For dinner tonight, I ran out of ideas. We had such a fancy breakfast and lunch that nothing really sounded good, except a dessert or two. I do have a sweet tooth. Dark chocolate tempts me the most. Mix it with lavender and cranberries, oh my is that ever so tasty.
That really isn't the dessert we had tonight. I have a raw, vegan dish with most meals. (This could be a simple as a salad or chopped veggies.) About once a week or so, I have raw, vegan night. Tonight ended up being one of those.
When dinner rolls around, my children are usually in the kitchen or on the counters helping me out. My boys love cutting up veggies and mixing an exotic raw dish. They may not always eat it, but give it a good faith effort. Usually, they eat while they cut up the veggies. Jet will eat squash that he is cutting, but when it is in the bowl with other veggies and a dressing he snubs it. I don't get it, such is a three year old!
Tonight, we chopped up some fruit. Made some ice cream. Whipped up a custard. Mixed little "candy" balls. Here is the picture:
At the top, we have Apples-Pineapples. The Pineapple I found at Costco for a great price and it was juicy and sweet. YUMMY! Going clockwise - some coconut for sprinkling on whatever, cranberries, pomegranate (YUM), chocolate custard, almond butter candy, banana and strawberry ice cream, and raisins in the middle. The chocolate custard is made with Tahini, carob, dates, a little water and maple syrup. The almond butter candy is made with almond butter, coconut, dates, honey and a tad bit of olive oil. Actress made the ice cream with frozen bananas, frozen strawberries, a little water and some vanilla extract.
Everyone loved dinner. The only non-raw thing we had was hot tea. There was no sugar (save the honey and syrup in two things), so I don't feel bad that we had dessert for dinner. This could have passed for a great nutritious breakfast.
I enjoy adventures in raw-vegan foods. Our family is not 100% raw-vegan. We like steak way too much and bread with creamy (real) butter is pretty cool, too. However, as far as health benefits go, we try to be 60% or more raw (veggies, nuts and fruit).
It was such on odd dinner that I just had to share.
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Friday, January 25, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Peace to you,
Renae
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