RAW Living and Learning

I have been enjoying fresh figs!!! Our local market had them on sale, buy one get one free for a 16 oz box. So I got 2 boxes for $5 and some change. I have been eating figs everyday. Here are two recipes that I made over the past week. There are several others but they really weren't that exciting...just simple and good. One of my favorite morning meals is my power pudding. I decided to incorporate fresh figs into it knowing how delicious it is with dried figs. After I took this picture I piled on the rest of the fig slices...the more the better I think. Here is the recipe: Figgy Power Pudding 1 large avocado 2 small organic bananas 4 T carob powder (Raw is best) 1 T Non-GMO Lecithin powder or Sunflower Lecithin powder 1 tsp pure vanilla 2 tsp Lucuma powder pinch of sea salt 6 fresh figs cut in fourths Sprinkle of Hemp Seeds Process the avocado and bananas until smooth. Add the carob, lucuma, sea salt, vanilla, and lecithin. ...

Impromptu Breakfast Fruit Bowl This morning I could not think of anything to make for breakfast. I wasn't in the mood for one of my raw power puddings and I didn't want "just anything". I wanted something sweet with a little bit of a crunch. Here is what I started throwing together. I knew the focal point had to be my red skinned organic pear. It has been sitting on the counter top just begging me to find a recipe for it. Then I thought, dried apples and black mission figs with perhaps some raw honey drizzled on top and a splash of fresh squeezed lemon juice. Next I needed the crunch factor. Yesterday I dehydrated another batch of my sprouted buckwheat krispies. That would be my crunch! But wait, I had the fresh blueberries that I just bought last night. I had to throw some of those in too. And last but not least, my boxwood basil. So there you have it, my impromptu breakfast fruit bowl. Here is the recipe: Impromptu Breakfast Fruit Bowl by Eliza...

I am so happy to say that I won the Coffee Extract Giveaway- Week #7 at Rawfully Tempting. THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! Here are the details: Rawfully Tempting I decided to use it in my ultimate favorite breakfast. My raw carob/cacao breakfast pudding. I have written several times how much I LOVE this morning meal. The other day I made such a nutrient dense, power packed pudding that when dinner time rolled around I still wasn't hungry! I'm telling you, this is the most satisfying raw meal I have had thus far. Here is that recipe: Raw Power Pudding by Elizabeth 11/2 large bananas 11/2 Haas avocados 1 T Lucuma powder 1 tsp Nutritional yeast powder 1 T Lecithin powder 1 T Nutiva Hemp Seeds 1 t raw honey 2-4 T of a mixture of raw carob and raw cacao powders 1 capful of vanilla pinch of sea salt 1 T Gogi berries, soaked (reserve for topping) 1 T buckwheat krispies (reserve for topping) Process till ,in a small-sized food processor. Top pudding with the buckwheat kr...