Barefoot Healthy Hippie

Another raw win! This recipe was so simple I just have to share it. I used another raw veggie tortilla.

To make the tortilla, take the meat of a young thai coconut and blend it up with 4 cups of veggies, spread it out on Paraflexx sheets, 1 cup per sheet and dehydrate 12-24 hours depending on where you live, humidity comes into play. Temp at or about 115 if you want it to retain enzymes, higher if it doesn't matter to you and time is important.

And the filling was a simple bruschetta recipe with spinach and seasonings.

Recipes:

Bruschetta

6-8 cherry tomatoes, diced (about a half cup for one sandwich)
pinch salt
1 tsp (or more to taste) basil, dried or fresh
pinch black pepper
1 tsp olive oil

Mix it all together and voila! If you are making bruschetta to top bread slices with you can increase the recipe, and don't mix in the oil, you drizzle the oil on the topped slices in the end. It may not seem like a big deal, but it makes a difference.

The rest of the filling was 1 cup spinach, chopped and tossed with 1/2 tsp garlic granules and 1 tsp balsamic vinegar.

I took the veggie tortilla, folded it in half and topped it off and rolled it up. It was delicious AND completely made out of veggies! Veggies have seriously never been more satisfying.

I am trying to figure out how to eat to be fulfilled and be my healthiest me. I am currently vegan, moving toward whole food vegan. I am also learning a lot about raw eating and considering it. I might do a blend of the two, I feel good when I am macrobiotic, and I feel good when I eat raw. I know I don't like to label myself strictly so who knows what I will end up doing. I need to find something that suits me that I can continue doing for a lifetime. Something that promotes health and helps me maintain a healthy weight without a lot of fuss. Becoming vegan was not the answer, though it's much healthier that I was before, there is something more for me.

For now I am experimenting with both and trying to find my place. It's hard. I have so many cravings that try to undo me.

Here is one of the treats I have discovered along the way so far. It's based on a recipe I found in a free online raw food cookbook, I can't find the direct link, but I found it on this page. I modified it slightly to include pumpkin which I have an abundance of currently.

Raw Harvest Doughnuts

1 c milled flax seeds (or mill them yourself)
1/2 c pumpkin processed until smooth. Or used canned, but it won't be 100% raw.
1/4 c sucanat
Spices to taste (I used Pumpkin Pie Spice)

Mix together, roll into balls, flatten slightly and add a hole.

I dusted them with cinnamon and a sprinkle of sugar for my son to make it look more appealing. You can make a quick glaze to turn them into proper looking doughnuts.

Taiten, my 6 year old, is the pickiest child I have met and he ate 3 small ones and is asking for more. I am honestly in shock, but so grateful that he likes them!