Food for soul

I've received some comments that I should post more recipes, here are few lunch and dinner ideas plus juice and smoothie recepies.

Kale salad - punch of kale massaged with 1/2 avocado, 1 tbsp olive oil and 2 tbsp lemon juice, added are few tomatoes, 1/2 carrot, some radish, olives and handful of sauerkraut.

Green smoothie - 2-3 green apples, juice of 1/2 of lemon and handful of kale, add water if too thick.

Smoked mackerel fillet with bean mix - can of black beans fried in coconut oil with 1 small onion and 1 garlic glove, add 1 pok choi and 1/2 courgette, sea salt, pepper and a pinch of chilli powder

Delicious honey mango smoothie - 1/2 honeydew melon, 1 mango, 2 tbsp raw honey, pinch of cinnamon

Green lemonade (courtesy of Natalia Rose - The Raw Food Detox Diet) - 1 head of Romaine lettuce, 1 whole lemon (if not organic, peel it), punch of kale, spinach or broccoli, 2 green apples and piece of optional ginger. Great beginner greenie as the lemon takes off the veggie flavour.

Roasted butternut squash and feta cheese with pumpkin seeds, mixed salad and tomatoes dressed with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, sea salt and pepper.

Power lunch - I bought Chinese cabbage salad with green pepper, celery and marinated tofu and I added cherry tomatoes, sprouts, avocado, hemp seeds and dressed with Nama Shoyu (unpasteurised soya sauce).

Simple dinner - roasted sweet potatoes with salad and sun-dried tomato tapenade - 1/2 cup (125 ml) sun-dried tomatoes, 1 garlic glove, bunch of basil leaves, 1 tbsp of lemon juice, 2 tbsp of olive oil, sea salt and pinch of cayenne pepper.

Last but not least - raw chocolate mousse! I found great dessert recipe on Gina's Choosing Raw blog, she calls it Chocomole and it can fool the biggest sweet tooth into thinking they eat the "real" mousse. I blended 1 ripe avocado with 8 dates, 3 tbsp of raw cacao, 1 tsp of vanilla essence and a bit of water if needed. If not sweet enough add some maple syrup. It's delicious AND healthy!

Hemp seeds are full of amino acids and great protein source, I sprinkle mine on salads.

I found 2 more raw chocolates - one with maca and wild blue-green algae and lucuma bar. I loved the first one, but wasn't overly keen on lucuma bar. Lucuma is sweet fruit native in Latin America, used as natural sweetener, can substitute vanilla and chocolate flavours. Rich in iron, niacin and beta-carotene. 

Black olive and onion sprouted buckwheat biscuits - great to dip into hummus or eat with cashew cheese. Healthy-healthy snack!