Not too long ago I shared a beautiful post on how to make sesame seed butter (tahini) in the Blendtec Twister Jar and today I wanted to add to that post by sharing the food processor method. Making it in the food processor may actually be my favorite way to make it. It does take a …
Today’s fun snack is all about raw okra! Okra tahini snacks. Have you ever had okra? My first memory of okra is from my high school years—I think. I was helping make dinner and grabbed a bag of frozen vegetables, popped them in a dish and cooked them in the microwave. When I pulled them …
Today is the day you’ll learn how to make super fresh, soft, ‘no reason to stir’ homemade sesame seed butter – aka tahini – aka sesame seed paste. It doesn’t matter what you want to call it, what matters is it’s tasty. So tasty. If you’ve been making your own nut and seed butters in …
When I make a carrot slaw it signifies more than my love of carrots, it also usually means there is not much left in the fridge but an almost whole bag of carrots. Last night was another night where we bordered on takeout or grocery shopping. Neither won. My desire to not go outside/walk in …
Super easy snack when you want to try something different. Tahini is ‘like’ sesame seed butter. The grinding of these teeny little seeds makes all their vitamin and minerals even more available to your body for absorption and digestion. Things your body will love, the slew of B vitamins they offer as well as calcium. …
Raw Food Rehab’s Foodie Friday inspired this latest batch of kale chips from the sauce to the Lacinato (dino) kale used. Curly kale is my favorite type of kale so I never even think to buy lacinato kale. Lacinato has long flat leaves that are rich shades of forest green. See. If you don’t have tahini, …
This whole dish started out pretty random. I was heading to work out and already thinking about lunch. A sweet potato sounded really good and then I thought why not sweet potato noodles? I wanted a raw dish, but didn’t want the starchy texture that raw potatoes can have. So the idea to boil water …