Recipes
Below you’ll find links to all of the recipes that have appeared on the blog, organized by category. You’ll also see a few recipes that have yet to appear, but are household staples.
Expect to see many more!
Beverages
Monkey Smoothie (blueberry+banana)
“Sinful” Smoothie (coffee added!)
Breakfasts
Dressings
Dips, Spreads, Toppings, and Sauces
Almond and Black Sesame Spread
Cashew Ricotta with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Basil (AKA Italian “Pizza Cheese”)
Cashew Cheese with Dried Cherries and Meyer Lemon
Sunflower Seed and Carrot Pate
Soups
Butternut Squash and Apple Soup
Harvest Soup (adapted from Kristen Suzanne)
Jennifer Cornbleet’s Garden Vegetable Soup
Salads
Avocado, Fennel, and Cherry Tomato Salad
Casey’s Simply Delicious Salad with Ginger
Cauliflower Salad with Orange Vinaigrette
Carrot and Daikon Salad with Carrotini Dressing
Cucumber and Coconut Salad with Sweet Basil Dressing
Fennel, Cabbage, and Carrot Slaw with Poppyseed Dressing
Massaged Kale Salad (and recipe below)
Root Vegetable Salad with Maple Cinnamon Vinaigrette
Sprout Salad with Smoky Guacamole
Tomato, Corn, and Butter Lettuce Salad
Appetizers
Asparagus Rolls with Tarragon Dipping Sauce
Breads, Crackers, and Wraps
Entrees
Beet “Ravioli” with Sweet Root Vegetable Filling
Carrot Falafel with Tangy Tahini Sauce
Raw Zucchini Alfredo with Basil and Cherry Tomatoes
Slothful Single Girl’s Summertime Pesto
Red Quinoa and Root Vegetable Pilaf
Swiss Chard Leaves Stuffed With Middle Eastern Rice
Thai Red Pepper Coconut Noodles
Turnip Pasta with Creamy Brazil Nut Sauce
Coconut Salad
Ingredients:
Meat of 2 young coconuts
1 cup coconut water
1 lemon
1/2 packet stevia
1/2 tbsp nama shoyu
1/2 tbsp ginger
1/2 red pepper
4 stems cabbage, chopped
1 large or two small carrots, sliced thing
Small handful sugar snap peas
Blend the meat of 1 coconut with the water, lemon, stevia, shoyu, and ginger in a Vitamix. Set aside.
Mix the veggies with the remaining coconut meat, sliced into thin noodles. Serve over a small bed of spinach, drizzle with the sauce, and enjoy!
Massaged Kale Salad
About 3-4 generous cups washed and chopped kale
¼ avocado
2 tbsp olive oil (or as needed)
1 lemon
1 small tomato, chopped
½ large carrot, grated
Sea salt
Pepper
Pour 2 tbsp (more if needed) olive oil over kale, and sprinkle with
sea salt as desired. With clean hands, “massage” the kale so that all
of the oil is coating it and it begins to “wilt.” Throw in the avocado
and massage it, too, so that the whole bowl of kale becomes well
coated with oil and avocado. Sprinkle on lemon juice as desired (I
like a lot), and throw in tomato, carrots, and any other veggies you
desire! Top with nutritional yeast or sesame seeds if you like. I
modify this salad a lot, but it’s a crucial staple in my diet.
Desserts
Testimonials
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Not only does she have great advice when I am struggling, but her realistic approach helped me make major changes despite having no time and limited funds. Her recipes and ideas are for real people with lives beyond their diets, and they are great. Gena is down to earth and non-judgmental. She strikes a great balance between encouraging me to go a little father but to keep things in perspective and have fun with the process.
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FAQ
So where do you get your protein?Ah, the million dollar question. I know that my fellow raw foodists are uttering a collective sigh of frustration with me. But it’s inevitable, so here goes:
I get my protein from a wide array of vegetables, sea vegetables, nuts, seeds, grains, and legumes. The notion that we need to supplement our diet with large amounts of protein, especially in the form of animal products, is mistaken: our bodies are capable of assembling amino acids from all of the foods we eat and building the “complete proteins” that we’ve all been told we need to get in a single sitting.
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Recommendations
Juicer (average $50.00 - $500.00)If you’re like me, and juicing is a crucial part of your lifestyle, then the cost of a juicer will absolutely be worth it! It will buy itself back again and again and again. The juicer I recommend is the Breville Two-Speed Juice Fountain Plus. It’s the only juicer I’ve ever owned, and it has never let me down. I recommend you invest in a juicer that has at least this level of performance in order to juice leafy greens.
Some of you have asked me whether it’s wiser to buy a juicer or a Vitamix.
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