Did I Drink the Raw Kool-Aid? A Raw Living Breakfast Cereal Recipe
Kala's Krunch before "milk," it's prettier
Update 3/14: at least 73 folks have viewed this post! Only 3 votes, geesh. See below vote “What do you eat?” Wanted to add as commenter suggested “mindful omnivore” to poll choices. And say that my diet was and is that of mindful omnivore.
A quick post- with a great delicious raw recipe for you. Perhaps I drank the raw Kool-Aid. What I mean is its a huge thing right now, Raw Living Foods, many voices, from movie stars, holistic health experts, MD’s even– saying hey get more raw food into your diet. From fierce advocates for eating %100 percent raw no matter what! Yeah right. To those like myself who are finding benefit in adding more plants based foods into our diets. I have a dear friend-who is gifted intuitive, Angelic Reiki master and raw/living food champion. And she got me started on this. Now even she is like ” you’ve gone too far…” not really but she thinks this raw “cereal” I made up is weird because it’s a root vegetable at breakfast. But I love it. Why? CRUNCH. One word. It reminds me of breakfast cereal in texture and even in the mild to sweet taste. Try it, let me know if you like it.
KALA’S KRUNCH RAW Breakfast Cereal
Oh you should know I can’t follow a recipe, or refold maps! Seriously they go together and I have a bit of dyslexia combined with an anarchic creative urge. So this is all follow your gut recipe:
1 serving, make enough for your belly, use the best ingredients you can afford-the taste is better and the nutrition higher.
- Carrots- that’s the base of the cereal, shredded, this is so much better than those boring carrot raisin salads we’ve all had.
- Fresh Coconut-shredded (if dried soak it overnight) Really yummy fresh! Good oils
- Pears-chopped, really ripe add a subtle sweetness and moisture, vitamins
- Walnuts (or any nut)-soaked overnight, still adds a nice crunch, oils, vitamins
- Dates– 2 or 3 medjool is best (they are softer.) soaked for 5 min, sweetness. Chopped. Ayurveda says they build the body up. They class dates as a tonic food, nourishing our Ojas. Ojas is like your juice-providing your energy, joy of life and stamina. You want to have lots of Ojas!
Optional: flax seeds ground, sunflower or any other seed, honey
Serve with some “milk” I use a almond milk. Made by adding 1/2-1 tsp. almond butter warm water in a blender. Pour over “cereal.” FABULOUS! And filling it’s got oils and protein otherwise it would not hold me-I find it last much longer than oatmeal which two hours later I’m starving.
As a yogini and meditator what I’m noticing with eating raw food (as my friend promised)-there is a boost of energy. It’s subtle, not like a caffeine energy but feeling of energy moving in the body. Prana! Thats what the yogi’s call it, or Chi/Ki in China and Japan.
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Bon appetit!
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