Well every community, whether online or live, has a recipe exchange! Churches have them...parenting and homeschool groups have them...I even saw a recipe exchange organized by a children's book catalog! And of course online forums have them!
So here it is: The Bring4th Community RECIPE EXCHANGE!
Rules for this thread:
Please offer recipes and discussion about recipes ONLY. If you wish to discuss the merits or drawbacks of this or that diet, or social/ethical/spiritual implications of certain foods, please do that in one of our other 'diet/liveit' threads:
Olio > What we are really eating... at least in the U.S. (This thread is about the contaminants in foods and how to avoid them/compensate for them. This is also the thread in which suggestions were made for a recipe thread.)
Life on Planet Earth > leaning towards elimination of meat
Life on Planet Earth > In regards to eating meat
(If I've missed any, please add let me know.)
Again, let's keep this thread light and fluffy, ok? RECIPES and discussion of recipes ONLY.
OK, now that we got the housekeeping out of the way, I'll start:
I recently got a dehydrator so I'm learning how to make raw breads and cookies.
RAW Cinnamon-Apple Cookies
Equipment needed: blender, food processor, dehydrator
2 cups soaked pecans
2 Gala apples (or any apples)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp Celtic sea salt
1 tsp honey
Soak pecans overnight in water
Drain pecans
Put pecans into food processor and process into a meal, until it sticks together. (You may have to scrape the sides with a spatula every so often.)
Core and de-seed apples but don't peel them.
Blend apples into applesauce
Add honey to applesauce and blend for just a couple more seconds
Pour applesauce into food processor on top of the pecan meal
Add salt and cinnamon
Process again just enough to mix
Spread onto screens of dehydrator 1/2 inch thick
Dehydrate approximately 12 hours at 125 degrees, or longer if you prefer a lower temperature.
(There are varying opinions about which temp enzymes are destroyed, but the latest I've seen from a technical 'expert' says around 140, although many raw foods teachers say to not go over 110. I've been going with the more technical opinion so have chosen to use 125 for most stuff, which seems to work well.)
Optional: Make into 'jewels' by smooshing raspberries or blackberries on top.
You can also add a bit more honey if you like them sweeter, but the applesauce already imparts a delicate sweetness. More honey might require longer dehydration.
Yum! Sounds like a dessert, but it's actually a full meal...protein, the healthy fats, and fruit.
This is a variation of what I learned from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f4GGlcTwG4
So here it is: The Bring4th Community RECIPE EXCHANGE!
Rules for this thread:
Please offer recipes and discussion about recipes ONLY. If you wish to discuss the merits or drawbacks of this or that diet, or social/ethical/spiritual implications of certain foods, please do that in one of our other 'diet/liveit' threads:
Olio > What we are really eating... at least in the U.S. (This thread is about the contaminants in foods and how to avoid them/compensate for them. This is also the thread in which suggestions were made for a recipe thread.)
Life on Planet Earth > leaning towards elimination of meat
Life on Planet Earth > In regards to eating meat
(If I've missed any, please add let me know.)
Again, let's keep this thread light and fluffy, ok? RECIPES and discussion of recipes ONLY.
OK, now that we got the housekeeping out of the way, I'll start:
I recently got a dehydrator so I'm learning how to make raw breads and cookies.
RAW Cinnamon-Apple Cookies
Equipment needed: blender, food processor, dehydrator
2 cups soaked pecans
2 Gala apples (or any apples)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp Celtic sea salt
1 tsp honey
Soak pecans overnight in water
Drain pecans
Put pecans into food processor and process into a meal, until it sticks together. (You may have to scrape the sides with a spatula every so often.)
Core and de-seed apples but don't peel them.
Blend apples into applesauce
Add honey to applesauce and blend for just a couple more seconds
Pour applesauce into food processor on top of the pecan meal
Add salt and cinnamon
Process again just enough to mix
Spread onto screens of dehydrator 1/2 inch thick
Dehydrate approximately 12 hours at 125 degrees, or longer if you prefer a lower temperature.
(There are varying opinions about which temp enzymes are destroyed, but the latest I've seen from a technical 'expert' says around 140, although many raw foods teachers say to not go over 110. I've been going with the more technical opinion so have chosen to use 125 for most stuff, which seems to work well.)
Optional: Make into 'jewels' by smooshing raspberries or blackberries on top.
You can also add a bit more honey if you like them sweeter, but the applesauce already imparts a delicate sweetness. More honey might require longer dehydration.
Yum! Sounds like a dessert, but it's actually a full meal...protein, the healthy fats, and fruit.
This is a variation of what I learned from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f4GGlcTwG4