Friday, March 5, 2010 at 01:57 PM
Hello friends,
HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!
Hope every one is enjoying their day. We are really excited because we finally have a nice warm weekend here in NC which is great for the farmers markets 
We got some questions regarding our workouts – mainly with the Tracy Anderson mat method. This is the end of our 2nd week of doing her exercises which we do about 5 times a week. And we are starting to feel like we are getting stronger and getting a little bit more definition in our bodies. We know it is a slow process along with everything else in life 
but we thoroughly enjoy her fitness concept. So we plan to continue it! We have not been doing much running lately just about once a week. Yoga about 2-3 times a week!
After yesterdays Tracy’s session we enjoyed another great post workout pudding! Similar to ones you saw yesterday! Love all the different combinations we seem to be just throwing together, yet all have some main ingredients like lemon or lime and something green to help alkalize us!
As I mentioned yesterday we created a delicious avocado pudding that we just absolutely LOVED! Plan to make this at least once a week You do need a special ingredient to make it.. sunflower lecithin or any emulsifier would do like guar gum, etc. Though we personal love sunflower lecithin we use it in many of our recipes. Love the results it provides puddings and smoothies. What it does is that it combines all the ingredients together and gives a nice lightness to the puddings. It helps provide puddings especially this one, such creamy, and lightness that it feels like you are almost eating air!
Pictures just do not do this avocado pudding justice!
We inhaled this pudding in like zero point 2 seconds
Pure2Raw Recipe: Mesquite Avocado Pudding
Ingredients:
Directions:
Place all ingredients into food processor and blend on high speed for a few seconds. Stop and scrap down the sides and blend again for a few more seconds till it is fully combined and light and fluffy texture!
Optional topping: sprinkle with more mesquite
And place in a nice martini glass and enjoy!
I guess I did not like it Wiped the class clean!
We have finally come to the end of our fermented drink and foods series!! We will be showing here soon how to make water kefir! Another easy and healthy drink for you to incorporate into your daily life Water kefir has become a staple in our daily life. Video coming soon and plus an update on how our sauerkraut in a bowl is doing!
News:
Going along with our bloggy shirts we will be adding a few more t-shirts to our online store. Hope you like them!
All these shirts that we have been showing that are for sale are from our older sister who just launched her own organic high quality t-shirt company! We are so excited for our sister because these has been a life time dream and project of hers and now she is finally doing it!! She just needed a little extra push from us to get it up and running
We hope every one likes the shirts and they will be added to our online store sometime today! So get those orders in Please help spread the word about our sisters new t-shirt company called Raw Threads! She is working on her online website and once she launches the site we will let everyone know but for now you can buy them from us!
Also for our Pure2Raw online goodies will be adding some St. Patty’s Day treats like Mint Chip Kremes, ‘Green’ Cookie and all of our ‘green line’ flat breads will be on sale from starting this weekend till March 10th. **They will be added to our online store soon!
And speaking of wonderful lady entrepreneurs following their dreams check out the ever so lovely Eating Bender as she embarks on her journey of starting her own company Pursuing our Passion! I wish her and her business partner Jill all the success. Owning a business is a very challenging thing to pursue but one that is worth it in the end especially if it something you are truly passionate about! We know Jenn and Jill will do great!
Hope everyone is following their dreams and loving life to the fullest
Till next time,
Lori
The Twins
L&M
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Posted in: Fitness, Raw Recipes, ingredients, pure2raw products
Tags: avocado pudding, entrepreneur, mesquite, St. Pattys day, sunflower lecithin, Tracy Anderson, tshirts, water kefir
Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 01:23 PM
Happy Thursday everyone!
We wanted to go over a few things going along with our coconut kefir video. Michelle forgot to mention a few things. Many of you might see kefir starter packs in your local stores or online. The difference between the kefir starter packs and the grains is that the packs only last a few times while the grains could possible last a lifetime. That way you really only have to buy the grains once because they will continue to populate and make more. Though if you are just curious and starting out with making kefir the starter packs are a great way to go.
Going along with the grains there are two types water and milk. Both are great! We use both. And now for the ‘milk’ grains you do not necessary have to use dairy to make them as you saw in our video coconut milk seems to be working out just fine. Yes you all may be thinking that the ‘milk’ grains are not vegan, which is true. But we do not make our kefir using ‘real’ milk just coconut or hemp milks and we are loving it because it is very similar to real kefir and it has the sour and creaminess that we love. So to us it is ok even if it started out with real ‘milk’ grains. Though you may experiment with whatever type of grain and liquid you feel most comfortable with doing. We plan to show more on making water kefir later this week.
