Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Yummy Raw Vegan Tacos:)

"Ali's Tacos"
This recipe is very flexible. I have included the basic ingredients which can be adjusted based on your preference or what you have on hand.

Ingredients:

Non-meat filling 
Brazil Nuts (at least 1 Cup)
Walnuts (at least a 1/2 Cup)
Sun-dried tomatoes (at least a 1/2 Cup)
Cumin-1/2 teaspoon
Cayenne-pinch
Chili Powder-1 teaspoon
Pepper-pinch
Taco Seasoning- this is not all that necessary if you add the ingredients above-(at least one teaspoon)
Jerk seasoning- (I sometimes add this- optional)  

Salsa/Guacomole
Juice of at least one Lime (I often use two limes- personal preference)
1 diced avocado (more if you like)
Red or Yellow Bell pepper- diced
Cilantro- fresh, diced
Choose one fruit- mango or tomatoes
Green Onions or Red Onion- chopped
Jalapeno Pepper- diced (optional)
Freshly Cracked Pepper
Sea Salt (pinch)

Taco Shells
Leaf lettuce- your preference... romaine, butterhead, green leaf lettuce

Preparation time- 15 minutes TOPS
Mix the Non-meat filling ingredients in a food processor or Vitamix until crumbly well blended.. it should be crumbly without chunks of nuts left.... the mixture ends up looking like traditional ground beef taco filling
Chop, combine, and gently mix Salsa ingredients

Top lettuce leaves with filling and then the salsa.  Give Thanks, Eat, Enjoy!!!!

This keeps really well and the filling tastes even better the next day (and days after).  I often make a big batch and add the filling to salads and lettuce wrap sandwiches for days:)  Love and Respect, Ali

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Conkles Hollow

Hocking Hills Summer Vacation 2011
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Summer Vacation


Fond memories of summer vacation- hiking and living outside:)
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Hocking Hills

One of the reasons I have not had much time for blogging is that I have been camping and out in nature a lot:)
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Book Giveaway and Practical Raw Foods Advice:)

Check out Raw Foods on a Budget!  www.rawfoodsonabudget.com This site is devoted to raw foods and how easy it is to LIVE like this!  I often encounter people who just do not know about raw foods or the benefits of simply eating fruits and veggies!  Because they do not KNOW they push it aside as something they can not do!  Check out this site and try to win the book give away to learn more about practicing this LIFEstyle.  Blessings!!!!

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Tending to the garden

Ras Michael in the garden- June 2010
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Rooftop garden

Our rooftop garden- taken from a different angle. This photograph was taken in June of 2010. We started our rooftop garden one year ago. Ras Michael has built the planter boxes out of skids and reclaimed wood.
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Last year

This photo was taken June 6, 2010. This is our rooftop garden:) It has come a long way since then- photos to come:)
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Green Smoothie Time!

YUM!!!!!!!!!!!! I am about to have a little pick me up:) Watch the steps:)
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Get creative with the your ingredients use what you like:)

I love to add ginger for that extra zing:) sprouts for the life:) banana for the smoothness, mangos for the sweet and berries for the antioxidants:) GIVE THANKS for the RELATIONSHIP with NATURE!!!!!!!!!!!
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They had a hard time getting this one down...

Part of our neighborhood has been torn down to build casinos- historical buildings built strong are hard to take down so it took quite a while to get them down. The historic architecture was built to last, and aesthetically beautiful; to bad they couldn't incorporate the old buildings into the overall design in leue of staying true to the neighborhood. Now they are about to slap up these casinos... hmmmm.... I'm just not sure how I feel this will be for the neighborhood; I just don't see it as a good thing. Now the streetcar on the other hand- BRING IT!!! Peace and Blessings from OTR.
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