No-Fat Raw Aguilar Mexican Rice

1 cauliflower head 
1/2 teaspoon of chili
1-2 teaspoon cumin
Pulse these ingredients to desired texture 
Add 1 chopped tomato
3/4 red onion 
Handful of cilantro 
Lime 
Salt **optional***
Avocado ***optional but recommended****


Created by the vivacious and talented Maria Aguilar.  

Lowfat Raw Alfredo Sauce (no nuts)

Alfredo Sauce:

Juice 1 large russet potato - throw out liquid but keep thick paste at bottom of glass (trust me on this one;) 

1 large avocado

5-7 cauliflower florets
1 zucchini

1 celery stalk

1/4 -1/2 cup water, as needed to get right consistency

1 garlic clove (or garlic powder)

1/8th tsp onion powder

Juice potato and keep thick starch/paste at bottom of glass (discard thin liquid).  Add potato starch to blender with rest of ingredients.  Blend until creamy.  Add oregano and chopped basil to milk.Blend all in blender.  And add herbs below (don't blend herbs because can make bitter)

1/4 tsp. oregano, freshly dried and crumbled through fingers

1/4 tsp, freshly dried thyme, crumbled well

5 leaves basil, cut into little pieces

For the Pasta:
4 sun dried tomatoes - soaked for 2 hours and drained, sliced into thin strips
10 asparagus tops, and maybe 1/2 inch below that as well
5 button mushrooms rough cut into small chunks
2 zucchini spiralized into noodles (or sweet potato noodles)

Make zucchini noodles in spiralizer or with potato peeler.    Pour over noodles.  Add sundried tomatoes, mushrooms, and asparagus.  Stir and serve.  Can add fresh grape tomatoes, sliced in half to top.   Or more fresh basil leaves for decoration. 

No-Fat Raw Pesto Pasta

SAUCE:

-2 zucchinis
-2 cups basil
-1 cup arugula
-1/2 cup flat leaf parsley

- 4 oz. spinach

-1 small garlic clove
-juice of lemon or lime (i used about a quarter of a lemon)
- optional - add in 1/2 small avocado

PASTA:
-3 zucchinis spiralized
-topped with raw cubed mushrooms and sprouts

From the amazing and talented Daniel Shultz.  

 <3

No-Fat Raw 1000 Island Dressing

Created with love for Stefanie's kids

Overnight soak finely diced cucumber (1/2 half of a large one) in juice of 1 lemon (a few shakes of sea salt optional)

The next day, strain lemon juice from cucumber pieces (put cuke pieces in separate bowl) and add juice to blender with:

5-7 cauliflower florets
1 celery stalk
1/4 red pepper
2 Roma tomatoes

Blend until liquified and add ingredients below into blender and let soak for 20 minutes or longer:

3-4 dates
1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes
1/4 cup macadamia nuts
shake of onion powder
shake of garlic powder (or 1 garlic clove)
sprinkle of sweet smoked paprika
slice of jalapeno (optional - or Nancy J. - add 5 Thai chilis and 1 mamacita)

After soaking for 20 minutes, blend well.  Put in bowl with cucumber pieces and add:

1/4 sweet onion, finely minced
dash of black pepper if desired

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No-Fat Raw Herby Tomato Soup

3 Roma tomatoes
1 celery stalk
1 garlic clove
1 small slice of jalapeno

4 medjool dates
2 sun dried tomatoes

Blend all but dates and sun dried tomatoes until slightly liquified  Add dates and sun dried tomatoes and let soak for 15 mins.  Blend well and pour in bowl.

1 cucumber, cut into chunks
handful of cilantro, chopped
5 basil leaves, chopped
1 stalk of fresh oregano leaves, chopped

Add cuke chunks and herbs into soup.  

No-Fat Raw Sweet Mustard Tomato Dressing

1 navel orange, peeled and whole
1 lemon, peeled and whole
few shakes of mustard powder to taste
3 medjool dates
1 celery stalk
1 roma tomato
1/4 inch grated fresh turmeric 
1 small slice of jalapeno

Throw in blender.  Pour over salad.  

No-Fat Raw Pumpkin Mousse (no pumpkin)

3 frozen bananas
2 dates
a few shakes of pumpkin pie spice
about 1/2 cup of water...more if needed.
a little cinnamon on top!   

From gorgeous and creative Stephanie Dillingham.  :) 


 

No-Fat Raw Grandma's Apple Pie (no crust)

6 mashed ripe bananas
1 chopped apple
a couple of shake of pumpkin pie spice
another shake of cinnamon if needed

Enjoy!

