The nacho cheeze is a macadamia nut based recipe from Ani's Raw Kitchen.  I used peppers from my own garden that have been dehydrated and made into a powder using my coffee grinder.  I made it so hot I almost can't eat it.  The heart shaped bread is my ex girlfriend's idea.  she's cute like that.


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hey I adopted two turtles this week.  you can too!  http://www.tortoise.org/.  click here to see pics of my new little friends.


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This is from the "delicious living" july 2009 issue.  Credit to Ani Phyo

CASHEW CHEEZE
1 1/2 teaspoon garlic (about 2 cloves)
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 cup raw cashews
2 1/2 teaspoon lemonjuice (about 1 lemon)
1/4 cup packed fresh cilantro leaves.
1/4 cup filtered water.

GROUND WALNUT MEAT
1 cup raw walnuts
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon nama shoyu (raw soy sauce)
pinch of sea salt

8 romaine leaves for "taco shells"
1 sliced avocado
salsa or hot sauce of your choice

for...
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keeping things simple this week cause I've been so busy.  here's a picture of a smoothie with just young coconut water and meat with ice and a couple squirts of agave nectar.  so good I may have one of these everyday during the summer.


i got a request for ginger bread.  I'll get started on that right away.  I'll freestyle a few things and see if any of it works.

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nothing new toreport tonight.  busy day tomorrow but I want to post this yummy pic.
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Another hit from Ani's Raw Food Kitchen.  In the book, she credits her friend for recipe.  in any case, these are delish and easy to prepare. 


I've made these several times with different fruit or no fruit at all.  you can do these really fast.
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I don't know where this idea originated from, but there's a million different versions online and you can decide what works best for you.  I seriously eat this a few times a week.  I cut an avocado in half, peel the skins off, and slice each half into quarters.  8 pieces in total.  Now the great seasoning.  Without any specific measurements, I mix nutritional yeast, sea salt, pepper, chili powder, raw sesame seeds, and anything I feel like throwing in.  bread your avocado strips and there ya ...
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worked on the march episode of my podcast last night.  woke up pretty late this morning and didn't have time for a big breakfast.  My dinner last night was only a couple oranges and a raw bar from the store.  For breakfast I made a salad of baby greens, some homemade cheese (walnuts, sea salt, and nutritional yeast,) and dressing (mustard, agave, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar,) a sunflower and sesame cracker,  and a smoothie of fresh young coconut meat and water, almonds, dates, and cacao p...
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Don't have anything special to report tonight.  I'm still worn out from my devastating trip to Miami.  But I felt like I should post something so you'll all keep coming back.  I had company the other night and needed to whip something up fast.  I started by blending some cashews really really good with a few dates and some vanilla bean seeds.  This isn't stuff I really measure anymore.  It was about a cup or more of cashews and maybe a half tablespoon of vanilla and 3 or for pitted medjool da...
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Had breakfast at the media center today in ft. lauderdale.  Had some fruit.  brought enough premade stuff to last a day or two.  see more pics here.
 
Here's a boat paying homage to our favorite bean!

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I'm just so behind.  Getting ready to fly to Miami for the superbowl.  Look for me on TV.  I'll be the guy in a blue and white Colts jersey.  Made the greatest smoothie in history for breakfast today.  Coconut water and meat, with a scoop of almonds I soaked a few days ago and never used, 3 medjool dates with just a small amount of agave nectar, and some cacao powder.  I don't have one of those fancy Vita-mix blenders so I had to blend this thing like crazy.  It turned out so good it was like...
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