Applying New Concepts

I am home after three glorious weeks of learning, absorbing and healing at the Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach, FL.  I admit that I felt a bit inundated with information and was nervous about the prospects of retaining it all. Application seems to be the key!

This morning I was greeted by my new Excaliber dehydrator and Vitamix blender ... ah, the joy of new toys.  After swigging back a nice glass of Apple Cider Vinegar, I prompty began to unwrap my shiny new play-things from their boxes and look through the enclosed recipe books for something RAW to make.  Sadly, many of the recipes were sweet and sugary so I went back to my Hippocrates manuals for some inspiration.

Allie (my daughter) is such a trooper ... she is excited to learn about the different techniques and rules surrounding this raw-vegan, living foods lifestyle.  She asked me what was for breakfast and I told her, "buckwheaties'.  These are dehydrated, sprouted buckwheat groats, with buckwheat milk, stevia and cinnamon.  She loved them ... for lunch she had a sprout salad with pumpkin seeds, cucumber and mixed baby greens and loved that too.  She is not yet prepared to dive into the green juice or wheatgrass.

I soaked my sunflower seeds today for 8 hours then made my Better Than Tuna recipe in my new Vitamix ... used too much Bragg's and it needed to get colder but it was still really yummy.  What an incredible mess I created in the process though!  Here is the recipe:


3c hulled raw sunflower seeds 
1/4 c lemon juice
1/2 cup of water
2 T Braggs
1 cup shopped celery
2/3 cup of white onion

Preparation

Soak the sunflower seeds up to 8 hours and rinse. Put them in a food processor or Viatmix with the water and the lemon juice. Add 2Ts of Braggs or to taste, start with less and add more as needed (you can also use some kelp powder). Process until it forms a tuna like pate. It should be thick and creamy.

Then add the onion and the celery sticks, finely diced and mix with a spoon.

You can serve the “raw vegan tuna” on a green salad or you can eat with celery sticks or flax crackers. If you made too much, dehydrate it and make crispy, yummy crackers.

Tonight I am soaking flaxseeds and will make flax crackers in the dehydrator. Lots and lots of yummy flax crackers from the looks of it. I think I will get some cilantro and make one batch of red pepper and one batch of cilantro ... how hard can it be to split the recipe - same process, just making it twice. It will cost me approximately $15.00 and 2 days, to make 9 trays of crackers. Approximately 100 crackers which will last for 2 months in an airtight container in my pantry. I paid $7.99 for a small bag of raw flax crackers at Whole Foods last month and I think there were about 10 crackers in the bag. 

Remember a great place a purchase the Vitamix Turboblend VS, the Excaliber 3900 and the Omega 8006 juicer is at The Raw Diet Health Shop. Mike Snyder is the owner and is very, very helpful.  They have the best customer service, best prices, and free shipping on most items.