From the amazing and talented Stephanie Dillingham.  :)  

No-fat Raw Versatile Asian Yummy Spicy Sauce

1/4 - 1/2 cup homemade sriracha - see recipe on this blog (click on word "recipe" to left)
1 mango 

Puree in food processor - if want chunky...and in blender - if want smooth.  

This from the brilliance that is Nancy James.  :) 

*Uses for sauce:

• Dipping Sauce for raw vegan sushi (sushi pic courtesy of John Winger) 
• Salad Dressing
• Sauce for Zoodles or any noodles
• Spread for Wraps or Burgers

No-fat Raw Fruit and Spinach Salad in a Mason Jar

A handful of spinach - leaves torn by hand.  

1 pint blackberries

1 pint raspberries

1 pint strawberrites

Slice strawberries and use mason jar for layering.   

Put layer of greens on both and then fruit and then greens and then fruit, etc. 

No dressing needed.  :)  Thanks to Christine Stepp for her lovely, creative and eye catching recipe.  :)

No-Fat Raw Strawblue Mangoberry for Amber Louise :)

1 cup frozen blueberries
8 dates (soaked in just a bit of water for 15 mins. if possible) 

Add soaked dates and frozen blueberries to food processor.  Pulse until mixed and still chunky.  Then spread out mixture on bottom of pyrex pan.  :)  

1 mango cut into cubes
1 pint strawberries rough cut into chunks

Mix together in bowl and put over the blueberry/date crust.  :) 

Great for those who can't have chocolate because of caffeine.  :D  

No-Fat Raw Mushroom Sloppy Joe Sauce on Zoodles and Plantains

1 ripe plantain (almost black), cut into strips and julienned

1 large, zucchini, spiralized

4 oz. white button mushrooms - finely chopped (set aside to add to sauce)

Sloppy Joe Sauce: 

5 Tamarind, soak in 3 Tbsp. water

4 dates

4 sun dried tomatoes

1/2 red pepper

Put everything in food processor and pulse (add more water if needed) and then mix in with chopped mushrooms and place all on top of noodles (see above).

Many thanks to the creative and generous Cheryl Alicia for her inventive recipe. :)

Low-Fat Raw Vegetable Carpaccio with Tarragon Lavender Mustard Dressing, Lemon Zest and Chives

1 large peeled Zucchini
2 TBSP Hemp Seeds
a small handful of Cilantro (maybe 1-2 TBSP)
1 tsp minced Ginger
1 TBSP Red Onion
small knob of turmeric
2 Medjool Dates
juice of 1/2 Lemon
Lots of dried mustard, to taste - start with 1/2 tsp and add more as needed.  

Put into blender and thin with water if needed. 

Add these herbs below to blender and mix in gently (herbs can get bitter if over-blended) 

leaves from a 12 inch sprig of Tarragon
6 large Basil leaves

Use as dip for veggies, spread on raw burger buns, raw sandwiches, wraps or burritos, or add a scoop to salad dressings.  :) 

Many many thanks to Nancy James for her generosity, brilliance, creativity and <3.  

No-Fat Raw Mango Salad with Fresh Raw Curry Paste

Curry Paste:

2 shallot

2 garlic

1/2 jalapeno (Nancy James - see pic below - puts in 10 Cayenne, 5 Thai Bird and 10 Mamacita Fuego Peppers) 

2 Roma tomatoes

1/8th tsp. curry powder

couple of shakes of coriander

lemongrass - four 1/2" slices

cilantro - handful

Puree in food processor until well mixed, smaller pieces but still chunky. 

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Mango Salad

Sauce:

5 tamarind, pods and seeds removed, soak in 2 T. Curry Paste and juice of 1 lime

1 garlic, if you really like garlic because some already in curry paste
1/2" grated ginger
1 Roma tomato

Add all into blender, including the entire soaking sauce of the tamarind. (can be smashed in mortar and pestle instead)

Salad:

2 mango, cut into chunks

6 green onion, sliced diagonally, white and green

5 Persian cucumbers, julienned

1 red pepper, julienned

2 carrots, julienned

small container of radish or alfalfa sprouts

pint of grape tomatoes, cut in half

handful of cilantro, chopped

5 basil leaves, chiffonaded
4 Persian cucumbers, spiralized


Put sauce over salad ingredient and stir to mix and let sit for 30 minutes.

Picture courtesy of Nancy James, culinary artiste and raw vegan foodie.  :)

No-Fat Raw Pumpkin Persimmon Mousse

1/3rd small sugar pie pumpkin, seeds and skin removed
4 ripe persimmons

Blend until smooth. *

*Use a little freshly squeezed orange juice if needed for blending.  

Top with sliced ripe plantain.  

