Freaky Food Friday

If you ask my husband, family or co-workers they will tell you I eat freaky food. About a year and a half ago I transitioned into a mostly raw food diet. Now before you go assuming that means I consume foods raw that are best served cooked (i.e. meat, eggs, etc.) fear not! Raw foodism limits your food consumption to grains, nuts, legumes, fruits and veggies all of which are safe to consume raw.

Today I made an amazing raw food recipe for lunch and I just had to share because I know many out there are observing Lent and obstaining from eating meat. The recipe is a raw, vegan version of taco "meat" that tastes so similar to real taco meat that it can meet any cravings for Mexican food without breaking a vegan, vegetarian or Lent diet. However, it does contain nuts so if you've an allergy to walnuts or just flat out don't like nuts feel free to disregard.

First I want to give my compliments to the chef, Raw Mom Ildiko, because this is her recipe. She blogs along with many other wonderful women at Raw Mom if you would like to learn more. I love Raw Mom and her sister site Raw Divas. I'm on their email list, and that is how I got this wonderful recipe.

Raw Taco Meat

1 cup raw walnuts (soaked for a couple of hours, rinsed and drained)

1 1/2 Tbsp. dried coriander

2 Tbps. of Bragg's, Nama Shoyu or tamari sauce

2 tsps. dried paprika powder (not spicy one!)

1 - 2 tsps. onion powder 1 - 2 tsps. cumin powder

If you are interested in learning more about raw foodism (I'm not holding my breath:) let me know and I can point you to some great websites and blogs. Tomorrow I am attending my first adoption conference and I get to meet Kelsey! Woo-hoo :) For my thoughts on the conference prior to attending check out this post. Hopefully Sunday I will post again to let everyone know how it went, my thoughts and of course pictures of me getting to meet one of my bloggy heroes. Hope everyone has a great weekend :) It is time for me to eat my raw tacos for lunch.