Brrrrrr!

When I woke up this a.m. the thermometer outside my house read -20.  That gave me the excuse to lie in bed reading until 10, and then to make some goodies.  I love days off.

I flipped through Raw Food Real World with my morning smoothie and decided to make a few new recipes.  First I made Flatbread Pizza, using some cracker/pizza wedges I had in the freezer.  I thought the cashew hummus was a little bland, but when combined with the olive tapenade, olives, tomatoes, and cukes, the overall effect was magnificently Middle Eastern.  TH and I had a slice each for lunch, and promptly decided to have it again for dinner.

Combined with the Warm Cherry Tomato and Sweet Corn Salad (also from Raw Food Real World) and the last piece of layered chocolate pie, a more delicious dinner I could not imagine. 

Hope you enjoyed the holiday!  

Question:  What would you do on a day off if it was -20 outside?   

Blender Love

Have I mentioned how much I love Vivian?  My husbands's tired of hearing about it, in fact, that's one of the reasons I started this blog.  I really enjoy talking about her phenomenal blending abilities.  The one tiny negative aspect is that she's a little loud.  TH built himself a mancave this fall, partly because he wanted room to play with his fishing toys and partly because he and Viv "need a little space".

where TH hides from Vivian

Well he sure doesn't complain when he's gorging on all the delectables she creates!  For example, we're having raw pizza again tonight.  Vivian made the pizza sauce and the Cheezy Hemp Nacho Sauce.

recipe for everything but cheeze in Delightfully Raw

She also blended to perfection the filling for Kimberly Snyder's mouthwatering raw pecan pie.  

(I made this for a Thanksgiving party, but couldn't take it as pies don't travel well on snowmachines. Darn, now we have a whole pie to eat by ourselves.) 

TH has also been gorging himself on the mock tuna (Rawvolution), which has a lovely, nutty dressing that might cause a seizure in your average blender.  Vivian dominates.  

Question:  Any one else own a Vita-Mix, and if so, do you wear ear protection?