February Transitional Raw Food Recipes

We identify February with Valentine’s Day and candy.
But you and your Valentine can feast on February raw foods and enjoy savoy cabbage, carrots, California strawberries, tangerines, and lemons.

All recipes serve 2

Cheddar or Not

Lemons are omnipresent in the raw food diet and available all year round. Lemon juice is even in cheesy flavored recipes.

1 cup of pine nuts (or cashews, or a combination) soaked
1 red pepper
2 sundried tomatoes, soaked
3 Tablespoons of raw tahini
2 Tablespoons of lemon juice
2 Tablespoons of green onion
1 tsp. of Celtic sea salt or miso (optional)
1 tsp. minced garlic

Serve this to your Valentine as a fondue with skewered vegetable chunks and raw crackers.

Romantic Wraps

1 cup of chopped spinach
1/2 cup of almonds, soaked
1/2 cup of your favorite sprouts
2-3 Tablespoons of green onion
1 chopped avocado
1 Tablespoon of minced ginger
4 savoy cabbage leaves

Toss above ingredients together, mixing well and spoon into large savoy cabbage leaves. Arrange on plates, and garnish around the edges with spiralized beets. Roll up and eat burrito style.

Grate Carrot Salad

2 Cups grated carrots
1 cup of walnuts
1 cup raisins
1 cup of chopped, fresh pineapple

Combine in a serving bowl and blend the following ingredients in a blender for the dressing:
Juice of 1 orange and 1 lemon
1 tsp. cinnamon
2 Tablespoons raw honey
2 Tablespoons coconut oil
dash of Cetlic sea salt, optional

Toss until well combined.

Simple Spinach Salad

4 cups fresh baby spinach
1 cup slivered raw almonds
1 cup tangerine wedges, peeled and separated
1 grated carrot

Honey lemon dressing consisting of 1/2 cup lemon juice and 1/2 cup raw honey. Toss salad and drizzle with dressing to taste.

Pink Hearts Strawberry Shake

2 cups of cashew milk
2 sliced, frozen bananas
1/2 a vanilla bean
1/2 cup fresh medjool dates (soak first if using dried dates)
2 cups fresh California strawberries

Blend in a Vita-Mix until smooth and pour into tall decorative glasses. Slice fresh berries lengthwise to look like hearts and insert all around the edges of the glass.

Lemony Love Pie

Crust:
2 cups pecans
1 cup raisins
6 dates

Blend together in food processor until crumbly. Press into pie plate.

Filling:
Meat of 3 fresh young coconuts
1/4 cup raw honey
2 lemons, peeled
1/2 a vanilla bean

Blend until smooth and creamy in food processor and pour into crust.

Topping:
1 cup macadamia or cashews, (or a combination of both) soaked
3 soaked dates
1 tsp lemon or orange zest
Coconut water, enough to make a creamy consistency

Blend in a Vita-Mix, adding enough coconut water to make a creamy and smooth consistency, like cream. Spread over pie and decorate with a couple of thinly sliced lemon wedges. Refrigerate until serving.