RAW BAKLAVA

This Raw Baklava Recipe is from Juliano’s Book Raw -Uncook Book

Ingredients have been converted from US to Metric

3 cups OATS

2 cups PITTED DATES

FILTERED WATER for soaking dates and oats

1/4 cup maple syrup or honey

1 cup RAW PECANS

1 tsp MACE

2 cups raw WALNUTS AND ALMONDS coarsely chopped

Soak the oats and dates in separate containers with enough water to cover for 2 hours. Drain.

In a Super Blender combine oats and maple syrup or honey and blend until creamy.

Spoon blender contents, about 3mm thick onto a solid Dehydrator sheet and dehydrate until crispy, about 6 hours.

Transfer oat crust onto a pie plate.

Set aside.

In a Food Processor (or Oscar Juicer), homogenize dates and pecans and spread a 2.5cm  layer of the mixture over the oat crust.

Evenly sprinkle one third of the walnuts, almonds and a pinch of mace of date-nut paste. Repeat the layering process until you’ve used all the date-nut paste, nuts and mace;

• it makes up to three layers

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PLANET RAW -CA- USA

Imagine visiting a planet where all the food was gourmet and Raw. Yes I mean as in not cooked! My family, meaning my husband Michael and twin daughters Tammy and Lisa enjoyed the pleasure of just that – a visit to PLANET RAW in Santa Monica, California,USA. Juliano and Ariel offer more than just Raw – they offer 100% Organic Raw Vegan. Quite a claim!

We were so keen to taste as many dishes as possible that we ordered 2 items of each course. So, we started with 2 warm soups and since raw food is So nourishing and satisfying that huge portions were not necessary. The soup however was so delicious that we could actually have fought over that last spoon. Then onto sushi and with a description like Mustard Toasted Eel who would think that was raw vegan?  Entrees included a green curry pasta made from zucchini pasta mixed with an amazing thai nut curry kream topped with coco-noodles and a Truffle kream linguini. I recall the one ‘pasta’ dish was topped with thin dried mango fruit leather ribbons that were tasty and colourful and added tp the contrasting texture of the dish. When it came to desserts, two just was not going to cut it so we went for 3. Chocolate mouse, cheese cake and velvet strawberry mouse. Pictures paint a 1000 words – take a look at this.

The menu is extensive and the dishes are colourful, magnificently presented and very tasty. In addition to the food Juliano and Ariel offer a large range of juices, smoothies, organic coffee and organic wine. The bill with the tip worked aout at R175,00 a head which was certainly not excessive for this handmade organic gourmet food in $.

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for one of Juliano’s recipes from his book RAW – The Uncook Book go to: http://lifestyle4health.co.za/category/recipes/

Green Juice – Recipe

We had been drinking a combination of carrot juice with the addition of some beetroot and celery. On doing some research I felt that this freshly squeezed juice that was unbuffered by any fibre contained too much sugar. At about the same time I was reading about green juices but was mentally having a bit if difficulty in coming to terms with extracted GREEN juice. Then after more research I discovered the amazing benefits of adding lemon to green juices and green smoothies and decided to give the green juice a go. Well, I was really surprised at how enjoyable a green juice can be. I don’t have a fixed recipe but have got a general pattern that you can follow to keep this highly nutritious juice palatable.

GREEN JUICE

Cucumber		About 1/3 of an English Cucumber or 2-3 Israeli gerkins/cucumbers or 1 peeled old fashioned cucumber – the one with the small spines on.
Tomato		This is optional – but one is plenty
Baby spinach		Depending on the size of the leaves – 4 small or 2 large
Sprouts		A small handful
Swiss chard		As small handful
Apple		One is plenty small or half a large
Carrots		About 4 large carrots
Lemon		The juice from 1 lemon. This will of course depend on the type of lemon and the size and the quantity of juice. Use taste as your guide in the beginning.
Wild greens		If you are priveleged enough to have access to some wild greens, add a small handful. Presently we are adding some Stinging Nettle.

Juice this combination through a cold pressed masticating-type juicer and drink as soon as possible. (If you use a Green Power Kempo u can store the juice for upto 72 hours), otherwise an Oscar DA 900 juicers will do a great job.

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