This one just makes me go ooh-la-la. The non-raw boyfriend demands for seconds when this appears on the dinner table. Recipe: Crust (in a food processor): 1/2 cup walnuts, soaked 1/2 cup sunflower seeds, soaked 8 dates 1 tbs maple syrup Dash of cinnamon and nutmeg Pinch of sea salt 1 tbs coconut oil Filling [...]
Adapted from Gena’s recipe from Choosing Raw, this raw spin on Thai red curry is scrumptious and oh-so-easy. Recipe: 1 cup coconut milk (made from 2 cups dried coconut flakes and 1 cup water) 1/2 red capsicum 4 leaves of fresh basil 2 dates Salt to taste I sliced some basil leaves and chopped up [...]
The thing about raw food imitating SAD/”real” food is it’s never exactly the same. In some cases, it tastes better, like raw corn. Please give raw corn a go and you’ll wonder why the heck you ate it cooked in the first place. But for this Raweo, or raw Oreo, I was disappointed at first [...]
My taste buds are veering to simpler flavours and one of my current faves is this humble zucchini pasta dish with raw marinara sauce topped with some raw cream cheese. When I first tried making marinara sauce, I loaded it with so many ingredients like onion and tons of fresh basil and marinated the pasta [...]
How lucky am I to have NYC’s first-ever raw restaurant, Quintessence, just a few blocks from where I’m staying? There were good and bad reviews on this restaurant but I had to try it for myself. Perhaps the bad reviews stuck in my mind so I didn’t expect too much. I had the best raw [...]
I used to love hot, buttered popcorn at the movies, but ever since going raw, my feelings towards old junk food faves have changed somewhat. They never taste as good as what I imagine in my mind. So, I decided not to eat anything that is less than wow, and made a bento full of [...]
I’m so used to preparing my own raw food that when someone else does it for me (even when I have to pay them), I feel like a lazy dog lying in warm sunshine on a patio. On my first day in Manhattan, the non-raw boyfriend and I had brunch at Whole Foods at Union [...]
Man, do I miss blending. I’m subletting an apartment in NYC and was happy to hear the owner has a blender. But I only used it twice so far. It’s been more difficult than expected on the green smoothie front. I bought bunches of organic kale and spinach but they sit mostly unused in the [...]