Anymore questions please just let us know. We are here to help and would love to see more of you trying out making your own kefir!!!!
Ok enough of kefir now onto our eats for over the past few days.
Going along with Gena’s theme of saying “I LOVE TO EAT!” And you all know Michelle and I love to do that. Though we have struggled with eating disorders too. Our journey was a little bit different (our food issues all were based around our stomach issues- we would not eat because we did not want to feel like crap) though eventually over time we finally learned to love food again and embrace ourselves and the food we eat. We also struggled with our body images that we know many of you deal with as well though we will save that big topic another day!
Therefore in honor of National Eating Disorder week we wanted to show you all that eating healthy can be fun, delicious, and comforting! And of course great for your body and mind!
A great lunch filled with coconut oil, pure2raw sunflower cheez flatbread and sauerkraut!
Heavenly! Everyone needs to make this and taste a bit if heaven
Snack was some cilantro mixed in with some fermented veggies and pumpkin seeds (grounded into flour) of course
And avocado for dinner/dessert – yes please!
Avocado key lime pudding mixed in some sunflower lecithin
Hits the spot of us both every time. We are huge fans of key lime!!!!
And of course to start our day today …. green smoothie 
This delicious smoothie was filled with dino kale, grapefruit, coconut oil, sunflower lecithin, stevia and lots of fresh ginger
Lately all I have been craving is sauerkraut and grapefruit! Not sure why but I guess those are not bad things to crave
Ok well I challenge of all you to say you love FOOD and yourself!!! And talk about food and why you eat food. Remember food is not your enemy as long as you are eating what is right for your body and it makes you feel good. It took Michelle and I a very long time to realize this and now we are happier than ever! Though not every day we are perfect or 100% happy with everything, though we are grateful with the food choices we make and know that we are on the journey to a better health!
Now go out there and make some delicious food and tell us all about it.
Till next time,
Lori
The Twins
L&M
Posted by: Pure2
Posted in: Health, Hot Topics, Miscellaneous
Tags: avocado pudding, coconut kefir, eating disorders, green smoothie, key lime pudding, sauerkraut, sunflower lecithin
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 08:47 AM
Good morning friends,
We are loving the favorite romantic movies comments happening on our Valentine’s day giveaway!!! Oh all the love is in the air
Going back to our tasty and easy Superbowl recipes that many of you requested to see I will share some here and the others will be posted under our recipes tab.
First recipe is our Kabocha Lime Guacamole
This recipe is super easy and taste amazing!!! A fan favorite for all And who doesn’t love some guacamole?
© 2010 Pure2Raw Recipe: Kabocha Lime Guacamole
Ingredients:
- 2 avocadoes
- 1/4 cup puree roasted kabocha squash
- 2 garlic’s
- 1/4 tsp salt
- handful of fresh cilantro
- 1 scallion
- 1 lime zest and juice
Directions:
Place all ingredients into a large bowl and mash up using a fork!
We like to have our guacamole a little on the thick and chunky side. Though we can mash it up as pureed or chunky as you like
Leaves such a fun color don’t you think? And taste unbelievable!
That’s it for that recipe, so simple you just need a bowl and a good fork
Next recipe is our Cheezy pepper nacho sauce
Again a very simple recipe with a little twist in it! We added some of our roasted kabocha squash to it as well And let me tell you this brought the sauce to a whole new level, a little bit of sweetness for the squash! YUM!
© 2010 Pure2Raw Recipe: Cheezy pepper nacho sauce
Ingredients:
- 1 red pepper
- 3/4 cup nutritional yeast (we love this stuff)
- pinch sea salt
- handful of fresh parsley
- 2 garlic’s
- 1/2 zucchini
- splash of water
- 1 tbsp tahini
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1 tbsp sunflower lecithin *you may use guar gum or xanthan gum (about 1/4 to 1/2 tsp)
- 2 tbsp kabocha squash puree *if you do not have any veggie puree made you can just add a dash of sweetness from agave nectar
Directions:
Place all ingredients into food processor or blender and blend till creamy and well combined. Ours we a little on the runny side
And enjoy over some crackers or chips (or pictured here our pure2raw rosemary crackers)
I will add our club sandwich later today to our recipes tab!
