressing.
You can vary the consistency by adding more or less water.

Avocado Mayonnaise

Ingrediënts:
1 avocado
1 tomato
juice of ½ lemon
handful of fresh parsley
sea salt or Himalayan pink salt

Mix all ingredriënts with a food processor or (handhold) blender.
The consistency should be like mayonnaise.
Tastes great with dehydrated crackers, in sushi or wraps or as a salad dressing.