I love to revisit my culture though the vehicle of food. My mother use to make the best black cake. My brother and I use to scarf it down with ice cold milk.
This particular black cake has become a favorite of my clients and for good reason it tastes great!
A while back I had did a post about about Sorrel and had described the taste as being fruity, sweet and tart. This time around I have decided to freeze it and then blend it to smooth out the ice. Wow I am telling you it was delicious and my taste buds were amazed and they never got bored while enjoying it.
Soak the Sorrel, orange peel,Cinnamon and cloves in 7 cups of water overnight
Strain, sweeten, Frezze,blend and serve
I had a block of raw cacao butter on my kitchen counter for the past two months and I said what lets do something with it. At first I thought that I was going to make chocolate bars then I changed my mind and busted out with chocolate hearts instead.
I love them they kind of remind me of a Hersheys kiss hence the name. the combination of chocolate paste and raw cacao butter really made them creamy . I have no recipe to share because sometimes I just like to play in the kitchen.:(
I grew up eating this extremely sweet fruit it taste sooooo good, kind of like candy. They grow abundantly in the Caribbean, and we were lucky enough to have a tree in our front yard so I have no idea how much they cost ( lucky me )
Name: Sugar apple or Custard Apple
How To Eat : When ripe you can enjoy this sugary treat by breaking it open and placing the segments into your mouth separating the flesh and seeds. Trust me it is so worth it. Also you can press the the flesh and seeds through a mesh and add the juice to nut milks or ice creams ;the surgary flavor doesn't dissopoint.
To God Be the Glory
Sweet Caramel Sauce
This is a great recipe because not only is it rich in caramel flavor but it is extremely versatile. Use it for fruit dips, cake icings, ice cream toppings, or
1/3 cup of Lucama powder
1/8 cup of coconut oil
½ cup of maple syrup
1 teaspoon of salt
1 scrapped vanilla bean
Step 1: Place everything in the food processor and process until well blended.
Lucama Fruit is dried and ground iinto a fine powder for mass production.
Watermelon is juice-a-licious you can't deny it, when you cut into a crisp juicy watermelon and place it into your mouth it is like breaking through a juicy sugary piece of heaven.
This season watermelon is big around here I usually buy one per week and devour it in less than two days.
Their are tons of watermelon varieties and there's even a moon and stars variety with yellow skin,can you believe it ?
Also for the married people watermelon is a natural aphrodisiac, there's actually not a blue variety however you get the point.
Watermelon Juice
Watermelon juice is so nutritious and super easy too. This is a great breakfast tonic to get your body going and started off on the right track.
Half of watermelon
Step 1: scoop out the inside of a half of watermelon; place the meat in your blender, blend and drink.
For a tastier drink add agave and a little ginger to taste.
Frozen Watermelon Juice Margarita
Watermelon with Ginger Slices
Sometimes you don’t have to work for hours in the kitchen to achieve a successful dish. This can be a quick lunch time snack or a simple summertime breakfast. Allot of people are making more raw complicated recipes and that is great I indulge in those too, but lets not forget that some of the most tastiest and nutritious raw foods are the simplest ones.
Step 1: Cut a medium watermelon in half
Step 2: Scoop out the watermelon with an ice cream scooper and place it into a medium bowl.
Step 3: Place the bowl with the watermelon in the freezer and freeze for 30 mins or more.
Step: 4 garnish with fresh cherries and serve
Watermelons are at their peek season right now if your aren't at your farmers market picking some up you are seriously missing out.
These are great useful tips for indulging in melons of all kinds:
Melon Fruits like watermelon,cantaloupe and honey dew are great for the skin. You can make delicious juices and drinks out of them; you can also utilize them in fruit salads, smoothies and sorbets.
There's nothing that a smoothie can't do ! They can be desserts,snacks,or complete meals ! Also you can talior fit them to your specific nutritional need. Green smothies are great for your skin and can aid in the repair of cells. Sweet smoothies like strawberry and blueberry are great as natural pick me ups and bad snack replacements. They also help to give you the raw glow because they need less digestion from the body and go straight into the blood stream.I have enjoyed all of these in great gratitude. They are also very child friendly and Grown ups love them too. So continue to drink up I know I will !
Whats your favorite smoothie or smoothie combination ?
