Raw kitchen appliances This blog started off as vegetarian and healthy, went through a low-carb phase, and now concentrates pretty much on vegan and raw, which is about as healthy as you can get, or so we think anyway. We are thoroughly enjoying making raw food, but it is quite a mindset change, and does …
Kale chips Since we started getting into this raw stuff, we have discovered kale, and kale chips. Organically grown kale, which we use frequently in our green juices, is available at the weekly Hope Street Market in Cape Town. One CAN buy kale chips, but even though they are delicious, they are hellishly expensive. However, …
Vegan ‘fry up’ People often ask why vegans or vegetarians try to make carnivore look alike meals. I am not really sure why we do this, but at the moment we have Karen’s parents staying with us, and they are not even vegetarian, let alone vegan. I think we do this to make them feel …
Raw vegan mango tart One of our dreams is to run a small ‘underground restaurant’ from our home, maybe twice a month, serving raw vegan food. Which is why I keep practicing these raw vegan desserts. I tried this raw mango tart a while ago. It had a really lovely fresh fruity flavour. So good …
Vegan ham We have been wanting to do more with seitan, but simply have not got around to it. Karen’s parents, who are hard core carnivores, are here for Xmas, so we needed to produce something ‘meatlike’ for Xmas lunch yesterday. Karen did a brilliant job and came up with this vegan ham, or gammon. …
Selection raw nut cheeze rolls One of the hardest things about going vegan is getting over the desire for cheese. Since we discovered raw nut cheezes, it has been much easier. These soft nut cheeze rolls are great for snacking, especially with raw onion bread or raw flax cracker biscuits. The basic cheeze recipe – 2 C macadamia …
Rustic coconut tart Another heavenly and healthy raw dessert from Natalie and Noel’s ‘easy living food’. We served this at our last raw pizza dinner party – see previous posts. Their recipe called for mature coconuts. I used dessicated coconut. This tended to soak up the liquid so to up the liquid a bit, i …
Raw mini carrot cakes Here is another delicious raw dessert from my recipe book of the moment – ‘easy living food’ – by Natalie Reid and Noel Marten. Cake: 4 C carrots, finely grated 2 C almonds, or other nuts 1 C date jam 1 C dessicated coconut 1 C orange juice 1/2 C raisins …
Pizza 1 – Red pepper, sweet onion, spinach, fennel & walnuts We first tasted these raw pizzas a while ago. They were delicious and filling, and I have been wanting to make them myself for some time. Finally got around to it. I did a test run before letting them loose on our guests. I …
Carrot flax cracker biscuits I am beginning to sound like a stuck record, but this raw food concept is just amazing! (I usually hate that word!) The food is not only so tasty, but extremely satisfying without leaving you feeling full or bloated. Another of my pet hates is wasting food. The other day I …
