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Best Brownies Ever

I’ve been playing with the recipes for Chocolatey Chocolate Brownies and my Happy Bars (Energy Bars) and the combination of the two has resulted in what we now call the Best Brownies Ever! We’ve been eating these non-stop, all day long, for the last month. Ohhh so grateful!

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Here’s the new and improved recipe*:

3 Cups Brazil Nuts

1 tsp Sun Fire Salt

3 Cups Dates

2 Tbsp Vanilla Extract

1 Cup Carob Powder

1/4 Cup Cacao Powder

1/4 Cup Mesquite Powder

1 Cup Hemp Seeds

1/4 Cup Bee Pollen

3/4 Cup Chopped Walnuts or Pecans

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Is Cacao Bad For You?

cacao powder

Now that raw food is entering more and more of mainstream consciousness, we’re seeing people dissing raw food or parts of a raw food diet. It’s almost like there’s a round-robin in the media using the fear and panic of “Is [insert food] bad for you?”

We’ve already talked about the Agave Nectar media frenzy. Now there seems to be a frenzy brewing about raw cacao.

At this point, I’m not even going to go into detail about why raw cacao IS good for you (but go ahead and check out some of the info we have about the quality of the raw cacao we carry and how helpful the cacao is in the Chocolate Bliss Super Food mix).

Right now I want to talk about how to manage the media frenzies that are bound to come up (and also any other advice or opinions you’re likely to hear from your friends, family, neighbors, doctors, government, etc).

I believe that there are lots of great approaches to life and to food and to health. How do you know what’s best for you and your body in this moment of time given your current status and requirements? Experiment. Follow your inner guidance (that gut feeling) of what to try out because it sounds good to you. Then pay attention to how you feel. If you feel good or even better, keep doing that “experiment” until something changes. Read the rest of this entry »

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Vegan Pesto Sauce

Frozen Pesto Cubes in Freezer Bag

We had a plethora of basil from our garden last summer (and hoping to repeat that performance again) and we love pesto, so I researched raw, vegan pesto sauces. Ani Phyo had a pistachio pesto recipe, but it just didn’t cut it for me. Here’s what I came up with instead:

3 Cups Fresh Basil (wash the leaves and really pack them in)

1/3 Cup Walnuts

1/3 Cup Olive Oil

2 Garlic Cloves

1/2 tsp Sun Fire Salt

2 tsp Lemon Juice

Puree all ingredients in the food processor until smooth. Use immediately or pour into ice cube trays and freeze for later use.

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I had so much basil that I made several trays of pesto, popping out the frozen pesto ice cubes into a freezer bag for long term storage. When it’s time to use the pesto, add some additional olive oil to your pan and heat the ice cubes on low heat.

If you’re OK with cheese, you can also add some parmesan or goat cheese into this mix as you’re heating it, but then it’s not vegan anymore. Still, this fresh, home-made pesto is so good, I wouldn’t make it any other way now.

This recipe will fill about 6-7 ice cubes in a tray. I usually use about 2-3 cubes (with about 1-2 Tbsp additional olive oil) for 2 servings of pesto pasta. Yummy!

Enjoy!

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Raw Superfood & Super Herb Elixir Demo

Here are two videos from our Raw Superfood Dinner where I demonstrated and talked in detail about how to make a raw Superfood and Super Herb Elixir.

This recipe is inspired by Daniel Vitalis’ Elixir Craft. Here I talk in detail about the steps of making a super herb tea, then an herbal nut milk, and with the third step (part 2 video), a raw, warm elixir smoothie drink. Yumm!

For the written version of these recipes, here’s the detailed version I’m making here:
http://www.lovingsuperfoods.com/blog/raw-recipes/magic-superfood-elixirs

and here’s a short-cut version that I recently created (and talk about in the video):
http://www.lovingsuperfoods.com/blog/raw-recipes/quick-easy-super-elixirs

Also, you can find the herbs I mention in this video at Mountain Rose Herbs:
http://lovingsuperfoods.com/herbs/

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Watch this Part 1 video on youtube

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Sprouting Lentils

I used to be afraid of sprouting. It’s supposed to be good for you – eating all those really alive, nutrient-rich sprouts. But it always seemed like it would be hard work because you have to keep rinsing the sprouts as they grow.

My first foray into sprouting was with sunflower seeds and buckwheat because I could sprout those particular seeds like everything else I grow … in soil. See my posting here about how to handle those seeds.

Well, I’ve played with sprouting lentils twice now, and I think I can safely say that it’s Super Easy and even if you “mess it up” those little sprouts will still find a way to grow.

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Here’s what you’ll need to do this:

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Raw Alive Chili

This raw chili makes eating raw dinner in the colder winter weather quite enjoyable. There’s nothing like a creamy, spicy, delicious soup to make my toes tingle and my body feel all warm, snuggly, and with this raw chili, quite ALIVE!

Here’s the recipe that will make about 4 cups worth of chili:

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2 Cups Blended Tomatoes (add in a few sun dried tomatoes for some extra tangy zip)

1 Avocado

2 Celery Stalks

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Best Brownies Ever

Is Cacao Bad For You?

Vegan Pesto Sauce

Raw Superfood & Super Herb Elixir Demo

Sprouting Lentils

Raw Alive Chili

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