Nut/seed free raw "meat" suggestions

[rawdanig]

One thing that bothers me about mock meat recipes is that they are soo full of nuts/seeds. Now i feel nuts/seeds are best kept for your guilty pleasure type of recipes like desserts or raw breads so it sucks that i haven't found a recipe for mock meats without nuts. I decided i'm going to start experimenting myself with carrots, celery,cauliflower and even jicama to see what makes a great nut/seed substitute in raw "meat" recipes. Anyone ever tried their own with success or have any other veggie suggestions?

Also i'd like to make nut free creams like sour cream or cream cheese without nut/seeds or avocados..trying to keep it low fat here lol please share if you've had any breakthroughs in this department also!

Thanks!

[speltrong]

mushrooms tend to have a meaty consistency and also can have a meaty taste depending on what you season them with.

[MysticTree]

One thing that bothers me about mock meat recipes is that they are soo full of nuts/seeds. Now i feel nuts/seeds are best kept for your guilty pleasure type of recipes like desserts or raw breads so it sucks that i haven't found a recipe for mock meats without nuts. I decided i'm going to start experimenting myself with carrots, celery,cauliflower and even jicama to see what makes a great nut/seed substitute in raw "meat" recipes. Anyone ever tried their own with success or have any other veggie suggestions?

Also i'd like to make nut free creams like sour cream or cream cheese without nut/seeds or avocados..trying to keep it low fat here lol please share if you've had any breakthroughs in this department also!

Thanks!

The Mushroom Marinara on my blog (much better picture now) and in the 30 day challenge thread (still with the cruddy picture) is very meaty. If you make the sauce with only partially soaked sundried tomatoes (soaked about 2 hours in cold water)then it comes out thick and rich like a meaty sauce - then add to that the mushrooms which from Monday you will be able to dehydrate a bit which should make them meatier and the dish is really quite meaty.

Alissa does a papaya steak in her first book but I haven't tried it and I have lent my copy to a friend at the moment so I can't dig it out but you may be able to find reference to it on the forum.

[Shona]

Alissa does a papaya steak in her first book ...

It's in her second book, actually - Raw Food For Everyone.

[rawdanig]

I have her first book but i gave it to my mom to read and keep since she's more of a gourmet big cooker type of person and i felt i wasn't on that level yet or anytime soon lol But i forgot about mushrooms that's definitely something i'll try! Thanks everyone!

[MysticTree]

It's in her second book, actually - Raw Food For Everyone.

Well since I don't have her second book and I got the recipe from her, it must also be in the first book ...

[Shona]

Hmm ... maybe it is. I read her first book, Living On Live Food, ages ago and I don't recall much from it. I do remember a lot of LOLF recipe talk from regulars no longer around, and the papaya steak was never mentioned. I assumed it was a new recipe in the second book.

[LaniB]

I made some walnut "taco" meat that was delicious. I swear I could not tell the difference between that and real taco meet. I like it in raw tacos or a taco salad.

[MysticTree]

Maybe I am wrong though I don't know where I have seen a picture of papaya ... unless maybe there was a salmon steak in the first book. a pita I can't look it up!

[Shona]

There is a mock salmon pate in the first book. I found a recipe online attributed to Alissa, but it's made with walnuts. I'm sort of kicking myself for not keeping LOLF, but I was moving at the time and it was so big and heavy that I set it aside for several lighter books.

[MysticTree]

There is a mock salmon pate in the first book. I found a recipe online attributed to Alissa, but it's made with walnuts. I'm sort of kicking myself for not keeping LOLF, but I was moving at the time and it was so big and heavy that I set it aside for several lighter books.

The weight of that book is a huge fault imo. I've cut mine down the spine so I can read either the recipes or the technique without having to have so much weight in my hands at one time. I like to read in bed and even cut in half it's only just managable!

[Sweat.Equity]

@ Mystic: cutting down LOLF is exactly what I had done. I had the front and back laminated, pulled the spine off and spiral bound. It was a suggestion from a raw food group I go to. I think I will go back and have them bind the recipes separately for quick reference.

[MysticTree]

It's not as though I am a weak person ... I can carry a bale of hay (the old fashioned size obviously) in each hand for goodness sake.