HiHoRosie's Place

One of the great things about being involved in a community garden is everyone wants to share. It seems we're always being offered plants or seeds or some fresh produce. Well, Ms. Sweet Bessie gave us a bunch of collard greens from her garden. SCORE! So guess what we had for dinner? Collard green wraps with avocado, carrots, sweet onions, red bell peppers and a lentil "meat." With all the other goodies the lentil mixture didn't taste so "green" but we might try doing something different with the mixture part next time. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed every.single.bite. To go along with the wraps we had sweet sesame dipping sauce inspired by The Daily Raw , which was delicioso! I omitted the cilantro since we didn't have any (I wouldn't eat it anyway but hubby would've liked it in his) and used white sesame seeds instead of black (didn't have any of those either). She also has a recipe for a peanut dipping sauce that I want to try next tim...

Oh yeah, forgot school's out but you get my drift. I’m sure many of you are familiar with Carmella of the Sunny Raw Kitchen . I mean, seriously, how could you not be? Her creations are nothing short of amazing and I practically drool every time I visit her blog, which is often. Daily even! Anyway, one of her recent posts was a recipe for chocolate chip cookies . Your eyes do not deceive. I truly said Chocolate.Chip.Cookies!!!!!!!!!!! (I know it’s a little excessive with the ! but they’re appropriate believe me.) These cookies are so good that I made them twice in less than a week. And I think I ate most of them. Before I go further, I should point out this isn't a Carmella-original but one she featured on her blog. I thank her for it as I don't always get around to the various forums as much as I'd like. I followed some of the adjustments she and others made (noted on her post) to the recipe such as cutting the amount of coconut oil in half. The first time I made the...

Over the weekend my lovely friend Ceci (pronounced cess-see) came over for dinner and a movie - her first raw meal and my first raw meal for anyone. She’s been expressing interest in the raw food lifestyle (she picked up a couple of books even) and so was interested in a raw vegan meal experience – Heidi-style. Ha ha! I'd post a picture of us but it's not a flattering one of me (call me vain!). Ceci looks cute but I look like I was trying to eat my chin. I have to admit I was a bit nervous for this evening. Not too nervous because Ceci, I knew, was game for this new adventure. No hesitation whatsoever from her – she’s just like that, open to anything, which I love about her. So even though I knew I had nothing to fear I still did because I hadn’t made anyone a raw anything before. Sure you could count the occasional salad or dip someone’s sampled before but I had committed to making a complete meal for a non-raw friend. Could I pull it off? After learning she loves Mexican ...