recipes

Cacao Smoothie

This is so yummy and so sinful and packed with anti-oxidants, minerals and healthy fats, so try it and feel soooo very self-righteous, while simultaneously laughing all the way to the gym! 1 cup coconut water 1 cup nut milk … Continue reading

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Nut Milk

Nut milks are so darn easy to make I cannot believe that people go to the grocery store and pay gobs of money for a boxed processed almond milk.  There is just nothing that can compare with the sweetness of … Continue reading

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Marinated Kale & Fennel Salad (Serves 8)

For Salad: 1 bunch black kale, washed, stems removed 1 bunch chard, washed, stems removed 1 head radicchio, sliced very very thin 2 heads endive, sliced very thin ½ red onion or two shallots, quartered and sliced very thin on … Continue reading

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Coconut Water Kefir (Makes 32 oz)

Coconut Water Kefir is a yummy sparkling liquid teaming with good bacteria and very little sugar. Served over ice with a squeeze of lemon or lime and you have the perfect virgin cocktail.  Give to children with some fresh orange … Continue reading

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"Fast Food" Salad or Cultured Raw Vegetables

Culturing vegetables is a lot of fun.  Sort of like doing a little science experiment in your kitchen.  You take veggies, such as cabbage, kale, peppers, broccoli, celery, dill, carrots, daikon and grate them in a food processor or with … Continue reading

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Raw Zucchini Spaghetti with Pesto Ricotta Sauce (Makes two entrees or four sides)

Pesto is one of those sauces that just screams summer to me.  Growing up every relative in my family would plant huge boxes of basil and bring me their picked basil leaves at the end of Summer to make into … Continue reading

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Raw Peppered Zucchini Walnut Crackers (makes 3-4 dehydrator trays)

This recipe is inspired by the walnut crackers on p. 295 of my most favorite raw food recipe book, Raw Food Real World which is available on the author’s website: www.oneluckyduck.com and on Amazon.com among other online sites. I added rosemary, … Continue reading

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Delicately Sweet & Simple Herb Salad (Serves 6)

This is the most heavenly and simple salad I can imagine…though I could imagine messing with it some by marinating very thin slices of purple onion, and/or orange or meyer lemon in the dressing for an hour or so and … Continue reading

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Delicately Sweet Raw Kale Chips (Makes 4-5 dehydrator trays)

I love raw kale chips so much that I had to come up with a new version.  My standard, rather spicey and salty, Raw Kale Chips can be a bit heavy for Summer time.  Besides,  sometimes you just want something a … Continue reading

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Breakfast Salad

A few years ago one of my raw food clients got me hooked on this cucumber and avocado salad.  When she told me she ate it for breakfast I knew we were from the same planet!  Being a huge salad … Continue reading

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