After buying Vita mix, being on raw food has become so much easier and more fun. I am so glad I finally made a decision to buy it after going raw an year back. If you are unable to decide about it, my suggestion is go for it. You will avoid much mental agony of cooked food cravings, of the tension of what to make now , where to get recipes from. You will automatically invent recipes on your own after buying and using this wonderful device, Vita Mix.
Now coming to raw soups. I use hot water. Blend all ingredients together just before eating. You don’t have to chop vegetables to put into vita mix. So it takes only max 1 minute of blending !!.
This is a new recipe I made up and prefer it to my older recipe for 2 reasons. One, it does not contain tofu ( I have stopped eating soy) and two, it contains vegetables.
1. 4 full teaspoons miso
2. 1/2 medium size carrot thinly grated.
3. 1/4 cup thinly grated green cabbage.
4. 5 leaves of mint, chopped finely.
6. 4 shallots chopped
7. 1 teaspoon Arame (optional), soaked for 10 minutes.
Preparation
1. Bring 3 cups of water to boil and transfer to a big bowl.
2. Mix miso in cold water to make a flowing paste.
3. Pour miso into the bowl and mix well.
4. Add the vegetables into the bowl and serve hot.
Note: Make this just before dinner, to have it hot and also so that the vegetables are crunchy.
Serves :2 Meal Suggestions:
This makes a satisfying dinner along with sunflowersprouts+avocado salad, for two. It feels so wonderful, to prepare such beautiful dinner in 10 minutes time !!
1. 4 small Carrots
2. 1 cup of Cashews soaked in warm water for 10 minutes
3. 1 teaspoon Galanga powder or 1/2 teaspoon of fresh ginger
4. Salt to taste
5. 1/2 teaspoon Lemon juice.
6. 1 teaspoon Coriander powder/Curry powder
7. 1 clove Garlic.
8. Coconut butter (warmed)
Preparation
Blend all with warm water. Serve with garnish of parsley and coconut butter.
1. 1 Cucumber.
2. 1 stalk of Celery.
3. 1/2 cup Raw Pine Nuts.
4. 1/2 Bell Pepper.(Red/Yellow/Green according to preferred color)
5. Dash of Cumin powder
6. Dash of Sea salt.
7. 4 teaspoons of sesame seeds.
8. 1 cup hot water
Preparation:
Blend all the ingredients except water and sesame seeds together.
Transfer to a bowl.
Add hot water and mix thorougly.
Garnish with sesame seeds.
Preparation
1. Soak wakame for 15 minutes in cold water. Tear into small pieces before soaking.
2. Add galanga and lemon grass to 1 bowl of water and keep on low heat.
3. Mix miso, cashew butter in another bowl of lukewarm water.
3. When the water on heat is hot enough, switch off the heat and add all other ingredients.
Serves :2 Tips: Optionally you can add grated carrots, corn,mushrooms.
Preparation:
1. Peel and chunk 1 cup of butternut squash
2. Blend squash, bell pepper, tomato
3. Add oil, salt, ground black pepper.
4. Steam for 5 minutes
5. Garnish with cilantro
1. 1 Beet
2. 1 Carrot
3. 1 Potato
4. 1 tspoon Ginger juice
5. Salt for taste
6. 1 tspoon vegetable oil (or your choice of oil)
7. Coriander for garnishing
Process:
1. Grate Beet, carrot and potato (or chop finely)
2. Add ginger juice or grate ginger finely
3. Add water equal to mixture and move it to steamer for 15 mins
4. Add oil and salt and garnish with coriander
5. Serve hot.
