New Raw Foods e-Group for Fans of Jewish Cuisine

There's a new raw recipes e-mail group called Jewish Raw Food.

It's for all fans of Jewish food who are also raw foods enthusiasts. You don't have to be Jewish to belong to this group. This group is for discussing ways to make raw vegan versions of tradition Jewish recipes from all regions of the world.

Here's a link to the group's home page:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JewishRawFood

Raw Version of Vietnamese Roasted Banana Dessert

Here's an online video demo of raw chef Vanessa Sherwood's adaptation of a Vietmanese Roasted Banana dish. It looks delish!

Buttery-Colored Dressing

I just created a dressing and I love the way it came out! It tastes great and is a captivating light yellow color.

Here's my recipe:

Judy's Buttery Colored Dressing

(These are the amounts for one serving; multiply according to how many people you're serving.)

The freshly squeezed juice of half a lemon
1 clove of garlic, grated
1 tablespoon raw sesame tahini
2 tablespoons flaxseed oil (I used Barleans, high lignan)
Celtic salt to taste

Whisk ingredients together in a small bowl. Pour into salad.

My salad today consisted of bite-sized pieces of turnip, turnip greens, kale leaves, and tatsoi, with a sprinkling of Zingerman's Wild Tuscan Fennel Pollen and the above-mentioned dressing. I was too hungry to take a picture so you'll have to imagine it.

Raw Food Diet Heals Diabetes

Here's a low glycemic breakfast cereal recipe from a great DiabetesHealth.com article by Aimee Perrin, Why One Woman Stopped Cooking: The Raw Story, about how a raw foods diet helps people overcome diabetes:

Low Glycemic Breakfast Cereal
1 T flax oil
1 T flax seeds
1 T hemp seeds
1 tsp maca powder
2 tsp shredded coconut, unsweetened
1 tsp raw cacao nibs
Salt & sweeten with stevia to taste, then mix thoroughly in bowl.
Protein 6 g; Carb 10.2 g; Fat 28.9 g; Calories 325