Yesterday’s Raw Food Meals
Even though yesterday was a little hard at the start in the end it turned out awesome. For lunch I made it to the salad bar in the cafeteria here at the Boston Medical Center where they actually use (according to them) local foods that are picked the day before. I had a lunch of cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, carrots and a banana. Surprisingly, it kept me pretty full for the rest of the day, along with a lot of water.
For dinner I took stock of what we had in the fridge from the local farmers market, which included corn on the cob, tomatoes, some romaine lettuce and cucumbers. I cut the corn off the cob and diced the tomatoes and cucumbers and mixed them all together. My plan next was to improvise a sauce using some more tomatoes and spices off the top of my head. Michelle, my wife, having experienced some of my improvised recipes implored me to use a recipe. After some grumbling and pushing my pride aside I looked in a book that I have used for a couple of recipes called Raw Food Fast Food by Philip McCluskey.
I ended up making a Thai inspired sauce, here is the recipe;
Ingredients
- 2 TABLESPOONS BRAGG’S OR SHOYU
- 2 TABLESPOONS OLIVE OR FLAX OIL
- 1 TABLESPOON RAW APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
- 1 TABLESPOON LIME JUICE
- 1 TABLESPOON RAW HONEY OR AGAVE NECTAR
- 2 CLOVES MINCED GARLIC
- 2 TABLESPOONS HEMP BUTTER
- 1 TEASPOON SEA SALT
- 2 TEASPOONS KELP POWDER
- 1 TABLESPOON CRUSHED RED PEPPER FLAKES
- 1 TEASPOON CHILI POWDER
Directions
Mix sauce ingredients with a whisk or fork in a bowl until well combined.
Luckily I had all of the ingredients. Hemp butter is very hard to come by and it is expensive, so I make my own. Raw hulled hemp seeds are available at most health food stores and Whole Foods. Throw a cup or so of hemp seeds in a food processor until it becomes creamy, then you have hemp butter!
So after I whisked all of those ingredients together I mixed it carefully mixed it with my corn, tomatoes, and cucumbers to they wouldn’t get crushed up. It tasted amazing. Initially I intended to out this salad that I had just created onto crispy romaine pieces and then eating like a taco. It turned out the romaine was not as crispy as I wanted so I just cut it up and we ate the whole thing as a salad, topped with some diced tomatoes. It was amazing and surprisingly filling.
