Lasagna

[Jordann]

Just made my first lasagna!!! And although it doesn't really taste like lasagna, the flavours are reminiscent... enough to satisfy me :D :D

I love to cook, and until now, hadn't tried any involved raw recipes, especially things meant to mimic cooked foods... This was great! It was labour intensive and involved and I felt like I was back in chef mode. :)

Now, what to try next... :p

[tvillemom]

Your picture is BEAUTIFUL!! I guess I'll give this a try. Was this Alissa's recipe, or did you use a recipe??
Wendi

[JennaBoBenna]

WOW! That looks great!!!

[judytoronto]

Your lasagna looks positively divine!!! You have great skill with a camera!
What did you use for the wonderful white cheesey-looking filling?
:)

[Jordann]

Awww thanks, I am totally blushing :o

Food styling and photography is another hobby from my cooked 'chef' days :) I don't know what I love more: making the food, eating the food or photographing the food ;)

The white cheese filling is a cashew cheese, I just kinda winged it, but basically any cashew cheese recipe would probably be pretty close. Mine is just cashews, lemon and lime juice, a little basil and cilantro and seasalt.

And, nope, no real recipe for the rest of it... I made the marinara sauce with tomato, soaked sundried tomato, red bell pepper and basil, and a bit of ground flax to help it 'congeal' (ewww gross word)

Thanks for the compliments - I hope I'll have more photos to share soon :D

[rawpriestess]

beautiful pics, I add some pesto to my lasagna, tastes good,

your recipe sounds very delicious. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Punky]

Wow that looks amazing! thank you for sharing your pic!

[karenisraw]

Jordann,

How did you get your cashew cheese so white. It looks just like ricotta.

k
:)

[Cinnamon]

A beautiful picture and wow it looks soooo good! We will look forward to more food photos from you, very inspiring!

[Jordann]

karenisraw - hmm, interesting question, which I can't answer... I don't know!

I just soaked my 'raw' cashews for probably close to 24 hours.. which is a lot longer than I read one is to soak them for, but it works to make a wonderful fluffy paste, and I grind them in the food processor not a blender.

other than that? :confused: who knows? Have you made things with cashews before that turned out less white?

As a side note, I have read so much about cashews not being really raw, unless you order expensive ones off a website. These I got in the bulk at the store, and after that extensive soaking period :) they actually began to sprout. at least it sure looked like a sprout! so I guess they're raw enough :D