More Raw

From the dehydrator - chilli corn tortillas (or, what's left of it!!)

Apples and banana slices with fruity dip

Fruity dip

1 avocado

3 dates, pitted and soaked

1 kiwi

5-7 strawberries

a small amount of date soak water

In the food processor blend avocado and dates (with a little date water). Add kiwi and strawberries and process until smooth.

Recipe is from here!

I loved this dip best with apple slices but the kids preferred it with the banana.

Another awesome recipe from goneraw.com (my favourite recipe site at the moment!)

This is cauliflower rice from this recipe. Rather than chop it and then mix by hand, I processed the cauliflower in the food processor until it looked liked rice then placed it in a bowl. I added the rest of the ingredients (red capsicum, tomato, fresh peas, fresh corn, mushrooms, grated carrot, splash braggs, dash nutritional yeast) to the food processor and whizzed it up. Then I mixed up both lots and let it sit for a bit to let the flavours meld.

one last photo of the chilli corn tortillas being used as a scoop for my cauliflower rice. 

Deeee-lish!

Tahn

Vegan Christmas Dinner

Last night we went to our first Vegan Christmas Dinner held by my good friends A & C in Frankston. I met a few other wonderful people there, who all had brought a vegan dish to share. One lovely couple are omnis, but absolutely love vegan/vegetarian food. Great food, amazing company!

I took the dishes I said I was going to - sushi, broccoli quiche, crunchy sesame slaw, apple tart with walnut crust and cashew creme. All of my food was well received, and thankfully too, as I had spent a few hours in the kitchen preparing it!

It was all scrumptious, but I so have to say there was a LOT of salad! (To my new wonderful friends - please don't be offended. I just feel there is more to vegan food than salads.)

I had some great conversations about all sorts of topics. I even found some people who LOVE board games as much as I do!!! Now I am looking forward to the move to Hastings, for the chance to have board game nights! The game lovers all live in the SE suburbs.

During my cooking session yesterday I had time to make an awesome smoothie. I had some avocados left that desperately needed to be eaten (or into the bin they would have had to go!). I made Indonesian Avocado Smoothie from, do I need to say it, 1000 Vegan Recipes.

All I can say to this is WOW. Wow, wow, wow!!! I substituted the recommended coffee with cacao powder (because I HATE coffee) and it made a fantabulous, chocolately thickshake better than any thickshake I have ever tasted! Email me if you want the recipe! It was that good!

Do you remember the picture of my little vege garden that I had started? Well look at it now:

Look at all that greenery! One of the bok choy's turned to seed straight away (anyone know why? I'm new to this). There is zucchini, lettuce, leek, silverbeet and carrots. We've even been eating some of it! So rewarding! It reminds me of my grandparents in NZ. My grandad grew broccoli as big as your head. Maybe he is my spirit guide, and that's why my veges have grown so well. I hope so, it's a nice thought isn't it?

My plans for today - clean up my messy room! It'll take me all day, too!

Time to get scrubbing,

Tahn