RAW Living and Learning

Raspberry Grapefruit Salad Here is a very simple and very delicious salad. As I have said before my favorite breakfast food is salad. I of course had this as my breakfast and it was wonderful. I just love how the simple dressing turned out. I used this same dressing on my Zucchinni Noodle Salad recipe that I will be posting next!! Raspberry Grapefruit Organic romaine, cut into thin strips 1 large grapefruit, peeled, seeded and diced 1 handful of organic raspberries 1 T Hemp seeds 1 T raw sesame seeds Plate the lettuce and top with the grapefruit, raspberries, and seeds. Drizzle on some Balsamic Dijon Dressing. Enjoy! Balsamic Dijon Dressing 1/2 C First cold pressed EVOO 1/4 C Balsamic vinegar 2 T raw honey or real Maple Syrup 1 T organic Dijon mustard 2 tsp dried onion flakes pinch of sea salt pinch of black pepper Combine all ingredients in a glass jar with a tight fitting lid and shake well. Keeps in refrigerator for 4 weeks. Shake well before each use. Allow to sit at roo...

The kids and I carved some pumpkins and then roasted the seeds. It was a really beautiful day and we had a good time carving these designs. The pumpkin above is our 13 year old sons. He wanted just the traditional pumpkin. He asked his sister to draw the face on it and then he did all of the carving. Our 15 year old daughter decided to carve the Rebel Alliance Insignia. When you see how they both dressed up you'll understand. Here is the pumpkin I carved on behalf of the three youngest boys ages 6, 4 and 2. You can see why Mommy did the carving...knives and little ones don't mix. I think I found the picture in the magazine, Real Simple. I just drew the face on there and started cutting. Pretty basic I know, but I am not very artistic. We aren't the most creative pumpkin carvers that's for sure but we have a good time doing it. Next year we want to try doing pumpkin scraping. The results you can achieve are amazing . Here is one done by my dear friend's daug...

The other day I went to my favorite all organic market to stock up on sprouting seeds, buckwheat, kelp noodles and some fresh produce. I bought one small organic butternut squash and was determined to finally try squash raw. I have always adored squash but just didn't want to eat it cooked anymore since my diet now is almost 100% raw. I searched for a recipe, found one, changed it, and here it is. It was really good but only try this one if you truly love squash. If you are not too fond of squash you won't love this like I did. So squash lovers, be prepared for a wonderful bowl full of sweet and "hot" yumminess. Pureed Raw Butternut Squash 1 small organic butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and chopped 1 Deglet date, pitted Sea Salt Pepper Raw orange blossom honey Ground allspice Ground cayenne (red pepper) 1/4 cup water Handful of organic raisins (optional) Put the cubed raw butternut squash and one pitted Deglet date in the food processor with th...

One of my birthday gifts from my sweet, sweet husband was a spiralizer !!!! YEAH! I finally can make zucchini noodles the right way. He also got me a white ceramic counter top compost pail. I LOVE it. It looks good and it holds a lot of scraps. I am amazed at how much good compost stuff we have been collecting. Now I need a bigger compost bin out in the backyard. I am getting ready to plant my gardens. Sounds strange doesn't it?? Most of the other states are harvesting the last of their produce and down here in SW Florida it is planting season!! I have quite a bit of soil in the compost bin out back and I look forward to custom blending my soil for my two square foot gardens. Let's just hope I can keep the neighborhood rabbits away from my greens. The very first raw dish I made with my new spiralizer was pasta and sauce, RAW style of course. It takes a tad bit of preplanning if you want to have a raw  "Parmesan" cheeze topping. I wanted  some marinated mushrooms i...

Figs on a Log This is a terrible picture, looks like a train wreck! But I was so hungry I just started throwing stuff on my plate. I really wanted some celery with nut butter and raisins but I changed my mind and decided to use cut up dried black mission figs. Wow was it good. I used Artisana Raw Macadamia Butter with Cashews on the celery, topped them with the figs and some honey, that I got up in North Carolina. Organic apple slices and sprouts just sounded good so I had those too. There you have it, that was my lunch. Nothing complicated, just good raw living foods. I had three little boys all eyeballing my plate. :) ~JMJ~ Today I am grateful for kids in the kitchen. I had no idea what gluten free meal to make the kids tonight so I asked my 13 year old son to create a dish. He told me how to put together a chicken dish that they all loved. We named it after him and it has gone in their gluten free and raw recipe binder. Way to go Mitchell!!

My picture is blurry, sorry, but I just had to post this super simple, super tasty salad I made the other day. It had been a long time since I had some arugula and I really was craving those greens. I had also been missing my baby spinach. I decided to combine the two and top it with a combo of pears and kiwi. For some reason pears and kiwi have been tasting really good to me, like REALLY good. I have been eating them quite a bit. A very simple dressing was in order, and here is how it all turned out: (NOTE- Right before I ate this salad I loaded it with a tall mountain of my home grown broccoli sprouts. I try to have broccoli sprouts everyday--they are so powerful against all things evil, evil cancer cells that is!!) Fruited Arugula and Spinach Arugula Baby Spinach 1 Kiwi, sliced 1 Pear, sliced Broccoli Sprouts Plate the arugula and spinach. Lay the kiwi and pear slices on top. Add a large serving of your favorite sprouts. Drizzle with a simple sweet Dijon dress...

Today I was inspired by Raw on $10 a Day (or Less) post for October 10th (my birthday!!). She made a chia stew that looked so yummy, and creepy, that I had to create a bowl for myself; minus the creepy factor. After I took the picture I stirred the fruit into the chia. The combo of apple, cinnamon and kiwi was amazing!! Here is how my yummy breakfast turned out: Apple Cinnamon Kiwi Chia by Eizabeth @ Raw Living and Learning 4 T dark chia seeds 3/4 C filtered water pinch of sea salt 1 T raw honey (in liquid state) 1 kiwi, sliced 1 red apple, diced small generous sprinkle of cinnamon Soak the chia in the water for 10 minutes. To the chia add the sea salt and honey then stir to mix. Pour chia into a bowl. Add the sliced kiwi and the diced apple. Sprinkle a generous amount of cinnamon on top and stir to mix in the fruits and cinnamon. Enjoy! ~JMJ~ Today I am grateful for the courage to speak up in a very difficult situation. I wa s able to stand tall and express...