Thai style fish marinade

This marinade is good for any light fish type. I used salmon, but talipia would be lovely too. If you don't like things that are too spicy, leave out or reduce the hot pepper flakes. I got my dried shallots, keffir leaves and fried garlic at my local Asian grocery. Nama shoyu is usually found in health food stores. I included online links for you in case you can't find something.

• 1/4 tsp hot pepper flakes
• 2 keffir lime leaves
• 1 TBS dried shallots
• 1/2 tsp fried garlic
• 1 inch grated fresh ginger
• Juice of 1 lime
• 3 inches fresh lemongrass - cut into 1 inch pieces and twisted to release flavor
• 2 TBS nama shoyu
• 2 TBS sesame oil
• 2 TBS agave syrup
• 4 TBS coconut milk

I marinated my salmon for about an hour and then popped it into a 375 F. oven for 35 minutes. If your salmon steaks are very thick you might need a few more minutes to bake them through. It came out fragrant and beautiful to behold. Yes, I'm a carnivore.

I served this up fragrant salmon with the Szechuan snow peas slaw from the Sunny Raw Kitchen.

Delicious!

Breakfast shake with tonic herbs

This makes a nice yummy shake filled with tonic herbs that are very good for you and taste good too. Please use fruit that is organic so as not to poison yourself with nasty pesticides. Very important. This shake is best made in a Vitamix, or some other high speed blender. Otherwise it won't be smooth and creamy.

• 1/3rd of a banana
• 1/2 orange
• 1/2 lime
• 12 grapes
• 5 strawberries
• 1 TBS dried unsweetened coconut
• 4 wedges of frozen peach
• 1/4th to 1/3rd C. unsweetened almond milk
  

The tonic herbs:

• 1/4th tsp Licorice root powder
• 1 tsp Maca root powder
• 1/2 tsp Ginger root powder
• 1 tsp Astragalus root powder
• 1/2 tsp Schisandra Berry root
• sprinkle of Cinnamon bark powder
• pinch Cayenne powder

These herbs have various qualities that I'm looking for to help with my physical issues. Click on the names to see what each of them have to offer. I'm hoping to strengthen my immune system, liver and adrenal function, and reduce my fibromyalgia with these herbs.

Blend the whole business together for 2 minutes and then add 4-6 ice cubes and blend till the ice is smoothed in.

Drink immediately!

Recipe Archive

The following is a complete list of all the recipes I've made and put up on my blog so far. I'll be adding to this list as I go along. Please note that not all these recipes are raw, as I'm only about 80% raw and still eating some animal protein and cooked food.

Appetizers

• Spicy lemon hummus
  

Marinades

• Thai style fish marinade
  

Salads

• Italian style tomato and avocado salad
• Greek artichoke and zucchini salad

Shakes and Smoothies

• Breakfast shake with tonic herbs
  

Soups

• Vegetable broth

Fermented Foods

• Kombucha Tea

Carnivore

• Greek Chicken Bake

Italian style tomato and avocado salad

I made this Italian style salad yesterday and it turned out rather well. This is reminiscent of the classic Italian tomato and mozzarella salad just without the cheese. When I get my cashew cheese done I'll do this salad again and see how it is with nut cheese.

Ingredients:

• 1 large beefsteak tomato
• 1 half avocado - peeled and sliced
• 10 fresh basil leaves - cut into a chiffonade (stack the leaves, roll them up lengthwise and cut into thin slices)
  
• 1 TBS sunflower seeds
• Cold pressed organic olive oil
• Balsamic vinegar
• fresh cracked pepper, sea salt and dried Italian herbs to taste

Cut out the core of the tomato and cut it into slices horizontally. Arrange on a plate so that the slices overlap. Put an avocado slice on each piece of tomato. Salt, pepper and sprinkle with Italian herbs. Drizzle Balsamic vinegar and olive oil over the tomato's and arrange the basil chiffonade on top. Sprinkle with sunflower seeds.

Enjoy!

Recipe: Vegetable Broth

This is the double recipe for vegetable broth given by Blessed Herbs. It's very simple to make and quite delicious.


Ingredients:

• 4 quarts of distilled water
• 2 potatoes, scrubbed and diced
  
• 6 carrots, scrubbed and sliced
  
• 6 stalks of celery, scrubbed and sliced
  
• 2 onions, peeled and sliced

Bring the water to a boil in a large stockpot. Add the cut veggies to the water and turn the heat down so that the pot will simmer. Cover pot completely. Simmer for 40 minutes. Strain out all the veggies. Done.


You can add 4 TBS of Miso after you strain out the veggies if you like the taste of it. I do like the taste and think it adds a nice nutty flavor to this simple soup broth. I also added a couple drops of hot sesame oil to my bowl to give it a little bite, but it's not necessary. I just like the hot stuff...

If you want to make less, just cut the recipe in half. I ate up the single recipe in my first day, so I doubled it the next time. I don't really want to make it every day of my 5 day fast.

Greek Artichoke and Zucchini salad

I'm very fond of Greek and Italian foods but heavy pasta's and carbo's make me crazy. This salad is light and yummy and can be customized in many ways. I'm giving you the recipe for the vegetarian version, but I love it with grilled tuna too.

Ingredients:

• 1 can artichoke hearts, quartered
• 1 can black or green olives, sliced
• 5-7 pepperoncini peppers, sliced
• 2 small zucchini's, quartered lengthwise and sliced thinly
• 1 small onion, peeled, quartered and sliced thinly
• Farmer Boy Restaurant Greek dressing, to taste (2 TBS. = 3 grams carbohydrate)

Throw all the ingredients (but the dressing) into a bowl and mix well. Add a bit of the dressing and mix, then taste. Add a bit more if you need it. You can vastly improve this salad by grilling sushi grade tuna or organic chicken and adding it to the mix. Grilled shrimp would also be yummy.

Serve with toasted pita wedges as an appetizer or as a sandwich stuffing or wrap. It also goes well into endive leaves if you don't want the bread.

This salad keeps for a couple days in the fridge. Expect the zucchini to give up a bit of liquid overnight, so you might want to drain it a bit and add more dressing the next day (if it lasts that long).