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Luscious Lemon Cookies (Raw Foods) Recipe #349701
From Raw Food Celebrations - Party Menus for Every Occasion by Nomi Shannon and Sheryl Duruz. It’s due back to the library tomorrow and this looks good! The book says these cookies were meant to be dehydrated but taste good fresh too. “If you are not dehydrating the cookies, use dried coconut.”
by mliss29

30 min | 30 min prep

16 cookies

* 1/4 cup lemon zest
* 3/4 cup lemon juice
* 2 cups cashews
* 2 cups shredded unsweetened coconut (or shredded mature fresh coconut)
* 1/4 cup agave syrup (or other sweetener)
* 1/2-1 teaspoon lemon extract (optional)

1. Put all ingredients into a blender and process until smooth.
2. Shape into cookies and place on mesh dehydrator sheets.
3. Dehydrate at 105 -115F for 8-10 hours, or until outside is dry and the cookie is chewy.
4. NOTE: If you’re not using a high-speed blender, blend the cashews first before adding the other ingredients. “Finely grind them”.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 cookies 58g

Recipe makes 16 cookies)

The following items or measurements
are not included below:

agave syrup
Calories 288
Calories from Fat 236 (81%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 26.2g 40%
Saturated Fat 17.8g 88%
Monounsaturated Fat 5.5g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1.5g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 120mg 5%
Potassium 267mg 7%
Total Carbohydrate 13.5g 4%
Dietary Fiber 5.3g 21%
Sugars 3.3g
Protein 4.6g 9%
Vitamin A 2mcg 0%
Vitamin B6 0.1mg 7%
Vitamin B12 0.0mcg 0%
Vitamin C 7mg 12%
Vitamin E 0mcg 1%
Calcium 17mg 1%
Iron 1mg 11%

No Cook Brownies! Recipe #363068
Another Ani Phyo recipe!!! You have to have a dehydrator for these brownies. Great for the Raw Foods Community!
by Bella14Ragazza

6 hours |

SERVES 12

* 1 1/4 cups almond meal
* 3/4 cup cocoa powder
* 1 pinch sea salt, to taste
* 1/3 cup Agave or honey
* 1/3 cup water
* 1/2 cup cocoa nibs

1. Mix almond meal, cacao, salt in mixing bowl.
2. Mix in agave or honey and water.
3. Stir in cacao nibs.
4. Use a 2 Tablespoon scooper to portion onto dehydrator trays.
5. Dehydrate for 6 to 7 hours, or to desired consistency.

Italian Flax Cracker or Wrap (Raw) Recipe #372824
Dehydrate longer for crackers, less if you want to make it into a tortilla like wrap for a sandwich. “Store in an airtight container, somewhere close to hand for when the cravings strike!” From karenknowler.typepad.com
by Bella14Ragazza

½ day | 10 min prep

SERVES 4

* 2 cups flax seeds
* 1 red bell pepper
* 1/2 cup sun-dried tomato
* 2 cups fresh tomatoes
* 1 lemon, Juice of
* 1 garlic clove
* 1/2 large onion, chopped

1. Blend all ingredients together in a food processor. Add water if a little too dry.
2. Press mixture flat onto a Paraflexx sheet into a large square or rectangle, making sure that the mixture stands only a few millimetres tall. (The thicker the cracker the harder to eat and the longer to dry).
3. Score the size of crackers you’d like with a knife or spatula before dehydrating.
4. Dehydrate around 115°F overnight and flip over once one side is dry. Dry to completion.

Raw Bread Recipe #365768
This is a recipe shared with me by a friend — she said it came from Ani Phyo. Cook time is actually dehydrator time!
by BubbleHead Creations

4¼ hours | 5 min prep

SERVES 9

* 1 cup ground flax seeds
* 1/3 cup whole flax seed
* 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
* 1 garlic clove, minced (organic if you can find it)
* 2 tablespoons yellow onions, chopped (organic if you can find it)
* 1 1/3 cups water
* 2/3 cup sunflower seed (raw or organic if you can find it... de-shelled)
* 1/4 cup black sesame seed

1. Mix ground and whole flax seeds, salt, garlic, onion, and water.
2. Then — Add sunflower and sesame seeds and mix well.
3. Use the back of a spoon to spread batter evenly on one dehydrator tray. Dry at 104 degrees F for 4 hours. Flip and score into nine slices to make it easy to break in straight lines. Dehydrate another hour before serving.
4. OR you can put it out in the sun for 3 hours, score it, flip it and let it go another 2-3 hours — .

