The eclectic learner

These two recipes need adjusting to suit our taste and both come from Karen Knowler's book "50 quick, easy and delicious raw food recipes". Karen’s Super-Sexy Olive Cream So-called because when a friend first tried this recipe she gasped and  went, “Ohhh, that’s SO sexy !” – and well, it kind of stuck. Well, there is  a certain something about it… Equipment Hand blender OR Food processor Ingredients • 1 avocado • 1 fresh tomato • 5-6 pitted black olives • Garlic to taste Directions 1. Simply process all ingredients together until a thick creamy consistency is achieved. 2. Taste-test. Adapt as desired. 3. Serve with crudités, as a dip or spread on sprouted bread or crackers. Sex-y! RAW COACH TOP TIPS • Feel free to try adding a little juice to this such as lemon, orange or pineapple – you never know what you might create! My opinion: although I tried to spice it up with garlic and I love olives I wo...

Raw pizza I found a good recipe in the online book "50 Quick and easy healthy delicious recipes" by the famed British raw food coach Karen Knowler.  There are several versions of this recipe online and I paid for the download of this e-book, so please ensure copyright is protected. On the net you will find zillions of similar recipes anyway. Mushroom “Pizzas” If you don’t have pre-prepared raw pizza bases laying around (and to be honest, who does?!) this is a very quick way to get all of the taste of a raw pizza in a smaller, just as tasty version. Equipment Hand blender OR Food processor Ingredients • As many large portabella mushrooms as required (ideally 1- 2 per person) • 1 cup cashews • 1 cup macadamia nuts • Juice of 1 lemon (we found it too strong so we used 1 teaspoon only!) • 1 clove garlic • Pizza toppings of your choice – suggested toppings: Tomato, fresh basil, black olives, chopped red bell pepper. Dire...

Fruit roll ups An easy way to eat naturally when outside is to have  fruit roll ups. Although their fructose content is high (so if you are on a diet or suffer from  diabetes decide when to stop) fruit leathers are a good thing, in moderation. I would use them as  substitute for more problematic sweets that we tend to eat or give to our children: for example lollipops, wine gums etc which feature ingredients made in a plant (a factory). To make a fruit roll up, simply make your favourite smoothie, not too liquid, and then  pour in into the Teflex sheet of the dehydrator. Leave it there for 7.5 hours at a medium temperature - the soft disc that you find in the end can easily be rolled up and packed in cling film.  I like cutting it in small pieces... To decorate your leathers, the technique I came up with is easy: 1) Prepare 2 smoothies with different colours (i.e. one red, one yellow)  2) Pour the first...