Showing posts with label broccoli. Show all posts
Showing posts with label broccoli. Show all posts

Monday, February 4, 2013

Broccoli, mushrooms & rice

Broccoli and zucchini are hard for me to eat raw and I usually don't like mushrooms at all. But I absolutely love this dish!


Broccoli, mushrooms & rice


Ready for the secret? 

Marinate the veggies (broccoli, mushrooms, and I really like adding zucchini although not necessary)! Slice them and stick in a plastic zip lock bag with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and organic gluten-free Tamari (a natural soy sauce used for flavor in lots of raw foods). You only need to marinate for 15 minutes to taste a huge difference. (Make sure to rub the marinade around into the veggies after closing the zip lock bag, so it gets into all parts of the broccoli especially.)

Then mix with cooked brown rice and enjoy! 

(Note: The rice should be warm, while the veggies will be cool. Sounds weird, since you are probably used to a warm meal, but the amazing nutrients you will be getting from the raw foods cancels out any weirdness and makes it tastes great!)

Monday, December 3, 2012

Day 3- Pear Cashew Salad & Broccoli Carrot Salad

Today's menu:

Breakfast- 5 grain hot cereal* with blueberries & walnuts, & a banana
Lunch- Pear Cashew Salad
Snack- Kale Smoothie (kale, water, 2 bananas, an orange, frozen mangoes, flax seed oil, cashews, walnuts, & hemp seeds)
Dinner- Broccoli Carrot Salad

* = not raw

Today the highlight was my completely invented Pear Cashew Salad. I am creating my own dishes because I don't have all the ingredients yet to make the recipes in my new raw food books. So I'm experimenting with what I do have. I liked this Pear salad. The pear gave a sweeter taste to the kale which I really liked. It was fresh, and even a little nutty, with the cashews.


Pear Cashew Salad


Kale
Pears, chopped
Raw cashews
Hemp seed
Lemon juice
Olive oil

Mix all ingredients together and enjoy!


Broccoli Carrot Salad

Ingredients:
Broccoli florets
Carrots, grated
Apple, chopped
Avocado, diced
Hemp seed
Goji berries (soaked for 20 mins)
Lemon juice
Olive oil  

This still needs some tweaking. I will let you know when I come up with a broccoli salad that I like more.