Trail Mix Treats (Raw or Macro)-candy

3/4 cup Toasted Almonds
2 TBSP Dried cherries soaked
2 TBSPDried Apricots soaked
3 TBSP Mini chocolate chips (Enjoy Life makes dairy free,gluten free and  soy free) (optional)

Grind toasted almonds fine in a food processor

Add soaked cherries and apricots mix in food processor til well combined

Add chocolate chips and pulse til mixed

Shape into balls and refrigerate. These taste like trail mix made into treats. Satisfy your sweet tooth! Yum!

****You can make this recipe "raw" also with raw almonds and raw chocolate chips or raw cacao nibs.

Amazake Custard

Amazake is a Japanese fermented rice drink. You can find amazake and kuzu at many health food stores.

I tried it today for the first time. I bought almond flavor from Grainassance.

It is pretty thick, like a shake to start with, but you can also make a custard out of it for a cake or tart.
1 cup almond amazake

1TBSP kuzu root/starch mixed in 2 TBSP cold water
Heat the amazake. Put in the cold water/dissolved kuzu starch and stir, let simmer on low for 3 minutes stirring constantly. Pour into a ramakin and chill in fridge for 1 hour. Enjoy!


1 comments:

Toni said...

I am going to try to make a nice rice pudding using the amazake custard also by adding a little cinnamon and brown rice. I love rice pudding so I am psyched!

Miso Soup Recipe

Ingredients (you can find these ingredients at your local health food store or Asian market)
2 cups water
2-3 Shiitake mushrooms (dried) soaked+ soaking liquid
2 tsp flakes or 1 in pc soaked Wakame seaweed
1/2- 3/4 cup Root veggies (carrots, daikon radish)
1 small shallots or 1/4 cup of green onions
1-2 tsp Miso (I use Gluten Free Brown Rice Miso- South River Brand) (use less if cutting down on salt)
1 cup (packed) Dark leafy greens of your choice (Kale, collards, etc)

1) Soak dried shiitake mushrooms in 1/2 cup lukewarm water for 1/2 hour to 1 hour
2) Pour 2 cups cold water into soup pot, add 2 tsp wakame flakes or a (1 inch piece of wakame (soaked til soft))

3) Add long cooking veggies, carrots daikon (shallots if using)

4) Boil Wakame and veggies for 10 minutes
5) Slice soaked shiitakes mushrooms and disgard the stems add to the soup (also add shiitake soaking liquid)

6) If not using shallots add scallions

7) Add dark leafy greens

8)Take a ladle of hot soup stock in a separate bowl, add 1-2 tsp miso stir til disolved and add back to soup
9) Simmer on low for 3-5 minutes and enjoy soup

Mochi Donuts/ French Toast Sticks

Mochi is sweet brown rice cooked and pounded so it is chewy/ crunchy, you can fry it /bake it, and lots more. You need to try it to believe it, it's delicious. It comes plain or in flavors like cinnamon raisin and even a brownie flavor.

Prepared block of mochi (available at health food stores usually near the soy cheese/ products, refrigerated section) I usually buy Grainassance brand
Cut mochi in half (to make it thinner) then cut into 2 inch squares

Pan fry in a small amount of oil, you can brush on a small amount of oil. (peanut or toasted sesame) when the pan/oil is hot fry the mochi for 2-3 minutes on each side.

Dip the mochi in warm or cold brown rice syrup or maple syrup and cover with finely chopped toasted pecans.

This tastes like french toast sticks YUM!