Raw Bento

Once in a while, I go “high raw” instead of 100% raw for lunch. I really do best in terms of alertness and focus when I eat raw from morning till evening, but I do get a teensy bit tired of it. So I add a healthy cooked component to give myself variety in terms of texture. I used to think all I needed was a variety in flavour (or temperature) but texture is very important to me too.

Today’s high raw lunch is soba, or buckwheat noodles, with a salad and a raw Asian dressing. I skipped my usual avocado because the sauce is pretty fatty.

Recipe:

For the salad:
Small fistful of soba (boiled; drained; rinsed with cold water)
1 cucumber, julienned
1/4 carrot, julienned
2 cups baby leaves
I tomato, sliced
Handful of spring onions, chopped

For the sauce:
1 tbs almond butter
1 tbs olive oil
1 tsp sesame oil
1 knob ginger
1 clove garlic
1 tsp chilli flakes
2 soaked dates
1 tbs shoyu
1 tbs water

Toss all the ingredients well so the dressing coats everything nicely. Tuck in….It was really satisfying but I did get a mite sleepy an hour later. I could deal with it because it wasn’t really a thinking day at work for me….

Japan brings out my inner kid. I got this tiny Hello Kitty cup when I had a dessert at Puroland (a Sanrio amusement park for children) with a friend who is a big Sanrio fan. I use this cup for sauces or when the non-raw fiance’s mum visits and needs milk for her coffee or cereal.

For my other high raw eats:

High raw quinoa salad
High raw spring rolls
Avo-cucumber mash wraps