Foodie Friday - Soft Wraps (With Lots Of Pictures!)

Today I made those delicious wraps again. And this time I wrote down what I did and took lots of pictures to share with you!

Start by putting 4 cut up tomatoes, 1 large zuchinni (mine was Really Big. You may need to use 3 regular sized ones), and about 1/2 cup vinegar into a blender

Ok, so yes, I don't have a blender cover. I have to use aluminum foil. And yes, it is annoying. Anyways blend it up and then add 1 1/2 cups flax seed ground. Measure the flax seeds out before you grind it up and add it.

Spread the mixture out evenly on a teflex sheet. Try to make sure that you get it even around the edges. This should be thickish. You don't want it too thin. Then score it into pieces. I sprinkled sea salt on top of mine as well.

I had enough batter to fill 3 full trays. Then I made a little round wrap out of what was left.

After they have dehydrated for a little while and are no longer too gooey flip them over, pull off the teflex sheet and let them dry for a bit longer. Then you want to keep checking them to see when they are done. In this next picture you can see that the wraps on the top are done perfectly but the ones on the bottom still need more time.

Make sure that you don't over do them. You want them to still be pliable and easy to roll up. The circle one is just perfect!

The avocado spread filling. I added 1 avocado, some vinegar, sea salt, onion powder and cumin. It was out of this world!

Spread the avocado mixture onto the wraps and top with sprouts, chopped tomatoes and sea salt and roll them up.

Mmmmmm! A yummy lunch!

All gone! Those were soooooooooo good!

I still have some "baking" in the dehydrator. Once these are done I store them in a large ziplock baggie and put wax paper between each wrap so that they don't stick together.

Enjoy!!

I Love Raw!!

Foodie Friday - Zesty Tomato and Red Pepper Crackers and Cheesy Sun Dried Tomato Dip

Wow, that title was a mouthful!! Here is todays Foodie Friday goodness:


Zesty Tomato and Red Pepper Crackers

These were really good and make incredible snacks, especially right out of the dehydrator when they are very crispy and warm. Mmmmmm!

The crackers were super easy to make. I blended up two ripe tomatoes with some vinegar and 2 red bell peppers. From that I got about 4 cups of liquid. I added 2 cups of whole flax seeds and let them sit until thick and gooey and then put them into the dehydrator to dry. In the past whenever I have made flax crackers I have always spread the batter really thin. This time I spread the batter thicker because I wanted to have a cracker that could hold toppings better. One that could even act as a bread of sorts. I must say that I prefer the thicker crackers to the thin ones that I used to make. The consistecny is good and it has a really nice crunch. These are such awesome snacks when you are really craving that crunch factor.

Cheesy Sun Dried Tomoto Dip

This dip was also very quick and easy to whip up. I soaked a couple handfuls of cashews over night with some sun dried tomatoes. The next day I blended them up with some vinegar, water, sea salt, cumin, nutritional yeast and other spices until my dip was smooth and creamy. It tasted really good with the crackers.

If you make these please let me know what you think!

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Foodie Friday

I wanted to start a new tradition and show some form of raw food, or raw food creation every Friday. I shall call it Foodie Friday. So here is my lunch from yesterday:

It is a miso soup. Now normally I dont like raw soup. I never have. Soup to me is thick and creamy potato chowder made with lots of butter and heavy cream. That is what I consider soup. I have tried making raw soup on several different occassions and have always been very dissapointed in the outcome. But the other day I was actually craving soup and I could not get it out of my mind. This is what I came up with. An earthy, savory and delicious soup that really hit the spot. Seeing this picture now it doesn't look like much, but it really was good!

To make the soup I started by spreading some miso along the bottom of the bowl. Then I added sliced portabella mushrooms, spinach cut in long strands, one avocado (one was ripe, yay!), some cut up broccoli, braggs, and dulse flakes. The soup came out really yummy. I don't want to eat it too often because it has a pretty high salt content. But it was really nice for a change of pace.

Yesterday I did not get chance to workout like I wanted. Little Angel was not at all cooperative.

A week or so ago we planted some thornless blackberry bushes that a friend gave to us. They are still very small and don't have hardly any leaves on them let alone berries but I am looking forward to when they produce fruit. We have lots of deer that come visit our yard. Because of the deer we planted the blackberry bushes right up on the outside of our fence in the back part of the house. We have never seen deer there in the past because it is so close to the house and where the dogs are kept. But yesterday the deer were over in that area eating grass and snooping around. Now I like deer as much as the next person and I am glad that they come to visit. I love looking at them, they are so graceful and pretty, I'd like to eat those blackberries myself andf not share them with the deer!! So we will need to get a fence to put up around them soon.

Thats all for now.

I love raw!