Sniff... it's a sad day. The last harvest from the garden. We are supposed to get a hard freeze this week. The kale could last awhile, but the freeze will kill the rest.
Goodbye til next year!
Monday, October 8, 2012
Friday, August 31, 2012
Garden Fresh Bruschetta
At the end of the summer, we had a plethora of tomatoes and basil... which led to many bruschetta snacks/meals.
We used sprouted grain pita pockets and toasted them in the oven... the sprouted grain option significantly reduces gluten issues for Matt.
I didn't follow a recipe for the bruschetta... played it by ear.
Chopped garden fresh tomatoes, basil, a dash of extra virgin olive oil, sea salt, minced garlic and topped it with some shredded raw goat cheese.
Tastes likes summer.... summer in Italy :)
We used sprouted grain pita pockets and toasted them in the oven... the sprouted grain option significantly reduces gluten issues for Matt.
I didn't follow a recipe for the bruschetta... played it by ear.
Chopped garden fresh tomatoes, basil, a dash of extra virgin olive oil, sea salt, minced garlic and topped it with some shredded raw goat cheese.
Tastes likes summer.... summer in Italy :)
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Taylor: Healthy Pizza
We all love pizza right? Could there really be a healthy alternative that tastes fantastic?!
YES!
And that helps you lose weight and feel great at the same time?
YES!
Again, we are using "The Raw Food Detox Diet" by Natalia Rose as our guide. Taylor chose the "Detox Pizza" section and fashioned it to each person's preference.
Taylor chose to make salad and individual pizzas for all 5 of us. He was quite meticulous, so it took him a bit of time to accomplish. But a wonderful thing about this recipe is that is as quick as it is delicious. Too good to be true right?
The ingredients are simple:
We had a salad first to help digest all the cooked foods. Then dug in to each individualized pizza! Thanks Taylor! Great meal!
YES!
And that helps you lose weight and feel great at the same time?
YES!
Again, we are using "The Raw Food Detox Diet" by Natalia Rose as our guide. Taylor chose the "Detox Pizza" section and fashioned it to each person's preference.
Taylor chose to make salad and individual pizzas for all 5 of us. He was quite meticulous, so it took him a bit of time to accomplish. But a wonderful thing about this recipe is that is as quick as it is delicious. Too good to be true right?
The ingredients are simple:
- Sprouted whole grain tortillas
- Vegan organic Spaghetti sauce (many varieties at your local health food store and even some like Muir Glen at WM)
- Fresh Basil leaves
- Fresh veggies to taste (sliced onions, mushroom, sweet pepper, tomato etc)
- Shredded raw goats cheese (so far, we have had NO symptoms to this cheese like to cow's cheese or regular goats cheese... no congestion, constipation etc)
We had a salad first to help digest all the cooked foods. Then dug in to each individualized pizza! Thanks Taylor! Great meal!
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Raw Vanilla Ice cream
We ate lunch out on Sunday, so we didn't need a big evening meal too. Therefore, we ate fruit/veggies for dinner and the boys teamed up to make the family a yummy evening dessert!
The recipe is called "Raw" Vanilla ice cream (from The Raw Foods Detox Diet), although technically the maple syrup and vanilla extract are not raw... still, it's pretty close to being an all raw treat! The recipe actually called for vanilla beans, but we only had extract and it turned out great.
Matt/Dad (Jeff) made the vanilla ice cream and Tay made the chocolate sauce.
Ingredients:
Ice Cream:
- 3 young thai coconuts-- all flesh and some of the water
- maple syrup (1/2 cup)
- vanilla (1 TBS)
- ice (3-4cups)
Blend them all up together until creamy. After years and years of getting by with a normal blender, we finally broke down a few years ago and purchased a Vita-Mix blender. SO.WORTH.IT! We use it multiple times a day to make smoothies, dressings and now desserts!
Chocolate Sauce: (from The Raw Foods Detox Diet also)
6 TBS Organic Cocoa powder
1 cup maple syrup
Blend in a blender.
Use a cleaver to open the coconuts... carefully!
Tay smiling because it is SO good!
Matt has dished out the ice cream and now Tay pours on the chocolate sauce
Noah had to get in the picture :)
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Matt Meal #1- Whole Wheat Lasagna and Chocolate Shake
So, we've taken a slight deviation of late, in that we have added raw goat's cheese into our food choices. We won't eat it every day, just occasionally, and I'm finding that it doesn't leave behind symptoms, as cow's cheese does and even soy cheese. We didn't experience a congestion hang-over, even when this raw cheese is used in a cooked meal.
