New morning shake recipe

Hi there, this is a new recipe that I have developed. This way you can add some veggies to your morning drink. Also if you don't live here in lovely California where we can buy whole coconuts this recipe allows one to enjoy the benefits of coconut without having to open one with a machete every day!! (my husband is pleased about this, after many months of chopping them open every morning). This is similar in nutritonal value and will keep you full for at least 2 hours and maybe more.

Chef Shobhan's latest morning wake-up shake

1 banana

1 cup spinach

2 tablespoons (US tablespoons) spirulina or chlorella

1 tablespoon raw cacao nibs or whole beans

1 tablespoon unrefined coconut oil

1 tablespoon grated coconut

1 pinch cayenne (optional)

1 pint coconut water

Place everything in the blender and blend until smooth. You can easily double this. This recipe is for one person.

Coconut is anti-microbial, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and it's an anti-oxidant. Not to mention coconut has lauric acid which is only found in mothers milk or coconut! It also contains caprylic acid and capric acid.

Chocolate Blueberries and Hazelnuts

Here is a recipe that a client of mine passed on to me. You can do it with any fruit or nuts you desire. It is really a great way of making your own chocolate treat and it's more healthy than buying it from the store.

Enjoy this amazing treat as a dessert or a healthy snack.



Chocolate Blueberries and Hazelnuts

Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:05 minutes


Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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coconut nectar or crystals or stevia to taste
4 tablespoons raw powdered cacao
1/4 cup unrefined raw coconut oil
1/2 cup blueberries -- washed
1/4 cup hazelnuts -- ground into small pieces in food processor

Place the coconut oil in a small saucepan and melt. Do not boil, keep the heat low.

Add the cacao and stir in and then add the sweetener of your choice until it tastes sweet enough.

Depending on your taste either add the blueberries and hazelnuts together in a small dish or do them separately, its easiest if you use some unbleached parchment paper to set the chocolate mixture on. Then pour the coconut cacao mixture over the berries and nuts making sure that they are covered.

Place in the fridge for between thirty minutes to one hour and let them set hard.


Remove from fridge and eat as a dessert or sweet treat or snack.

Description:
"yummy yummy yummy"

NOTES : Coconut oil is really amazing, it can be heated to higher heats than olive oil and it sets hard in temperatures below 72 degrees. Coconut is anti-microbial, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, and anti-viral. Also it contains lauric acid. The only other thing that contains lauric acid it mothers milk.

Raw Buckwheat Granola

Here is a recipe I have refined for the past few months. You can buy some versions of this at the health food store, but they are all very sweet and often with agave. This one is not sweetened and I find it very fulfilling and sweet enough with a drop of stevia in the almond milk and a banana.


Buckwheat Granola

Recipe By : Chef Shobhan
Serving Size : 10 - 15 Preparation Time :0:05 mins (sprouting time 2-3 days)


Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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4 cups raw buckwheat groats -- sprouted
1 1/2 cups pumpkin seeds -- sprouted
1 1/2 cups sunflower seeds -- sprouted
1 cup chopped almonds -- sprouted and dehydrated

Soak the buckwheat groats overnight, then begin rinsing them twice a day for the next 24 hours. After that leave them without water covered in a colandar for another 8 to 24 hours or until little sprouts are growing out of them.

Soak the pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds overnight on the night before the buckwheat will be sprouted.

Mix all the seeds together with the buckwheat and spread on teflex sheets in your dehydrator. Dehydrate overnight or for about 8 hours. When the seeds and buckwheat are dry, pour them into a large mason jar with a lid.

Add the chopped almonds and mix.

Serve with almond milk and your favorite chopped fruit. My personal favorite is banana, but you can use any fruit you like.

Description:
"Crunchy filling and power packed"



NOTES : This breakfast is very filling and will keep you full for between 3 and 4 hours at least.

Almond Milk

Here is my recipe for Almond milk, its delicious and extremely nourishing.
Enjoy experimenting with this milk. You can use it exactly as you would use cows milk.
Almond Milk

Recipe By : Chef Shobhan
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:10


Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 1/2 cups raw almonds -- soaked overnight
6 cups  pure filtered water -- some people like it creamier than others the more water the less creamy
2 dates
2 drops stevia

Strain almonds and rinse them after soaking. Place in blender with 7 cups water and blend until smooth.

Using a nut milk bag,(you cna buy one online) or a dish cloth strain the almonds and squeeze out all the milk. Set the pulp aside for future use - you can freeze it.

Place the milk back in the blender and add in the dates and stevia. Blend again till smooth.

Chill and use as you would cows milk. This milk tasts better!!

Description:
"Creamy and delicious cows milk substitute"
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NOTES : Almonds are the most nutrient dense nut. They are very high in calcium and many other minerals. The milk alkalizes your blood.

Red Cabbage Blueberry and Pumpkin Seed Salad with Chipotle Balsamic Dressing

I'm so sorry I haven't posted for so long. I got extremely busy with recipe testing for a raw dessert business possibility that I have totally neglected my blog for a couple of months. But now I am back with a new recipe that I think you will all enjoy. I have to say that I am not doing the raw diet anymore, but I am still vegetarian. I found that being raw was great and I still do mainly raw foods, but I wanted to have a little more freedom with what I was eating. Also we inherited some chickens and they lay eggs all the time and I just kept thinking............wow a quiche with fresh eggs would be amazing.........so a week ago I made a fantastic quiche with spinach and mushrooms. It was very enjoyable. I have to say that eating cooked food does usually feel very heavy and that is probably why I am still about 70% raw. I feel that if I can eat 2 large salads everyday then I am doing really well.


