What's your FAVORITE recipe?

[janine]

I just tried the famous chili recipe that has been floating around and was amazed at how delicious it was. I can't help but wonder, what is your favorite recipe? The quick, the easy, the gourmet, the juice, or dressings. The all time personal classics. I just convinced my hubby, who has a plethra of medical problems, to try going raw with me for a week. I need something to tempt him and make him see the light.

Here's my breakfast favorite, all tried and true, takes 3 minutes:
in a blender:



1 banana
1 apple
**1 fruit of your choice (papaya, orange, etc) or you can just omit the 3 rd fruit
1 T ground flax seed
juice from 1/2 to 1 whole lemon or lime (your preference, I like a whole lime because it makes me feel like on eating this on the beaches of Mexico...)


blend baby blend

drizzle honey over it and sprinkle it with chopped walnuts and some raisins.
If you don't have ground flax, you can at this point drizzle some flax oil on top. Gobble it up before your family wakes up and wants just "one bite", or double the recipe to keep the peace ;)

[blue_sky]

Alissa's stuffed portabella with guacamole recipe!!! So easy and i just cannot get enough of it. YUM!

my favorite smoothie recipe is 1 banana, and about a cup of frozen or fresh mixed berries, 2 tbsps. of ground flaxseed, and some water (or soymilk for the non-raw) blended up. If the fruit is frozen it is like a fruity milkshake!

And I also love raw eggless salad- don't have an exact recipe but i used cauliflower, avocado (for the "dressing"), a pinch of curry, onions or chives... hmmm.... don't remember what else, sorry :) i think there was a recipe for it on the forum somewhere though.

happy raw eating!

[Shininjatti]

i have yet to find a favorite recipe as i'm just experimenting...but i'll be curious to see what other people put up :)

[Sparkle]

One of my favorite recipes is Shazzie's Wild Mushroom Fajitas. I still need to work out the kinks because her recipes calls for a lot of spices, which when dehydrated are too strong for me. But with Alissa's guac and sour cream recipes it really helps with my mexican food cravings.

I also like Alissa's marinated greens because I do get sick of salads sometimes.

[VeganVixen]

my own raw non-bean ,low fat hummus

julianos raw ketchup

and raw sushi!!!!!!!!

[Cinnamon]

My most fav raw food recipe is Alissa's Crepe's. Oh my... yum!!! I also love her Black Forest Cake, see the pattern here?? Desserts! Although the Onion Bread (listed on this forum) is also great, and Alissa's banana-flax crackers for a yummy treat with almond butter and agave with sliced strawberries on top is very good. So many favorite raw foods and so little time!

And not to forget making banana "ice cream" and adding different fruits to it like frozen strawberries or blueberries. So easy and so satisfying, I haven't eaten dairy products in many years now but imagine that if someone is craving dairy ice cream this would take care of that craving! Alissa also has a recipe in her book for Carob Sauce, I make this to put on top of the banana "ice cream" add some sliced fruit and top with shredded coconut, yum!

[tracyinfo]

Rawviolis are one of my favorites.

[janine]

Rawviolis are one of my favorites.

I heard they are tricky to make. Is that true?

[janine]

One of my favorite recipes is Shazzie's Wild Mushroom Fajitas. I still need to work out the kinks because her recipes calls for a lot of spices, which when dehydrated are too strong for me. But with Alissa's guac and sour cream recipes it really helps with my mexican food cravings.

I also like Alissa's marinated greens because I do get sick of salads sometimes.

I don't have her (Shazzie's) book. What's the recipe?

[tracyinfo]

I heard they are tricky to make. Is that true?

I did not find them tricky, but placing the filling into the wrappers took a while. I finally drafted 2 of my children into helping me fill the wrappings.

Everything else was quick and easy to prepare. I used a saladacco to slice the turnips thinly. It worked great!

:)

[Shininjatti]

wheres the onion bread recipe?

