Raw food recipe: Indian Samosa rolls
By Stanka Vukelić Photo: Stanka Vukelić Raw food recipe: Samosa rolls As you perhaps already know, we have decided to add another category to our raw food recipes, which is called ‘main courses’, to give you some simple ideas how to combine different raw food dishes into a main lunch course, to show you that your lunch will overshadow any of the food distractions offered to you in outside restaurants or elsewhere. This is a tasty, easy to make raw food recipe for Samosa rolls. The dough is very pliable, thus easy to put into any form you like (cut for vegetable pockets). I cut it into ribbons, then I spread the filling along the dough, after that I make it into rolls. Today we will fill the dough with a raw zucchini-turmeric sauce – Indian style – which...
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Healthy smoothie recipe: Fennel fronds, bananas, and pineapple
By Stanka Vukelić Photo: Stanka Vukelić Healthy smoothie recipe Here’s a wonderful, tasty, and healthy smoothie recipe for your breakfast or snack – great idea to energize you for the day. A smoothie is a total meal in a glass, with alkalinizing greens, plenty of ripe bananas and pineapples, to get a smooth creamy sweetness. We are big smoothie fans, and like to drink – at least – one a day. For doing so, we sometimes buy 10 pineapples, and we cut them all at once, and put them into a freezer, packed into convenient little bags (reusable), which serve as a basis for making two smoothies, in which we add some bananas and some greens like fennel fronds. If you are prepared like this, it takes approx. 5-8 min. to make a fantastic smoothie in no time. ...
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Healthy pizza recipes – raw and spicy
By Stanka Vukelić Photo: Stanka Vukelić Healthy pizza recipes As you perhaps already know, we have decided to add another category to our raw food recipes, which is called ‘main courses’, to give you some simple ideas how to combine different raw food dishes into a main lunch course, to show you that your lunch will overshadow any of the food distractions offered to you in outside restaurants or elsewhere. Raw pizza recipe with a spicy sauce Many raw pizza recipes, while delicious, are very heavy because of the nuts that are usually being used to make it. This recipe is devoid of any nuts whatsoever! The dough is light on the stomach and tasty. It’s made of zucchini and sprouted buckwheat. For the top, we will use a raw spicy sauce – Mexican style – made from...
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Raw pizza recipe with spinach sauce
By Stanka Vukelić Photo: Stanka Vukelić Healthy pizza recipes We have decided to add another category to our raw food recipes, which will be called ‘main courses’, to give you some simple ideas how to combine different raw food dishes into a main lunch course, to show you that your lunch will overshadow any of the food distractions offered to you in outside restaurants or elsewhere. Raw pizza recipe with spinach sauce Many raw pizza recipes, while delicious, are very heavy because of the nuts that are usually being used to make it. This recipe is devoid of any nuts whatsoever! The dough is light on the stomach and tasty. It’s made of zucchini and sprouted buckwheat. For the top, we will use raw spinach sauce. The sauce is prepared in 5-10 minutes and is very healthy and...
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Easy taco recipe: Raw dough for tacos
By Stanka Vukelić Photo: Stanka Vukelić Easy taco recipe Today we are going to make a dough for tacos, which is very easy to make and incredible delicious. Once prepared, you can make a taco salad, or you prepare mixed vegetables and fill them into the taco pockets. Use a dip like Ajvar, basil-nut, or Mexican. The dough is made mainly from flex seeds (or line seeds), which are best known for rich sources of essential fatty omega-3 acids. They are also rich in micronutrients, dietary fiber, manganese, and vitamin B1. Easy taco recipe – The preparation Preparation time: 20-30 min. Dehydration: 9 hours Ingredients for 8 tacos: 1/2 cup of red pepper (used best) – here I use green peppers 1/3 cup of onion 2 cups of ground flax seeds 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt 1...
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Raw pumpkin recipes: Pumpkin soup / sauce / dip
By Stanka Vukelić Photo: Stanka Vukelić Fresh pumpkin recipe Pumpkin season has arrived, and it’s time to give you a tasty recipe for this all-rounder. Pumpkins vary greatly in shape, size, and colour. The fruit is one of the most widely grown vegetables. It is rich in vital antioxidants and vitamins (more info on this you’ll find below), but one thing to mention is the key thing that boosts pumpkin to the top of the SuperFoods list – the synergistic combination of carotenoids. Pumpkins are, therefore, everywhere; nevertheless, most haven’t tried them yet, especially not raw. You’ll be surprised that they are equally good cooked and raw. I use them in raw pumpkin pie recipes, cakes, soups, sauces, and salads (recipes will follow during the course of the winter). About the preparation and use – Today I’ve chosen...
