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 ๐
The woman teaching the class showed us how to prepare two different recipes:
Raw Apple Fennel Saladย
ย 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. ๐
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 aย 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 ๐ (Thanks, Jemma, for organizing the swap!)
Happy Friday everyone! Any exciting plans? Some raw food recipes perhaps? ๐
<3 Liz
oh wow, that sounds incredible. nice and cool for the summer time! ๐
I know I couldn’t be on an all raw diet either, but incorporating some raw dishes into a diet definitely couldn’t hurt since they are always so fresh & full of healthy ingredients – agreed! I’ve never used fennel before but have eaten it and really like it, this salad looks like a winner ๐
I’m dying for a spiralizer, too!
What a fun class ๐
I tried fresh fennel once and wasn’t impressed (I’m in LOVE with dried fennel seeds in everything, however.) I think I probably need to give it another go. And I could never go raw either, but I like the idea of incorporating SOME raw into my regular eating. I made some raw brownies once that were WAY better than anything cooked.
A couple of weekends ago I made some spiralised zucchini with a raw marinara sauce and it was amazing! I love raw desserts and raw chocolate too. Your workshop looks like so much fun ๐
I like raw vegetables. Actually, the only way that I eat my vegetables is if they are raw. I don’t like it when they are cooked because they get squishy, and that creeps me out. It’s like I am eating eyeballs.
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Ive been wanting a spiralizer forever!! I think its totally neato ๐
And ive never tried fennel, because its pretty expensive in the stores! Although Im sure my hubby wouldnt like it, so I would only have to buy for one. But knowing me I would fall in love with it and want it every single day (like I did with butternut squash!!)
Haha oh my gosh I can totally relate. I wish my squash habit wasn’t so expensive… or my cashew addiction…
definitely could not go completely raw! i enjoy eggs, meat, and grilled veggies wayy too much ๐ i’ve heard of apple/fennel salad before, but this one looks way more appetizing!
xo.
I don’t think I could ever be a raw foodest either, I love soup! I’ve tried to eat raw for a few day and it’s just not fun for me. I would totally get down on some zucc noodles though!
Whitney
That salad looks delicious. I love fennel but I’m the only person in my family that will go near it.