[Revvell]

wheres the onion bread recipe?


http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1149&highlight=onion+bread

[Pailani]

my own raw non-bean ,low fat hummus

I could really go for some non-bean hummus. What's your recipe? :)

[VeganVixen]

no beans about it hummis


2 zuchinnis
4 cloves garlic

blend then add
1/ 4 to 1/2 lemon juice
1/2 cup parsley
1/4 olive oil or 2 tbs (for lower fat)
tbs of curry
tbs cumin
tsp salt

blend again to desired texture.

btw -This is aprox. what I do -If it comes out to strong add another zuchinni and also add 1/4 lemon j. first THEN add more "to taste"

[SimplyRawesome]

wheres the onion bread recipe?If you decide to make this, be sure you put your dehydrator either outside or in the garage ... your entire house will wreak of onions. Not a bad thing, but definitely overwhelming.

My favorite recipe is Alissa's Mock Salmon Pate. I like to make mini-appetizers out of it by putting a spoonful on a spinach leaf and then cutting up grape tomatoes into little bits and garnishing the spinach wrapped mock salmon pate with the tomatoes. Then I shovel it in and down the hatch it goes! YUMMMY!!

My favorite dessert recipe is her date-nut torte garnished with fresh strawberries and blueberries. SLURP!!!

Oh! And one more ... Allison makes this awesome Raw Pizza that she's brought to our potlucks. I tried to make it and never got past the Energy Flat Bread. It was a complete disaster. I have her recipe if anyone wants to attempt it. I guess I'm just not good at sprouting buckwheat!:(

[Allison]

Oh Victoria, you're funny! I'll have to show you how to make the flat bread. It's really not that hard. What did you have problems with?

I haven't seen you on the boards for a while, although I haven't been around that much either. Glad to see you back!

[bellamausi]

Oh! And one more ... Allison makes this awesome Raw Pizza that she's brought to our potlucks. I tried to make it and never got past the Energy Flat Bread. It was a complete disaster. I have her recipe if anyone wants to attempt it. I guess I'm just not good at sprouting buckwheat!:(

I would love the pizza bottom recipe! I like the taste of buckwheat!

My favorite recipe at the moment would be Juliano's meatloaf. ;)

[RawTruth]

My favorites change all the time!!

I'm currently stuck on wraps -- using a large collard leaf, I pile up greens and something special and then some sauce and then roll up tightly like a big burrito. The "something special" is something like falafel or pate or a tasty dehydrated veggie mixture. For a week now, I've been using marinated mushrooms (any kind, but portabellas are especially tasty). The sauce can be a yummy dressing or guacamole. Depends on what taste I'm wanting. If I want Indian, I'll blend up some curry powder, cumin, coriander, garam masala. If I want middle eastern, I'll use tahini, lemon, oregano. Italian can be a basil pesto. Or maybe I'll blend together some sundried tomatoes.

And ... still addicted to the Butter Pecan Icecream, although I change it around almost every night. Usually leave out the honey, but, since I adored mix-in icecreams back in the day -- I almost always stir something crunchy in like nuts and/or my own raw granola. If I'm really insane, I'll grind up some cacao nibs and add it with some carob. But, I'm not crazy about cacao's effect on me ... and cuz it doesn't grind down to a fine powder -- so I use it seldom.

***A while back, there was a thread that started with an identical question as this one -- someone asked for everyone's favorite recipe. You might want to search for that one, also. A lot of people responded who have been raw for long enough now that they're not posting with the regularity that they were at that time.

Here's to good eating!

[Doe]

RawTruth, could the ground nibs be sifted? Just a thought.

[RawTruth]

Hmmmm .... don't think so. They just don't grind down enough to have much if any "powder" -- they just stay kinda crunchy like ground coffee beans. Someone mentioned that maybe I need a new grinder, but I don't know; it grinds nuts just fine.

[SimplyRawesome]

Thanks Allison. I either made the flat bread too thin or dehydrated it too long because it was stuck to the wax paper, curled up like a chip and when I tried to remove it from the dehydrator it just fell apart. I would love it if you could show me how to make it - the pizza is SOOOOOO yummy!!

[JustusGSD]

My current favorite recipe is the indian spinach dip from Alissa's book. Yum!! I've been looking for some other ways to get greens and this did it for me. :) It's great to dip veggies in and I'm also going to use it for wraps next time I make it.


