Raw Breaky…

Thank you SO much for all your suggestions regarding lunch – I highly recommend you go back and check out the suggestions!

One of my favourite suggestions was to check out City Life Eats.  I have found SO much inspiration on Valerie’s blog.  I’m trying to make my way through the whole thing!

Her blog has inspired me to have some more raw foods in my life!!  This morning I made a raw breaky!

Swiss Chard wraps

3x chard wraps

slices of red pepper

cucumber

Nut cheese (see below)

Raw Nori

Wrap it all up and nom nom nom

I used more nori than this, but it didn’t look as pretty for the picture!

Nut Cheese

1/2 cup cashews (soaked at least an hour – I did overnight)

1/2 cup almonds

2 tsp lemon juice

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp nutritional yeast

1 TBSP sundried tomatoes

Blend everything in food processor until desired consistency

Done!!  It made enough for about 10 wraps!! (yay left overs!!)

Love it!! I’ll see what kind of staying power it has though!! It would be good in lunches too, as the wraps wouldn't’ get soggy.

 

More Raw Goodness!

Dawn from Raw Elements.ca sent me some samples of Sun Warrior Powder!  I was SO excited as I love adding stuff to my smoothies, but I’ve been burned a few times ordering a huge jar and not liking it!

So far I have tried the vanilla and the chocolate and I have to say I REALLY like this product!!  And even better – no tummy problems!!

The vanilla I put in a smoothie with strawberries, banana and water

The taste was subtle, but nice… usually rice powder is gritty, but this stuff wasn’t at all..

I tried the chocolate in a a mango smoothie with Chia seeds

Not pretty, but what can you do?! ha

I really liked the chocolate too, but I think I would order the vanilla because it’s more plain and you can always add cacao powder if you are craving chocolate!

Overall, I really like Sun Warrior!  I still have some left and I think I might make Amazeballs!

Thank you Dawn!!

Also, make sure to check out City Life Eats for a TON of inspiration!!

Question of the day.

What’s your FAVORITE breakfast???

Lunch Ideas!

Hey guys, I am on the look out for lunch ideas!

I’m going to be working in a nut free, kiwi free school, and not sure if I have access to a microwave., and I need some lunch ideas!!  

I know you are all smart cookies, so I look forward to seeing your answers!

So far what I’ve thought of is…

Sushi salad

Mexican food – with chips for dipping!

Bi Bim Bap

Salad of course

Pasta – although not this one, as it has almonds!  Creamy Avocado Pesto Pasta

or the Mediterranean Pasta

Salad wraps – minus the peanut sauce (maybe sweet Thai sauce?)

Lettuce Wraps

Pizzas – both pita pizza and regular.

Grainy salads (I could sub sesame seeds for walnuts)  Qunioa, Kale Risotto

Hummus with pitas!!

That’s what I have so far, but I still need more ideas – as some of these take awhile to prep…

Anything you can come up with, will be super helpful!! Free free to link to your blog!

 

Lettuce Wraps

Thank you to everyone who took my survey on facebook!  I’m glad to know what my FABULOUS readers are looking for!!    I am so excited to plaster this place with recipes!!!

Here is one for you that is super versatile and way to easy!

Lettuce Wraps

4x pieces of lettuce per person (or more if hungry)

1 tsp sesame oil

Chicken, Tofu or whatever you would like to use  - I used 1 chicken breast

Veggies of choice – I used mushrooms, zucchini, bean sprouts and red peppers

Soy Sauce + Sweet Chilli Sauce

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Sauté chicken or tofu in sesame oil

Once cooked, add in veggies (minus bean sprouts)

Cook up until at desired crunchiness level (I don’t like over cooked veggies)

Add about 1/2 tsp soy sauce and sweet chilli sauce to taste!

Wash and dry lettuce leaves

Stuff lettuce leaves with mixture and top with bean sprouts!

Now to eat (the tricky part) fold the stem of the lettuce leaf over the mixture, and tuck in the rest of it, so it covers all the mixture… then CRUNCH AWAY!  

Have a napkin handy though, this baby is drippy!

Awesome for lunch, just pack the lettuce separately!

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Well I’m off to finish off a bunch of projects – 2 weeks left, SO hard to believe!  It’s getting SO hard to spend the day inside writing, reading and studying as the SUN IS SHINING, and it’s warm!

So off I go with my fresh JUICE!

(1/2 beet, 1 cucumber, 1/4ish cup green cabbage, 1/2 red pepper, 1 lime, 1 carrot, 1 apple + 2 mini oranges) –

Yup, sounds weird, but actually it’s a bit flavourless…  how weird is that?

 

Have a GREAT weekend!! 

Do you have anything fun planned?