Garden Vegetable Soup

Raw Diet Recipes: Garden Vegetable Soup

Since I haven’t gotten around to making any raw soups yet, I thought I’d go in search of a video recipe, and I found a good one. Garden Vegetable Soup, by Jennifer Cornbleet. It looks and sounds delicious. I actually have enough of the ingredients to try one myself tomorrow. They are not so different than a green smoothie, except in the seasonings. Jennifer talks about the 6 basic components of a raw soup in the video, I love the way she breaks it down so simply, it gives me a much better foundation to work from when I create my own. I’m really good at creating delicious cooked soups, but raw soups seemed a bit daunting. Not any more Read more »

Sunflower Walnut Pate – TuNo

Sunflower Walnut Pate on flax crackers with sprouts and arugula

I love this pate, it's so tasty, nutritious and versatile. It can be used in sandwiches and wraps, as a spread or dip or simply drop a scoop on top of a green salad. It's also called TuNo because it tastes and looks very similar to tuna salad, but it's vegan, in fact it's a super-healthy raw vegan dish. Now if you're one of those vegetarians or vegans who hates the taste and smell of tuna, you'll still love this no fishy taste or smell. I suspect what most people really love about tuna salad is more to do with the added ingredients than with the tuna itself. But the tuna provides a vehicle and texture that holds it all together and gives you that high-protein full feeling. Well, the walnuts and sunflower seeds do the same in this case, and the taste really comes from the spices and other added ingredients.

Great dish to serve to your non-vegan friends - see how many of them can guess that it's not actually tuna. Read more »