I hope you get to make some of these easy and delicious snacks They are crowd pleasers!
Check out some great giveaways happening:
Just Audrey – Glass Dharma straws
Voracious Vegan – Sweet Earth Chocolates
And our Valentine Day give basket
Lots of goodies for people to win!!
Till next time,
Lori
The Twins
L&M
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Posted in: Giveaway, gluten free vegan nut free recipe, ingredients
Tags: avocado, chocolate, guacamole, nacho sauce, squash, sunflower lecithin, valentine day giveaway
Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 09:59 AM
Happy Sunday everyone!!
I have been up for 2 hours and have done nothing besides writing this long and useful post!!! Don’t you just love Sundays!! An official excuse to be lazy, right??
Anyways our friend Averie asked us to share our favorite things. It has been a topic we wanted to do just never got around to it, so when she mentioned it we thought now is a great time to share.
Twin’s Favorite Things – again these are from our own experiences you can make your own call
How we go about getting our ingredients. We do most of our shopping online although if we are low on certain ingredient and we know a local health food store around us sells it we will just by it from them. We try to buy in bulk as well because in the long run it saves you time and money.
1) Coconut Oil - best quality and tasting - Artisana Premier Organics coconut oil and coconut butter
best for your money – one gallon tub from Sun Foods
best convenient – sold in most health food stores Nutiva
Other high quality coconut oil brands we have been enjoying Vivapura and Virgin Coconut oil De Coco Creme
2) Best online stores to shop: how we shop the most are Natural Zing, Amazon, Navitas Naturals, and Mountain Rose Herbs. For specialty items Raw Food World and Sun Food.
What we have been know to buy at Natural Zing: MSM powder, kelp noodles, coconut oil, tahini, maca, lucuma, yacon syrup, chia seeds, spirulina, raw cacao powder, raw cacao nibs, camu camu, and nuts and seeds, hemp seeds
Amazon: coconut water, Artisana and Navitas Natural brand products, dehydrator, vitamix, spiralizer, mandoline, nutritional yeast
Navitas Naturals: chia seeds, raw cacao, sprouted flax meal, yacon syrup, mesquite, maca, hemp seeds, lucuma and stevia
Mountain Rose Herbs: cinnamon, turmeric, sea salt, maca, chia seeds, chorella, spirulina, dulse flakes, any spice really, green tea (for making our kombucha tea)
3) Hemp products: Best overall Manitoba Harvest (can be pricey)
Best second choice Nutiva
Other overall decent hemp protein Ruth’s Hemp (we get from Natural Zing) or buying in bulk from Whole foods or Mountain Rose Herbs
4) Stevia – powder we like the best is Sweet Leaf the packets (which you can find in most heath food stores)
Second best is – KAL Pure Stevia Extract liquid (we get from health food stores)
Third best is – Stevia powder from Navitas Naturals (this is an acquired taste)
We find to like most Stevia products but we prefer liquid forms of it the best. We know for some Stevia is hard to get used to though we have been using if for over 3 years and we hardly notice it anymore. To us it is worth the after taste or getting used to factor from it having no calories and for us it is truly the best sugar substitute. We use it a lot in our bakery and personally!
5) Other random ingredients we use and where to find them
Nutritional yeast – most health food stores sell it (RedStar is our favorite)and Amazon
Irish Moss and Sunflower lecithin – I mentioned this yesterday
Florida Crystals Organic Sugar – we use for making kombucha and water kefirs (most health food stores sell this brand)
Native Forest Unsweetened Classic coconut milk – again most health food stores should sell this
Living Harvest – hemp milk (unsweetened)
Pacific Foods – Almond milk (unsweetened) and Hazelnut milk, and Rice milk
Again how we go about purchasing these items varies every time we need something. Some times it comes down to money, convenience or brand loyalty. It really all depends what we are shopping for and what we are low on. It also comes down to personal preference and money.
This great lady also has great tips on buying in bulk. Also we know because we have done it that most health food stores allow you to buy in bulk (cases) like Whole Foods, Earth Fare, and any local health food store in your area. Just go and ask the customer service area and they should be able to help you out. Buying in bulk is great especially for a family with lots of mouths to feed! Mountain Rose Herbs again is a great place to do this as well because they offer bulk discounts to everyone and their products are organic
We hope this list of our favorites helps you along your journey of finding great healthy additions to your lifestyle like is has ours! Please let us know if you have any specific questions.
