RAW PIZZA SLICES

For this recipe you need to have a dehydrate :-)

RAW PIZZA SLICES:

1 eggplant peeled & cut into 1/2 -inch -thick slices

"tomatoe souce":

1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes, soaked for 20 minutes 

3 tablespoons olive oil

1 cloe garlic

1/4 cup fresh basil

3 pitted dates

"for the topping" 

For mushroom marinade:

2 cups sliced mushrooms 

3 tablespoons olive oil 

1 tablespoon tamari

1teaspoon rosmari (i used dry)

1 teaspoon sage

1 teaspoon basil

1/2 teaspoon salt 

Onion slices

paprika (I used yellow) slices

black olives

parsley

Place the eggplant slices in a dehydrator at 105F (41C). 
Meanwhile prepare mushroom marinade, put everything together in a bowel and stir all together with hands and set it aside while you are preparing sauce. 
To make the sauce, pour the sun-dried tomato soaking water into blender along with the sun-dried tomatoes. Add the olive oil and crushed garlic mix all together and then add the rest of ingredients and mix again until it´s creamy.
Spread the sauce on top of the sliced eggplant, and let dehydrate for 1 to 2 hours.
Decorate slices with topping. Return to dehydrator for 5 - 10 minutes, and serve warm! :-))
 Mmmm...

Broccoli & banana smoothie

BROCCOLI & BANANA SMOOTHIE

2  bananas
1/2 head broccoli - the florets
handful of spinach
1-2 tbsp spirulina
1-2 tbsp lucuma (optional)
1 tsp maca
1 1/2 cups water
bee pollen, topping

Blend ingredients together in a high-speed blender until well combined - smooth and creamy. Top with a sprinkle of bee pollen and serve!

Läcker rå choklad dessert

                                            Här kommer, min läckra rå choklad dessert!

                                                           Raw choklad dessert:

                                                          2 dl smält kokosolja (i vatten bad)
                                                          2 dl rå kakaopulver
                                                          en nypa havssalt
                                                          1 dl lönnsirap
                                                          1tsk Maca pulver (tillval)
                                                          1 tsk Lucuma pulver (tillval)

Vispa alla ingredienser tills det är slät och häll det i små formar av ditt val. Låt det stelna i kylskåpet ett tag. Klart!

När jag började att ta några bilder kunde min man inte vänta tills jag var klar ... så han började äta mina choklad ...

 

Jag hade ätit minst 7 av dem och nu behöver jag gömma dem från oss, så att vår dotter kan få smaka några imorgon ...

Delicious raw chocolate dessert

Here it comes, my delicious raw chocolate dessert!

 Raw Chocolate Dessert:

1/2 cup melted coconut oil
1/2 cup raw cacao powder
a pinch sea salt
1/4 cup maple syrup

1tsp maca powder (optional)

1 tsp lucuma powder (optional)

 Whisk all ingredients until smooth and pour it into forms of your choice. Let it sit in a fridge for a while. Done!

When I started to take some pictures my husband could´t wait until I was ready... so he started to eat my chocolates...

 I had at least 7 of them and now I need to hide them from two of us, so our daughter can try some tomorrow...

HELTHY ORANGE JUICE

This morning I made some juice full of good things. After 5 minutes I allready had a lots of energy!

Take some oranges, carrots and some ginger.

 Juice, pour & drink!

FILLED AVOCADO WITH RAW CHEESE

The other day I made some quick lunch. I had some raw cheese, sprouts and avocado. Then I made some good salad and the lunch was ready!

Raw cheese:

2 cups cashews
3/4 cup water
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon sea salt (or slightly less)
1/3 cup nutritional yeast
Optional: 2 to 3 more tablespoons water if needed to facilitate blending

1. Throw all ingredients in a high-speed blender and blend.
2. The best way is to blend from going slow all the way up to fast again. You can also add a bit more water (mentioned above) but I try not to add any more water than three additional tablespoons because you want to keep the texture more on the thick side.
3. Pill the avocado take the seed away and fill the hole with raw cheese. Top with your favorite sprouts. You can also made you favorite salad as I did!
Leftover raw cheese sauce will keep for up to four days in a tightly sealed container in the refrigerator.
Enjoy!!!

GREEN EVENING JUICE

It is good to end your day with a green juice. It cleans and calms down your body, it gives at the same tame energy and many other benefits. Here is one other example of a green juice.

Spinach, apple, cucumber and celery. Also wheatgrass powder and flax seed oil. I was so eager to have a sip so I almost forgot to take a picture of it....

RAW CHOCOLATE PINK DOUGHNUTS

The other day I made some pink doughnuts mostly for my daughter and we just loved them! I found recipe on - fragrant vanilla blog. Do try them!

