Re: lowcarb /BBd - recipes

[Guest guest]

> When it warms up again, we will most likely go back

> to raw. As it is now, we're still about 75% raw - the only meal I really

> cook is dinner. Breakfast and lunch are raw.

>

On good days, I'm about 75% raw too. The other days, it's mostly because I have

leftovers I don't want to waste! I really only cook one meal a day, the rest is

salads, smoothies, yogurt, veggies with dip, etc. so I'm getting better at

making just enough for the one meal. I'm sorry to hear about your

step-daughter's episodes. It's rather frightening at times to see what an

impact diet can have on us.

I realized that most of my recipes would be raw since that's when I was doing

the least carbs. However, one thing that I've been making this winter is ground

turkey with cauliflower and turmeric. I just brown the turkey with some garlic

and onion, then throw in the cauliflower and chop it all up. I've been using

fresh cauliflower that has been boiled so it's mushy, but frozen would work too.

Add some turmeric and continue cooking in the skillet til it's drier (the

cauliflower adds moisture when it's put it). This is great in a lettuce wrap.

I imagine you could use taco seasonings instead of turmeric too.

I've also been frequently grilling salmon and halibut on my little

Foreman. I usually have some quinoa with it, but if you have enough veggies to

go with, you probably could get by without carbs. Oh, and roasting chicken. I

have a serious thing with brussels sprouts right now. So I roast chicken

with carrots, brussels sprouts, and potatoes. You could skip the potatoes. I

make my chicken or veggie soup with zucchini instead of potatoes as well, and my

kids like it better!

Some of my favorite raw recipes:

***Pesto stuffed zucchini rollups with red pepper bruschetta

1 large zucchini

Pesto:

½ c fresh basil

½ c fresh flat-leaf parsley

¼ c pine nuts

1-2 garlic cloves

¼ c olive oil

Bruschetta:

½ Red pepper

1 Tbs onion, chopped

½ Tbs apple cider vinegar

1 garlic clove

Pinch of salt and pepper

Make pesto in blender until creamy. Peel thin slices of zucchini, lay flat and

spread with pesto. Roll up and place on plate. Mix ingredients for brushetta,

should be chunky. Pour over rolls.

***Taco Paté

2 cups raw Almonds

1 Red pepper chopped

1/2 Onion chopped

1 Tsp. Cumin seasoning

Fresh Lemon and Cilantro if desired

Preparation:

1. Soak the almonds overnight.

2. Strain the almonds

3. Put all ingredients in a food processor or blender and process until almost

smooth.

Will keep in the refrigerator for 5 days (my note: I don't have a great food

processor, so I've had to add a bit of olive oil to get things moving!)

***Sunny Honey Balls

1 Cup sunflower seed butter

1/4 cup dried coconut flakes

1/8 cup unsweetened carob powder

1/3 cup really raw honey (the sticky white stuff works best)

raw sunflower seeds

Mix all the ingredients except the sunflower seeds together until everything is

fully incorporated. Form tablespoon sized balls with the mixture and roll each

ball in the sunflower seeds to coat them fully on the outside. Refrigerate for

at least 30 minutes or until the balls have firmed up some. Delish!

Oh, and KALE CHIPS! Love, love, love the kale chips. They just might be the

best thing raw foodists ever came up with. lol I massage mine with olive oil,

then sprinkle them with a bit of salt, garlic powder, and nutritional yeast. I

don't have a dehydrator anymore, so I just do them on the warm temp of my oven.

The first setting after that is 200, so hopefully it's not too warm and they are

still raw!

Crystal

[Guest guest]

Do you realize that all veggies and fruits are carb. foods? Potatoes have as

much as some fruits! I eat potatoes now and I didn't when I was raw. They aren't

on the GAPS diet but they are good for my metabolic type, they are neutral pH

forming in the body. I tend to break the rules a little. I like new potatoes

(they're less starchy than russets) or Klamath pearls because they're only a

mouthful in size and it's easy to drop them in my soup without any preparation

except washing.

What I don't eat many of are grains. I eat sourdough bread occasionally and

brown rice once in awhile. I ferment the rice and buy the bread from an Amish

farmer! Cooking is way more time consuming than eating raw food.

>

> I've also been frequently grilling salmon and halibut on my little

Foreman. I usually have some quinoa with it, but if you have enough veggies to

go with, you probably could get by without carbs. >

[Guest guest]

That's why I said *not* to include the potatoes. And that's why I said I use

zucchini instead of potatoes in my soups.

Of course they have carbs. But we're talking low carb here, and it's way less

than grains! I don't do a lot of squash either, but I'm not necessarily looking

to curb my carbs, it just happened when I was high raw.

Crystal

>

> Do you realize that all veggies and fruits are carb. foods? Potatoes have as

much as some fruits!