Thursday’s Raw Recipe
I have Matthew Kenney’s book EVERYDAY RAW checked out from the library, with many recipes bookmarked. Baked Macaroni and Cheese is one that I marked. I like a recipe book with pictures-so much more appealing! So I am sure I picked this recipe because it looked so good. And it was good, while I was eating it. But after a small bowl full I was finished. This dish is way too rich for me. I felt heavy and full and sort of sick after eating it. The recipe makes a lot of sauce and I thinned it out some with water too.
But I think I have come to the conclusion that there are no substitutions for cooked food. Just like fake meat is sort of bad if you are expecting it to taste like meat, same with cheese and dairy alternatives. I think fom now on I am going to stick with fresh raw foods that aren’t trying to mimic a cooked food.
Here is the Oh so easy Mac and Cheese recipe.
Cashew Cheese Sauce
Blend or process the following until smooth
1 3/4 c cashews soaked for 1-2 hours
2 T lemon juice
2 T water (or more to thin)
1/2 c olive oil
1 t sea salt
1/4 c nutritional yeast
1/4 med shallot
1/2 t chili powder
pinch of cayenne and turmeric
1/2 clove garlic
black pepper to taste
Process 4-5 yellow squash through spiral slicer. I used a peeler to make long strips. Roughly chop and lightly salt and set aside for 30 to 45 mins.
Pour sauce over “noodles” and spread into casserole pan
Top with finely chopped walnuts and sprinkle with chili powder and paprika
You could definitely add something green to this dish-chopped spinach, kale or broccoli.
If you have a raw recipe to share leave a link in your comment to your raw recipe post or if you don’t have a blog simply add the recipe to the comments! Thanks for sharing!!
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We are really enjoying Ani Phyo’s “Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen”, and of course ‘Rawvolution’, Juliano’s ‘Raw, The Uncook Book’, and all of the Living In The Raw series. Plus a few more
My raw bookshelf is well stocked! I have transitioned to raw vegan recently and my kids seem to be naturally transitioning to all-raw as well. Even hubby!
Here’s my recipe contribution: http://greenandcrunchy.blogspot.com/2009/02/raw-vegan-ice-cream.html