Collard rolls with sunflower seed-sundried tomato balls and pine nut cheese. Mango "flan" in the background.





Cucumber-Date-Pistachio Salad with Orange Dressing





Superfood Tabouli with hempnuts





Carrot Cake







Celery-Apple Salad with "Mayo"





Taco





Kale Salad and Cucumber-Avocado Boats in the background.




Cashew Cherry Cookies





Truffles





*I don't have or use a dehydrator*

miam ... your food is amazing!!!!! I am used to eat very plain things, without much preparation or recipes - mostly fruits on their own, also soaked ou grounded seeds, simple salad...

May I come for diner?

Love

Cynthia

I forgot to ask for the recipes!!!!!

please.

Cynthia

Awesome pics Utopian! That all looks so delish!

How do you make the Mango Flan? ...and the Sundried tomato balls? ...and the superfood tabouli? ...and the truffles? ...and the carrot cake?

am I asking too much? I want it all!!!

Thanks for posting, great work!

Greg

Aloha Nui Loa,

Greg

A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices. - William James

There is no pill that can be swallowed,
There is no guru, that can be followed, - Michael Franti (Pray For Grace)

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. - Albert Camus

It all looks so yummy. So inspiring.

how do you up-load pic's?

Hey. Thanks. The mango flan is from The Raw 50 and has mango and coconut meat, with almond milk and agave. The recipe didn't work as directed and I'm also not happy that there's a typo in the book and I contacted the author and never heard back on what was correct for the recipe. But anyway!

The carrot cake is from The Complete Book of Raw Food, as was the superfood tabouli, so I can't give those out. The carrot cake has carrot pulp, juice, raisins, coconut, nuts, spices - it was so, so good! The frosting has cashews. The tabouli was mint, hempseeds, tomatoes, cucumber, lemon juice.

Sunflower seeds balls and truffles are my creations, so I can give those out.



1 c. sunflower seeds
1/3 c. sun-dried tomatoes
1 tsp. dried basil
1/2 clove garlic
2 T. raw tahini
1/2 medium carrot

Put first three ingredients in food processor and pulse until the tomatoes are chopped into small pieces. Add the remaining ingredients and pulse until finely chopped and combined, with the mixture sticking together easily. Add salt if desired. Shape into balls.



1/2 c. finely ground cacao
1/3 c. raisins
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. almond extract (if desired)
1/4 c. agave nectar (or try 2 T. agave and 3 drops liquid stevia)
1 T. coconut oil
1 T. almond butter (raw) or cashew butter or more coconut oil for coconut flavor
1/2 c. hempseeds plus more for rolling

Combine all ingredients besides hempseeds in a processor and puree, scraping down sides, to completely mix. Add the hempseeds and pulse to mix and thicken the mixture. Chill, if necessary, or wet hands to form into balls and drop into hempseeds to coat. Freeze for 30 min. or chill in the fridge for one hour. Eat!!!

Thanks Utopian, I'll give those a try...thanks for the inspiration!

BananaBlossom, There are some instructions for how to upload photos in the first thread of this forum called "formatting your posts" It took me a little trial and error, but once i figured it out I went a little crazy!

Have fun, Greg

Aloha Nui Loa,

Greg

A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices. - William James

There is no pill that can be swallowed,
There is no guru, that can be followed, - Michael Franti (Pray For Grace)

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. - Albert Camus

Thanks MauiGreg. Do you live in Hawaii cause I am going in September and I CAN'T WAIT!!!!

Aloha, BananaBlossom,
I sure do live in Hawaii...in every sense of the word "live" too! You will love it if you haven't been. It's a wonderful place to be raw... although I've never been raw anywhere else, so it's an uninformed opinion I guess. Which islands are you visiting?

Greg

Aloha Nui Loa,

Greg

A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices. - William James

There is no pill that can be swallowed,
There is no guru, that can be followed, - Michael Franti (Pray For Grace)

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. - Albert Camus

utopian, thank you for the recipes

love,

Cynthia

sure, no problem!

