Comments on: Zucchini Wraps

By: Raw Zucchini Wraps « the taste space – steam, bake, boil, shake!

Raw Zucchini Wraps « the taste space – steam, bake, boil, shake! — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:12:47 +0000

[...] as simple as it may seem. I made these zucchini wraps after only consulting Gena’s recipe at Choosing Raw, but it took 12 hours for them to dry and by that time, they were more chip than wrap. Tasty, but [...]

By: Gena

Gena — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:32:36 +0000

Sure it would! Set your oven to 150 and leave the door open a crack.

By: Mandiee

Mandiee — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:33:45 +0000

Wow, amazing recipe! I am all about the zucchini and flax seeds. Do you know if it would be possible to make these using an oven at low temp? How would one go about doing that?

Have lovely day!
xox

By: sioux @ crunchybits.net

sioux @ crunchybits.net — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:51:20 +0000

That wrap looks really yummy and widens the option for food on the go! I usually use a collard leaf to wrap things, sometimes kale or swiss chard, but one weekend I think I’ll make a bunch of these to use the following week. I homeschool my kids so we’re often on the go go go!

I have sweet potato, carrot and beet chips in the dehydrator right now, but it’s smoothie week on my blog so I won’t post them til the weekend or next week… I tasted them when I flipped them and they were pretty tasty, but not enough of a crunchy bit for me!

Your blog is gorgeous — I put it in my reader. Thanks!

By: Kristilyn (My 29th Year)

Kristilyn (My 29th Year) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:42:20 +0000

Those look interesting! I have a dehydrator but I’m not sure if it would work for that … or maybe I’m too scared to try!

By: Eating Seasonally, Eating Locally – Choosing Raw

Eating Seasonally, Eating Locally – Choosing Raw — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:38:46 +0000

[...] did want to share a very excellent comment I got from reader Katie the other day. In response to my zucchini wraps, Katie [...]

By: Gena

Gena — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:38:32 +0000

Hi Katie,

Great question!

The answer is complex. Yes, I do think that it’s very commendable and indeed optimal to eat locally and seasonally. While you’ll definitely see errant zucchini or avocado on my blog in the winter, I do try to lessen my consumption of those things, and focus on fennel, cabbage, other crucifers, potatoes, beets, squash, and grains in the winter. I’m not typically eating my guac as often as usual, for instance! And since I don’t really like fruit, I’ll rarely eat it in winter at all.

At the end of the day, I do of course sometimes buy out of season: this zucchini is a good example, and so would be the cherry tomatoes I ate the other day. Again, I try to limit these instances, as I recognize that they’re not ideal. At the same time, I don’t commit to eating 100% locally, because I’m not persuaded that I’d be able to get the kind of dietary variety I believe in that way. If I were to eliminate avocados, the occasional coconut, and all non-seasonal vegetables from my diet, it would be far more narrow than I am comfortable with. I can definitely focus on whole grains and dried legumes and seasonal produce in winter, then, but I can’t focus on them with absolute exclusivity.

This isn’t a perfect ethical position, naturally, but studying food has led me to believe that there’s really no perfect ethical position to be had. There are strange loopholes and quandaries no matter what lifestyle you ultimately try to stick to: veganism, locavorism, omnivorism, all raw. The best one can do is try to adopt a position that feels most ethically sound and most right, which is how I feel about veganism (and just to make my own imperfections clear here, I’m only just now beginning to adopt veganism as a lifestyle as well as a diet, an evolution you can read more about here). That doesn’t mean eating locally is irrelevant to me; it’s not. But if I sometimes need to deviate from it in order to maintain a healthy vegan lifestyle, I probably will, with an intention on doing my best the rest of the time.

Hope this makes sense!

Gena

By: Greenling

Greenling — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:21:55 +0000

This is what keeps me from being sold on raw.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:22:58 +0000

Do you have a recipe for the dressing?

By: Niki

Niki — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:21:25 +0000

I bought this book over Thanksgiving break because all the meals looked so beautiful, but I haven’t made anything out of it yet.
I was a little intimidated because a lot of the meals require dehydrating.
These look delish! I’m going to go get cucumbers tomorrow so I can have these for the week. I like the color as well.
Thanks!