Having now taste-tested/gorged myself on the many new brands of raw chocolate popping onto the shelves at my local health food stores, and in the spirit of the current financial crisis, I decided to find the easiest, tastiest recipe to make my own. There are loads of recipes for raw chocolate on the internet, and loads [...]
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Best and easiest raw chocolate recipe ever
Posted in Raw recipes, tagged benefits of cacao, best raw chocolate recipe, best raw recipes, buzzle, cacao butter, cacao recipes, chocchick, easiest raw chocolate recipe, Kate Magic, raw cacao, raw recipe, sunny raw kitchen on August 10, 2009 | 5 Comments »
ok tasting, hideous looking, seriously good-for-you green smoothies
Posted in Raw recipes, tagged B1, B12, calcium, enzymes, extra enzymes in raw food, folate, fresh fruit, green leaves, green smoothies, green smoothy, green smoothy recipes, Jay Rayner, probiotics, raw cacao, raw food recipes, Raw recipes, spirulina, sprouts, water cress, zinc on July 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been back from Thailand for a month and I am proud to say that I’ve been drinking green smoothies for breakfast every day. Thank you Jennifer! As exciting as this news must be to you, I have to confess that I haven’t quite figured out how to make them taste really, really delicious. I have tried [...]
Best ever raw mango salsa for summer
Posted in Raw recipes, tagged best ever raw mango salsa, best summer salsa recipe, coriander, mangoes, raw food, raw food recipe, raw mango salsa, red onion, red pepper on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s the recipe for the raw mango salsa I made for friends in Ghent last weekend. We served it to the meat loving Belgians with fresh fish we barbecued in the garden. It was our first and best Summer day so far… The ingredients: 4 ripe mangoes 1 large bunch of coriander (cilentro) Juice of 1 lime fistful of mint [...]
Raw Travel Snacks: Raw Fruit Balls
Posted in Raw recipes, Raw travel diary, tagged coconut, dried apricot balls, medjool dates, raw baby food, raw cacao, raw food recipe, raw food snacks, raw fruit balls, raw oats, travelling raw on May 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Travelling raw can be tough and knowing the limitations of Eurostar, I made a few snacks to fill the five of us on our way to Belgium. Thankfully these raw fruit balls satisfied all of us on the 2 hr journey, including my potentially toughest critic, 1yr old, 2-toothed Hunter. Phew. The ingredients 1 big grated [...]
Super Raw Disease Busting Pineapple Juices
Posted in Raw recipe books, Raw recipes, tagged apples, bromelain, carrots, celery, cucumber, grapes, michael van straten, pears, pectin, potassium, raw food recipe, raw juices, sage, super juice, tannins, thujone, vitamin b on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of my raw food recipe bibles is the book Super Juice by Michael Van Straten. And since discovering the overwhelming health benefits of pineapples, which is also one of my all time favourite fruits, I had a look at their juicing ideas. Here are the two juices I loved the most: PEAK PERFORMER 12 grapes (black [...]
Raw Pineapple Salsa Recipe
Posted in Raw recipes, tagged coriander, cure for cancer, lemon, lime, mint, pineapple, raw food recipe, raw pineapple salsa, red onion, red pepper on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Try this quick recipe for a delicious and summery salsa that also happens to be a cure for cancer and indigestion! THE INGREDIENTS 1 x raw soft and ripe pineapple chopped into small squares 1/2 cup red onion – finely chopped 1 x finely chopped red pepper (capsicum) 1/2 cup of chopped mint leaves 1/2 cup of [...]
Go wild raw green salad
Posted in Raw recipes, tagged dandelion, hawthron, raw recipe, spinach, Stave hill eco park, wild garlic, wild green salad, wild greens, wild leek on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Having ethically pilfered numerous samples of wild greens on the wild green walk in Eco Park on Saturday, I made this delicious wild raw green salad. The ingredients 3 x wild garlic leaves 1 x large dandelion leaf A fistful of chopped wild leek leaves A fistful of wild hawthorn A fistful of spinach [...]
Raw Winter Rainbow Salad
Posted in Raw recipes, tagged apple cider vinegar, beetroot, carrot, celeriac, courgette, local, organic, parsley, rainbow salad, raw food recipe, raw salad, root vegetables, seasonal, winter salad on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Eating organic, local and seasonal fruit and veggies is not a trifecta win set aside for the fortunate few on the countryside acres, those with super-sized roof tops or allotment lottery winners. While supermarkets stock their daikon from Thailand and avocados from Cuba, right now, at my local markets in Portobello, with Winter dragging on, [...]
Raw Porridge is the Ultimate Comfort Food
Posted in Raw recipes, tagged apple, bircher muesli, comfort food, gluten-free, linseeds, oats, porridge, raisins, raw diet, raw food recipe, Raw porridge on March 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I used to love porridge the way my Mum makes it; boiled for a long time in warm, sugary, full cream milk and honey, with a blob of salty melting butter and dash of cinnamon on the top. As incredible as it is – it is a total no go in terms of maintaining a [...]
Raw Valentine Smoothy
Posted in Raw recipes, tagged anti ageing, anti stress, antioxidants, aphrodisiac, banana, cacao, coconut water, electrolytes, lower blood pressure, magnesium, potassium, raspberries, strawberries, valentine's day, vitamin b, vitamin c on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Make every day Valentine’s day (at least for your own body) with this raw smoothie packed with delicious and natural aphrodisiacs. 1 cup of Coconut water 1 Banana 1 cup Strawberries 1 cup of Raspberries ½ cup of grated 100% raw cacao Blend, pour into a glass, sip and see what happens… Why are [...]

