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Beautiful People, a Helloodles to you!
We are on Day 3 of prep for our 30 Day Self-Love Detox Challenge and it's about getting into the healthy food groove!
We are building up our pantry so we can have all we need to transition to raw foods, gracefully.
One of the best ways I know how to do this is by making loads of raw food, dehydrated crackers, breads, cereals, granola's, and treats! I made some raw almond milk and everytime I do it leaves me with almond pulp which I either use in a recipe straight away or freeze it until I am ready to use it. I had several recipes worth, so I was able to make some crackers for my first batch of dehydrator pantry snack stocking. To me, this is exciting and thoroughly pleasant as rawfoods are much less messy & time consuming, are really healthy, and so easy to make. I will admit that having the right equipment helps big time! I have my Excalibur dehydrator,(thanks PB) which is always on the raw food setting, just waiting to be used. I made some sea palm and sunflower macrobiotic condiment about a week ago that has been sitting at the ready in my fridge and decided to make some scrumptious crackers with it and the almond pulp. I did a healthy condiment post yesterday but for today I will include the link to the recipes as you will need them for these crackers. I am also adding some other raw cracker recipes that I will be making that are from myself and some other blogs; I enjoy having a variety because it can get boring eating the same flavours over and over. Variety is the spice of life after all, at least in the kitchen and on your dinner plate!
Right now though, we need to discuss ditching some serious junk.
Today you need to kiss all the chips, bad GMO filled crackers and cereals, prepared breakfast/freezer meals, cookies, pseudo "healthy" snacks, chocolate bars, candies, cakes/pies, any and all junk food must go! I know it is tough to let go but if it is in your home you cannot make a fresh start, you NEED a clean slate so you do not run to bad habits and addictive foods when the going gets tough. It will set you back, you will feel shame and unhappiness after you cheat, and your body will let you know it does not appreciate it-you will feel physically unwell when you try to go back to junk.
Trust me, I know from experience, it is not worth it.
You also need to get gluten, dairy, refined sugars and corn out. Relax, it's for a month, you need to get these foods out and replace them with healthy gluten-free, vegan, organic, good-for-you options. The reason to get those out is because you need to see what is triggering difficulties in your body and eliminating the worst allergen triggers does wonders for many.
I found out I had a severe gluten, corn, barley, and dairy allergy thanks to an elimination detox I did. It was rough initially but worth it! I will be giving you recipes to replace the bad stuff with what might surprise you as tasting pretty deelish, I kid you not! Your tastebuds may rebel initially but you will come to find that once you buckle down and start eating the wholefoods way, your body will welcome real food with real ingredients and that other stuff just won't appeal anymore.
Today you are being given recipes for rawfood crackers, I use an Excalibur dehydrator set at the Rawfood 105 degree setting. I like to make rawfood crackers, flat breads, cookies, and cereal or granola because they travel well, are easy to eat on the go, and are perfect for snacking when hunger arrives. I will be posting more recipes this week for crackers- sweet & savoury, and some morning cereals as well but today is savoury cracker beginnings. You will like these, they have a nice fresh light crispy sea saltiness that is great with hummous and spreads.
You will need the recipe for the Seapalm & Sunflower crunch, and the Vegan Cheezie Sprinkles condiments found here on a previous post:
You will also need almond pulp leftover from making almond milk, the recipe is here below. Just do not add the vanilla beans to your milk until after you strain it so the pulp remains plain and can be used in savoury or sweet applications. I freeze the pulp I have left over until I am ready to use it, the pic of the pulp below was frozen for a month and then defrosted before use.
THE BEST RAW VEGAN SEAWEED CRACKERS
Ingredients:
1 3/4 Cups Almond pulp leftover from making almond milk (See above link for recipe)
1/2 Cup Organic coconut flour
3 Tbsp Saepalm & Sunflower Condiment (See above link for recipe)
2 Tbsp Vegan Cheezie Sprinkles (See above link for recipe)
3 Tbsp Organic golden flax ground
1/4 Cup Organic tiger nuts ground
2 Tbsp Organic Extra Virgin Cold Pressed Olive Oil
1/4 tsp Organic Walnut oil (Do NOT use more!)
1 -11/2 Cup Plain unsweetened almond milk (See recipe link above, do not use vanilla in this recipe)
Method:
-In a bowl mix all ingredients together until well incorporated
-On an excalibur sheet lined with parchment paper or teflex sheet, spread the mixture out to about 1 inch thickness and make sure it's even, flat, and square edged.
-Place in Excalibur dehydrator on 105 degree rawfood setting, dehydrate for 1 1/2 hours, then remove tray and place on stable flat surface.
-Using a knife score and cut the crackers into desired shapes, then place tray back in the dehydrator for 4 hours.
-Flip crackers over onto another sheet to allow both sides to dry evenly, place tray back in the dehydrator and continue dehydrating for another 2-3 hours until the crackers are dry, no wet spots show and they are nice and crisp.
-Store in an airtight container for several months.
Mushy yum that will dehydrate to crisp cracker perfection, your cracker dough needs to be this consistency:
This is how to spead the mix, this recipe made 1 full tray of crackers for my pantry.
Tray of crackers are ready to cut and place back in until done!
This is how they looked when I flipped them, the camera didn't pick up the small damp spots too well but they were there, that's why it is important to flip and place back in to finish dehydrating if you want a crisp cracker.
Seaweed raw vegan cracker perfection! These were liked by the vegans and really liked a lot by the non-vegans, that was surprising because I thought the seaweed might not be appreciated but it is lovely to have been mistaken.
I have a lot of glass jars that I always recycle and re-use to store everything and anything, I like being able to see what is inside of them, glass is much better for the environment, works well at keeping critters out, and the crackers stay fresh longer in them.
The next recipe is a repost from a recipe I did not too long ago, if you like the nutty taste of sesame, this one is for you!
RAWFOOD VEGAN SESAME ALMOND CRACKERSIngredients:
1 Cup ground almond meal
1 Cup almond pulp from making almond milk (See recipe above, omit vanilla)
1/2 Cup sesame seeds
1/4 Cup ground golden flax seeds
1 tsp pink sea salt
1/4 Cup nutritional yeast
3 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/4 tsp Walnut oil, organic, cold pressed
3/4-1 Cup Filtered water
Method:
-Mix all ingredients together in a bowl until forms a paste
-Line your dehydrator trays with Excalibur sheets or parchment paper
-Push cracker paste across the paper lined tray, cover with another piece of parchment paper.
-Using a rolling pin, roll out to 1/2 inch thickness.
-Gently remove the top parchment paper sheet.
-Place tray in dehydrator on rawfood setting, dehydrate for 1 1/2 hours, then using a pizza cutter or a knife, cut crackers into desired shape. You can make flat bread style, square or triangular crackers.
-Put back in the dehydrator for another 8-12 hours until they reach desired level of crispness. If you're making a bread style then it needs to be pliable, so dehydrate for less time.
I am adding some pics & links for these other recipes from some truly wonderful rawfood bloggers that can be great to discover and fill your pantry!
Cheezy Almond Kale Crackers from Rawmazing: (Be careful with kale if you have a thyroid issue)
Almond Oat Groat Flatbread from Addicted to Veggies: (Get gluten-free groats)
Raw Avocado and Golden flax crackers from The Nourished Caveman:
Buttery Walnut Zucchini Crackers from The Rawtarian:
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