For the love of fruit!

The only thing we eat after 6pm is fruit. It seems to be the only thing that agrees with me after that time of day and hey I'm not complaining fruit rules! So, I thought I'd share some of the ways we enjoy our fruits :) Super quick, easy and so so nutritious :) I always have some organic frozen fruit like ripe bananas, blueberries etc in the freezer for days I want something 'ice-creamy'. This is great because you can add superfoods like maca, lucuma, spirulina, hemp protein etc and they really add yummy flavors too. When we eat fruits unblended we sometimes like to sprinkle some coconut sugar on top or even make a yummy chocolate sauce and drizzle (or dollop hehe) on top. I have 2 versions of chocolate sauce and we like to alternate between them. The first one is Maple syrup and cacao powder whisked together with a fork till it forms a sauce. Start off with 2tbs of each and see how you go. You might need more maple syrup but it does take some elbow action to get smooth..well for me anyway hehe. The other one we really like is dates, cacao powder, maca powder (on occasion) and some water blended in the vitamix till nice and smooth (but we like it a little thick). Super yummy!!

Strawberries and Frozen bananas blended with lucuma, maca, vanilla, dates and hemp protein yum!!!

Strawberry and banana rawvegan ice-cream <3

Frozen Mango and Pineapple blended with ripe bananas and topped with Grenadilla and Strawberries :D

Frozen Cherries and Bananas topped with Blueberries

Dates blended with Cacao powder and water make this awesome chocolate sauce topping for fruits

Tahini seaweed salad dressing

Oooooo this dressing is so yum! And the added bonus of seaweed makes it even better ;) I made this over a huuuuge bowl of salad consisting of: spiralized courgette and cucumber, rocket, spinach, Batavia lettuce, grated carrots and beets! I could easily have eaten another bowl hehe

The recipe goes a little something like this:

Tahini salad dressing (makes at least 2 servings) 

3tbs tahini

3 tbs nutritional yeast

3 garlic cloves 

1tsp mustard 

Water till required consistency reached start with 1/4 cup

Himalayan salt or sea salt to taste 

1 1/2 lemon 

1tbs hemp oil

Seaweed flakes, as much as you like  (optional) 

I like mine quite thick but still a little runny so my best advice is to add water in gradually till you reach the consistency you like. I really love this with lemon but you could use ACV instead or a mixture of both. This sauce would also go really nice over wheat free pasta too and I can't wait to give that a go! 

If you try this recipe I really hope you enjoy it :) 

All the pretty colors :) 

I definitely will be eating lots of this :) 

Wishing you all the best of health and love for 2014!!  

Namaste 

Portobello mushroom burgers and avocado burger sauce

I looooove mushrooms and I love saucy foods too! I came across this idea of making raw vegan burgers using portobello mushrooms as the buns and adding different veggies on the inside whilst on one of my many internet searches for raw vegan inspiration. I was so excited and so I started experimenting with this idea! Since we always have shredded beets and carrots in our salads everyday I thought this would be a perfect thing to fill the space in between the mushrooms. Then I added some greens like spinach and even tomatoes (but for Fredrik as I am avoiding nightshades). Then I added some mashed avocados, a few rings of red onion and pickles (I love pickles!!! So I only eat them with this meal and always organic).  Our new favorite meal! I then came up with a better way to incorporate some of the ingredients in to a sauce. I put the avocados, onion, and pickles together and it made the most amazing burger sauce EVER!! I don't usually measure anything that I come up with so I am going to try and guess what went in it.

Burger sauce ingredients:

2 avocados 

1 red onion

6 pickles (I had the small ones in dill which gave great taste so a I recommend adding some dill to this if your pickles are without) 

2 teaspoons of mustard 

1 tbs tamari 

2 tbs apple cider vinegar 

3 tbs water 

Dash of cayenne, Himalayan salt and pepper 

Put all ingredients in a food processor and pulse.

For the portobello mushrooms:

If you want to go fully raw with this I just let them marinate in a bit of tamari for a few hours or overnight (or even in direct sunlight!). Sometimes I like them a little warm so I pop them in the oven for a little while on low heat.

To assemble the burgers:

Take one mushroom and top with some avocado burger sauce, then add some shredded beetroot and carrots, few leaves of spinach or other veggies or greens and then more avocado burger sauce. Finally, top with the second mushroom and sprinkle with some sesame seeds :) 

Enjoy with a huuuuuge salad :) 

(Sorry for the bad photos)

This is what the sauce and burger looks like! I didn't sprinkle any sesame seeds on as I was out.

My first attempt :)

Close of the first attempt..mmmmm :)

Juicer art and Sushi with almond dipping sauce

We are back in London and I am very happy to be reunited with my juicer!!  And today my juicer created art not only in the form of healing, loving and amazingly tasty juice, as it always does, but in the form of a juice piggy (thanks to the lovely Nina of Veggie Wedgie for pointing the piggy resemblance out :) ).

Here he is guzzling my juice and looking pretty :D 

I also made some yummy raw vegan sushi with almond dipping sauce for lunch. Oh boy was it tasty!

The almond dipping sauce is so easy to make. All you need is some raw almond butter, tamari, apple cider vinegar and a dash of cayenne whisked together with a fork! So simple and super tasty. I have recently been having trouble stomaching nori but the almond sauce actually made the taste heaps better and I found it more of a pleasure to eat. If only I had made more sushi! Hehehe