Get it When it’s Raw!
Make your own raw snacks! Here are some recipes and nutritional information about raw snacks provided by Sara Eddison, Nutrition Consultant from A Stones Throw to Health.
Raw snacks and smoothies contain HUGE amounts of ENZYMES!
The enzymes in berries, stone-fruits, leafy greens, walnuts, cashews, flax seed, chia, and more are what helps to restore our body’s enzyme reserves. Cooked foods are VOID of enzymes, so while they are tasty and full of macronutrients and minerals, there are no enzymes there.
Certain foods not only lack enzymes but they deplete the body’s reserves.
- Refined flours and sugars
- white bread, muffins, cereals, bagels
- Additives, preservatives, fortified foods
- frozen dinners, prepackaged snacks
Disease and sickness from the common cold to diabetes are caused by the lack or imbalance of enzymes!
Further Reading:
Raw Energy by Stephanie Tourles (source of many of the mentioned recipes)
Murray, Michael, ND, Pizzorno, Joseph, ND, Pizzorno, Lara, MA Encyclopedia of Healing Foods, NY, Atria Books, 2005.
SIDE NOTE:
Eleuthero Root aka “Siberian Ginseng”
Studies have shown it:
- Reduces the side effects of radiation
- Used during Chernobyl nuclear disaster
- Is “adaptogenic”
- Reduces stress on the body
- Improve immune health
- prevents colds, flu, and infection
- Increases concentration and focus
Use as a tincture, powder, or root in smoothies, oatmeal, juices, tea!
It is a stimulant so be aware ingesting before bed.
Raw Almond Milk
1 cup of raw almonds
2 cups of water
1 tablespoon of honey
pinch of sea salt
- Blend the nuts with water, salt, and sweetener on high for 2 minutes.
- Strain through nut milk bag or sieve into a bowl.
- Pour milk from bowl into liquid storage jar. Shake well before drinking.
- Store up to 3 days in a tightly sealed container in the fridge, or freezer for 3 months.
Get your:
- potassium
- magnesium
- iron
- zinc
- healthy fat
Beside the freshness factor, making your own means you won’t have to pay extra for additives, preservatives, and fortified vitamins that are synthetics and often unable to be broken down by the body (as is the case with vitamin D2, found in almond, soy, rice, and other packaged milks).
Check the label from Blue Diamond Almond Milk.
Notice anything that doesn’t belong?
Can you say preservatives and additives?
Raw Recipes!
Chocolate Turtles
Yield 16 pieces.
1/2 cup of raw almond butter
1/2 cup of raw cacao powder
1/4 cup raw honey
16 small pecan halves
- Put almond butter, cacao, and honey in large bowl and slowly stir to blend. The dough will become sticky and stiff.
- Pinch off pieces of the dough and form small balls that are about walnut size.
- Press a pecan half onto the top of each ball. Chill in the fridge for about four hours before eating.
- Store in the freezer for up to 3 months or in the fridge for 3 weeks in a tightly sealed container
Get your:
- •antioxidants
- •vitamins B, E
- •calcium
- •potassium
- •magnesium
- •manganese
- •phosphorous
- •iron
- •zinc
- •sulfur
- •copper
- •protein
- •healthy fat
- •natural sugars
- •fiber!
Mexican Chocolate Fudge
Yields 20
1/2 cup raw, unrefined coconut oil
1 cup of raw cacao powder
1/2 cup of almond butter
2 tablespoons raw agave nectar
1 teaspoon of each chili and cayenne
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
pinch of sea salt
- Melt coconut oil by placing jar in hot water or by a sunny window.
- Place all the ingredient into a large bowl and stir to blend.
- Coat the bottom of a 8 inch square pan with coconut oil. Spread fudge mixture, about 1 inch deep.
- Cover and freeze for 1 hour or until firm.
- Remove of let soften slightly. Cut into 1-2 inch squares.
- Store up to 2 weeks in a tightly sealed container in the fridge.
Get your:
- •antioxidants
- •calcium
- •vitamins B, E
- •potassium
- •sulfur
- •magnesium
- •phosphorous
- •iron
- •zinc
- •copper
- •protein
- •healthy fat
- •natural sugars
- •fiber!
Vanilla-Walnut “Shortbreads”
2 cups raw walnuts
1 cup unsweetened coconut, finely shredded
1/4 cup raw honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch of sea salt
- Blend all ingredients until moist cohesive ball forms, about 60 seconds. Scrape into medium bowl.
- Scoop out 1 tablespoon of mixture and roll and squeeze it in the palm of your hand until it sticks together.
- Roll small pieces of the mixture into small balls (about 1 1/4 inch diameter) and flatten.
- Repeat with the rest of mixture.
- Store up to 3 weeks in a tightly sealed container in the fridge, or freezer for 3 months.
Get your:
- •omega-3 fatty
- acids
- •vitamins B, E
- •calcium
- •potassium
- •magnesium
- •manganese
- •phosphorous
- •iron
- •zinc
- •copper
- •protein
- •healthy fat
- •natural sugars
- •fiber!
Go-Green Spirulina Balls
Yields 20 clusters
1 cup raw sesame seeds
1/2 cup raw carob powder
1/2 cup of raw honey
3 tablespoons spirulina powder
2 tablespoons bee pollen
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Grind sesame seeds into fine meal.
- Mix the ground seeds with remaining ingredients.
- Use your hands to mix until there is a cohesive ball forming.
- Roll small pieces of the mixture into small balls (about 1 1/4 inch diameter).
- Chill the balls for about 4 hours to let the flavors meld.
- Store up to 2 weeks in a tightly sealed container in the fridge, or freezer for 2 months.
Get your:
- •beta-carotene
- •vitamins B and E
- •potassium
- •magnesium
- •phosphorous
- •manganese
- •iron
- •chlorophyll
- •zinc
- •copper
- •healthy fat
- •natural sugars
- •fiber!
Posted on April 28, 2011, in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment.
NICE! I’ll definitely be tryin’ some of this out over the summer and beyond.