Day 3

It's amazing how it's just 3 days on a total raw diet and I have more energy.  Don't forget our normal diet is 80% raw anyway.  It takes so much less energy for the body to digest raw food - so that leaves more energy for my everyday tasks.  And all of the nutrients are still in that food, including live enzymes.  I love it.

You'll notice that I haven't been posting every breakfast and supper.  That's because they are generally pretty much the same - Green Smoothies, Fruit, a few Nuts, and for breakfast something else grain based.  When I try something different, I'll post the recipes for you to try.

Because we were helping friends move today, I switched our lunch and supper meals.  Lunch was on the road, so it was the usual Green Smoothie, etc.  And supper was super easy with 2 of our favourite dishes:  Broccoli Salad and Carrot Pate

Broccoli Salad

So Easy!

Broccoli florets

Red onion - diced

Sunflower seeds

Creamy Tahini Dressing

Creamy Tahini Dressing

This is my all time favourite dressing

1 1/4 cup Water

1 cup Raw Cashews

1/2 cup Lemon juice

1 tablespoon Honey

1 teaspoon Salt

1/4 cup Flax Seed oil

1/4 cup Nutritional Yeast

2 tablespoons Tamari

1/4 cup (heaping) Sesame Tahini

Blend well in blender until smooth and creamy.  To make a thicker dressing use boiling water.

Carrot Pate

Adapted from Fresh - The Ultimate Live-Food Cookbook

by Sergei and Valya Boutenko

ISBN 978-1-55643-708-3

1 cup Raw Cashews

2 Carrots, coarsely chopped

1/2 medium Red Onion, coarsely chopped

3 Dates

1 teaspoon Honey

1 tablespoon Olive Oil

1 teaspoon dried Dill

1 teaspoon Sea Salt

1 teaspoon Balsamic Vinegar

Blend all the ingredients in a food processor.  Can be used on crackers, as a sandwich filling, or to fill mushroom caps.

This was really a delicious and filling supper, and quick to make.  We ate all of the salad, but I have some of the pate left for lunch tomorrow - bonus!