Thursday, January 4, 2018

Rawfood Breakfast: Colorful Smoothie Parfait



Good First Morning! <3  Colorful Smoothie Parfait for breakfast.

Colorful things give me power, especially colorful foods.


Ingredients:

4 Bananas for each color
(Optional: Add avocado and coconut flakes; I did use them this time.)

Red layer --- Velvet Latte Powder of the Nutra Organics, Australia

Yellow layer --- Golden Latte Powder of the Nutra Organics, Australia

Blue layer --- Mermaid Latte Powder of the Nutra Organics, Australia

Green layer --- Matcha Powder of the Touch Organic, Canada

White layer --- Coconut Flakes

Toppings --- Blueberries and a strawberry (sliced leaving the leaf on)


Have a wonderful morning! <3


Toshikoshi "Daikon-noodle" Soba




Toshikoshi "Daikon Noodle" Soba:

"Toshikoshi Soba" is a year-end Japanese tradition. I made a rawfood version of it on a New Year's Eve.

Happy New Year!

...my housemate said the spiralizer looks like a "torture chamber for vegetables." :D


Ingredients:

Spiralized Daikon Radish (for mock-soba noodle in rawfood style)
Chopped green veggie (I used Vietnamese "Cai Ngot"; Spinach would do)
Sliced carrot
Sliced green onions
Shiitake Mushrooms
Sprinkle of white sesame seeds


Broth:

Veggie ends, Shiitake mushrooms...


DIRECTION:

1. Make Daikon Noodle with Spiralizer. (Can use a simple Peeler instead.)  And, cut all the vegetables.

2. Boil water and throw in Shiitake Mushrooms and Veggie ends to make a broth.

3. Once there's enough color in a broth, take out the above. Slice Shiitake Mushrooms.

4. Throw in and soften the Daikon Noodle in the broth. Once soften, take out the noodles and place them in the soup bowl you'd be using to serve.

5. Throw the other veggies in the broth. Wait till they get a little softer than raw and somewhat soaked the broth.  Take them out when it's done.

6. Pour the broth into the soup bowl that has the daikon noodle already in it.

7. Place the other veggies, decorate and sprinkle white sesame seeds to add a little more flavor.

8. Ideally and traditionally, eat it around midnight. Happy New Year!





Easy-breezy Rawfood Snack: Potato Starch-Covered Date Pieces




Easy-breezy snack today. Potato starch-covered date pieces. <3 

Cut the dates into thin pieces with scissors (easier than knives), roll 'em in potato starch or any yummy flour. I used a mason jar and shook it a few times. Probably used too much starch this time. Use less starch if you don't want powdery shirt while snacking. :P













Fruit and Green Salad: Ruby Red Grapefruit, Green Apple, Mango and Arugula with Mango Dressing



Fruit and Green salad for breakfast! <3

Ruby red grapefruit, green apple, mango and arugula with mango dressing. Mango dressing is seasoned with a sprinkle of garlic and a pinch of sea salt.

Had a warm veggie soup (veggie broth), too.

Surviving the cold morning. :)


Blueberry-Avocado Guacamole (Spread)



Blueberry-Avocado Guacamole (Spread) for a light snack! <3

Ingredients:

1 Avo
A handful of blueberries
A pinch of sea salt
Garlic
Squeezed lemon

Just mix the ingredients and crush the blueberries to sweeten the Guac.

Have a wonderful day!

Mocktail: Kombucha Champagne



Cheers to the snow-bright new day with Kombucha Champagne!

Home-brewed green tea kombucha with drops of blueberries and pomegranate seeds.

Raw Mocktail: "Was-gonna-be" Tequila Sunrise





Raw Mocktail: "Was-gonna-be" Tequila Sunrise

The cranberry juice wasn't exactly a good sub for a grenadine which sinks to the bottom of the glass... Other ingredients: squeezed clementines and coconut water.