Sarah

[alpha92]

can I have recipe for this

[JustusGSD]

Hi Alpha92,
Alissa said it's ok to post the indian spinach dip recipe, so I'll do that when I get home. I wouldn't want to miss any ingredients. :)


Peace,
Sarah

[VeganVixen]

She is so great isnt she !!! :D

[Shininjatti]

i made the hummus vixen and its damn good!

[JustusGSD]

Here's the recipe for the dip. I leave out the Herbamere because I don't really like the taste of it. Thanks for letting me post it Alissa! :D

Indian spinach dip

4c spinach
1 lg avacado or 1.5 sm avocado
1/2 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp Herbamere
1/2 clove garlic
1/4 tsp curry
1/8 tsp fresh ginger
dash chili powder
dash cayenne
dash cumin

- blend all ingredients in food processor
- serve as is or warm in dehydrator

Enjoy!!

[VeganVixen]

i made the hummus vixen and its damn good!


yeeaay ,recipe success -I wasnt sure how it would be taken since it is no-bean AND lower fat ,also if you want add a small handfull of walnut halves for a "thicker" or a more nutty flavor along with the oil......glad you liked it :D

if you liked that you might like the no avo guacamole(I have trouble with fats)

say no to avo guacamole!!!!!


2 zuchinis (chopped)
2 small cucumber strips or "fingers"

blend well then add...

2 tbs of olive oil or 6 walnut halves
1/2 cup of cilantro
1/2 cup of tomato
1/4 c of lemon or lime juice
1 tbs of jalepino
1 1/4 tsp of salt
1 tsp garlic
1 tsp ginger (optional)
1/4 cup green onions


blend to a guac consistency (add the tomato in last so it doesnt become pastey)

[VeganVixen]

Here's the recipe for the dip. I leave out the Herbamere because I don't really like the taste of it. Thanks for letting me post it Alissa! :D

Indian spinach dip

4c spinach
1 lg avacado or 1.5 sm avocado
1/2 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp Herbamere
1/2 clove garlic
1/4 tsp curry
1/8 tsp fresh ginger
dash chili powder
dash cayenne
dash cumin

- blend all ingredients in food processor
- serve as is or warm in dehydrator

Enjoy!!


Thank you !!!!!!! just us ,and alissa :) :p :D :D :D

[sjpersonal]

I am waiting for my Excalibur Dehydrator. I can't wait to try some of Alissa's recipes, I have her book along with several others my Cusinart Blender/Food Processer and my Jack Lalanne Juicer. I am sooo ready to cook. I am cleaning out my kitchen this weekend and stocking up at Trader Joes and Whole Foods this weekend. So soon I will be able to post my favorite recipes.

Bye
Sondra

[brandilynn]

I made the fresh marinara and zuch pasta strip things last night and it was GREAT. I also marinated my zuch pasta in Braggs for a few minutes, man that adds some depth to them! YUM!!

[RawTruth]

no beans about it hummis


2 zuchinnis
4 cloves garlic

blend then add
1/ 4 to 1/2 lemon juice
1/2 cup parsley
1/4 olive oil or 2 tbs (for lower fat)
tbs of curry
tbs cumin
tsp salt

blend again to desired texture.

btw -This is aprox. what I do -If it comes out to strong add another zuchinni and also add 1/4 lemon j. first THEN add more "to taste"Hey Faerie Girl! I just went back to try this recipe, but I'm not sure about a couple of the measurements. Maybe you could clarify for me ... yes?

Is it 1/4 - 1/2 of a lemon? Or 1/4 - 1/2 Cup?
How many T. of curry and cumin?
One teaspoon of salt?

I know I can mess around with it, but I thought you could clear it up for me more quickly :o

Thanks,!

[VeganVixen]

oops ,yes 1/4 to 1/2 cup ,and 1 tsp of salt ,sorry sometimes I get too fast when I type !!!

[ANIMLOVER]

I love Alissa's Veggie flax crackers!!
Her date nut pie is absolutly delish too!!
Janine, I would love the recipe to that chili!
Thanks a bunch!!

Does any one have Nomi Shannons book?
She makes a great yam salad.
I will post when I have mroe time!
the sauce is made from almond butter and chinese 5 spice. Havenly!!

