Raw/Vegan Workshop!
Things I learned at the Raw/Vegan Workshop:
- I could never eat 100% raw
- I like fennel
- I need a spiralizer
The class was sponsored by Ellwood Thompson, a local grocery store that specializes in organic and local products. Raw food is food that hasn’t been heated over 118 degrees, which supposedly means your body gets more nutrients. I’m skeptical, but I figure, it can’t be a bad thing. I love vegetables, anyway you prepare them 😉
The woman teaching the class showed us how to prepare two different recipes:
Raw Apple Fennel SaladÂ
 Raw Zucchini Pasta
Both were good, but the Apple Fennel salad was definitely my favorite. So, I’ll share the recipe with you, since I’m nice like that. 🙂
Apple Fennel Salad
Serves 4
- 2 granny smith apples
- 1 fennel bulb
- 1/4 cup fresh mint
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1/3 cup lime juice
- pinch of salt
Julienne your apple (aka chop it into little rectangles) and slice your fennel bulb thin. If you have a mandolin slicer, you could use that, but a knife works too. Toss the apples in the lime juice and add the fennel. (This keeps the apple from turning brown, and it tastes good!) Then mince your mint, and add that to the apple & fennel. Drizzle on the olive oil, and bam. You’ve got a raw vegan salad on your plate.
I thought the taste of this was really fresh. It wasn’t overwhelming, and I think it would be a great salad for a barbecue!
Have you ever tried a “raw” recipe?
In other news, my blogger swap package came from Eating Like a Horse and it must have cost her a fortune to send it because it was packed with goodies! But that package deserves a post of it’s own… so come back tomorrow 😉 (Thanks, Jemma, for organizing the swap!)
Happy Friday everyone! Any exciting plans? Some raw food recipes perhaps? 😉
<3 Liz
I was pretty high raw this time last year and now I’m about 30% raw. I do tend to feel better when I eat more raw foods during the day. I actually made a raw ‘pizza’ today with a dehydrated crust. Other days I just eat a salad, as it’s raw and easy.
that was such a great idea for a swap! Love all the england goodies.
Back on track ideas. Don’t fret, just get moving and focus on the GREENS. I think a lot of times its mind over matter, ya know?
ooohhh I like the cheesy image!!! so much so in fact I think I have used it in a past post lol!
When I fall off the wagon, I start meal planning more vigilantly. It seems to be the only thing that works for me, otherwise I also would partake in 10 p.m. ice cream trips 🙂
I absolutely LOVE raw food! The raw food bar at Whole Foods is my favorite, but when it comes to preparing raw food on my own its a little more difficult. I feel like having a vitamix makes eating raw much easier!
I’ve tried a few raw recipes and while I’ve loved some, there’s also been ones I’ve disliked.. a lot. I’m actually a bit weary of your apple fennel recipe because I am NOT a fan of fennel. But you liking it makes me want to give it another try..