Raw Vegan Thanksgiving Stuffing!

Thanksgiving has come and gone here in Canada, however it is just around the corner for my fellow American's. Even if it is not thanksgiving, why not eat this all the time? It is simply splendid! The recipe is below:

Ingredients:

- 6 Organic Cremini Mushrooms

- 6 Organic Shitaké Mushrooms

- 2 Stalks Celery

- 2 Mac Apples (or any other kind of apple)

- 1/2 cup FROZEN organic cranberries (frozen means they will melt and juice better)

- 1 Corn on the cob (organic, GMO-free - if you can't find this kind, do not add it. Ask the farmer's you buy it from, I know one who grows just this)

- 1 large shredded carrot

- Soaked Sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds (3 TBSP of each, soak 6-8 hrs)

Method:

1. Cut everything (or shred) into small bite-sized pieces

2. Put in large bowl

3. Juice ONE LEMON, and pour on top

4. As for spices, add anything festive - for myself, I added poultry seasoning which is a mixture of sage, oregano, rosemary, onion and garlic

5. Chop up one piece of garlic and put on top

6. Mix ingredients and let sit for 10 mins

7. Lay out on dehydrator sheet and put into dehydrator at 110ºF to prevent enzyme disruption (or if you don't have a dehydrator set to lowest oven temperature and leave oven door open)

Dehydrate until desired dry-ness, mine was in there for about 3 hours. 

Enjoy & Happy Thanksgiving! :D

Papaya Sunshine Smoothie!

It is papaya season! At least, I think it is. I always find the best quality papayas come out around winter time. The ones in summer are always hard and weird tasting. Before I did this recipe I didn't know that the two ingredients I used are two big "no-no's" in the food combining world (oops), however I did NOT get any digestive distress, so you will need to try this out for yourself and see if your tummy is okay with it! 

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So to get started you will simply need:
- Blender
- 1 medium papaya
- 4 oranges

Directions:
1. Cut the papaya in half and scoop out the seeds
2. Skin the papaya and cut into pieces that can go straight into the blender
3. Juice the oranges with a manual juicer or however you like to juice your oranges (it is okay if some pulp is left behind - it will all be blended either way!) and put the juice in the blender
4. Pulse blend (to reduce oxidation) and serve!

Enjoy! :)

Final Product: Tasty papaya orange goodness!!