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raweater
10-17-2008, 07:47 AM
I had posted the cheesy bread stick recipe I created several months ago, well sort of, I hadn't posted any measurements so it wasn't too obvious. I've tested and measured the ingredients this time to put it in my recipe book, since I had already posted this recipe I figured I'd post the new "official" recipe now that it's done. I just made them but had not put the chopped onion in the bread, I decided to add it to give a bit more flavor to the bread. I've also created my own version of the cheddar cheese sauce which is included:

Cheesy Bread Sticks with Marinara Sauce
These taste surprisingly similar to the real thing.

For bread sticks:
2 cups golden flax seeds, ground
1 ½ cups water
1 T chopped onion
2 t Italian herbs
1 t Celtic salt

For cheddar sauce:
1 cup sunflower seeds
1 red bell pepper
¼ cup water
1 clove garlic
Juice of one lime
2 T nutritional yeast
1 T sesame seeds
1 T chopped onion
1 ½ t Celtic salt

For marinara sauce:
2 medium tomatoes
½ cup sun dried tomatoes
¼ cup chopped onion
2 T olive oil
2 T fresh basil or 1 T dried
1 t dried oregano
1 t chili powder
1 clove garlic
½ t Celtic salt
Pepper & Cayenne to taste

Mix all bread stick ingredients and wait a few minutes for dough to thicken as the flax absorbs the water. Shape into 1 cm/½ inch thick bread sticks on dehydrator sheets. Blend all cheddar sauce ingredients until smooth. Cover the bread sticks with a layer of cheddar sauce (you will have some left over, you can double the bread stick recipe if you want to use all the cheddar sauce). Dehydrate for about 12 hours at 105°f/40°c. Put all marinara sauce ingredients except sun dried tomatoes in a blender and blend until smooth, adding sun dried tomatoes a few at a time through the small hole while blending. Dip bread in sauce.

Veganforlife
10-17-2008, 08:13 AM
Sounding yum-oh! Thanks!
Oh - it makes me laugh when folks say "it tastes like the real thing". This IS the real thing. Those others out there? They are the imitators!!!

raweater
10-17-2008, 08:17 AM
Sounding yum-oh! Thanks!
Oh - it makes me laugh when folks say "it tastes like the real thing". This IS the real thing. Those others out there? They are the imitators!!!

I agree, I wish humans had created everything raw to start with! That way we wouldn't be at 1 out of 2 people with cancer.

Veganforlife
10-17-2008, 08:30 AM
We did, but then all it took was one human who thought they knew better and wanted to play "Mama Nature" and ruined foods. Too bad folks don't/won't realize that if they ate well, they could reverse their dis-eases and heal themselves. But what am I saying - silly me! All the drugs that would be no more and doctors (who haven't a clue), and the money spent on both of them could be used for create organic farms all over the world and organice "fast food" drive throughs - ah, but what am I saying? Silly me!!!

Moretta
10-17-2008, 08:53 AM
Sounds delish.

rawstrength
10-17-2008, 09:02 AM
Thanks! This sounds delicious.

Pretty soon we will only have raw-foodists. The others will die out. Already, 35% of the US population of reproductive age is infertile.

Christiana
10-17-2008, 09:59 AM
Wow. Those sound simply amazing. I am totally getting a dehydrator now...:p

spicyfull
10-18-2008, 06:36 AM
Sounds RAWonderful..........Thanks for Sharing.

cara4art
10-18-2008, 01:18 PM
"I agree, I wish humans had created everything raw to start with! That way we wouldn't be at 1 out of 2 people with cancer. "

Right on!
Your recipe, along with the "chow mein" one sounds excellent! Best of luck with your recipe book - there's a niche for sure with active people at the gym!

Nini
10-18-2008, 02:25 PM
Thank you so much for this recipe!
:)

raweater
10-22-2008, 06:16 PM
lol clever use of my icons. let me know how you like them, thanks.

raweater
10-23-2008, 05:36 PM
I haven't tried freezing them but they should keep for a few days in the fridge.

I've never tried freezing raw food except of course raw ice cream.

Morn
10-23-2008, 05:37 PM
Can't wait to try. I have a huge jar of flax seed already ground up so this will give me something to use it for. Thanks for posting.

raweater
10-23-2008, 06:01 PM
Morn, I just wanted to let you know ground flax goes rancid very quickly and should never be ground in advance, I think I remember reading it may even become carcinogenic when rancid. I always grind my flex seeds freshly, it only takes 15 seconds anyway.

rawstrength
10-23-2008, 06:15 PM
If you really really don't have the time to grind flax seeds fresh (fresh is best) then you should pregrind the flax seed and immediatly freeze it in a sealed container. Omega-3 fatty acids survive in cold the best, otherwise they go rancid. Think about it, salmon, codfish (high in omega-3), hemp seeds, flax seeds, and walnuts all grow in colder climates.

raweater
10-23-2008, 06:22 PM
But if you keep a coffee grinder on your counter you can grind a cup in less than 30 seconds. I would assume this is even quicker and defiantely fresher than freezing it.