And Lori was correct in her guess with what our dinner was from last night! Kelp noodles though we a great twist And speaking of this lovely lady she is hosting a great giveaway – an ice cream maker If you get an ice cream maker you can start making delicious ice cream like this
Cookie dough Ice Cream
Back to our dinner:
Kabocha Kelp Noodles
We blended in our roasted Kabocha from earlier this week add in some salt, leftover sage that we roasted with the squash and some water. Threw it all into the blender and blended till creamy though ours we kept on the thick side
Than created a ‘green’ sauce to over the top, you know us with our greens! Green sauce was a blend of tahini, yacon syrup, apple cider vinegar, parsley, shallot, sunflower lecithin and water! Blend till creamy. And pour on top of kelp noodles and kabocha squash mixture.
We just mixed it all together and topped with more fresh parsley
Amazing! We think all squash lovers would approve of this sauce A great way to end a Saturday night. One reason why we created this dish was to show a customer at the farmers market yesterday morning what else to do with squash. She mentioned she does not know what else to do with winter squashes and that’s when we thought of using it as pasta ‘tomato’ sauce! Although we feel this would work with any veggie dish!
We got lots of goodies lined up today for the big game! Super bowl day! We can’t wait to show you all what we come up with tomorrow
Cheers from the Twins. We have no favorite for which team to win we just want a good game to watch and the commercials!
Till next time,
The Twins
L&M
Posted by: Pure2
Posted in: Hot Topics, Miscellaneous, ingredients, product review
Tags: coconut oi, favorite things, hemp, kelp noodles, raw ice cream, shopping online, squash, stevia, sunflower lecithin
Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 03:03 PM
Hey luvs
Last night as we sipped on some lovely hot cocoa and gobbled up enjoyed some of our Twin Cakes gluten free vegan chocolate chip cookies (and sent some cookie love via Twitter to our friends, Betty and Lauren), as we were getting caught up on with some of our favorite blog’s and found some amazing inspiration. One was from this lovely lady.
So while we stood in the freezing cold weather (plus some snow flurries) this morning at our farmers market we thought about all the things we could make. We love Snickerdoodles. The perfect blend of cinnamon and sugar. We made some gluten free vegan snickerdoodle cookies before last year as featured item at our farmers markets, but have not done anything since. So we decided we will create something raw….surprise right ; ) Thanks Katie, you got us thinking now!
First we had lovely breakfast:
Spirulina Coconut Kefir Pudding topped with cinnamon
The picture just does not do this breakfast justice…the color green was so pretty!! And the taste was amazing ; ) Oh and on a side note, we both got better sleep last night and did not feel tired at all this morning. So we were excited about that.
Well due to having energy, we got in the kitchen as soon as we got back from the market. And made two different snickerdoodle desserts. They are in the dehydrator, so hopefully one of them turns out. Hopefully we can make Katie proud ; )
You all remember this
Our layered chocolate cake.
We received some questions about two ingredients we used.
Pure2raw Secret Ingredients:
Sunflower lecithin. Lecithin is an emulsifier, which is the main reason we use it in a lot of our raw recipes. The more common lecithin most people and companies use is made from soy (soy lecithin), but since we try to avoid soy when possible we found this wonderful product from the Raw Food World. Thanks so much to Matt for finding this product, we love it!!
We absolutely love our sunflower lecithin for many reasons, but as I mentioned mainly for the binding property. I will admit it took some time getting used to the consistency and flavor, but now I seem to put it in everything somethings. I actually miss it if I do not put it into my smoothies or puddings. Yep our breakfast above had some of it stirred in!! See how thick and creamy it was. Delicious. Sunflower lecithin just creates this amazing texture and feel in your mouth.
We have talked about Sunflower lecithin a few times on our blog
Raw apple pie and raw ice cream
Raw green been casserole
Cranberry dressing
Please check them out for more tips and recipes.
Next up is Irish Moss
We have played around with Irish moss before. We could not find much good information about it out there, so we just kept playing around with it. Now it is NOT Irish moss powder!! There is a difference, and we have tried the powder and NO LUCK!! So please save yourself the time and money and do not buy the powder. It does not work the same…or at least to us it did not work as good as the real thing!
