Great recipes!

[Kristi]

I've tried the following recipes from Alissa's book and here's my opinion(whether you want it or not ):

stuffed pesto mushrooms page 289 -- too salty but maybe I didn't do it right. The mushrooms didn't "cook" well for me but it was the first recipe I had ever done in the dehydrator.

avocado chutney page 291 -- very good but too spicy for me. I think I could just cut down the amount of chili powder. It also made a large quantity even with 2 of us eating it.

cream cheese page 319 -- good but a little plain for me...felt like it was missing something.

sweet potato chips page 339 -- good but weren't crunchy like I expected. I was learning with the dehydrator so it could have been me.

marinara sauce page 367 - great but I did cut back on the cayenne and I could have cut back more.

mock salmon pate page 380 - Dynamite! I took it to a party and it was snarfed up in seconds! It made a lot!! They couldn't believe it was raw!

stuffed portabella mushroom caps page 389 - too salty--maybe me.

angel hair pasta page 395 - Wow! Absolutely amazing. Who would have guessed you could eat raw squashes. I had no idea. I also used butternut and zucchini. Very pretty.

date nut torte page 483 - great! again took it to a party. Very rich.

black forest cake page 489 - well you've all heard what everyone thinks of this! Amazing! I cut it in 1/2 and it still made a ton!

fudge balls page 491 - awesome!

walnut fudge page 501 - super awesome!

chocolate mouse page 527 - great!

banana macadamia nut fudge cookies page 530-531 - pretty good.

almond milk page 535 - great! I soak vs. sprout (haven't had much luck with that) and add a frozen banana and carob & ice. Yum! I have these often for breakfast. A thick, rich chocolatey shake with a hint of banana!

Hope that helps! I'm afraid to try new recipes or certain new recipes because if it doesn't go right or tastes yucky I hate to waste! Also, no one in my family will eat hardly anything I make.

[smasty]

Hmmm....Let's see, (p.s. I love salt and spice, make mine hot! Kristi!) :)

Pesto stuffed mushrooms, loved them! Very rich, big recipe.

Guac-stuffed mushrooms, loved them (even though I'm not a huge guac eater)

Corn tortillas....good, I added fresh jalapeno (too much) and they were a litte too sweet, I'll use lime juice instead of orange juice next time.

Black Forest Cake---awesome awesome awesome

Blueberry Pie---awesome

Blueberry Cheesecake--wonderful, I made it w/o the crust and it was like dense pudding, very good, very filling, easy to pack for lunch.

Burger Buns--wonderful! Very complex flavors with the spices, really good.

Pizza bread---it's in the "oven" now! I think it's going to be really good!

Cabbage rollups...wonderful, hmmm...that reminds me I want to make this one again!

Mock tuna salad---wonderful! I think what I loved most about this is I grew my own sprouts for the first time, what a kick! I really liked it. Needs lots of salt.


Too many recipes, too little time!

[Sadii]

You're right, too little time. Everything I've tried has been awesome, or at least very good. My personal favorites are "potato" salad, and the spinach dip.

Kathy

[smasty]

Wow! The pizza bread is amazing!!! Who needs pizza when you can have this! Wonderful!!!

I found I didn't need to do the last-step processing, the dough is so thick it really doesn't work in the processor, and doesn't need it.

After 2 hours I used a spatula (2 of them) to move the breads off the teflex to the mesh, they dried very fast that way--12 hours. Again, this is a big recipe (when will I learn to make 1/2 recipes??)...it made 4 large pizza crusts (7"??) and 2 little ones.

What I love most about this recipe is there's nothing sprouted in it, so it's easy to make on a whim.

[Kristi]

I'm going to look up the ingredients right now!

[Sweet lips]

Tell me about the potato salad.

Jacki

[suebee]

The potato salad is really really good. But...
Drum roll please.... I just made the calzone.
I am speechless. There are no words to describe this masterpiece.
This is THE best raw food recipe every created.
Enough said.


Suebee

[Dane]

The strawberry crepes for sure are superior to anything cooked you could imagine!
Much love,
Dane

[smasty]

Oh yeah! I forgot I did the strawberry crepes too...yup, wonderful.

Wow, I'll have to try the calzone next.

[carrotlady]

Oh yes, those crepes are to LIVE for!
Just about everything you have all mentioned about i have tried and i have loved it all!

i made the chili and put the onion dip in it like Alissa suggest... oh my lord! It was incredible!

Carrotlady

[Kristi]

The kids are back in school tomorrow. I won't be making food for them all throughout the day. I plan on trying more recipes from LOLF. Thanks for the reviews on what you like.

[Sadii]

Hey, Jackie,

The potato salad is really a diced jicama salad, and it's really, really good. I like it better than real potato salad.

Kathy

[marigold]

oh great..i am going to look up all these..i made the choc cherry cake and the pinapple cake..not keen on that..anyone else made it..in fact i was eating it durin the washing up and my parner came along and said i have put that nasty something in the bin...thats my cake i said !!

the nachos cheese was good..and the banana crackers..

[Kristi]

I love and crave the banana crackers. Wish I had some now!

[jazpie]

The choc. Cherry cake, you mean the black forest? Oh that is so good!!!
I LOVE the blueberry cheesecake, the pastry puffs and the creamy no crust fruit pie!

Ive made almost half of these recipes so far and all of them were so great!
I love that about this book. Im sure there will be one or two that i don’t love but most books have only 2- 3 recipes that are good. With this book it’s about 98%!