RAW CUCUMBER PICLES

Here is another recepie which is soooo easy as well!
I am wondering why I have´t done this before?!

Cucumber Picles

4 cups cucumber (3mm thick slices)
1/2 white onion, sliced
1 cup raw apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup raw agave nectar (or other equal sweeter)
2 Tbsp brown rice vineger
1 Tbsp mustard seeds

Preparation:

1. Wash & dry cucumber.  Cut the slices with mandolin. Place in the medium bowl.
2. Cut half of the onion with mandolin. Add to cucumber slices & toss together.
3. Pack two jars with equal amounts of pickles.
4. In a small bowl, combine the vinegar, water, sweetener, brown rice vinegar and mustard seeds. Whisk together.
5. Pour the brine over cucumbers & onions, place the lid over the jar & give it a gentle shake.
6. Keep in the fridge, after 24h it is ready to eat, & will keep in the fridge for couple of weeks.

RAW MUSTARD

I was totally amazed when I did mustard for the first time, how easy it was. Here is the recipe which I used for this raw mustard. I am using this some other recipes as well and in making dressing to different salads.

Raw Mustard

3/4 cup mustard seeds (I mixed colors) soaked in 1 cup of water
1/2 cup lemon juice
5 medjool dates, pitted
2 Tbsp tamari

Preparation:

- Soak the mustard seeds in the water for 4-8h. Do not drain off any water - since there would not be any due to the seeds smoking it up.
- Place the soaked seeds together with lemon juice, dates and tamari in the blender and bled for approximately 10 seconds on high.
- Store in the glass jar in the fridge for up to 2 months.  

Raw Bagels

 RAW BAGELS

This is very easy recipy of raw bagels and guess what: THEY ARE MY FAVORITE!!!! 

You can add any other ingredient you like for example garlic powder, or onion powder or let your imagination flow! :-) 

To make raw bagels you need following ingredients:

0,5 cup buckwheat (soaked for 30 min)

1/8 cup of flex-seeds (soaked for at least 4h)

6 sun-dried tomatoes (soaked for at least 1h)

10 almonds

3 pinches of fennel seeds

2 pinches of salt

pinch of chili powder (optional)

black sesame seeds for garnish (optional)

Preparation:

Rinse buckwheat well and combine with soaked flex seeds in your mixer or blender if you have a strong one. Add the rest of ingrediats and mix well until everything is incorporated. You can add a bit of chili powder to enhance the flavor.  

Make smal buns approximately 8 and scoop out a small hole in the middle. 

Cover dehydrator trays with parchment paper, and put your bagels. Sprinkle the top with sesame seeds lightly pressing them in. Dehydrate at 43 degrees for 20 hours or until they are ready.

Cut in the middle and fill with avocado butter and some vegetables or whatever you like! Enjoy!!! 

RAW PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE BITES

This raw pumpkin chocolate bites were made by me experimenting in the kitchen and they turned out so delicious that as soon as I made them my family ate up everything in a few minutes!!!!!

Ingredients in tis recipe is approximately because I don't use here any measurments so try to have a feeling and taste along the way as you are making them.

 Raw pumpkin chocolate bites

- 1 cup of pumpkin seeds which are soaked for 2-4 h and deydrated util they are dry
- 1 1/2 cup (approximately) raw cacao butter
- 1/4 cup coconut sugar and 2 Tbs organic maple syrap (or you can use here whatever sweetener choice you like)
- 1/2 raw cacao powder (more or less depends on your taste)
- pinch of salt
- some vanilla bean seeds (optional)

Preparation:

Make a first step by soaking pumpkin seeds and dehydrating them for 1-2 h. (To soak the seeds is optional - but in that way you will increase beneficial enzyms and vitamins).

In the warm bath melt the cacao butter, than add cacao powder, sweetener, pinch of salt and vanilla.

Mix everything well by your hand with a spoon (I use wooden spoon). It should look like thick runny chocolate and in the and add your dehydrated pumpkin seeds, mix with your spoon again.

Take a parchment paper and put it on the plate for example or any dish you have. Take out small balls out of mixture with a help of a bigger tea spoon and put them on the paper. When ready, put your sweets in the refrigerator and wait for approximately 30 minute.
Done! Enjoy!!!

RAW DELICIOUS HEMP BURGERS

HEMP BURGERS:


Ingredients:

200g carrot pulp
100g shelled hemp seeds
100g raw almonds
1 red pepper
1 clove of garlic
2 sun-dried tomatoes soaked for 20 minutes
1 tsp dried mixed herbs
1 tsp mild paprika
Pinch of sea salt/Himalayan salt
Optional: extra shelled hemp for rolling in your burgers

Preparation:

Blend everything apart from the pulp in a food processor until well mixed. Add it to a large bowl and add carrot pulp. Mix everything together by hand.
Make burgers in size which you preffere place them on dehydrator tray and dehydrate for at 43°C for about six or eight hours.

Enjoy!

GREEN JUICE!!!

One thing that we do everyday is juicing! Very often its green juices but sometimes, red or orange.

In the beginning, we used apples/pears together with the greens because it had a sweeter taste and was easier to drinks as a beginner. But, then I realized that it is better to learn to drink it without any sweets - we feel like we wanted to drink just pure green juices. So, I found out that to get best nutrition, wen consuming green juices, especially if it has spinach in it - you should add some lemon. By adding a lemon you don't feel that "strange bitter" taste, and you get more nutritions by that combination. Of course everything depends on what greens you are using in your juice... sometimes I do´t use lemon at all. After a while you get used to delicious green taste!  :-)

Why should you drink green juice?
One glass of green juice balances your pH and gives you a direct shot of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, protein and most of all oxygen which acts as an antiseptic and metabolism regulator. It is rich in chlorophyll which is a key component of life-force energy. It is known that chlorophyll is a therapeutic tonic for a wide range of illnesses and diseases.

Below is one example of green juice which I made the other day:

Ingredients are: wheat-grass, spinach, celery, cabbage, fennel, parsley & lemon

Even my daughter drinks green juice, (not everyday but almost). Its
not her most favorite one but she drinks it up with a little persuasion!  Her favorite one is carrot, orange, ginger and turmeric.

RAW MASHED "POTATOES"

I found a very good recipe of raw mashed "potatoes" made with parsnip and cauliflower. The taste is almost the same as mashed potatoes. We loved it especially me and my husband.
We had it with raw burgers and some salad.

INGREDIENTS:

- 1/2 cups cashews, soaked 3-4h
- 1/2 cups parsnip, peeled & cut into 2-3 inch pieces
- 1 1/2 cup cauliflower, cut into peaces
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- Himalaya salt
- 1 Tbsp extra-virgin call pressed olive oil
- 1 small clove of garlic
- 2 Tbsp of nutritional yeast
- 1/2 cup filtered water
- 1 tsp gluten free Tamari
- 1 tsp truffle oil
- Freshly milled black peppar
- Some fresh dill - optional

DIRECTIONS:

Place all ingredients except truffle oil in the food processor and chop fine. Add water to make a smooth, thick mixture. Transfer mixture to high-powered blender and blend until smooth, adding a little water at a time if necessary to keep blender spinning, use blend tamper to push down. Mixture should be the consistency of smooth mashed potatoes.

Add truffle oil or salt or dill or any other herbs to taste.

Tip: All parsnip taste differently, some sweet, some more bitter, you can substitute with jicama or add more cashews to the cauliflower.