Then lucky for us, Michelle got to learn more about it when she went to 105 degrees. The Irish moss used in school was from Maine where Matthew Kenney lives. So let me tell you it was perfect Irish moss. When Michelle got back from school we finally got around to playing with it again and made some raw desserts.
Where can you get Irish moss?
Another product you can find from the Raw Food World. Also One Lucky Duck sells Irish moss as well.
I hope this review of our two secret ingredients helped!! If you any question please just leave a comment and we will sure to answer you.
And check back in tomorrow when we reveal of our favorite things!!!
Plus check out our dinner tonight….and yep it contains one of these secret ingredients….can you guess which one?? Actually can you even guess what our dinner is?? haha
Have a great evening!
Till next time,
Lori
The Twins
L&M
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Posted in: Raw Recipes, dessert, ingredients, product review
Tags: 105 degrees, coconut kefir, farmers market, gluten free cookies, irish moss, raw desserts, sunflower lecithin, vegan cookies
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 07:11 AM
Good morning friends,
Love the comments about yoga studio vs gym debate. Lori and I have signed up for a power yoga session tonight at one of the new local yoga studios, which we are very excited about
Following up with the hormonal imbalance post we wanted to make sure that everyone is listening to their own individual body’s. We plan to continue to update you all on how our hormonal balance is going and let you know if we find something that works for us. If you have any more questions on again how to heal more naturally please email as twins at pure2raw.com! We be glad to help out in anyway we can.
Seeing all this “get fit” talk going around in the bloggie world as well as on twitter. Lori and I have decided to start a little fitness ritual of our own. Every morning we are going to do one set of push-ups, 2 things for abs, and 2 leg exercises. Plus do a few sun salutations! Trying to do something a little extra of morning to give us a jump start for the day!
Our morning yesterday started with a delicious kale apple smoothie with coconut oil, msm powder, fresh ginger and sunflower lecthin.
Seriously been loving my green smoothie fix in the morning. One of the best ways to start a very busy day
Lunch was a glorious sauerkraut arugula salad with hemp oil, and dulse flakes!
Workout:
45 minute walk outside
Also cleaned out the garage, which has been on the to-do list for a few weeks Hey better now than never right!
Post-workout smoothie:
Rice protein powder with spirulina, maca, stevia, mesquite, carob powder, romaine, and topped with cacao nibs!
*was one of those shakes that you thought it sounded good but turned out to be just average :/ I really do not like rice protein powder. This was a struggle for me to get down!
But to make up for it we whipped our all time favorite puddings for dinner!
Pure2Raw – Key Lime avocado pudding! Perfect every time
This time we added in some additional coconut oil So light and creamy! Love our avocado puddings! The perfect way to end a long day!
We have been missing being in the kitchen and creating recipes so we plan to get back to that this week. Hopefully we will be able to share some more great and easy recipes with you all soon
Till next time,
Michelle
The Twins
L&M
Posted by: Pure2
Posted in: Fitness, Raw Recipes, yoga
Tags: avocado pudding, hormonal balance, limes, raw sauerkraut, sunflower lecithin
Friday, January 8, 2010 at 08:06 PM
Good Morning friends,
Well as many people are running in the half marathon this morning like Sabrina, Katy, and Melissa to name just a few. We wanted to wish them all the best of luck in the race
We have been getting questions of why we are eating the foods we are eating before our race and we plan to share that with you all over these next few days.
We started our day yesterday with a few chocolate truffles and treated ourselves to some coffee.
Than we went to the hotel’s gym to do a easy 30 minute workout. We did a mix of walk, sprint, and easy jog. Then we did a little stretching. Felt great!
Back in the room we enjoyed a romaine grapefruit smoothie with some maca, coconut oil, sunflower lecthin, and msm powder. Delicious!!!! It got thick from the coconut oil so it turned out to be more like a pudding!
Again eating out of a jar just for Heather
Seriously one of the best ways to start the day!! Although it turned out to be our lunch.
Next we packed up all our bags again and moved into another hotel! Traveling with us can be crazy sometimes!
As we drove over to the other hotel we snacked on some raw crackers that we made before leaving NC.
This is our home for the next two days. This is the new tower at the Contemporary Resort.
By the time we unloaded all the bags again we got a little hungry. So Michelle whipped up some coconut yogurt with some spirulina, yacon syrup, and chia seeds.
Plus we sipped on some kombucha.
Then it was time to start making all the goodies for this weekend. All of our pre-workout, during workout, and after workout goodies.