PS can we post recipes from other authors here?

[sailaway]

I made Pad Thai from the Complete book of Raw Food ( it had more colors and veggies) and added the Pad Thai sauce from Alissa recipe book, it had much more flavor. Just like the cooked version. :D It was to die for! All in my family loved it and it was voted as a dish to add to our BIG< HUGE< Family reunion that is coming up in July. (Ouside family doesn't know I am Raw. They live out of state! )

[rawpriestess]

Basically, if it's in Alissa' book-- I love it.

My favorites are
pesto stuffed mushrooms
meatloaf (I make them into burger patties)
marinara sauce
ravioli
pizza wraps

these I don't think I could live without. They are soooooo veryyyyyy gooooood.

[Healthe]

Hi,
My favorite recipe is raspberry pie! I use walnuts, cashews, raisins & dates for the crust and the filling is frozen raspberries, ripe bananas & some honey. I've also made it with blueberries. Sandy :)

[VeganVixen]

sounds yummy ,I might try this -but it would have the only thing I eat for that day ,or else the nuts would do some damage.......

[desertroadrunner]

It's simple, but delicious and quick.
Soaked then dehydrated walnuts (I keep them on hand in the fridge) and raisins mixed with raw almond butter. Eat with an apple. Yummy.

[janine]

I love Alissa's Veggie flax crackers!!
Her date nut pie is absolutly delish too!!
Janine, I would love the recipe to that chili!
Thanks a bunch!!


Here it is and it is to die for... If you can't link to it, just search titles for "chili". It's been posted so many times.http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1231&page=1&pp=25&highlight=chili

[janine]

I seriously cannot stop eating these: From "Living Cuisine":

3 C dried shredded coconuts
1 C soaked/pitted dates
3 Tb almond butter
2 Tb honey or maple syrup
2 Tb olive oil or coconut butter
1 Tb vanilla extract
1 Tb cinnamon
2 tsp nutmeg
pinch of sea salt

in a food processor:
coconut, dates, almond butter, honey/maple syrup, coconut butter/olive oil, vanilla, cinn., nutmeg, sea salt

take approx. 1 1/2 half Tb of the dough and press it on a teflex sheet with the bottom of a wet drinking glass

Dehydrate for approx. 12 hours on each side. She says to dehydrate it enough that the inside is moist. This batch lasted 2 days before I ate it all.

Beware, you will eat a lot of these!! This book is a very very good recipe book. Perhaps one step up as far as "hard recipes" than Allisa's

[katrina]

I absolutely went nutso over Alissa's Marinated Asparagus. I love cooked asapragus but never dreamed raw would be good. I thought it would be bitter. But the stalks are rather sweet and crunchy. I altered the recipe a little. I used only sundried tomatoes, no fresh ones. And I omitted the ginger and used curry powder instead. I marinated overnight and oh my gosh!!! I ate the whole thing between two meals that day. It was excellent and garlicky and spicy. I highly recommend it.

[janine]

I made Pad Thai from the Complete book of Raw Food ( it had more colors and veggies) and added the Pad Thai sauce from Alissa recipe book, it had much more flavor.

I agree. I made the Thai from the "Complete Book of Raw Food" and it was delicious. There are some pictures on this forum from somebody who made their own version and it looked really good too. I wrote in her ingrediants in my book for reference.

[RawTruth]

I just have to tell you, VeganVixen, that I finally got around to trying your hummus recipe and it is absolutely dynamite. It is now my favorite thing to eat. Since it's named "hummus" -- I was expecting a more bland taste, but this is so flavorful and full-bodied and tangy and .... wow! I wanted it a bit thicker than just two zucchini made it, so I threw in an avocado since I was out of zucchini, and I used 2 cloves of garlic rather than 4. Oh baby. I'm now using fresh crisp sugar snap beans to scoop the hummus up. I can't wait to get more zucchini to make more once this is gone.

Thanks, thanks, thanks.

