Recently I've committed to the RAW way of eating. Fresh organic vegetables, fruits and nuts, that about sums it up. I never realized all the amazing dishes you can make with RAW foods. I mean, , gorilla dish such as "Gorilla Wraps" doesn't sound very appealing but it is, trust me. It's a mexican meat textured wrap. Delicious!
I live by these two books,(so far): Forks Over Knives, my best friend told me about this one, and I accidentally found The Beauty Detox Foods. Not only will the recipes in this book make you healthy, you actually feel healthy, and you look and feel better overall. Both can be found on-line.
I'll be sharing some of my random dishes and what I learn as I go along.
Today, I'm sharing the Raw Gorilla Taco Wrap, that I have made several times already.
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| The Beauty Detox Foods book |
This is your mexican dish without the meat but with all the flavor! I don't always follow recipes to the exact, and many times I have to improvise because I don't have an ingredient. This one is very easy.
Ingredients
2 cups walnuts - use a food processor to make them chunky
1 TBS cumin
1/2 TBS coriander
1 tsp chili powder
Pinch of cayenne pepper (More if you like spice! I am less than a pinch, I don't like spice.)
2 TBS low-sodium tamari
Collard greens - wash and cut the stem about 2" from the bottom (keep them to use in green smoothies)
Salsa
Directions
Put the chopped walnuts in a bowl and add in the cumin, coriander, chili powder and cayenne, mix. (I found that adding the spices prior to any wet ingredients helps to blend them better with the dry ingredients.) Add the tamari and mix again.
Cut your collard leaf stem. If the leaf is very big, I will cut both sides off the stem and wrap. Too much is overwhelming for me.
Place the taco filling on the collard leaf, top with your salsa and fold up like a burrito! Voila! Enjoy.
(I make a salsa like topping rather than from a jar. Using some cherry tomatoes, chopped peppers and shredded carrots. They have flavor all their own, but you could add any herb to your own taste.)
Just a note, I do not in any way benefit from either author of the books above. I am not promoting their books or mentioning their name, for any other reason than, I eat RAW, the recipes are good, and I want to share them with you.
Do you eat RAW?
Any RAW food books you'd like to share with me?
