The title of this blog is inspired by one of my raw gurus, Carmella. See her lovely post here.
When I first read Carmella's blog on vegan wraps, I had just started my raw journey. That was about a year ago (?) Honestly I have lost count of my months on raw. And I take that as a positive sign....time does, indeed fly when you're raw! ; )
Anyway, more about raw wraps. Wraps are super awesome and easy. You can puree vegetables and dehydrate them to create your wraps, or just buy some collard greens, shave off the thick spines with a peeler and soak them in warm water with a teaspoon of salt to make them pliable. Experiment with making delicious fixin's to fill inside your wraps. I remember a delicious recipe that you could use for wrap filling, Carmella's "Creamy Spinach Spread" which you can read more about and get the link for here .
Lately I've been bitten by the creative bug and have experimented on my own in creating some delicious raw dishes. It's nice to finally have enough knowledge under my belt to be able to think independently and make my own dishes rather than following other peoples' recipes. Speaking of knowledge, here are some titles that started me off on my raw path.
Some fantastic books on raw veganism
The Raw Truth, by Jeremy Safron
Green for Life, by Victoria Boutenko
Raw Family, by Victoria Boutenko
The China Study, by T. Colin Campbell
I Am Grateful, by Terces Englehart
Sweet Gratitude, by Matthew Rogers and Tiziana Tamborra
And now, for the recipes : )
I am proud to say that I made up this variation, but I must give credit where credit is due! I was inspired to add various spices and beets to Poemomm's delicious Carrot Curry recipe, found here. My variation includes using 4 carrots instead of one, adding one beet, a teaspoon of ground cumin, a teaspoon of curry powder, 1/2 tsp of asfoedita (a traditional Indian spice found in most Indian stores) and a 1/3rd a bunch of cilantro. I didn't have a chilli pepper so I used a teaspoon of chilli powder. I also didn't have any paprika or garam masala. But it came out great with my variations! Honestly, though, you can follow a recipe by rote and be quite bored or you can pick and choose what you want to add. The choice is yours! I tend to use recipes as guides and then use my imagination...and my taste buds...to guide me : )Collard wraps with Poemomm's Carrot Curry, Beets, onions and Cauliflower Curry Patties
Cauliflower Curry Patties
These cauliflower curry patties were sort of an accident. I started off making a recipe off goneraw for Cauliflower curry, found here. No offense to the chef, but the recipe just didn't do it for me. I decided to use my own creative inspiration to make "burger patties" out of what I had made by adding:3 cups portobello mushrooms
2 cups walnuts
half tbsp asfoedita
3/4 tbsp himalayan salt
1/8 cup Nama Shoyu
1 tbsp curry powder
1 jalapeno pepper
The result? Magnifique! Upon tasting the batter, I knew I had a winner. The texture was very liquidy, though, so I kept checking the dehydrator to see if the patties were getting crispy. Nope! They came out chewy and pliable-perfect for wrapmaking! Yess! I was so pumped and honestly, I have been enjoying the patties in collard green wraps for one meal a day for the last four days. And there are still plenty more to munch on! Yum yum!!
Last but not least, I made the BBQ strips about a week and a half ago and they came out deeeeeelicious! You can find the recipe here.
Auntie L's BBQ strips
In closing, go out and make some raw wraps! You won't be disappointed. But then again, does the raw lifestyle ever let us down?
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