I first had this in the summer of 1986 when my friend and I discovered ‘Raw Energy’, the book and the philosophy. It was a beautifully sunny summer (remember them?) and we spent many days eating our raw creations in her garden – with the occasional glass of white! I think this may well have been the first thing I made with my faithful Braun Multipractic Food Processor, bought that summer and still going strong.
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I altered the amounts and some of the ingredients each time I had it, but this one is relatively faithful to the recipe, although I prefer more seeds to give it a bit more of a bite and we used coriander instead of parsley. Leslie often used to use vegetable bouillon powder in her raw savoury recipes, we didn’t have any so we improvised and used some dried King Soba instant organic miso soup! You could also use nutritional yeast.
You can make it as smooth or as coarse as you like, depending whether you would prefer it as a pâté or spread, or more like nut roast to have with salad.
(You could use almond butter instead of tahini for a slightly different flavour, but it would need to be fairly runny).
As always, the measurements are very approximate, you can never stipulate the size of a carrot for instance! So, go with what looks right and taste as you go along.
All ingredients are organic.
The recipe is Raw, Vegan and Gluten-Free.
Makes enough for 4 or 5 for a light lunch. Will keep about 3 days in the fridge and can be kept in the freezer too.
Ingredients
2 Chunky Medium Carrots, roughly chopped
1 + a half Celery Stalks (with leaves if they have any), roughly chopped
1/4 Cup Almonds + a few extra for serving*
1/4 Cup Pumpkin Seeds*
1/4 Cup Sunflower seeds*
1/4 Cup Mixed Sunflower + Sesame seeds*
Large Tbsp Tahini
1 Small Onion, finely chopped or a few Spring Onions
Handful of fresh Parsley or Coriander or herb of your choice
1 level Tbsp Organic Miso Soup powder or Nutritional Yeast or 2 Tsp Vegetable Bouillon Powder or 1 Tsp Chilli Flakes
2 Tbsps Grated Beetroot
Method
Process the carrots and celery until well homogenised. Set aside in a mixing bowl.
Finely grind the almonds, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds. Add to carrot mixture.
Coarsely grind the mixed sesame and sunflower seeds and add to mix with tahini, onion, fresh herbs, powder and beetroot.
Stir well, add seasoning to taste.
Spread in a square dish, press and smooth it down if you want a pâté or loosely roughen the mix if you want some texture.
Garnish with fresh herbs and almonds or toasted seeds.
Refrigerate until you’re ready to use.
I had it on a bed of mixed rocket salad with thinly-sliced cucumber and tahini/lemon juice/water dressing.
*https://www.buywholefoodsonline.co.uk/
Copyright: Chris McGowan
Rice salad, whether warm or cold, has long been a favourite in our house. It is quick – essential here! – nutritious and versatile: you can vary the spices or herbs as well as the vegetables. If you keep until next day, heat it through thoroughly.
Well, only one person had any enthusiasm for the 
through until it starts to cook, stirring well. Cook for about 5 minutes.
I usually have a juice or smoothie for lunch, but the shopping order had just been delivered and all this fresh salad was calling to me from the confines of the fridge: ‘Let me out, let me out!’ Well, it was a fine day for once even though the sun was still being a bit lazy, and I decided to let them out to play. It’s simple, light and tasty and may look like rabbit food, but it’s full of nutrients, including protein (even in the romaine lettuce!). I’ll be having this today having finished my 7 day juice challenge.
I’ve only been and gone and bought the new Retro Super Juicer!* I know, I know, how many juicers can a person use? I tried so hard to resist when this first came out: I have a Retro Cold Press Juicer and a Fusion Fast Juicer for back up, but it just looks so good and by all accounts gives even bettyer results than the much-mourned Phillips 1861 (see 
I’ll give a full review when we’ve used it properly, but it looks really sleek, is lighter than many juicers we’ve tried and a big plus is that it can be used left-or right-handed and as the cord is in the centre of the main unit, there is no problem siting it near a socket on the kitchen counter. It was also easy to assemble and disassemble.
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