radish seed pods

picked at the perfect time, these pods are delish n sweet n slightly bitey :)

fridgetless or not fridgetless is that the question?

Mango Pie i made to share for Uki's birthday last week

i have to confess..the posts so far are a group of old recipes i had compiled from when we were living in a little oasis cabin in the northern New South Wales region and i DID have a fridge, no freezer but i DID have a fridge! i also had a 9 tray dehydrator at the time to help crisp up my dishes. I had these recipes intending on publishing them onto a hard copy book but it never eventuated..i was really only doing it on the request of so many tasters..it just never got done...

 But regardless of the name of this blog i had to post these recipes to share them with you cos they so yummy.

 I am living on the road but always manage to find a fridge..or a powerpoint for a blender or when lucky even a whole kitchen to use :D but from the last post on i will be posting things i make on the go. Usually when i can utilise a fridge or blender i make use of it while i can..It is just timing and right place at right time, having my camera handy and catching shots before people devour our food.

  For christmas i made cherry tarts and cacao pie's and the cherry tarts went within seconds so i didnt photograph it. The cacao pie's also went fast. They were both recipes similar to what i had posted on here already too!

mmmmmkay..thats better :D

Hope you had a healthy christmas and enjoy the new year

LUFF n BUBBLES

Selkin

x

WHY DELVE INTO RAW FOODS???

*You 'know' the sources of all you consume and choose to enhance your life with.

*Depression and many other mental illnesses can be beaten completely by eating raw and fresh sun foods.

 

*Because it tastes Rawesome and can surprise you.

*Your body repairs and prevents illness better and faster.

*Enhances your sex life! Peaches do it for me ;)

 

*You’ll magnetize freshness in everything. People, attitudes, energies, food and life.

*You wont be supporting multi national multi mega corporations!

*Your body and mind will have more energy.

*Friends will love tasting your dishes.

*You don’t have to be vegan or religious to enjoy it.

*You get really excited about LIFE and everything and that little raw restaurant at the end of the universe

*Increased libido, fertility and lesser menstrual pain.

*You require less sleep.

*Raw food wont make you feel like sleeping after eating it.

*Your skin shines, especially if you love young coconuts

*You, your body and your mind are 100% worth every rawsome thing you place into your precious self.

 RAWESOME!!!!!

POINTERS n INSPIRATIONS

*Delve into your local area for good organic food suppliers. Find out what foods are unique to your area and enjoy making new LOCAL discoveries.

*All and any wild foods are good to know, survival knowledge in this day and age is a handy knowing to have under your wing.

*Don’t always trust everything you read (labels included)

*Try to buy foods as close to the earth in the process as possible.

*Allow skeptics to be skeptic and just follow your own instincts.

*Allow your self to be open to trying new things.

*Enjoy gardening your own edibles.

*Invest in the 4 essential items of equipment for raw food prep. If your inventive they may not be essential but make preparing food FUN and LIGHT! Mortar and pestle, solar dehydrating, old sausage makers and hand held mixers are great too.

 So…a blender, a cold press juicer and a dehydrator. Food processors are great but I have managed without one for 10 years. You can also opt for using an outdoor solar powered dehydrator. These are a lot cheaper, save on energy and easy to make at home. And last but not least, one good quality sharp knife.

*Have handy pre-made garnishes at hand in your kitchen or traveling pocket. Dried citrus zest, dried coconut, kelp flakes, herbs, seeds, nuts and spices.

*Don’t doubt it just sprout it!

*Get into SUPER FOODS! Small quantity foods, jam packed with ultra nutrients. Go on I dare you-BECOME JURRASSIC!

*Try not to get too religious with the whole raw foodism trend (unless you love that ofcourse)! You may find your self suffering from having an intolerance and sensitivity to human evolution…aaaand I hate to say it but there are plenty of people capitalizing on this ‘trend’.. Example; In one state here in Australia, someone charges approx $150 for a raw food workshop (it really gets to me when all they do is soak some almonds and blend them into pulp for nut milk and this is very basic shtuff!!!) and then I went into another state and found someone who does a very similar workshop..get this-for free :) as she just wanted to help heal the world n to me THAT’S RAWSOME :D it’s a bit like charging more for ORGANIC PRODUCE when you would think it would cost more for NON ORGANICS with all the additives and chemicals used to grow it. This particular lass had a stall at the Uki Markets where she would sell her yummy raw prepared foods...mmm!

Did you know you can buy 'Gluten Free Organic Raw Spinach' now from Coles and Woolworth supermarkets? 

;)

All i am saying is be careful and question everything that doesnt come from the soil into your own hands x

Tsk tsk..we all know we live in a backwards world at times. 

DRINKS

Basic Almond Milk

1-2 C Almonds (soaked overnight)

6C Spring water

METHOD

-Blend nuts and water in a blender until blended into a fine pulp.

