Happy Summer!! Ok so I’m a little late to the game. Lol. I absolutely love summer. Warmth, a reason to get in water, a reason to go outside, letting your skin soak up the rays, and if that doesn’t make you happy, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and peaches are in season!!!! And kids are out of school running rampant like the little savages they are. How could you not love it! For breakfast I had this deliciousiness and because I’m nice I’m going to share:
Blueberry-Peach Oat Groat Breakfast:
Blueberry-Peach Jam:
1/4 cup blueberries
1/4 a peach, chopped
1 tablespoon chia seeds
1 tsp stevia, or a squirt of agave nectar or honey
Directions: Blend together the blueberries, peaches, and sweetener- just a little bit, you don’t want them to be pure liquid. Stir in the chia seeds and let them soak up the delicious blueberry and peach juice for about 5 minutes.
Throw it on top of 1/4 cup soaked/sprouted oat groats, 1/4 cup blueberries, and the rest of the peach-chopped. : )
You could enjoy the jam with some raw crackers, mixing it with almond butter. Yum. I’m going to play captain obvious and say you can make it with any berry! Even cherries. Oooo.
You know what else is delicious and refreshing during summer? A cool and crunchy lettuce wrap:
Just take your favorite nut pate recipe, some sprouts, and roll it up in some Romain lettuce or collards. Crunch…crunch…cruuuunch.
My trip to Jacksonville was wonderful. I got to go to a raw food potluck. My sister and I made Avocado-Chocolate pudding which was a BIG hit and Zucchini pasta with Cashew “cheese”.
Avocado-Chocolate pudding:
1 avocado
4 tablespoons raw cacao powder
1/2 cup agave nectar
2 tablespoons coconut oil
Blend everything together until it’s delicious. We played with the recipe a lot so the measures aren’t exact. It all depends on if you like a dark chocolate, a coconutty taste, sweeter…etc. To spice it up you could add organic extracts like vanille, hazelnut, or amaretto. Yum.
The people at the potluck were wonderful. You can join their group here http://www.meetup.com/JaxRaw/
I also enjoyed a birthday lunch at the best raw food resturant IM(ever so humble but absolutely right)O. http://www.thepresentmomentcafe.com/
I’ve been keeping things pretty simple. Not using the dehydrator very often. I did make some raw samoas for my sister and cousin when they came to visit.
The recipes here: https://reneegoesraw.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/raw-food-potluck/
I also made cabbage chips, like kale chips…but with cabbage. They turned out pretty good actually. I just threw a little sea salt and kelp powder on them and dehydrated until slightly crispy.
Let’s talk about GMO’s next time. What are GMOs?? Exactly why we need to talk about them. : )
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