Had to buy some more bananas though – the older sis wanted some of our treats! She wanted energy too and didn’t want to be left out ! Love her!
These little bananas cost us $5.50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Better be some good bananas!
Dinner – Round One
One jar of sauerkraut with hemp seeds
Round Two
One jar of fermented veggies (daikon, leeks, beets, carrots) topped with dulse flakes and tahini once again!!!!! Heather we are in love!!!!
Dessert was a few more chocolate truffles! YUM! Can’t get enough of these babies. Good thing we made a double batch.
Our older sister gave us a surprise!
Thanks sis YOU ARE THE BEST!!! It was a package full of marathon goodies to help get us get through the race.
Some water, epsom salt, hand warmers, hand bands, chapstick, nose strips, and kleenax plus a few more things!
Well time to go cheer everyone on and than Food Bloggers Lunch with a bunch of great girls. We are very excited to meet everyone!
We will check back in later,
The Twins
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Posted in: Disney, Hot Topics, marathon
Tags: coconut oil, disney marathon, fermented veggies, green smoothie, Kombucha tea, raw crackers, raw sauerkraut, sunflower lecithin, tahini
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at 09:00 AM
Hello friends,
Here is a quick re-cap of our Monday eats. Now only 6 days till marathon. YIKES!
Morning: green smoothie filled with green kale, apples, hemp oil, cinnamon, sunflower lecthin
Again – made two cups worth each
Snack: hot chocolate and some chocolate fudge coconut bites
Lunch: romaine salad with fermented veggies, onions, hemp seeds
Lori’s salad
Mine – all mixed together
Pre-workout snack: coconut oil chia seed sludge
I added extra raw cacao to mine… yum
Lori’s version made with some spirulina aka… green sludge
Workout: 20 minutes of calisthenics and 45 minutes of yoga
Post-workout meal: another green smoothie this one filled with pumpkin seed kefir, dino kale, lemon, msm powder, turmeric, stevia, banana
*sorry no picture…figured one green smoothie pic a day is good enough unless of course you all want to see more!
Dinner: wilted arugula salad with more fermented veggies, garlic, lemon juice, dulse flakes, nutritional yeast, coconut oil
Overall we felt great! We had plenty of energy! Our stomachs are getting stronger everyday. We have had less and less gas, bloating, etc. We are finally seeing the other side. We know we will still experience some bad days but overall we are so HAPPY with where we are in our raw foods journey of good health. It always amazes us how each day we learn something new and how we can relate to something we have experienced before. Life truly is a journey!
As of now we are in the car driving down to Orlando,FL to hang out with the older sis and get ready for the marathon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Till next time,
The Twins
L&M
Posted by: Pure2
Posted in: Traveling, marathon
Tags: coconut, fermented veggies, marathon, pre-workout snack, raw foods, sunflower lecithin
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 07:59 AM
Theme Week – Holiday Meal #2
Good morning!
As promised here is the recipe for the classic holiday side dish green bean casserole. We were really pleased how it turned out ; )
Pure2Raw Recipe: Semi Raw Green been casserole
Ingredients:
- About ½ lb of green beans, washed and trimmed
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
Directions:
Place coconut oil in saucepan over medium heat. Add in your green beans a lightly sauté till your desired tenderness ( we let ours go for about 4-5 minutes)
Here are the done green beans
Now we did in ours in a skillet, but you could also lightly steam them.
When done set that in a bowl and get ready to make sauce.
Pure2Raw Recipe: Raw Creamy White sauce
Now our sauce base is not your usually cream of mushroom soup. We were making pumpkin milk the other day and had left sunflower seeds so we threw those it too. Why not, right? Well some of the pulp was thicker. So we got to thinking I wonder if this would make a good sauce? What the heck… let’s try and see!
VIOLA! Our base for green bean casserole was born.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of sunflower pumpkin seed milk pulp (substitute soaked sunflower seeds)
- 1 tbsp tahini
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 date (you can use agave or honey, or stevia)
- 1 tsp sunflower lecithin (can use soy lecithin or just omit)
- ½ tsp salt
- pinch black pepper
- ½ tsp thyme
- 1 small shallot or half of one
Directions:
Place all ingredients into blender and blend till creamy!
Time to pour the sauce over the green beans
And stir sauce around to make sure all green beans are coated.