The ingredients for the lasagna:
Matt served a salad, lasagna and then finshed off the meal with a chocolate shake, which was made of pure cocoa powder, young thai coconut, stevia, almond milk, vanilla and ice. Great way to finish a fantastic meal.
The ingredients for the lasagna:
- whole wheat noodles (we would have used sprouted grain or spelt if we could have found them)
- spinach
- zuchinni
- raw goat cheese
- organice spaghetti sauce
- garlic
Matt served a salad, lasagna and then finshed off the meal with a chocolate shake, which was made of pure cocoa powder, young thai coconut, stevia, almond milk, vanilla and ice. Great way to finish a fantastic meal.
Some ingredients and kitchen tools used in preparation
Matt used a mandelin to thinly slice the zuchinni
Doesn't that look good?
We ate our salads at the table...
Then dug into the lasagna...
Then moved into the living room for a "picnic" while we ate and watched a movie.
Summer of kids Chef Meals begins...
Well, the Seiter family is back at it... except more from a "Julie & Julia" perspective.
Out of all the raw foods and vegan books I've read, this is the one that resonates as the best recipe guide for our perspective on nutrition.
As stated before, we don't really have a label.... we aren't vegan, we aren't vegetarian...we make choices to eat food as close to the way they occur in nature, we eat abundant amount of raw fruits and veggies and try to avoid foods that are de-natured and turn into toxic waste. We try to eat food combinations that allow for the best digestion and absorption... quick exit foods, as Natalia calls it in this book.
Therefore, we are going to use many of the recipes in this book, as well as some others, and the boys are going into "Chef" mode again this summer.
Some of the recipes they've picked out are "Whole Wheat Lasagna", Raw vanilla ice cream, Chocolate milkshake, Orange sherbert, Gazpacho, Quick Pizza, Coconut Thai soup, Pad Thai and many many more.
We went shopping for some of the initial recipes this weekend and bought ingredients like: pure maple syrup, raw honey, stevia, nama shoyu, young thai coconuts, cilantro, lemons, limes, salmon, zuchinni, eggplant.
The first recipe of the summer is Matt making the Whole Wheat Lasagna and a chocolate shake for desert. Yum! AND, these are recipes that a Mom can feel good about feeding her kids. AND, Mom doesn't even have to make it! A Win/Win scenario all the way around!
Out of all the raw foods and vegan books I've read, this is the one that resonates as the best recipe guide for our perspective on nutrition.
As stated before, we don't really have a label.... we aren't vegan, we aren't vegetarian...we make choices to eat food as close to the way they occur in nature, we eat abundant amount of raw fruits and veggies and try to avoid foods that are de-natured and turn into toxic waste. We try to eat food combinations that allow for the best digestion and absorption... quick exit foods, as Natalia calls it in this book.
Therefore, we are going to use many of the recipes in this book, as well as some others, and the boys are going into "Chef" mode again this summer.
Some of the recipes they've picked out are "Whole Wheat Lasagna", Raw vanilla ice cream, Chocolate milkshake, Orange sherbert, Gazpacho, Quick Pizza, Coconut Thai soup, Pad Thai and many many more.
We went shopping for some of the initial recipes this weekend and bought ingredients like: pure maple syrup, raw honey, stevia, nama shoyu, young thai coconuts, cilantro, lemons, limes, salmon, zuchinni, eggplant.
The first recipe of the summer is Matt making the Whole Wheat Lasagna and a chocolate shake for desert. Yum! AND, these are recipes that a Mom can feel good about feeding her kids. AND, Mom doesn't even have to make it! A Win/Win scenario all the way around!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Mochi
We are always looking for wheat-free alternatives for Matthew, and I found something at our local health food store that I had never heard of before: Mochi
It is a traditional Japanese food made from short-grain sweet rice that is boiled and then pounded into a dense form. You must use a very strong knife to cut into 1 inch squares (I used a butcher knife). Note: do not bake the Mochi as closely together as I did below or they will merge together as in the second picture below.
Bake at 450 for 8 -10 minutes.
We had a large salad and Mochi for a very filling meal. I've include a close-up shot of the package below that contains a recipe that we haven't tried yet.
Matthew didn't have a negative reaction after eating this food made from rice, so it's something we'll include again from time to time.
It is a traditional Japanese food made from short-grain sweet rice that is boiled and then pounded into a dense form. You must use a very strong knife to cut into 1 inch squares (I used a butcher knife). Note: do not bake the Mochi as closely together as I did below or they will merge together as in the second picture below.
Bake at 450 for 8 -10 minutes.
We had a large salad and Mochi for a very filling meal. I've include a close-up shot of the package below that contains a recipe that we haven't tried yet.
Matthew didn't have a negative reaction after eating this food made from rice, so it's something we'll include again from time to time.
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