Try It, You'll Like It!

We had an unusual experience this week. There was a missionary preparation party we held for a young man going on a mission soon, and Alicia and I decided we would go ahead and prepare our raw vegan food for them. I was really worried that people might not like it, even though one of my favorite phrases is, "What's not to like?" Here's what we made for them:

Unfried no-beans served on a bed of lettuce
Ensalada
Guacamole
Salsa
Cashew Hemp sour creme
Corn chips

The avocados and cilantro were so amazing this week that we have been eating it all week long. We can't get enough of either.

The people attending all seemed to like the food very much including the Spanish people which was surprising. I guess you never know.

Long, Busy Day

We had a very long, busy day from about 7 a.m. until after midnight. You'd think we'd be able to pace ourselves through the week a little better, but maybe we will get better as we go along.

Our new recipes for the market were pineapple salsa along with guacamole and regular salsa. We also decided to do tuna. Alicia thought of a great name for it: "No Net Tuna". Isn't that clever? We made the regular kale salad, cucumber salad, raisin cheeze, ranch dressing, waldorf salad (along with little side salads), and honey almond butter. Alicia also pulled several trays of Alicheezits out of the dehydrator. We'll see how it goes tomorrow.

We sprouted some more buckwheat, made more alicheezits for the dehydrator, and Alicia got some alternate universe sunnies going as well. What's that about? Can you tell I'm a stick in the mud. I like things to stay the same...

We've been sprouting 2 cups of wheat every day to keep up with the need for juvie. I think we've caught up. When I got my grocery order today, they messed up and left off my cashews, so we're hard pressed for our cheezes until I can get another order next Friday.

Mono Meals

Sometimes our best meal is a mono meal meaning a meal that only consists of one food item. I especially like this type of meal when the food is something that has been out of season and unavailable for a period of time. That happened to us today as we found some first of the season watermelons at the farmers market. It was absolutely delicious.


Towards the end of last summer, I bought a couple of watermelons knowing they were going out of season but hoping I could prolong the enjoyment a little longer. I couldn't. They weren't very good. So I let out a nice, long sigh, and decided to wait the long winter out.


When my kids told me there were watermelons there, I asked if they had samples out. They said no, so I said I won't buy them til I know they're good. There are far too many rogue watermelons running around out there. However, when I went today, one nice senorita gave me a sample, and it was good, so I decided to give it a try. I'm so glad I did. What a feast! (That's one of the secrets actually, and a good reason to shop where farmers are selling. They're proud to show off their good produce. I can't begin to tell you how many bad peaches I've purchased over the years from the grocery store. Now I don't buy any produce from the grocery store at all.)

Anyway we enjoyed a huge melon and can't wait til the next opportunity. $10 for a meal for 6 ain't bad either. I love mono meals!



For a light dinner, we had some leftover refried no-beans on some romaine leaves with some fresh guacamole and hemp cheeze sour cream. The corn chips were finally done, so they helped us finish off the guac. Umm, umm, good.







Today's picture. I'm just not very photogenic. I don't think we're going to get a good one here.