It has been six weeks and our Raw Food Meatless Monday comes to an end. It has been a fabulous learning experience for me as I had previously had no experience with preparing raw food. Whilst I realise to get more variety I need to take it further and get the right equipment like a dehydrator for example, I think I have dabbled enough in it to gain some basic understanding and appreciation. Whilst I cannot say I would be keen to go to an all raw diet, we will still continue to eat some raw food dishes beyond the conclusion of this challenge. Adapting some of the recipes to suit my fructose malabsorption has been interesting as banned ingredients like dried fruits are frequently used ingredients. Nevertheless I will continue to enjoy learning more about this more natural way of eating and hope I haven’t bored my dear readers with six weeks of it in a row!
- ½ cup plain or unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 2 cups organic baby spinach
- 1 frozen banana
- ½ cup frozen blueberries
- 1 T raw cacao powder
- 1 T mesquite powder
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- Place all ingredients into the blender and blend on high for one minute or until smooth. Drink immediately.
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoons dried herbs
- ½ teaspoon salt
- black pepper to taste
- 1 cup walnuts
- 2 large stalks celery (diced)
- 2 medium carrots (diced)
- ¾ cup chopped parsley (about ½ bunch)
- 2 medium carrots
- ¾ cup water
- ½ cup cashew
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 medium sweet potato
- In a large bowl, whisk together the olive oil, garlic, seasoning, salt and pepper. Place the walnuts in a food processor and process until finely ground. Scrape into the bowl with oil and spices. Add celery, carrots and parsley to the mixture.
- In a high speed blender, combine the water, cashews, coconut oil, cumin and salt. Blend until very smooth. Add the sweet potato and carrot and blend again until very smooth, creamy & warm
The Boy’s review of the Sweet treat smoothie & Holiday Medley with Sweet Potato Mash:
It is a shame that the Raw Food Meatless Monday challenge is ending as I have been enjoying being surprised with a new meal and smoothie to try each week and it has been a great way to start the week. I have been impressed by how good these raw dishes have been and can say without a doubt I am now a big fan! The Holiday Medley with Sweet Potato Mash was a pleasure to eat and tasted fantastic however I think I may have eaten more then I should have as it gave me a bit of indigestion for an hour or two afterwards. Despite not looking overly appetising the Sweet Treat Smoothie was surprisingly delicious and was more like a desert then a drink. Hopefully Chomp will continue experimenting with Raw food and I will get to enjoy some of her experiments again in the near future!Here is the final list of links to the blender recipes that I have created with my OmniBlend. The concept is for each Monday to not only stick with Meatless Monday and eat only vegetarian but to take it to the next level and make it a Raw Food Meatless Monday. For the whole day we will only eat raw, vegan, gluten free, dairy free and fructose friendly.
● Tropical Green Smoothie (Week One)
● Curried Raw Butternut Pumpkin Soup (Week One)
● Pineapple Beet Smoothie (Week Two)
● Thai Chilli Coconut Zucchini Noodles (Week Two)
● Pineapple Kale Coconut Smoothie (Week Three)
● Creamy Garden Chowder (Week Three)
● Savoury Green Smoothie (Week Four)
● Fruit & Cinnamon Chia Pudding (Week Four)
● Raw Red Capsicum Soup recipe (Week Five)
● Cucumber & Zucchini Noodles with Spicy Almond Sauce (Week Five)
● Sweet Treat Smoothie (Week Six)
● Holiday Medley and Sweet Potato Mash (Week Six)
Omniblend Australia provided me with an free Omniblend V machine to use to develop these recipes. Read my review for more information. Super Foods provided me with free Organic Cacao and Organic Mesquite powder which inspired me to prepare these recipes.
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Wow, I must admit I’ve never tried raw food before (well except for things like morning smoothies and stuff). How does raw sweet potato taste? I expect you’d become so healthy living off raw food for most of the time but I don’t know if I could hack it hehe.
It tasted surprisingly good, just lacked that really creamy taste it gets once cooked.
Hi,
I too have never tried such foods but I am adventurous so I am very willing to try it out for myself. Thanks for the share.
Anyways, where do you get your kitchen tools and accessories? It seems like you have an eye for excellent quality, based on the pictures you posted. Me? I get them only from http://uniquedesign.net.au/. They have the finest selections and fantastic deals ever.
Nice blog you have right here. I’ll definitely come back for more.
Cheers,
Jean
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