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Easy dips: Raw sesame seeds dip/spread – a dip for vegetables
By Stanka Vukelić Photo: Stanka Vukelić Easy dips for an afternoon break This is one of our afternoon snacks of excellent taste and great value for your body. We enjoy ourselves along carrot sticks and sesame dip – you should do that as well. Of course, you can also use it in various combinations – as a spread/dip for veggie rolls/pockets or as a spread/dip for bread or pizza. It is a perfect dip for celery stalk, or other vegetables. Also great for zucchini noodles! Easy dips made easy – Preparation time: 10 min. Soaking: overnight or 8-12 hours Ingredients for 2 people: 1/2 cup of ground sesame seeds 1/2 cup of cashew nuts soaked overnight 1/2 cup of almonds soaked overnight 3 medium garlic cloves (or as you like) 1 fresh-squeezed lemon 2 teaspoons of black miso...
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Spinach salad ideas: Spinach – parsley salad (green queen)
By Stanka Vukelić Photo: Stanka Vukelić Spinach salad ideas If you haven’t tried raw spinach yet – take this great opportunity to do so. This raw baby spinach salad with parsley is sweet and delicious, and a perfect combination of taste and nutrients. Parsley is the world’s most popular herb; it is native to the Mediterranean region and highly nutritious. Parsley can be found year-round in your local supermarket (as you probably know), or can easily be grown on your window ledge or terrace. Spinach and parsley have unique antioxidants and disease preventing properties. More info about spinach you’ll find in our Raw spinach soup / sauce / dip recipe. The health benefits of parsley are presented below. Please note: Non-organic spinach is heavily contaminated by pesticides, and is one of the “dirty dozen” listed by the Environmental Working...
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Recipe for Savoy cabbage: Savoy cabbage-Shiitake salad
by Stanka Vukelić Dear readers, our recipes are getting copied and republished without any credits given to us. We just want you to know that all recipes published on our website and on ‘Before it’s news’ are our original content; prepared, written, and brought to you by us – organictalks.com! Enjoy the next recipe! A recipe for Savoy cabbage with Shiitake mushrooms In the northern hemisphere, autumn and winter time is cabbage time. We know of many cabbages, but most tender, mild, and sweet is the Savoy cabbage. Thus, we can use it in raw salads without restrained. Raw, it contains numerous medicinal and nutritional ingredients (see below). To make the salad complete, we are adding raw Shiitake mushrooms, which are also well known for their medicinal benefits. OK, we got it – the salad is healthy, but...
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Cucumber soup /sauce /dip – raw and easy to make
By Stanka Vukelić Photo: Stanka Vukelić Raw cucumber soup/sauce/dip The cucumber growing season is coming to an end (homegrown); so we need to hurry up to get a last taste of this excellent and delicious soup/sauce. Below, I’ve added 12 facts – about cucumber and its health benefits – in ‘scientific’ detail. The cucumber soup/sauce/dip is prepared in 5-10 minutes and can be used in many different ways. Served separately as a soup, or as a sauce for raw spaghettis made out of zucchini, or as a sauce for a raw pizza. Try to use these kinds of raw sauces and combine them with cooked potatoes, lentils or beans. In this way, many important nutrients will be preserved, and you will have the full health benefits of them. However, don’t forget to cool down the cooked food to 115ºF...
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Healthy Mexican recipes: Viva Mexico raw spicy sauce
By Stanka Vukelić Healthy Mexican recipes – this time, preparing a spicy soup/sauce/dip, which can be used and combined in many different ways – for people who love the uncooked version of Mexican food. Would you like something spicy – Mexican style – healthy, delicious, and at the same time, the preparation to be very easy and quick, then this recipe is for you. The soup/sauce/dip is prepared in 10-15 minutes, and can be used in numerous ways. The raw version can be served separately as a spicy soup, or as a sauce for raw spaghettis (made out of zucchini), or as a sauce for a raw pizza. If you are mostly cooking, then is a raw Mexican sauce a healthier alternative to cooked sauces; best used with red beans – of course – like every real Mexican dish,...
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Easy desserts to make: Raw coconut-chocolate cake
by Stanka Vukelić Easy desserts to make This is something you are not prepared for: a cake – one of those easy desserts to make – done in 15 minutes! The ingredients are also easy to digest, and they taste delicious. A dessert, every child will be very happy about (and we bigger ones, too). You have to try it! Preparation time: 15 minutes Chill: 60 min. Ingredients for a round cake of 10” (26 cm) in diameter – Dough: 1 1/2 cups of carob powder 2 cups of coconut flour ½ cup of cocoa powder pinch of salt ½ cup of honey ½ – 2/3 cup of water Cream: 2 ripe bananas 2 tablespoons of extra-virgin coconut oil 3 tablespoons of coconut flour ½ teaspoon of vanilla 2 teaspoons of cocoa powder Methods/steps – Dough: 1....
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Raw carob-chocolate bar
By Stanka Vukelić Most people adore chocolate – we are not any different. We like chocolate in every possible way. Because cacao, which is the main ingredient of all commercial chocolates, is very fatty and contains caffeine, we want to reduce it with a tasty replacement – carob. It has little fat and is a natural sweetener; carob contains 48% sugar, so that the amount of additional sweeteners gets largely reduced. Despite the large level of sugar; it has little calories, so we can enjoy it without having a bad conscience. Preparation time: 5-10 min. Chill: 60 min. Ingredients for a cake pan (with removable bottom) of 10” (26 cm): 1/2 cup of extra-virgin coconut oil 1/2 cup cacao butter 1 cup of carob powder 3 tablespoons of cacao powder 1 teaspoon of bourbon vanilla 3 tablespoons...
