Neapolitan Ice Cream Pie

28 Jun 2009 Leave a comment

by marisashealthykitchen in Raw Desserts and Treats, Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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How fun is this dessert! I have always felt that you eat with your eyes first, so I love the colors and fresh take on this age old dessert. I know that the bottom later has nuts it in, but I love that the rest is nut free! We make banana ice cream all the time in my house as a quick go-to dessert, so this was a great way to mix it up a little. And now that it looks like the temperatures are finally rising, who wouldn’t love a big, delicious ice cream cake in their freezer?!?! The crust tastes like a fudgey cookie; the chocolate and the banana layers are like smooth ice creams and the strawberry layer is like a sweet/tart sorbet to round out the whole cake. mmmmm….

Neopolitan Ice Cream Pie
Recipe from The Raw Table
Serves 8-10

Pie is in four layers:

Bottom Fudge Layer:
3 C almond meal or flour (finely ground raw almonds)
3 T cocoa powder
1/4 C honey
1/2 C dates, pitted and soaked in water for 2 hours
pinch of sea salt

Prep:
Drain dates and combine with other ingredients in food processor. Blend until very smooth. Press into spring form pan and freeze for 30-40 minutes.

Chocolate Ice Cream Layer:
4 frozen bananas
3 T. cocoa powder
3 T. honey
1/2 tsp. vanilla
pinch of sea salt

Prep:
Combine all ingredients in food processor and blend until smooth. Pour over fudge layer and smooth out with knife. Freeze for about 30-40 minutes. (I would suggest freezing this layer a little longer, more like an hour. )

Banana Ice Cream Layer:
5 fozen bananas
2 T. honey
1/4 tsp. cinnamon

Prep:
Combine all ingredients in food processor and blend until smooth. Pour over the Chocolate Ice Cream Layer and smooth out with knife. Freeze for about 30-40 minutes.

Strawberry Layer:
3 C strawberries
1/2 C raspberries
1/2 C peeled black plums
2 frozen bananas

Prep:
Combine all ingredients in food processor and blend until smooth. Pour over banana layer and smooth out with knife. Freeze for at least 6-8 hours or overnight.

Serving: Remove spring form pan sides. Lift off with the wax paper and place on serving tray. Let stand at room temperature for about 5 minutes prior to serving.You will need a sharp knife to cut through the berry layer. Return to freezer when you are finished serving as this dish will melt quickly. Seriously!!

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Rockin’ Raw’s Grand Opening Party! This Friday

24 Jun 2009 Leave a comment

by marisashealthykitchen in In the News Tags: ,

Rockin’ Raw in Williamsburg is having their Grand Opening Party this Friday, June 26th at 7pm.
Stop by and enjoy free hour devours and cocktails throughout the night in their divine garden. See My Review here.

178 North 8th Street (between Bedford and Driggs) Williamsburg

I will definitley be stopping by around 7ish! So much fun!

Sunshine Seed Dip

24 Jun 2009 2 Comments

by marisashealthykitchen in Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes Tags: , , , , , ,

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I made little nori wraps with this spread and ate some with carrot sticks as well. It was a little too celery flavored for my taste, so I added some garlic powder and more salt. Next time I might just use 2 stalks of celery and more onion. But I thought this was a great dip, that did not involve too many nuts; which is always a concern.

Sunshine Seed Dip

recipe from Casey’s Lifestyle Raw

4 stalks celery, roughly chopped
¼ red onion
½ bunch fresh parsley
½ bunch fresh dill
½ cup sunflower seeds (I soaked mine for 6 hours)
1/3 carrot, roughly chopped
Juice of ½ lemon
1 teaspoon dulse flakes
Himalayan crystal salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Optional: pinch of cayenne pepper

Blend all ingredients in a high powered blender until thick and well combined. You might need to add another tablespoon of lemon juice or pure water to get the mixture to blend.