Red Cabbage Blueberry and Pumpkin Seed Salad with Chipotle Balsamic Dressing



Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 medium red cabbage -- shredded
1 cup blueberries -- rinsed
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds -- soaked overnight and dehydrated (optional)

Dressings
1 small chipotle chile -- soaked in hot water for at least an hour
1/2 cup balsamic vinegar
1/2 cup olive oil

Shred the cabbage and then add the blueberries and pumpkin seeds. Toss to blend everything well.

Take the seeds and stalk out of the chipotle and place in the blender with the vinegar and olive oil. Blend until creamy.


Pour as much as you require over the salad and place in the fridge for at least an hour then serve. It can be served on its own or as a side dish. I really like this as a main course on its own.


NOTES : Red cabbage is very high in antioxidants. also it is an excellent source of vitamin K and vitamin C. It is also a very good source of fiber, manganese, folate, vitamin B6 potassium and omega-3 fatty acids. Cabbage is also a good source of thiamin (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2), calcium, magnesium, vitamin A, and protein

Raw Coconut Creme Pie

Here is a recipe that was inspired by the Cafe Gratitude recipe for Coconut Cream Pie. This one is a little different, but just a delicious.
I am now not so sure I want to do the Gabriel Cousens phase 1 diet. I am really happy with my diet right now. I could still lose my little belly, but I don't think I am ready to go there quite yet with a strict diet. I was lucky enough to be given a juicer a week or so ago, so I am juicing a lot of kale, cucumbers, ginger, carrots and celery and numerous other veggies. People keep saying to me that I look amazing, so this diet must be doing something good!
Anyway hope you are all doing well and staying with whatever diets you are choosing.
Here it my Coconut Creme Pie



Coconut Creme Pie

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:15
Categories :

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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for the crust
1 1/2 cups shredded coconut meat
1/2 cup macadamia nuts
3 dates
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
For the Filling
1 whole young coconut
1 ounce irish moss seaweed -- soaked overnight
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
4 tablespoons raw coconut nectar sweetner
2 dates
3 tablespoons lecitin
1/3 cup coconut oil (raw and organic)
shredded coconut and mangoes for garnish

In a food processor blend the coconut with the macadamia nuts and add the dates in pieces slowly to the mixture while its blending.

Place the mixture into a pie pan with a removable bottom (can't think of the name of them right now). Push the mixture down into the pan so that it covers the bottom and sides too.

To prepare the filling open your coconut and place the coconut water into the blender with the soaked Irish Moss. Blend this together and then add the meat of the coconut, dates, coconut sweetner and vanilla essence. Then add the lecitin and the coconut oil and blend till smooth.

Place this mixture into the pie pan and place in the fridge for at least an hour. When ready to serve sprinkle with shredded dry coconut and your favorite tropical fruit.

Description:
"delightful"

Spinach Daikon Olive Salad with Creamy Brazil Nut Dressing

Hello everyone, today I'm giving you a lovely recipe that will fill you up and is very nutritious. I am still about 90% raw and some days 100%. I feel much better than I did a few months ago and I think I am really suited to this lifestyle. My eyes are so clear and so is my skin and most of my aches and pains have cleared up. It is my intention to do this for the whole of 2011 (and probably the rest of my life). In february I am going to do the Gabriel Cousens Phase 1 Rainbow Green Live Food. (For those of you who don't know who Gabriel Cousens is, he is Raw Food Guru and an MD. He has a place called Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center. People go there to rid themselves of diabetes and other chronic diseases.)This means no fruit or anything with any type of sweetener except stevia and also no coconut water!!! I feel that this will be the ultimate cleanse and I'm excited to do it, but a little apprehensive at the idea of no fruit at all. Anyway I'll keep you posted as to when I'm starting.

Here is the Spinach Daikon Recipe.


Spinach Daikon and Olive Salad

Recipe By : Chef Shobhan
Serving Size : Preparation Time :0:10
Categories :

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 pound spinach -- washed
1/2 cup olives (your favorite type) -- cut into halves or quarters
1 ripe tomato -- cut into small pieces
1 cup daikon radish -- sliced and peeled cut into 1/4's

Mix all ingredients together in a large salad bowl.

Top with brazil nut dressing. Serve.

NOTES : Daikon is a wonderful digestive help. It has been found to contain enzymes similar to those in our own digestive tracts. It is also a powerful anti-cancer vegetable. It has also been shown to be a decongestant and a diuretic.

Here is the recipe for the Creamy Brazil Nut Dressing.

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Brazil Nut Dressing

Recipe By : Chef Shobhan
Serving Size : Preparation Time :0:05
Categories :

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/4 cup Brazil nuts
2 teaspoons miso paste (your favorite type)
water

Place nuts and miso in the blender, cover with water. The thickness will vary according to how much water you put it. The less water added the more thick it will be.

Add your desired amount of water, I find the best amount is just covering the nuts.

Blend until creamy. Add more water if it's too thick.

Serve over spinach or massaged kale.


NOTES : Brazil nuts are very high in Selenium. Miso is a probiotic.