Dedicated to Sarah of Light and Broccoli.  (link to left)

No-Fat Raw Veggie Sushi by Stefanie...with Shultz-y Variations

Stefanie's sushi:

1/2 head of cauliflower, to make rice in food processor
3 dates
3 scallions 
1 Roma tomato (optional)

Put all in food processor and puree until rice sized cauliflower.  

On top of rice is - layer in order:

5 green onions, sliced lengthwise then add 
shredded/grated sweet potato, marinated in lemon and/or lime

*Daniel adds shredded carrot, red pepper, and sliced mushrooms

*optional - strips of cucumbers, spinach leaves, basil, jalapeno bits, avocado, shaved broccoli stalk - julienned, asparagus, grated ginger

Roll up in raw nori sheets and cut into pieces (with a sharp knife) or eat it like a burrito.  :) 

Lowfat Raw Baba Ghanoush

Eggplant Dip:

2 raw eggplants, peels left on
4 lemons juiced
one clove garlic
30 cherry tomatoes
handful fresh parsley
2 tablespoons raw tahini (click on link to left to get recipe to make your own) 
cumin
allspice
a dash smoked paprika

Put lemon juice, diced garlic, and tomatoes into food processor first.  Then added the eggplant slowly until it shrinks. Then add the rest of ingredients.

Use cucumbers, asparagus, and sliced carrots to dip.  : )  

Generously shared recipe from the lovely and talented Michelle Brown.  :)  

Lowfat Raw Spicy Mexican Tabbouleh

Red Rice (food processor):

1/2 lb. cauliflower florets, stems removed

Pulse until in smaller bits but not tiny rice bits yet. 

Add into food processor: 

2 -3 Roma tomatoes, rough cut into smaller pieces

Pulse in food processor until cauliflower is small rice-like bits and tomatoes are small bits of red mixed  but not completely liquified.  

Sauce for rice (blender): 

1/2 jalapeno
1/2 small avocado
1/2 zucchini
2-3 limes, peeled and whole
1 orange, juiced
1 garlic clove
few shakes of cumin
few shakes of coriander
shake of smoked paprika (optional) 

Blend well and pour over rice and mix in. 

Veggie toppings:  

1 red pepper, diced 
1 - 2 carrots, shaved peels
3 -4 roma tomatoes, diced
1/2 sweet onion, diced
1/2 small avocado diced

2 handful cilantro leaves (some stems are fine), chopped

2 - 3 limes, squeezed over veg

2-3 slices of jalapeno, diced into tiny pieces

Gently mix in veg and avocado cubes into red rice.  Buen provecho!  :)  

No-fat Raw Tamarind Cucumber Salad

4 Persian cukes, diced
7 tamarind beans, pods and seeds removed, soaked in lime juice
handful of cilantro, chopped

Put soaked tamarind into food processor and mash it up well so it coats the cucumber.  Mix all together and squeeze more lime juice on top.  

Inspired and guided by Manognya Maddali.  :)  

Lowfat Raw Schrimpy Grapefruit Tacos

Garlic Cilantro Lime Sauce

• 1/2 zucchini
• 3 oz. spinach
• 1 clove garlic 
• juice of 2 limes
• 1/2 avocado
• handful of raw pumpkin seeds
• shake of cumin
• 1 slice of jalapeno

• For the Tacos

• 3 grapefruit, with flesh pulled from rind (see below) 
• 1/2 head each red and green cabbage
• 1/2 cup carrot
• 1/2 cup green onions
• handful of cilantro, chopped\

Toppings:

• Diced tomatoes

Put sauce ingredients in blender and blend until smooth.  Taste and add more flavors as needed.  Mix sauce with everything except the grapefruit.  

Assemble tacos in leaves (endive, romaine, collard, cabbage, butter, etc) with grapefruit in first and then slaw (already mixed in sauce) and top with diced tomatoes.    Thanks Jessica Walia and Steven Hill for inspiration and many thanks to Jessica for allowing me to use her beautiful pic.  :) 

No-Fat Raw Ice Cream - Papanaberry

Cut up papaya to freeze
freeze bananas 
freeze blackberries

5 oz. frozen papaya
1 pint of frozen blackberries
4 frozen bananas 

Put into an ice cream machine to make ice cream - all natural!  :) 

From the amazing and generous Vanne Hanisch-godoy.  :)  

No-fat Raw Blackberry-licious Smoothie

From the super creative and super sweet Natalie Jade White.  

Smoothie:
10 bananas
600g of supersweet blackberries
around 10 medjool dates
1 litre of coconut water. 

Blend in blender.  