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Raw basil-nut dip or spread
By Stanka Vukelić Raw basil-nut dip or spread Basil is a highly fragrant plant whose leaves are used as a seasoning herb for many different types of foods. It is an excellent addition to salads, raw soups, spreads, sauces, and dips. We are going to use it to make a spread with almond and cashew nuts. As icing on the cake – to the mediteranian taste – we’ll add olives. The spread is of “royal taste”, like basil itself. Its name is of Greek origin basileu, meaning king. The spread/dip is used for veggie rolls/pockets or as a spread/sauce for bread and pizza. It is a perfect dip for celery stalk, carrots, or other vegetables. Also great for zucchini noodles! Preparation time: 10 min. Soaking: over night, or 8-12 hours Ingredients for 2 people: 2/3 cup...
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Raw dough for veggie rolls or pockets (gluten free)
By Stanka Vukelić This tasty, easy to make dough is perfect if you like some type of spring or summer rolls, veggie rolls or Indian samosa. Fill them with seasonal vegetables, seaweed/algae, dips and even fermented vegetables (like sauerkraut). The dough is very pliable, thus easy to put into any form you like (cut for vegetable pockets). I cut it into ribbons, then I spread the filling along the dough, after that I make it into rolls. Preparation time: 15-20 min. Dehydration: 9-10 hours Ingredients for 2 people (6-8 rolls): 800 g (28 oz) of zucchini (3-4 medium-sized) 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt 3-5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 fresh-squeezed lemon pinch of cayenne pepper 2 cups of ground flax seeds Methods/steps: 1. Slice zucchini into small pieces. 2. Put the zucchini into a food processor...
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Raw dough for pizza or bread
By Stanka Vukelić Many raw pizza and bread recipes, while delicious, are very heavy because of the nuts that are usually being used to make it. This recipe is devoid of any nuts whatsoever! The dough is light on the stomach, tasty, and suitable for everyday consumption. It’s made of zucchini and sprouted buckwheat. Buckwheat, regardless of its name, is not a cereal. It is a fruit seed that is related to rhubarb and sorrel, making it a suitable substitute for grains for people who are sensitive to wheat or other grains that contain gluten proteins. The bread can be used in various ways. We use it for sandwiches, vegetable spreads (as red pepper spread), or for various nut spreads. The dough shaped into a pizza makes it a prefect base for pizza sauces (like spinach sauce). We are...
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Raw Ajvar or raw red pepper spread
By Stanka Vukelić Raw red pepper spread In the Balkans, there is no kitchen that doesn’t use Ajvar; a dip made of eggplant and red pepper. It is an indispensable part of every barbeque and a regular ingredient for a home-made sandwich. Because of its great taste, they sometimes call it vegetable caviar. At this time of the year, when it’s eggplant and red pepper season, preparation is going on in domestic kitchens – cooking and roasting. In general, it requires a lot of time and work. We are presenting a raw ‘live’ version, which is very easy, requiring little time and skill. Besides all, it has a delicious taste, lots of vitamins and enzymes. It is used as a spread or dip – and extra yummy – when spread on a raw bread with raw cheese made from nuts. Or just as a...
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Raw spinach soup / sauce / dip
by Stanka Vukelić If you’d like something very, very, very healthy and very, very, very delicious, at the same time, the preparation to be very, very, very easy and quick, then this recipe is for you. The soup/sauce/dip is prepared in 5-10 minutes and can be used in numerous ways. Served separately as a soup, or as a sauce for raw spaghettis made out of zucchini, or as a sauce for a raw pizza (dough recipe coming soon). Yummy! If you are mostly cooking, then is a raw spinach sauce a healthier alternative to cooked sauces; use it for spaghettis, cooked potatoes, lentils, and beans (the last three are a much healthier choice over processed food). Watch to let the cooked dishes cool down (to 48 C/118 F, so that you can hold it in your hand) before adding...
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Edible leaves: Linden leaf salad
by Stanka Vukelić Edible leaves from the linden tree Edible wild plants have a special part in our diet. Since they grow everywhere in large quantities throughout the year and are very, very green, they are suitable for every raw kitchen. It is a superfood, containing 3-4 times more minerals and vitamins than grown plants. Because of that, they have a very strong taste, and it is difficult to eat them separately or in large quantities. Well, the Linden’s young leaves are different; you can eat a whole bowl of them. The edible leaves are sweet and soft. More information about the Linden tree you find in one of our previous posts. Preparation time: 15 min. Ingredients for 2 people: 300-500g (10.5-17.5 ounces) of bright green (young) Linden leaves juice of 1 lemon garlic – as much...
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