The cashew cookies are so easy as well:

1 c. raw cashews
2 T. agave nectar (raw)
1 tsp. vanilla
1/3 c. sun-dried cherries

Pulse the cashews in the processor a few times to make pieces. Add agave and vanilla and pulse again. Add cherries. Form into balls and refrigerate for 30 min. (or you may have to chill to form into balls or wet your hands).

mango tabouli




I am so impressed with the above

SUVINE.COM IS MY BLOG





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hello suvine

in the above pictures, the one with you standing in front of the mountain...is that in the rockies? i live near that area and the mountain seems familiar to me.

cheers

Wow... this food looks soo good. Who wants to make my meals! LOL

This looks amazing!

I will if you are my roomate

Gorgeous work suvine..fruit rocks!!

hey suvine

that first salad looks like an incredible plate of forest was that starfruit in the last salad? brings back a funny memory.. the star fruit thing.. only had it once..

utopian life : neat recipes and cool pics
like the mango flan thing u posted

i'm going to echo what marybee says:

HEY WHO WANTS TO MAKE MY FOOOOOOD!!!!!! heh heh

hey rawdanceruk

the knickerbockerglory smoothie/shake looks deelish

Raw museli with blended blackberries




Super Duper green smoothie!!

Mmmm yumbo!






Sunflower seed cheeze

mmfff, i can't post any more pictures of my BOOORRRRIIINNNGG salads and plates of plain old fruit. oh well, it tastes good!

for some odd reason

this has become one of my most favorite threads

and i don't really know why

i myself am not a very good raw chef ( the best i can do is a salad)

i think its the colors, the creativity ... mostly the COLORS !!! though

its like color therapy for me just to see all these radiant vibrant colors

and the ideas

i get such a kick out of it !!

u all are the BEST!!!

Ah LaV,

Speaking of colors.... The heirloom tomatoes are back! ...the people rejoiced ...and wondered how they had survived so long without them.

Red, gold and zebra green heirlooms on sunflower sprout-arugala salad with cucumber pesto (hidden beneath the tomatoes).


Greg

Aloha Nui Loa,

Greg

A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices. - William James

There is no pill that can be swallowed,
There is no guru, that can be followed, - Michael Franti (Pray For Grace)

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. - Albert Camus

Greg can I be your friend that looks so good.

Hey MauiGreg,

I will be visiting The Big Island and Maui! I cannot wait to eat fresh fruit.

Suvine, of course you can be my friend. Your creations look delicious as well... can you imagine the raw potluck we could all have with all the creative people here? Yum!

Aloha Nui Loa,

Greg

A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices. - William James

There is no pill that can be swallowed,
There is no guru, that can be followed, - Michael Franti (Pray For Grace)

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. - Albert Camus

maui G

wow... u say the pesto was hidden but i SEEE ITTTT!!! whooo hooooo

little speckles of it on the right side middle ( ha ha..)

i can almost taste the heirloom tomatoes

I like the color of the pale sea green zebra heirloom

greg

wud u mind sharing your cucumber pesto recipe?

i've made pesto before with basil garlic and pine nuts

but did u just add cucumbers to it?

curious

Good eyes LaV... I couldn't even see the pesto until you pointed it out

it couldn't remain hidden forever, it needed to show itself.
The pesto is a beautiful color, but
the heirlooms stole the show again.

Cucumber pesto is easy;
1 cucumber, lots of basil leaves, 1 clove garlic, couple spoonfuls of avocado...
blend until smooth.
Serve on anything.... drink the left-overs out of the blender!

yummy,

Greg

Aloha Nui Loa,

Greg

A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices. - William James

There is no pill that can be swallowed,
There is no guru, that can be followed, - Michael Franti (Pray For Grace)

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. - Albert Camus

those tomatoes are beautiful!

Sprout Salad



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