The Live Green Smoothie Diet

This may very well be my favorite soup. After Cream of Tomato. It’s so simple, quite bland really, in that mashed-potato blandness that gives such comfort. And that’s the point… it’s warming, comforting, and simple. And there’s so much one can do to dress it up and give it more explosive flavor, if that’s what [...]

If you’re a lover of savory fruit salads, here’s a good one, sweet with juicy pineapple, chewy with finely chopped kale, and pungent with both garlic and fresh ginger. A bit of fresh orange juice… and raw macadamia nuts to make a dense, almost mayonnaise-texture dressing… and this becomes an extremely versatile dish. You can [...]

Lately I’ve been exploring the surprising versatility of raw zucchini. When I discovered that it is neutral-tasting and rather creamifying in raw smoothies, I thought it might make a very nice salad dressing. And I was right! You could even use this as you would mayonnaise, in a salad sandwich. Here is an excellent base [...]

Thinly sliced, crisp slices of pear tossed with succulent, lusciously juicy red papaya… tossed with the exotic nuance of rose water, with a bit of raw sugar for slight crunch… what a great starter course for any meal, and a lovely one for Valentine’s! Pair with this Pink Pussycat Martini and you’ve got a great [...]

Who said salsas have to have tomato in them? Certainly not me… Papaya makes a great substitute for tomato in a salsa! This fresh, all-raw recipe would make for an interesting change of pace the next time you entertain. For my part… I ate it all up just as you see, and it made quite [...]

This milky dressing is light and nicely flavored with fresh garlic and olive oil to stand up to any ingredients you’d like to toss in. Paired very simply with fresh finely-chopped kale and hothouse cucumbers, anything would work in this dish: olive, red peppers, red onion, and pine nuts come to mind as great suggestions. [...]

This is one of those recipes I wish I’d known how to make back when I first encountered the whole raw & living food world. Would have made staying “high-raw” so much easier. This “hummus” is made from raw macadamia nuts and a few other utterly pedestrian ingredients. It takes only a few minutes, and [...]

This dressing is redolent — as they say — with garlic, and slightly sweet from medjool dates. And utterly scrumptious! If there are dressings that can make restaurants famous… and if I were a restaurant… I suspect this dressing would make me famous. What a fun idea. Ya simply gotta make it. Even if it [...]

Alone, this dish is like a raw pasta, which you can enjoy chilled or room temperature as a “pasta salad”, or which you can warm slightly to take the chill off in the oven (with temp set on “warm” and the door open, and your plate handle-able with bare hands). For those who are seeking [...]

Pickles are great. So many uses — by themselves, in or with a Salad Sandwich, on the appetizer or dinner table, to munch on with raw, dehydrated flatbreads… as a garnish or condiment off-setting your main course… chopped up in your “raw vegan tuna” avo-sprout sandwich filling… it just goes on and on. I already [...]