~I Have My Own Personal Raw Chef!~

(Another summary from some postings today at Raw Fu, with some additional notes,cuz it's late again, no time to write a new post, but I wanted to update y'all!)

Oh, my goodness, my sweet daughter has definately found her calling!!!The moment I got outa bed, I was shooed out of the kitchen & told not to peek!

On went the whirring of what sounded like every machine in the kitchen ("Was that the juicer?? But it's BROKEN!!! I think that was the food processor, but it sounds funny! Add water!!!"), & the next thing you know, I'm being brought a bowl of what looked kinda like white soup...???

She pronounced, "It's called, 'Bananafana' in the **recipe book, but I've changed the recipe, & I call it cream-of-banana-not-wheat-with-maggot-eggs!!!" (See my last post, on how she decided to definately go 100% raw with me to understand THAT!)

(**"The Raw Gourmet" is the book, borrowed from the library & possibly never returned! Kidding! But she's beggin' for her own copy! So I gave her a package of recipe cards & a pen! Lol!)

And YOU JUST HAVE TO TRY THIS!!!!!

So here's her version...

"Cashew of Banana"

(The official name! You didn't really think we'd use the other one, did you???)

~2 bananas (they call for one, but next time we're going to use 4!, & a little less nuts, so I can go lighter on the nuts, all her recipes have stopped the scale from goin' down the last few days!!!)

~ Put in food processor (or blender) with a bit more than half a cup of water (which was a tiny bit too much...they called for 1/4...it was kinda like soup, which was also nice...)

~ half a cup of soaked-overnight cashewsblend till creamy (or leave a little bumpy, makes it more like cereal!) She found it tasted totally different after sitting for half an hour {I had to wait, was doing oil pulling} & said it was MUCH better after it sat awhile...I liked it better out of the fridge, she said it was way better room temp! (So to each their own!)

Oh, it could be made thicker, then put banana chunks in it! (Or other fruit!) & it would be delish with cinnamon, or nutmeg! (& sorry, it was so yummy I forgot to take pics, was too busy enjoying it!)

All I know is, one medium bowl was the perfect amount, it was soooo yummy & FILLING! It really is similar to cream of wheat, or another oatmeal-type of breakfast!

Now onto the challenge she designed for me this week! It was very interesting indeed!

First, the picture...

She came out with this tray of a bunch of cups (MORE dishes to wash was my first thought! Lol!) fulla carrot juice...& I had to do taste-tests, to see what each carrot juice had in it along with the carrots...I got 3 guesses per cup!

~The first mix was carrot-lemon (SOUR! Too much lemon! I'm awake NOW! Got that in 2 guesses, thought it was grapefruit!)

~Then carrot-orange (WOW! Never had that combo before, soooo good! Got it first guess!)

~Then carrot-spinich (Yum, got it in 3, thought it was lettuce, then parsely...she didn't put much in, & I was still tasting citrus! Shoulda rinsed between sips to cleanse my palate!)

~Then carrot-apple, (my old favorite, so I got it in one guess!)

~Then straight carrot! (Got that in one guess! She was so suprised!)

It was soooooo fun! The prize was more beads for the necklace she's gonna make me when I finish the 100 day challenge!

AND the AMAZING thing was, she just put the juicer together & used it, not knowing it's been making grinding/weird noises, & I was goona throw it out! But it WORKED for her!

Either a miracle healing for kitchen appliances occurred, or I was assembling it wrong!

(Which would amaze me, cuz I've used it for years!)

But UGH, she just now called from the kitchen, "Um, mom, we need a new juicer, the cord's been chewed thru sinse our old place when we had that mouse, & now the wires are showing!"

{Ok, the real miracle was she didn't get electrocuted!!!!}

Now she's in there chopping something up for lunch, & I'm STILL not allowed in the kitchen!

She DID tell me dinner was onion rings, & tortalini (her own invented recipe...) & RAW pancakes tomorrow!

I'm gonna GAIN weight if this keeps up!!!!

No more mono meals for me for awhile, I guess...don't wanna discourage her! Haha!

(& she promised to keep the nuts in her inventions down to a dull roar...)

I'm getting hungry!!!

Wonder what's for lunch??

Who needs a Raw Cafe to get spend $ I don't have???!!!

(I confess, every time I hear of visits to them, I get a twang of jealousy!)

Oh my! She just came out with our lunch, she calls it "Purple delight" a cole-slaw type of salad with the most AMAZING flavors!!! No...time...to write....gotta go eat!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Even SHE'S amazed at how good this is!!!!)
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{Later}

OK, oh my goodness, you guys, please don't be jealous, but you would not believe the dinner I just had!

Yellow zucchini noodles (she discovered the cheeze slicer I just got at the dollar store) with an amazing sauce she invented (I only had to help a bit when she put in sunflower seeds to thicken it when the blended tomatoes were runny, before she'd added spices, garlic, onions, etc.)

I gotta confess, I never thought I'd like zucchini noodles, but WOW! So filling! So different than I expected! Really satisfying, something so different about it prepared this way, not sure what it is, just know I was very glad when she couldn't finish hers & I got to!!!

The only thing is, we're going thru all the produce sooo fast! (she just used 4 tomatoes for the sauce, & they were supposed to be for salads all week!)

I just gotta keep trusting that God'll provide...hopin' & prayin' now that someone'll share zucchini with me from the abundance of their garden!{Anyone know how long it'll keep in the coldroom?} & I gotta get sewing some more music bags to post on my site to sell!

(As soon as I finish & get sent the ones already purchased!)

I honestly didn't think I was bored with salads & smoothies, but after living on them for almost 2 months, well let's just say, much as I've enjoyed them, there's a party goin' on in my mouth NOW, & my tastebuds are the hosts!

Ok, so here's a picture of tonight's dinner, with little chopped up mushrooms on top! Sorry there's none left!!! (& it tasted waaaaay better than it looks! Honest! Can't wait to make more as soon as we get another big zucchini! There's enough sauce left for another meal!)

~Anastazia~