Raw Burger!?

well..there it is. my raw "burger". I will NEVER MAKE THIS AGAIN! I even had left overs. I hate throwing things away yet I had ZERO problem with tossing this stuff. So bad. sososososo bad. I still ate it. Because it took me almost an hour to get the "cheese" to the consistency I would tolerate. So it took me like, an hour and a half to make this crap and I was starving and I didnt want to think of something else to eat. So I ate it. Ugh.

Delicious Salad!!

Im in love with this salad! Spinach, arugala, beans sprouts, onions, avacado, beats and red peppers in my raw ginger and sesame seed dressing. soooo good! That is all! :)

NORI ROLLS!!!!!!!!11

OOO MMAAAHH...GAAAHHHDD!!!!11 So. Im in love with making Nori Rolls!! Like, for realzies!! So, for those of you that dont know what a Nori Roll is, its seaweed. its whats used to wrap sushi rolls and what not. They dont always come raw..but I got me some raw ones and they are SOOO good. Hard to work with, I def need one of those bamboo sushi roll thingies but I did pretty well for me first try!

So this is how I made it!

I made an almond paste for the "sushi" part. I combined almonds ( about two handfulls that I soaked for 2 hours), onion, garlic, fresh pepper (a lot), and some raw salad dressing that I got that was sesame ginger Which is REALLY good!

Blended it all up in the food processor and got this great paste of like onion dip consistency.

I then spread it on the nori roll, cut up some avacado (my favs), peeled some carrot, shopped some red pepper and then one of the BEST parts...sliced up a marinated raw beet that i got which was spicy and sweet and went PEERFECT with everything...Also! The fishy taste of the seaweed actually made me feel like I was eating fish. The Nori roll didnt have an overpowering sea water taste. It was great!

I then did my best at rolling. I tried to cut it into little sushi pieces but the roll with the paste was just a bit smooshy so I just ate it and took bites of it. But...I was pretty full for at least, 7 hours when I really got hungry!!!  I have left over paste and everthing and will be making this again later in the week...possibly tomorrow! <3

My Raw Ice Cream Attempt:/

So. I looked up a very easy recipe for raw chocolate ice cream that did NOT have bananas...cause I'm allergic. Well, I found several and I tried one that had raw honey because, well, I bought some so I should use it!! I thought I would make an attempt to make it like a chocolate mint ice cream and I put Mint leaves in it. Bad idea :/ It prob needs like mint extract or something because the mint leaves like took over the taste and not in a mint freshness kinda way. In like a ..leafy, green, earthy kinda way. so...I kinda felt like I was eating chocolate dirt. Its not HORRIBLE after it froze and I threw some cocoa nibs in it..but tomorrow I think I'm going to put back in the blender and throw some more cocoa powder in it and maybe a date or two and sweeten it up a little. I also need to buy more nuts. I'm outta nuts! but they are expensive so I'm prob going to live off of salads and green smoothies the rest of the week cause I have a shit ton of  greens. So, I may not get to creative the rest of the week. which bums me out.

Special Thanks!

I just want to take a minute and send a special thanks to Mary Moorehead and Susan Miller for supporting me so much this week with their yummie presents and books to read to help me better understand the raw lifestyle!! You guys are awesome !! <3

Cheesecake Outcome!! :)

well....my cheesecake was a grand success!! I REALLY liked it. Like, A LOT!! The consistency of it was like real cheesecake. Very creamy and awesome. And the puree strawberries on top were like the perfect fit. Ill def be making this again!! 

 Thanks Mary, Phyllis and Anne for being brave to participate in my raw adventures!! :)

Dessert!!!!!!!!!!!

sooooo...I didn't eat raw today. Like I said I start monday. But I did have a nice veggie burger! My first actually. Wasn't bad! ANyway. The above picture is a picture of the pie crust I just made!! IT. IS. SOOOO GOOD!!! Im making a raw cheesecake tomorrow for a party. Im really hoping it turns out pretty good and people like it. Shit, I hope I Like it!! :) Pie crust is just made out of macadamian nuts and dried dates. thats it. then i squished it into the bottom of a springboard pan. Tomorrow I will make the filling. Ill be using pecans and coconut oil, among other ingredients. Im very excited actually. However...a BIG however. To simply by the ingredients for this cheesecake cost me THIRTY FIVE FRIGGIN DOLLARS! that, I am not so happy about. I realizing this week is gonna leave me pretty broke. Like...drained broke. But, whatevsies. hopefully it will be worth it when i feel better and look better! :)