New to Me Coconut Water!

Two things I love about cabin life:

1.  Watching the northern lights as I pee off my porch in the middle of the night.
2.  I can reach everything I need in my kitchen without taking a single step.

My two least favorite things:

1.  I think I smell like a homeless person due to a lack of laundry facilities.
2.  I'm still wearing my coat and long johns and we've been home from work for two hours (takes a while for that wood stove to kick in).

Anyhoo- has anyone tried this before?

I was shocked to find it in a notoriously ghetto grocery store in Wasilla.  I've tried a lot of bottled/boxed coconut water and to me, that guy tasted extremely close to this:  

On the topic of favorite Mexican beverages, I took a stab at raw horchata.  I put homemade almond milk in Viv with a dash of vanilla, a few hearty shakes of cinnamon, and a little raw honey.  I think it tasted quite a bit like the real deal.

I love it when Viv makes things frothy!  

I was craving Indian food the other day, and happened upon a recipe for Vegetable Samosas on Russell James's Raw Chef website.  I made only the inner workings of the samosas, to use as a topping for raw crackers.

First impressions:  I liked it because it tasted strongly of Indian food (garam masala in particular), but I didn't like it because it tasted strongly of Indian food.  Does that make sense?  After eating it as a snack for a couple of days I decided that I would indeed make it again. 

Russell James's fancy schmancy pictures had me so excited that I started the lengthy process for his Spinach and Wild Mushroom Quiche.  (If you make his recipes, you get to call zucchinis "courgettes"!)  I greedily lapped up the bits of crust dough stuck to the FP blade, so I'm guessing the recipe will be a keeper.  

Question:  Do you have a favorite "energy" drink?  My two faves are coconut water and kombucha.  

Another Snow Day

What a lovely day!  We had a little cabin fever so we fired up the snowmachine and rode to where we had to abandon our truck in the snow/ice storm.  After a little shoveling the truck was ready to pick up a few essentials and our Full Circle Farm box.

There was no way the truck was making it back up the hill to our cabin so we loaded up the snowmachine sled and ditched the truck. 

Full Circle hooked it up again.  

Lunch was yummers- guacamole and Spicy Flax and Herb Crackers from Raw Food Real World.

I didn't have a lot of the called for cracker ingredients, so I did a little substituting.  

• carrots and zucchini instead of red pepper 
• skipped the jalapeno peppers
• ACV (apple cider vinegar) instead of lime juice 
• dried herbs instead of fresh  

The food processor and I had to work it out, and lots of additional water was added to obtain spreadable batter.  The hard work paid off; the crackers are so good!

Dinner was even better.  The buckwheat pizza crust came out of the D a little crispy, but after it was topped with tomato sauce, Spicy Nacho Cheeze, spinach, marinated veggies and olives, it was absolutely divine.  TH is a huge "real" pizza fan, and he greedily devoured this and begged for more.  

Portabella, pre marinade. I wish my hair was this pretty. 

All of the recipes for this pizza (except for the nacho cheeze) can be found in Delightfully Raw.  This recipe book is incredible.  Whether you are a raw food newbie and just want to incorporate a few new healthy dishes into your life, or a rawnja (raw food ninja?  Is that lame?), you should check this book out.  

Frostingesque Dessert

Question:  Has anyone done anything interesting with pomegranates? I think Vivian could make a gorgeous pink smoothie or frosting.  Ideas?