Blueberry Flax Pancakes

22 Jun 2009 11 Comments

by marisashealthykitchen in Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes Tags: , , , , , , , ,

MMMM Raw Vegan Pancake Love on a Saturday Morning!! MY goodness, this was perfect! They were so super good and pretty simple to make. I woke up early, so these were almost ready by the time Michael woke up, perfect timing!! I love that so many foods can be easily made raw! These were so satisfying and fun to make & eat!

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Blueberry Flax Pancakes recipe from Rawmazing

1/2 C flax seeds (ground)
1 C flax seeds (not ground)
3 T coconut oil melted
1/2 C agave
1/2 C water
1 C blueberries
1/4 C coconut

Mix all ingredients. Dehydrate at 145 for one hour, flip and then dehydrate for 30 minutes at 114.

Marisa’s Tips: I would suggest using a coffee/spice grinder for the flax seeds. It grinds them in seconds!! Plus it makes so much less of a mess than pulling out the Vita-mix or a food processor!

Also for the coconut I used dried coconut (ground in the coffee grinder as well) and found the batter a little runny, so I doubled the amount.

Totally drizzle with maples syrup! This made them even more wonderful!!

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Amazing Raw “Peanut” Sauce and Zucchini Noodles

22 Jun 2009 3 Comments

by marisashealthykitchen in Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

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Shocker! I am making Zucchini Noodles 🙂 They are just so good and there are so many sauces you can serve with them! Tonight I made Natalia Rose’s  Delicious Amazing Raw “Peanut” Sauce from her The Raw Food Detox Diet Book. It really tastes super peanuty to me, but there are no peanuts in this sauce. Raw peanuts are really hard to find although they are available.

I love that this makes a full 2 cups of sauce, so we have enough for tonight for dinner and more for salads for lunch tomorrow! SO awesome and tasty!!

Males 2 cups

1 cup raw almond butter
2 tablespoons fresh ginger
1/2 cup water (to thin)
4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
3 tablespoons Nama Shoyu soy sauce
4 tablespoon sesame oil
2-3 cloves of garlic
1/2 serrano or jalapeno chile

Blend all ingredients at high speed until smooth. This makes an unbelievable dipping sauce for carrots other veggies, and it is amazing as a salad dressing or a sauce over Young coconut noodles.

Super Amazing Raw Jalapeno Corn Chips

18 Jun 2009 2 Comments

by marisashealthykitchen in Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes Tags: , , , , , , , ,

super amazing corn chips, mmmm

  I am so surprised there was enough of these left to photograph! They are sooooo good! So sweet with a little kick! I have such a thing for chips and salsa and these have mastered my Raw Chips and Salsa need! Happy Munching!!

Super Amazing Raw Jalapeno Corn Chips
makes 64 chips

5 cups of fresh or frozen corn (thawed) kernels
1 cup raw walnuts, soaked for at least 6 hours
1/3 cup ground flax seed (a coffee grinder is great for grinding the seeds)
1 medium, fresh jalapeno, (depending on how much heat you want)
2 tablespoons of fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

In a food processor combine the jalapeno, corn, walnuts, lime juice, sea salt and cumin and blend until smooth. Empty into a large bowl. Add flax seeds to the corn mixture and mix well. Spread out mixture onto 2 Teflex Dehydrator Sheets and then score it into quarters, then score each quarter into quarters. Score each square into 2 triangles until you have 32 triangles on each Teflex sheet. Dehydrate at 110 degrees for 8 to 10 hours. Transfer onto a mesh sheet and peel off the Teflex sheet and dry on the mesh sheet for another 8 hours or until dry and crisp. Break each chip apart and serve.

Super Enjoy!!!

Kaia Foods Raw tips and recipes.

18 Jun 2009 Leave a comment

by marisashealthykitchen in Raw Vegan Recipes Tags: ,

Check out this pdf booklet from Kaia Foods with tips on simple eating and some raw recipes. Plus it is really pretty and well put together! Enjoy

Raw Sweet & Spicy Sesame Noodles

17 Jun 2009 3 Comments

by marisashealthykitchen in Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

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I obviously have a thing for Zucchini Noodles. I would say my go to SAD comfort food would be Long Pasta, so having these as a raw and much more beneficial alternative has been amazing!!