[Secret Heart]

I tried making flaxseed burritos awhile ago with cabbage leaves to wrap them in...it was a disaster...the leaves kept splitting. RawTruth, you have good luck with collard leaves? How do you make them stick...or do you just wrap it tightly? Thanks!
Heather

[RawTruth]

Definitely -- fold the ends in, roll/wrap it tightly. Be sure to slice away the center stalk if there is one. The fresher they are, the better they wrap.

Still, they're not like burritos. They're ... like ... collard wraps! :D

When I use cabbage, I use the leaves more as "boats" to carry the filling rather than trying to wrap them since they're stiff.

Worst case, you can always pull out the knife and fork!

Have fun!

[Randolyn]

My favorites right now are Alissa's stuffed mushrooms and I also put that pesto stuffing on sliced tomatoes and dehydrate them just for an hour or so YUM!! I also made up a kind of almond joy/mounds tasting recipe it is so good my husband and kids love it!!

[NoGMO!]

"bacon"(from eggplant)

rawvioli

raw pies

raw ketchup

-to name a few-

[Randolyn]

"bacon"(from eggplant)


Please tell me how you make "bacon" from eggplant sounds interesting!

[NoGMO!]

Please tell me how you make "bacon" from eggplant sounds interesting!

I found this on the from SAD to RAW site.

Bacon, Why Not

1 large eggplant, thinly sliced lengthwise (used a v-slicer)
3/4 c. oil (you can use less oil)
1 tsp. cayenne
2 Tbl. honey
4 Tbl. Ume Plum Vinegar (I don't remember using any vinegar?)

Marinate for 2 hours. Place on teflex sheets and dehydrate for 9 hours. Turn bacon over and dehydrate another 9 hours.
- from "How We All Went Raw" by Top Raw Men

-pretty amazing!

[jenna rose]

Right now, my favorite is Alissa's "potato" salad. YUM!

[RawTruth]

Yeah, it was discussed on this site earlier this year and tried by those of us who where around then. I don't put it on teflex, though. I put it right on the mesh sheets so that it dehydrates faster.

Just a question, though, No GMO -- do you dehydrate long enough for it to break easily like crisp bacon, or is it flexible? Also, do you peel the skin off first?

[NoGMO!]

Raw Truth-
I've always peeled the skin off of my eggplants for any recipe- but I recently read somewhere(?) that it's more nutritious to consume the peels- I might try that soon. Have you tried the skins in any recipe?

as far as dehydrating time and texture, I usually end up eating it in about three stages as I get hungry- so naturally it's never lasted long enough in the dehydrator to reach a breakable state. it's always long gone before that point -

[RawTruth]

Actually, the next time I make it, I intend to peel the skins off for the first time. When left on, it's almost impossible to bite through, so it makes the bacon rather hard to eat because the skin, which is now like a unchewably strong thread, gets in the way. I don't know if this makes any sense. There are some recipes in another recent thread for using eggplant in other ways; for those, I'm thinking that leaving the skin on may work. It's just that it's so tough and it's cooking that softens up (not for us!!).

Thanks for the reply.

[HapENap]

This is a oldie but a goodie. There are some great recipes that I think other newbies, like myself could benefit from.

[lucky lemons]

Lately, I'm loving Ani Phyo's walnut taco "meat," coconut lemon bars, and sundried tomato hummus, yummm. I also love Alissa's Mock Salmon Pate, and I just tried her miso soup recipe and its really good too. I think these are all my new staples.

I would like to find a good recipe for raw brownies, and raw caramel (not sure if that exists), also I can't wait to try some ice cream recipes, since its so hot in Cali right now. :rolleyes:

[Barbie2]

I'm dehydrating the Carmel Coconut Cookies in my dehydrator right now. They are soooo yummy! I have been snacking on the cookies while they are in the dehydrator, hopefully there will be some left after it is done dehydrating! Yumm!

[Pizza]

[FONT=Comic Sans MS]I just tried the famous chili recipe that has been floating around and was amazed at how delicious it was. ]

can someone direct me to this famous chili recipe? (maybe pm me?)
pleeeease?:)

The link that was posted on an earlier page gives me an error - could someone cut and paste the recipe? I'm hankering for some chili....

[coco]

two chili recipes here
http://www.rawfreedomcommunity.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2042