-Using a strainer with a square piece of cloth muslin or pantyhose placed over it it, pour the milk through it into a small bucket or bowl. Squeeze out the excess milk using the cloth. Put the pulp aside in the fridge for later use of course. There are so many reasons NOT to put it in the compost.

-Pour milk from the bucket into a glass bottle for chilling in the fridge.

-Almond Milk will last in the fridge for up to 3 days

NUT MILK VARIATIONS

Chai

In a blender with 2C almond milk add;

¼ C raisons or other preferred sweetener and your personal favourite chai spices, cloves, cardamon, cinnamon, star anise, nutmeg etc.

Apricot Tingle

Add the soak water from dried apricots to your nut milk. Any soak water can be added for different flavours.

Mint Out

Mint out on adding 2 drops of peppermint essence and a T cacao. Add some vanilla pod and honey if desired.

Macca/Aloe

In a blender add with 2 cups of almond milk add-

1 banana

Pinch a Nutmeg

Pinch a Cinnamon

Agave or honey to taste

1t carob or cacao

Aloe Vera-Strip all the green off a leaf of Aloe Vera using a knife and add only the gel to your smoothie.

NOTE-Aloe Vera should not be ingested by pregnant womyn and young children as it contains strong liver cleansing effects.

Pear n Pomegranate Juice

Just both pear and pomegranate combined through the juicer! It’s a divine pump straight to your insides direct from the Goddess herself. I LOVE pomegranates and when I discovered cold press juicers I put these two together and kabam, fell in even more love with pomegranate season J

NOTES

To easily obtain all the pomegranate pips with out getting frustrated or making a mess. Place two pomegranate halves into a bowl of water. Break them open and pop out the seeds. All the white pith will float to the surface making it easy to separate the two.

The Egyptians used the lush pomegranate for fertility ceremony. I love how in certain suburbia, you can find little Italian womyn protecting their front yard pomegranate fruit trees from the hungry pedestrian. They contain a hit of vitamin C, fiber, iron and minerals.

Green Mint Smoothie

3 pears

5 leaves of kale or spinach

5 sprigs of mint

Water to add

BLEND and SERVE

Green OJ

Add any dark leafy greens to your ready to juice pile of oranges and juice. Try spinach, touch a fennel, touch a mint, kales, carrot tops, dandelion and grasses.

NOTES

Occasionally I will add a spoon of flax seed oil to slow down the absorption of vitamin C for a longer lasting hit of freshness n energy and there is something I love about that subtle nutty flavour in my orange juice.

Nettle Tea

1 T dried Nettle leaf

1 t dried licorice root

1 t dried elder flowers

- Make a large pot, almost bring to boil but take off the heat and allow to sit for a few minutes before enjoying. Drink Nettle tea through out each day and watch how it makes you smile J seriously!

Sun Light Tea (courtesy of Phred)

Any dried herbs and/or fruit placed into water and then into a glass jar. Added sweetener if preferred. Place in sun to warm. Sun bubbles forming in the tea, must mean its ready to drink J

Plants to dry for teas

Rose Petals                               Strawberry leaf tops

Violet Flowers                            Thyme leaves

Elder flowers                             Primrose petals

Stinging nettle                            Lime flowers

Honeysuckle                               Ground Ivy

Cleavers                                   Fennel seeds

Borage leaves/flowers                    Birch Leaf

Ol Broccoli Forest

Ol Broccoli Forest

1 Head of Broccoli, chopped

1 bunch of dandelion leaves, chopped

MARINADE

2 Spring onions, chopped

1 small thumb of ginger, minced

3 Sprigs of mint, chopped fine

1 generous T lemon grass, chopped fine

1 Kefir lime leaf, chopped fine

8 Raisons, chopped

½ T Salt

1 T coconut oil

METHOD

-Place chunks of broccoli and dandelion leaves evenly in a large serving dish.

-Place the rest of the marinade ingredients into blender and pulse as to leave it with bits in it for texture. Use water for extra liquid needed to blend.

-Pour over broccoli, making sure its all covered

-Allow to marinade for half an hour

-Serve

NOTES

As with most raw dishes, this can be slightly warmed in an oven that’s been pre heated and turned off or put in the dehydrator for ½ an hour.

carrots and greens

Carrot Salad

3-4 carrots, grated

1 T currants

1 garlic clove, crushed or chopped fine

1 T fresh coriander, chopped

1 lemon, juiced

1 T agave

1 T sesame seeds

MIX WELL and serve

Green Keep Mix

Bunch of spinach

Few spriggs of mint leaves

Bunch of rocket

Bunch of basil,

Dandelion leaves

Nasturtium leaves

Kale….or any other yummo dark greens you can pick!

3-4 Marigold flowers, de-petal them

METHOD

Chop finely. Store this mix in the fridge for garnishes, soup sprinkles, cracker fillers and quick salad mixes.