 

Doughnuts:
3 cups almond meal
2 1/2 cups dried shredded unsweetened coconut
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp honey
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 small 2 inch chunk red beet (or enough to color the cake red, I used a red beet juice from my juicer)

Raw Chocolate Glaze:
1/2 cup melted coconut oil
1/2 cup raw cacao powder
a pinch sea salt
1/4 cup maple syrup

To make the doughnuts, combine all ingredients and process until smooth.  Shape into 16 balls, and then shape into doughnuts and place on a dehydrator sheet.  Dry for about 8 hours or until not sticky.  To make the glaze, whisk all ingredients until smooth.  Let sit a little while to thicken.  Place the doughnuts on a drying rack.  Drizzle the glaze over the doughnuts, put them on a foil lined sheet pan.  Place in the freezer to harden for a few minutes.  Remove from freezer and they are ready to eat!

Cauliflower salad with green peas

1/2 cauliflower head

1 cup of green peas 

2 tbsp hemp seeds
1/4 tsp sea salt
Dash of black pepper
2 tbsp hemp oil (your favorite high quality oil is fine: flax, avocado, olive…)
Juice of 1/2 lemon

1. Bring a small pot of water to a boil. Blanch the peas until bright green and tender. Rinse in ice water to stop cooking and preserve color; drain and set aside.
2. Place cauliflower in a food processor and process till the mixture is finely chopped, and looks like rice.
3. Turn cauliflower mixture into a bowl, and toss with the hemp seeds, salt, pepper, peas, hemp oil and lemon. Done!

To boost up the system even more I made a green juice! ( wheatgrass, apple, spinach, cucumber, celery and broccoli)

 Juice from wheatgrass is so good for you because of many things some of them are:

• Increases red blood-cell count and lowers blood pressure
• It cleanses the blood, organs and gastrointestinal tract of debris
• Stimulates metabolism and the body’s enzyme systems by enriching the blood
• Restores alkalinity to the blood 
• Is a powerful detoxifier, and liver and blood protector 
• Fights tumors and neutralizes toxins
• Neutralizes toxic substances like cadmium, nicotine, strontium, mercury, and polyvinyl chloride
• Turns gray hair to its natural color again 
• Increases energy levels when consumed daily
• Restores fertility and promotes youthfulness

Sprouting

One part of Living Food and Raw Food is sprouting. That´s one of the ingredient of my everyday food. Sprouts carry plenty of vitamins, minerals, proteins, and enzymes, all necessary for the body to function optimally.
What I found out, there is a very good information on sprouting on the web. If you are a beginner you will probably start with some facts en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprouting
Otherwise there are a lots of good webpages such as sproutpeople.org and http://www.sprouting.com/

Below you can see some pictures of how I started sprouting!

Place in water seeds or grain to soak according to type of seed. (approximately 6-8 h)
Rinse and place in a jar 45 degrees angle to sprout. Rinse 2 times a day. Place in the window to develop chlorophyll.

Remove hulls by placing sprouts in water. Use for example in your favorite salad recipe.

I do warmly recommend you to do this! It is easy, you will get so many good things from it and the best part of it all - you made it by your self!

 Welcome to my blogg Living Food

I eat living & raw foods and I just love it! Why!? Because I feel great, light and full of energy! One of the reasons why I started this blog is because I would like to share my experiance with everyone who is interested, so you could feel the same way as I do!

What is Raw Food & Living Food?

The Raw and Living foods, is a diet based on naturally grown/wild or organically and sustainably raised fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and sprouted grains. It is completely free of animal products, and chemically processed or pasteurised ingredients.

In general, food heated over 43°C destroys it’s enzymes and alters the molecular structure of the food, creating toxic elements which must be eliminated or stored to protect the body from damage. It’s this internal damage that causes the external effects we label as aging.

Live foods contain high concentrations of “active” enzymes. This enzymes are awakened when raw foods are sprouted, like nuts and seeds, which then become “living food”.

The whole beauty of raw foods is that the ingredients are very simple. Because nothing is processed everything comes in its raw, natural state. A living foods diet offers the body a continual and abundant supply of oxygen. The nourishment of your body is the LIFE which is present in your food and those intangible elements - ENZYMES.

Here are few words regarding living foods:

“It is believed that living foods get their electrical charges from the highly charged electrons sent to us by the sun. The foods condense the sunlight energy and feed it to our body’s cells. Researchers in their field believe that this condensed electrical energy has the ability to awaken relatively inert molecules in our system by either taking an electron or giving them one. That’s why the high electrical potential of living foods is an important factor in their healing power.”