Now time for topping
Topping:
Caramelized onions
What you need:
- Half of white onion sliced thinly
- 1-2 tbsp Olive oil
- Splash Balsamic vinegar
- Pinch salt
Directions:
Coat the onions with olive oil and balsamic vinegar
Spread out onto dehydrator sheet
Then we dehydrated them for a few hours. Or you may do this in a skillet. The way I used to eat cooked onions was using very little oil and high heat. It doesn’t take too long, but I used to love crispy, burnt things so I would let it go longer than most people
Now to put the whole dish together. Simply top your coated green beans with some of the caramelized onions.
And there you have it folks a nice, simple semi-raw, vegan, gluten free healthy side dish for your holiday meals.
Enjoy!
Thanks for stopping for our recipe for a healthy alternative for this holiday season.
Till next time,
The Twins
L&M
Posted by: Pure2
Posted in: Raw Recipes, Theme Week, holidays
Tags: caramelized onions, green bean casserole, raw recipe, sunflower lecithin, tahini, Theme Week
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 06:02 AM
Hey everyone
Thank you for all the wonderful comments and glad to hear everyone loves themed weeks! Also we enjoyed reading your go to desserts : )
As promised, here are the two recipes from yesterday. They are great ways to enjoy fresh cranberries while in season.
Plus we are introducing a new ingredients we have recently come across and we are so excited to share it with you!!
We were searching for a soy free lecithin to use in our recipes and knew there had to be something. It took as awhile to find a soy free lecithin but we eventually made it to Raw Food World Online Store, There are a few reasons why we love this product:
- Soy Free
- Emulsifier (which helps digest fat)
- Choline (necessary for brain and liver function)
- Can be used to thick products (great for raw puddings and soups)
- Raw, Vegan, Gluten Free Non GMO
This was our first time using sunflower lecithin, and so far we are liking it. : ) The flavor is a not too made, a little getting used too…it is a neutral flavor.
Another cool thing about sunflower lecithin is that it is LIQUID. Most lecithin come in powder or granules.
Why is Choline important?
Choline Bitartrate is an essential nutrient needed by the nervous system to produce acetylcholine. Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter that facilitates the transmission of impulses between neurons. It helps with muscle function.
Choline is vital for removing fat from the liver because it helps in the production of lipotropic agents. Choline nutrition is very helpful in hormone production and in enhancing sexual function, as well as bladder, kidney, pancreatic, testicular, and liver function.
As an important component of cell membranes, lecithin is needed by every cell of the body. Without lecithin, liver metabolism is deranged, leading to "fatty liver" and eventually chronic liver failure.
Other sources of choline for raw, vegans that eat no soy:
bananas, apples, oranges, cauliflower, cucumber, and tomato, almonds, sesame seeds
Other sources for soy eaters and non vegans
egg yolks, wheat germ, soy foods, cod, salmon, beef liver, soy lecithin
First Recipe: Cranberry Pudding Serves 2 (possibly 3)
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup chia seeds
- 3/4 cup nut milk
- 1 tsp vanilla (optional)
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp cardamon (optional)
- 1 zest of an orange
- 1/2 cup fresh cranberries
- 1 tbsp maca
- 1 tbsp sunflower lecithin
- 1 –2 tbsp agave, maple, or yacon syrup (add more to sweeten to your liking)
Directions:
Place chia seeds, nut milk, vanilla, cinnamon, cardamon, cranberries, and orange into blender.
Then blend till combined.
Add maca, your sweetener of choice, and sunflower lecithin
Blend till combined.
Pour into a bowl (yes we used a measuring cup, we are high class over here ; ) ) and set in fridge to set, for at least 30 minutes.
When set, pour into a bowl and top with fresh cranberries
Enjoy!
We made our cranberry pudding a little more on the tart side, but feel free to add as much sweetener as your would like.
Recipe 2: Cranberry Tahini Dressing
Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp tahini
- 1/3 cup orange juice or water
- pinch of orange zest
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1-2 in fresh rosemary spring
- 1/2 cup fresh cranberries
- Optional -drizzle in some agave
Place all ingredients into blender and blend till smooth.
This dressing could be used over a salad (like we did), or drizzled over veggies, fruit, etc.
Enjoy!
Posted by: Pure2
Posted in: Raw Recipes, Theme Week
Tags: chia pudding, cranberries, dressing, pudding, sunflower lecithin, tahini
I guess I did not like it 
