Summer Squash and Tiny Mango Mix

About 5 strawberries

one small squash

one tiny mango

about 4 asparagus spears

a few sprigs of cilantro

one lime

a bit of Italian spices

and some chili powder


Assembly: This is another of my chop-salads. Dice the strawberries, mango, asparagus and squash and toss them into a bowl. Juice the over the mixture, add the spices then mix and let marinate for about 5 minutes. Then chop the cilantro and mix it in. Then place on tiny-surfboard plate and dash chili powder for a garnish.

I also bought some some green chili sauce at La Michocana, and have eaten everything with a spoonful of that over. The Green Chili is not raw, but I think it's in that special category with soy ice cream, mustard, and peanut butter; and all of those are TOTALLY in my version of raw.

Regardless, even without green chili, it's delicious!

Peaches Avocado and Strawberry Salad

Ok todays lunch,

About two handful of random local greens

one peach

one avocado

and two strawberries



The easy slap together: Chop all the fruit and avocado (Whatever it's classified as) and put it in with the washed mixed greens. Then I used a little vinaigrette. The avocados fared about 1/2 as well as they did with the mangos, but it was still delicious.



For Snack:

Chili Almonds



I took a ziplock baggie and put in a handful of almonds then juiced a lime into the bag and filled it with allot of chili powder and about a teaspoon of cocoa. I inflated the bag and shook it like a Polaroid picture. When the nuts were thoroughly coated, I sucked the excess air out of the bag and rolled it up into my purse and went!

~A.

Mango Lunch Salad

This was my lunch yesterday. It was delicious, and super easy! Here is how I did it:


1 Mango

1 Small Beet

1 Avocado

Lemon Juice

Chili Powder

Ginger Powder



I diced the Mango, the Beet and the Avocado. Then I squeezed half the lemon over it and then shook allot of chili powder on top and one good shake of ginger powder. Then mixed it again. By the time I ate lunch it had marinated in its own sauces.

Ironically the beet juice tasted really good on the mango and the chili powder was really good on the beets. Best to-go lunch ever! The avocados browned a little, but I blame the heat.

Strawberry Banana Tart

Strawberry Banana Tart

1/2 Cup Walnuts

1/2 Cup Sunflower seeds

Bit of Honey

2 Spoonfuls of water

1 Banana

1 lb Strawberries

Forming the crust: We put the Walnuts in a ziplock bag and mashed them to tiny bits with my handy-dandy hammer. Then took the sunflower seeds and put them in a coffee grinder and obliterated them to dust. Then we added the two nuts together in a bowl and added honey and a bit of water untill it was the consistency of gram cracker crust. We then mashed to to the bottom of a pie tin.

Next is the fruit: We took about 1/4 of the strawberries and processed them in the food processor with the "S" shaped blade. Then I quartered the rest of the strawberries, removing the stems and placed them ontop of the crust. Then we cut up a banana and dispersed it across the tart.

Finishing: We took the strawberry puree and poured it over the tart. Had to use a spoon to serve it, but thats a small price to pay for delicious!

We got bored and calculated the calories. It's about 1224 calories if you sat down to demolish the whole thing... so about 150 per serving.

Is This Really In My Diet?

"Is This Really In My Diet?!?" This is a question V. and I ask our selves daily.

As of two weeks ago we started a raw diet. That means, nothing cooked, noting processed, no preservatives, and everything vegan. We were expecting to hate ourselves the entire time. Then, V. found the most brilliant blog ever and it showed us the light. This blog will be a co blog between V. and I documenting our misadventures and absolute awesomeness that is our wonderful raw diet.

~A.