Avocado Smoothie and Recipe from bewellbuzz
Avocado Smoothie Recipe
Half a ripe Avocado 1. Vanilla Bliss Smoothie
2 frozen bananas 2. Cantaloupe Strawberry
5 frozen or fresh strawberries 3. Coconut Blueberry
splash of nut milk 4. Strawberry Banana
Pinch of cardamom 5. Blueberry Strawberry
Pinch of all spice 6. Coconut Banana
Blend and serve 7. Strawberry
8. Strawberry almond Butter Cup frozen
Raw Chocolate with Strawberries
Raw Caco Nibs
Raw Chocolate Pudding
Raw Chocolate Smoothie with Goji Berry Love
1/2 C whole peeled cacao beans, ground
1/8 C coconut oil
1/8 C melted cacao butter (use coconut oil if not available)
1/4 C raw honey or raw agave syrup
Grind cacao until it is very fine. The cacao will have a consistency like raw almond butter and will stick to the sides of the grinder. Mix ground cacao with coconut oil or cacao butter in grinder. Remove mixture and add honey and other ingredients. Stir well with a fork. The mixture should be able to be poured. If not, add more coconut oil. Pour into ice cube trays or other forms and freeze for 45 minutes. Serve immediately after removing from the freezer.
Recipe from Mark Ament
I am so sorry guys I love to not measure and be more of a vibration chef. However I also want you guys to be able to get ideas and be inspired to recreate this food that you see here as well. So I will do my best to get the recipes together for you. However in the mean time I will give out the main ingredients and the preparation involved in making each dish.
For the cake
Frosting
Blend and freeze for 20 mins, then pipe it through a pastry bag on to the cake.
Peppermint Leaf Water: To make this simply blend a hand full of peppermint leafs with with one cup of water,strain
Who doesn't like a good brownie ? This brownie is a frosted chocolate Brownie that I made it was quite delicious. What is your favorate drink that you like to wash your brownies down with ?
Raw Chocolate Beans in dried Caco Fruit
I made this pie for a client and he was totally amazed his entire family loved it and so did our mutual friends.
G-living really got to this coconut lover with this episode. I really and truly love anything coconut I guess you can take the girl out of the island but you can't take the island out of the girl. When I seen this episode it really got me,like yes I can truly be raw and actually stay raw. I had to share this wonderful recipe and episode with my reader or readers lol.
Raw Banana Coconut Cream Pie
Crust
1/2 cup of macadamia nut
1/2 cup of shredded dry coconut
Pinch of salt
1 teaspoons of coconut oil
2 tablespoons of agave nectar
Crust Preparation
Blend first 5 ingredients in the food processor
Add more agave to stick the crust together
Line pan with saran wrap,press crust on top
Freeze the crust while preparing the filling
Filling
2 Cups of coconut meat
1/2 cup of virgin coconut oil
2-4 tablespoons of agave nectar
Coconut water (if needed)
1 tablespoon of lime juice
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract or half of a vanilla bean
1-2 bananas sliced 1/2 inch
Filling Preparation
Blend the rest of the ingredients except the banana slices in the blender until smooth
Make sure there is enough liquid to have the ingredients swirling in a vortex
Add coconut water if needed
Take the crust out of the freezer and place sliced bananas on top of the crust
Pour filling on top of bananas
Place in the freezer for three to four hours to set
Run mature coconut meat through the juicer to make coconut whipped cream from the juice.
Thanks Chef Vanessa !
This apple bar is sticky,sweet and crunchy who could ask for anything more.
Me and my mother loves smoothies,peach is an often overlooked fruit option however you really don't know what your missing. Pech smoothies rawk !
Peach Smoothie
Peach Smoothie
Raw Coconut
Coconut Crisp Cereal
I love being creative and fun,this cereal is a true testament of what can be done using raw foods.
Coconut Espresso cake was such an inspirational piece of genius that I had. The two flavors really married together very well. I have to work out the kinks but when I do I will defiantly share this recipe.
There are so many raw food bars out there on the market today,I remember when there was only Lara bar. However Pure bar is also becoming increasingly popular and I know why, there good. I have an experience to share about Pure Bar I was in Trader Joe's and I saw her bars,I said to myself I wander what they taste like ? So being extra hungry because I hadn't eaten all day I ripped one open right in the isle, Let me tell you it was so good I ate the entire bar on my way to check out (and yes I paid for it ) I named the above bars Shar bar because they were so good that I had to name them after myself
Mint tops from my garden
Using fresh ingredients from your garden is not only a treat because you grew it yourself; but it really increases the taste of your dish. Fresh ingredients makes all the difference in taste. I will encourage anyone to grow mint because once you plant it it continues to grow and in most cases you won't have to re plant it again each year to reap the benefits.
Fresh mint from my garden
Fresh mint ice cream
