RAW Bars

I didn’t not follow this recipe exactly because I did not have the exact ingredients and I’m a saver of money…I use what I have first and have learned to cook better over the years because of it.  I instead used more raisins, some soaked, some not.  I added pumpkin seeds and whole flax seeds.  I didn’t have unsweetened coconut so I used sweet instead.  I didn’t have tahini so I used coconut mana.  I also added spirulina for added nutrition hence the green color of my raw bars.

Ingredients

1 cup almonds (soak for an hour then discard soak water)

1 cup dates (soak for an hour then discard soak water)

1/2 cup raisins (dry)

1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut

1/2 cup sunflower seeds

1/2 cup buckwheat groats

2 tablespoons sesame seeds

1/3 cup raw wheat germ (contains gluten) or 1/3 cup ground flax seeds (flax seed meal)

2 tablespoons tahini

2 tablespoons honey

2 tablespoons coconut oil

1 tablespoon vanilla

1 tablespoon cinnamon

1.  After soaking and draining almonds and dates, process semi-wet almonds and dates in your food processor. This won't be very fun. Be sure to scrape the sides. You don't need them to be totally processed, just process well enough--similar to how you'd process to make a raw pie crust. You should smallish chunks of dates and raisins.

2.  Transfer almond/date mixture into a big mixing bowl.

3.  Add everything else to the big mixing bowl and just mix with a spoon or even your hands.

4.  Spread granola bars into two glass dishes.

5.  These raw granola bars can be eaten as is--undehydrated or you can cut and dehydrate these raw granola bars to make a more traditional crunchy granola bar.

RAW Taco Salad

RAW Taco Salad

In a large bowl mix:

• 2 ears of corn decobbed
• 1 large avocado, diced
• 2 large tomatoes (heirloom work great)
• 1 cilantro, chopped
• 1 bunch green onion, sliced thinly
• 2 stalks of celery, chopped finely
• 1 jalapeno, chopped finely
• 1 red pepper, chopped finely
• Juice of one orange or lime

Toss ingredients together and mix with your greens of choice.  I chose Spinach and it was DELICIOUS!  The Cilantro Lime dressing was amazing too!!!  Recipe below!

Cilantro Lime Dressing

• 1 cup cilantro
• 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil or 1/2 avocado
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1/2 jalapeno or hot red pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon lime zest
• Fresh crush pepper, white or black, to taste

Blend in a blender until smooth.

RAW Spanish Rice

Spanish Rice

• 1 head shredded cauliflower
• 1 red pepper, chopped
• 1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped finely
• 5 green onions, sliced thinly
• 2 Roma tomatoes, chopped
• 1 recipe of Spanish Avo Mix   

Spanish rice avo Mix*

• In a bowl mash 1 avocado
• Add: 1 lime, juiced
• 1 tablespoon basil
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1⁄2 tea garlic bread seasoning or garlic powder
• 1⁄2 tablespoon Agave Nectar or something sweet
• 1 to 1⁄2 red hot pepper, chopped finely
• 1 teaspoon sea salt (optional)
• 1 garlic crushed
• 1⁄2 tea onion powder
• 1⁄4 tea cumin

Lastly toss the cauliflower Spanish Rice with the Avo Mix.