Meat Substitute ?

[coradora]

Thank you SO MUCH for this heads up! I just bought a kilogram of almonds . I will be heading to the local health food store from now on.

Kathryn, I was also wondering what type of dehydrator you have. I am going to need to get one as I am trying to eat raw more and more.

Thanks!
Corrie

A heads up on raw almonds:
In September 2007, the California Almond Board began requiring all raw almonds to be pasteurized in some way(even though the salmonella occurences that prompted them to suggest this did not affect Organic almonds, growers of them have also been forced to be treated). Organic almonds are pasteurized by steaming, while non-organic ones are treated using propylene oxide (a chemical that is banned in many countries, and is classified by the EPA as a probable human carcinogen---cancer causer).

I HIGHLY recommend buying ORGANIC almonds.

( www.rawfromthefarm.com sells almonds treated by freezing rather than steam.)

(I would imagine that most consumers have absolutely no idea this has happened--people into raw food were made more aware--scary the types of things that are done to our food without us being informed! Shouldn't it be our right to know what's done to the food we are putting in our bodies?)

 

[poohpeggy]

I used to cook my buckwheat groats...I am very intrigued with your dehydration ideas. Where do you come up with these recipes Kathryn? I went to the library tonight and got some vegetarian cookbooks and magazines. Another really interesting subject in the "egg thread" was your talk about Buddhism so I checked out "teach yourself Buddhism".
I haven't a clue about all these different beliefs. So much to learn so little time...Peggy

 

[kathryn]

Kathryn, I was also wondering what type of dehydrator you have. I am going to need to get one as I am trying to eat raw more and more.

Corrie,
I have a 9-tray Excalibur (with 9 Teflex Sheets) and I love it. (though if I were to rebuy it, I think I'd go for the style with a timer, which mine doesn't have. That is, if the timer shuts the dehydrator off. If it just 'bings,' I can pretty much use my stove timer for that!)

At first, I wondered if I'd use one that big, but I definitely need it. When I prep my "staple stash" (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSCv-39TWvE ) I end up using every tray. (I highly recommend René Oswald's book, which has some hints and tips in that I've never seen in other raw-food books...and I've read a lot of them!)

 

[kathryn]

I used to cook my buckwheat groats...I am very intrigued with your dehydration ideas. Where do you come up with these recipes Kathryn? I went to the library tonight and got some vegetarian cookbooks and magazines.

Peggy,
I've been doing a lot of reading on raw food (and have been eating raw since mid-March), and buckwheat is used in several raw-food recipes (for crackers, breads and things like that).

This exact recipe is my version of a recipe from "Raw Food, Real World" (one fun thing about raw food prep: once you've experimented with the techniques a bit--dehydrating, marinating, blending, etc.--it's not hard to come up with your own recipes. I recently bought some raw kale chips that I thought were really tasty, but expensive. Since they have to list the ingredients on the label in decending order of weight, I pretty much figured out the recipe after trying them, and made some of my own! I still have to work on the marinating technique and the length of dehydrating, but they turned out really good.)

 

[Afreet]

Yummy!
Have you tried soaking then dehydrating the walnuts? It makes them extra crunchy and tasty, which I think would be nice for this recipe.

Ooh - no, and I have a dehydrator, so maybe I should give this a go! Thanks for the idea!

 

[poohpeggy]

Kathryn, Thank You for the book recs and the guidance...Peggy

 

[kathryn]

Kathryn, Thank You for the book recs and the guidance...Peggy

My pleasure!