Loving Superfoods

Kale Apple Soup

This is one of the soups we declared a winner during our 10 day Spring Equinox Cleanse. We’re serving it at our monthly Raw Superfood Dinner & Class and will definitely be repeating it for our personal dinners often.

This comes from an awesome raw cookbook I just received called The Raw Food Revolution Diet. It’s co-written by Cherie Soria who is the founder and director of Living Light Culinary Arts Institute where many famous raw chefs go for training. And it’s really well done, so you may be seeing more excerpts from this book again soon.

Before I get to the recipe, I’ll also say that one of the major keys to a good raw soup is to have chunky bits in it for added texture and bursts of flavor. Otherwise you’re eating the same blended taste with every spoonful and your palette gets bored. So trust me on this, and try slicing some tart apple and sweet baby tomatoes on top of this soup and your taste buds will be extremely pleased.

Kale Apple Soup

2 Oranges

½ Cup Pure Water

¼ Cup Sunflower Seeds (soaked and rinsed)

½ Apple (chopped – tart apples work best)

1 Green Onion Stalk (or more to taste)

1 Tbsp Nama Shoyu (raw soy sauce – Coconut Aminos by Coconut Secret is what I use)

½ Clove Garlic (or more to taste)

Pinch of Cayenne

4 Cups Kale Leaves firmly packed (about half a head of kale)

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Salt Flush Digestive Tract Cleanse

SunFire Salt

I will soon be posting a big long article all about cleansing and realized I have not yet posted one of the simplest and easiest cleanses that can be done in half a day (if that). If you’ve never cleansed before, a great place to start is with this salt flush.

You can think of Salt Flushes as a “quarter colonic”. Where colonics only clean the colon, Salt Flushes clean stomach, small intestine and colon.

A Salt Flush (or Salt Wash) is:
1 Tbls. of Sun Fire Salt * mixed into
1 Quart warm water
Drink the whole quart immediately and stay near the bathroom!

Salt Washes give most people rapid, full elimination within 15-30 minutes. If no flush occurs, this may indicate a person is extremely salt deficient. In this case, I’d personally drink another quart of water and skip a day before my next Salt Wash. If no flushing occurs in a few days, some people increase up to 2 Tbsp or more of Sun Fire Salt.

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Thai Curry & Avocado Oil Superfood Bowls Giveaway

Thai Curry Superfood Bowl

You Can Win Superfood Bowl Ingredients!

My favorite resource for super herbs, Mountain Rose Herbs, has this new line of Epicurean Organic Spices and Oils and they are a DELICIOUS way to upgrade your superfood bowls.

I got to try the Thai Curry organic spice and the Avocado Oil (yummy!) and if you leave a comment on this blog post, you could win the same. I’ll tell you more in a sec … first let me elaborate on how awesome it all is.

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Raw Blueberry Scones with Vanilla Lucuma Icing

Raw Blueberry Scone with Vanilla Lucuma Icing

If you crave bread or muffins or scones, then this recipe is definitely for you! I’ve adjusted and upgraded one of Ani Phyo’s recipes from her book Anis Raw Food Desserts and boy is it yummy!

You will require a dehydrator to make the scones (or use your oven in it’s lowest setting with the door cracked open if you want to eat these before investing in a dehydrator).

And the Vanilla Lucuma Icing! Wow, you can use that on anything and make it any flavor you like (add fruit juices or blended fruit or cacao powder). It’s super easy and quick to make and tastes DIVINE! Oh, and it’s even good for you – packed full of B vitamins, iron and the clean-burning fat of coconut oil.

Read on for all the details on how to make it …

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Superfood Bowls

Sweet Superfood Bowl

I’ve got a new favorite creation on my raw superfood journey that cuts down kitchen time, meets my body’s “NOW” nutrition requirements, and tastes great every time.

I think these Superfood Bowls will also empower you to find your own creative nature in your kitchen, as well as be even more in tune with your body’s wisdom.

The basics of Superfood Bowls are simple:

1. Get a bowl

2. Add some dry superfoods

3. Add some wet superfoods (fats and/or sweetener)

4. Stir and eat on the spot

It might seem like cereal to you, or as my raw friend calls it, “goo”. That’s why I just call it a superfood bowl. If you don’t label it like anything you’ve ever eaten before, you can focus more on how it feels in the moment and enjoy the flavors, nutrition and satisfied full feeling.

Here are some recipes to get you started …
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Blissful Almonds!

I LOVE Chocolate covered almonds and wanted to try my hand at making a raw chocolate version. It was really simple. They came out more like Clusters actually. Messy and delightfully delish!

Here is how I did it:

about a 1/2 cup melted Cacao butter

1 cup of ground Chocolate Bliss (I used my coffee grinder)

1/4 Cup of Vanilla Agave

1 1/2 cups raw almonds (you may soak them and dehydrate them if you wish but I didn’t I was to anxious to give it a try)

a sprinkling of sunfire salt

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