My journey begins ....

I had been talking about raw food for a few years, followed the raw food gurus, became a member of a raw food meet-up and bought all of the equipment and read all the books. So why wasn't I fully committed to living a raw food lifestyle? The answer: I didn't have the tools - the tools to plan my menus and the tools to prepare exciting, creative dishes that would inspire me and get friends interested.

In July this year, I sold my house and put all of my belongings in storage. I had been consciously focussed on getting to America for some time and decided to bite the bullet and go. First to Hippocrates in Florida to attend the 'Life Change Program' which literally changed the way I thought about food and health. Detoxing off coffee and stress and after three wonderful weeks, I was ready to start my raw food training.

My journey begins ...

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Third Day @ 105 Degrees

The third day started with some more knife skills on carrots and an onion to add to the Kimchee mix.  We were also introduced to an expensive machine called the 'turning slicer', which turns a daikon radish (or other hard vegetables) into paper thin sheets.  These sheets were to be incorporated into the Spicy Tuber Handrolls we were making today.  We also julienned beet, carrot and cucumber on the mandoline and prepared a tray of dehydrated curried cauliflower florets.  A piquant almond and chilli dipping sauce was made and finally a nori sheet was rolled to fill with the vegetables.  A fresh and tasty lunch dish.
















Preparing ingredients for the Spicy Tuber Handroll
















The finished handrolls

We also prepared the cabbage to be made into Kimchee tomorrow.  I tried some Kimchee that was bottled in March this year and it was a lot tastier than sauerkraut.


Our final dish of the day was Heirloom Lasagne with macadamia ricotta, pistachio pesto and red pepper marinara.  The zucchini pasta was marinated in olive oil and pepper first.
















Macadamia ricotta layer 
















Red pepper marinara and wilted spinach layers
















First stack assembled
















The final lasagne!





















The class lasagnes!

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