I grew up eating Cold Sesame Noodles from Chinese Restaurants and still think about that sweet, nutty taste! So although I don’t want to eat that any more, it is nice to come up with something similar while keeping it all Raw. This sauce is not as sweet and nutty as the Chinese Restaurant sauce but it was really great!! I want to keep experimenting maybe with more sweeteners and almond butter next time.

Enjoy 🙂

Raw Sweet & Spicy Sesame Noodles

Serves 3-4

  • 4 medium zucchini (peeled if NOT organic)
  • 1/4 – 1/3 cup raw sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon flax seed oil
  • 1/4 – 1/3 cup Nama Shoyu
  • 1 – 1 1/2 tablespoon rice vinegar
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1/4 – 1/3 cup raw tahini
  • Couple drops of Stevia &/or 1-2 Tablespoons of Agave
  • 4 scallions, finely sliced
  • Hot Pepper/Chili Sauce (optional)
  1. In a bowl whisk the sesame oil, Nama Shoyu, rice vinegar, red pepper, agave &/or stevia drops and tahini, set aside.
  2. Spiralize the zucchini and then place the noodles on a paper towel to draw out some of the moisture.
  3. Divide the noodles into bowls and mix together with the Sesame sauce.
  4. Garnish with the scallions and the hot pepper sauce.pasta 2pasta 3

Cinnamon Crisp Cookies

16 Jun 2009 Leave a comment

by marisashealthykitchen in Raw Desserts and Treats, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes Tags: , , , , , , , ,

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Cinnamon Crisp Cookies

recipe is from The Raw Food Passion blog.

These were super Delicious before they were dehydrated and tasted very similar after being in the dehydrator. They never really became crispy even after 36 hours in the dehydrator, but they are still deeelish! Who doesn’t love cookies!!??

Ingredients:

  • 4 cups of almonds
  • 15 medjol organic dates
  • 1/2 cup of water
  • 3 cups of dried organic coconut flakes
  • 1/2 cup of agave nectar
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons of cinnamon
  • 1 tsp sea salt

Directions:

Process the almonds in the food processor until they become a very fine powder. Add the cinnamon and sea salt to the almond flour and mix until spread out evenly. Pour that into a giant bowl. Next, put the dried coconut into the food processor and leave in there until grounded very finely. Add the coconut to the almond flour in the giant bowl. Next, put the dates into the food processor with 1/2 cup of water and mix until you get a date paste. Add the date paste to the almond coconut flour and stir in evenly. Finally add the agave nectar. Mix ingredients thoroughly. Then, roll the dough flat with a rolling pin. I roll the dough on parchment paper, then I place parchment paper on top of the dough and roll on top of the paper so that the dough does not stick to the rolling pin. (this made is so much easier!!!) Take a cup and make your circular cookies. Place the cookies on dehydrator trays and dehydrate at 110 degrees for twelve hours or until desired crispness.

Broccolini with Garlic and Olive Oil

15 Jun 2009 1 Comment

by marisashealthykitchen in Raw Vegan Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes Tags: , , , ,

I love all things Broccoli, but other than raw broccoli crudité, I am not that into the vegetable raw. So I was super happy when I came upon this tasty recipe. You don’t need to use the dehydrator, but I highly recommend it! I love that almost cooked, tender taste 🙂

Broccolini with Garlic and Olive Oil

This recipe is adapted from Rawrifficfood 

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch broccolini (washed, with stems trimmed)
  • 2-3 garlic cloves (peeled, and sliced thin or minced)
  • 1-2 tbsps Olive Oil
  • Sea salt and garlic powder to taste
  • Rep Pepper flakes to taste

Preparation

  1. Cut broccolini into florets.
  2. In a bowl or baggie, add the olive oil and the garlic, as well as the spices. Mix well, then add the broccolini and marinate for 30 minutes – overnight.
  3. Great on its own like this, but I suggest you dehydrate for 30 minutes to an hour until the broccolini and garlic is tender and a little warm.
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Sorry for the super fuzzy picture, it was so hard to take this picture! But I promise it was deeelish!

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