Friday, October 29, 2010

EATING WITH THE SEASONS

Remember that since the weather has changed, so should your diet.

I am feeling that more this year than ever before because I am eating mostly raw food.
I have been adding a mixture of powdered ginger, cinnamon, and garam masala to my shake some mornings. These spices have warming qualities.

I made some raw pumpkin pie for some friend recently, once again, everybody like it.

I get a fresh pumpkin & take out the seeds. The hard part is cutting it up & taking off the skin. I cut it up into strips & put it through the juicer with the blank disk in it to homogenize it. You could also just cut it up small & put it in the food processor, just make sure it is well blended.

After it is homogenized I just put it through the juicer again with some fresh ginger, some cinnamon, a pinch of nutmeg, and some dates. Then I just stirred it up & put it in a pie plate. Decided to not make crust this time. I poured some thick coconut milk on top & froze it. We'd just thaw it a bit & cut pieces off to eat. mmmm....

I have also been having raw soup for dinner most nights. I just take some leftover salad, or green, peas in the pod, a few tomatoes, whatever other veggies I want to have & blend it with some water added. I sometimes homogenize a few carrots through the blender. Then I add some himalayan salt & some lemon. I put this in a pot & just warm it. It is still a raw food as long as just heat it until its warm. Sometimes I add some thinly sliced pieces of veggies in there too. Really good, tastes different every time & is warming.