Food Porn & Recipes; The Saga Continues.

Morning guys!

I’ll be brutally honest with you: my mind isn’t focused that much on blogging these days! Normally blog posts, topics & hilarious one-liners (..) keep popping in my head all day long and I have lists and post drafts for potential posts everywhere, but not right now. I am enjoying a lot of downtime in the kitchen, the park & the Yoga studio! It’s wonderful actually and I’m enjoying it while it lasts . Today I’ll be visiting my mom to catch up, and give my poor dog a big sloppy hug for he had to had his nails surgically removed, again. Poor thing. After that I’ll be dropping off ‘cupcakes’ at my nieces’ birthday party. She turned 10, the perfect age to get them started on raw cacao/caffeine, no? Tonight, I’d like to make my infamous pumpkin-curry-coconut soup for B & me, so fingers crossed I can find a pumpkin!!

The last two days I’ve been eating pretty much all raw, except for some bread in the evenings. Which is weird, since my night-time snacks used to be healthy(ish), homemade stuff and/or fruit. Like homemade chocolates or whatever. I’ve decided I’d rather eat a healthy cooked dinner, if I’m going to eat something that isn’t raw, than munch on bread with random toppings! Other than that, I haven’t had cravings or urges for cooked food at all. Also, in daily life I don’t really look at food too much as raw versus cooked anymore, apart from maybe when I eat a dinner together with someone. Other than that, I opt for ‘fresh’ and wholesome foods automatically, which to me is synonymous with raw. The amount of packaged items I buy has been steadily declining for some months now, and it becomes much more natural to only buy produce and nuts at the store. Basically, if all you have lying around in your fridge & cupboards is just that: fresh & wholesome foods, that’s what you reach for, without having to think ‘is this raw?” (enter the bread I keep on hand for B-boy… lol). Disclaimer: I am in no way inclining bread is not healthy, it can certainly be (plus, it’s heavenly). I am just sayin’ I’d rather eat a cooked meal with some nice whole grains and cooked veggies, a chili, a soup, one of my own concontions, then scarving down some bread late evening (aka, something homemade versus store-bought).

Ok, care for some random food porn & misc.?

I accidentally grew some Chard & kale, lol. The boy and I planted this some months ago and after that I got fed up because everyone and their mother kept insisting growing your own plants is like rocket-science,a nd not as easy as just throwing some seeds into the ground. I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE. I hadn’t done a thing to these babies in months lol.

Coconut Whipped Cream
Yields ~ 2 cups
* 1 cup cashews, soaked overnight
* meat of two Thai coconuts
* 1/3 cup water
* 2 t vanilla extract
* 1 T agave

Blend or process until completely smooth and fluffy. Store in an airtight container in the fridge. Devour. Especially good on fresh berries & baked goods, as frosting!

Turns out this IS dinosaur kale, aka the healthiest green on the face of the Earth (not counting wheatgrass…)

My latest addiction: kale chips!

Small iHerb order (tagged along with a friends’): bee pollen (uh-ma-zing stuff, tastes so good too!), RAW nori sheets (impossible to get around here it seems), mesquite powder (ancient sweetener chockful of essential amino acids & fiber, awesomeness), raw coconut nectar (natural, raw & low GI sweetener made from coconut! I’d been looking for a good alternative to agave and I think this is it! more on this later)

Elegant & fresh summer dinner I prepped for me & friend M last night. Avocado/cucumber gazpacho (read: raw soup) with a simple pesto & basil topped salad.

VERY awesome lunch: (yellow) zucchini linguini topped with butternut curry sauce, raisins & cayenne-spiked almonds. Gotta love Indian flavors!

Butternut Curry Sauce
* 200 g butternut squash (raw)
* 1 T oil
* 3 T curry (massala/kerrie)
* 1 T paprika
* dash of salt

Add ingredients to blender or processor and start blending. Drizzle in enough water to keep things going, but you’ll want to keep the sauce nice & thick so don;t add too much. Great for Indian dishes!

Dinner in the sun!

His & hers wraps .

Hers. With tempeh & homemade sunflower tomato spread

Leftovers for lunch, paired with kale chips <3

& a teaser:

EPIC new granola recipe. Stay tuned.

Enjoy your sunny day all!

Love,

Sabine