I'm in love with the colour 

No-Fat Raw Banana Oatmeal

 Two bananas
an apple
some cinnamon pulsed in a food processor. 

Add blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and cut up fruit on top! 

No-Fat Raw N-ice Cream

Couple cups of frozen pineapple pieces
Fresh orange 

Mixed in the food processor. 

🎉

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Dehydrated Lowfat Raw Sunflower Seed Veggie Bread

My raw bread came out Amazing!!! Sandwich craving fully satisfied! For those who would like to try it here's the recipe. Enjoy💛

1 peeled and chopped zucchini
1 celery stalk chopped
1/8 purple onion 
1/2 gala apple
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
1 cup water

Blend all ingredients in vitamix until smooth and transfer to a bowl.

Add
2 grated finely grated carrots
1/4 cup ground flax
1/2 tablespoon dried parsley
1/4 cup almond pulp
1 tablespoon onion powder
1 tablespoon sunflower seeds
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

Mix ingredients well and transfer to dehydrator sheet. Will make enough for 1 sheet!

Dehydrated for 3 hours then flipped and dehydrated for another 3 hours.

SO YUMMY😋

She put with avocado, sprouts, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and lots of lettuce!😋🌱

Generously given permission to reprint by the gorgeous and clever Kendra Adams.  :)  

Video of it here

Low-Fat Raw Curry Sauce

Curry Sauce*:

1/4 tsp. curry powder

1 clove garlic

5 dates

handful of chia seeds (to help thicken)

1/2 zucchini

Optional: a squeeze of lemon juice

Blend all until smooth.  

*Modified from the radiant and generous Holly Lovelife.  :)  See her pic below on her dehydrated cauliflower pizza crust with head of cauliflower, some flax seeds and spices.  She modified from this crust recipe:  http://rawmazing.com/recipe/raw-cauliflower-crust-pizza/

No-Fat Raw Spicy Citrus Dressing

5 Roma Tomatoes
Slice of Jalapeno (or to taste)
2 Limes, squeezed for juice (optional: leave whole)
4 Dates
1/2 Zucchini 
1 Garlic clove (or to taste)

Put all in blender and blend until smooth.  

Mix in:

1/8 tsp. freshly dried oregano
1/8 tsp. freshly dried thyme
3 basil leaves

For the luminescent and gorgeous Haleh Nezamabadi.  :) 

*optional - add in a kiwi or curry spice. :) 

No-Fat Raw Kimchi

Ingredients and Steps

• 1 head garlic (~1/3 cup cloves or 45g)
• 2 lemons, peeled and whole

First - place whole head of garlic (cloves removed but skins left on) into blender with juice of 2-3 lemons - blend until well ground up and then push the creamy garlic liquid through a sieve to remove skins and chunks.  Add 3 sun dried tomatoes and 3 dates to sauce to soak for 20 mins. Remove dates and sun dried tomatoes and set aside after soaked.  

• 1 head napa or savoy cabbage or collard greens or watercress or head of escarole (or any combo of these), outermost leaves removed and cut into quarters with core removed - then cut each quarter 1" intervals

Put cut up cabbage (or any greens)  in bowl and pour garlic sauce (remove dates and sun dried tomatoes after soaked for 20 minutes) over and mix well

Make chili sauce. 

CHILI SAUCE

• 3 Tbsp (18 g) fresh ginger, peeled and chopped
• 1 celery stalk 
• 1 small white onion (or 1/2 large or ~100 g)
• 1/2 jalapeno
• 3 sun dried tomatoes - soak it in the garlic paste beforehand
• 3 dates - soak in garlic paste beforehand
• optional: shake of cardamom

Put in food processor or blender.  Taste and adjust flavor as needed.  

VEGETABLES

• 2 whole carrots, finely chopped or grated into matchsticks
• 3 broccoli stalks, diced
• 2 cucumbers diced
• 1 red pepper, diced
• 1/2 daikon radish, in cubes
• 6 green onions, chopped
• 1 green apple, chopped
• optional: dulse flakes

Mix the veggies into the sauce and pour over cabbage. Let marinate overnight in fridge and eat the next day. 

No-Fat Raw Szechuan Strawberry Mango Pasta

SALAD:
2 Med. Zucchinis, spiralized
2 bell peppers (red and yellow) sliced thin on a mandolin.
1 nectarine sliced thin on a mandolin

Dressing:
2/3 lb Strawberries
1 mango
3 medjool dates
Juice of 1 lemon
A bunch of basil, stems removed
Cayenne pepper to taste.

Blend dressing ingredients until desired consistency.  

It's delicious!!!! 

From the highly inventive and generous Cyndi Mininni.  :)