Cream of Tomato Soup Mix in a Jar Recipe #355902
A neat way for dehydrators to use their tomatoes and a great thing to keep on hand in the event of an emergency. If you’d like to bump up the flavor a little, replace the salt with chicken bouillon powder. Found online and thought it was too good not to share. :-)
by Molly53

10 min | 10 min prep

SERVES 4 -6

* 3 cups dried tomatoes, slices
* 1/2 cup dried powdered milk
* 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1. Powder tomato slices in a blender or with a pestle.
2. Add remaining ingredients.
3. Add to a glass jar and tightly seal the lid.
4. Attach the following instructions on a gift tag: Cream Of Tomato Soup.
5. Add contents of jar to 1 1/2 quarts boiling water and simmer 10 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon butter or margarine after cooking.

Raw Flax-Tomato Crackers (Dehydrated) Recipe #330666
I bought a bag of raw crackers at my local health food store and thought, “I can make these” so I gave them a try and I think the finished product was pretty good. At least my DH thought they were.
by Chef Joey Z.

½ day | 25 min prep

SERVES 24

* 1 cup golden flax seed (soaked for 2 hrs. in filtered water)
* 8 sun-dried tomatoes, pieces (soaked for about 1/2 hour)
* 1/3 bell pepper
* 1 tablespoon olive oil
* 1 teaspoon sea salt
* 2 paste tomatoes (raw and chopped)
* 1 medium red onion (chopped)
* 1 garlic clove (put through a garlic press)
* 1/4 cup herbs (your choice)
* salt and pepper
* paprika or cayenne, to taste

1. Put all the ingredients except the soaked flax into a food processor.
2. Process until well combined.
3. Removed the mixture into a bowl and using a small hand mixer on low mix the flax seeds into the tomato mixture. You want the flax seeds in tact.
4. Spoon the mixture onto the teflex sheets of your dehydrator and using an off set spatula spread the mixture about 1/8 inch thick to within 1 inch of the edges. You don’t want it too thick or thin. Experiment with this part to your likeing. I made it too thin at first and the crackers were very brittle and hard to remove from the teflex sheet. Do this until you use up the mixture.
5. Dehydrate for at least 8-12 hours at about 110’F.
6. Its very dry where I live so 8 hours was enough. You should flip these over at some point as well and dry for another 8-12 hours if necessary.
7. As you make these again and again you can change the herbs for a different taste.
8. These would be delicious with a slice of tomato or avocado. You could also crumble them up for a nice topping over a green salad.
9. Bon Appetit!

Raw Cheez Itz Recipe #347413
This is a tasty and popular raw food cracker recipe. This version originally seen on the Raw Freedom Community, it’s a mod of a recipe from Gone Raw.
by vigilant20

½ day | 10 min prep

SERVES 17

* 1 cup sunflower seed
* 1 cup brazil nut
* 1 cup almonds
* 1 tomato
* 1 cup red pepper, diced
* 1/4 cup flax seed, ground
* 1 pinch cumin
* 2 teaspoons salt

1. Requires preparation! Soak sunflower seeds, brazil nuts, and almonds for 4 hours.
2. Add all ingredients to food processor and process until as smooth as desired.
3. Spread out on teflex sheet, fruit roll up tray, or waxed paper and dehydrate for about 24 hours. After approximately 8 hours you can cut the crackers to desired size and flip.

Index for more of this type recipe:

http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes/small-appliance,dehydrator

The survivor’s pantry:
Riding out the Recession and whatever else is thrown your way

By George Potts Thompson Tuesday, July 7, 2009

One of the arguments against stockpiling food. First off.... why bother? The supermarkets are always full, aren’t they? Why spend the extra money? If you are reading CFP, you must have some sense that the world has changed—and not for the better.

Even the Government is encouraging us to have “Three Days” supply until you can be “Relocated.” Maybe I’d rather not sleep at a stadium and stand in line for a bowl of soup with my 20,000 new “best friends?”

Another reason in one word? KATRINA? The US Government couldn’t handle ONE large population center being hit by a hurricaine.

Strange events like the weird, sudden collapse of the economy, and the real or conjured up “Swine Flu” have the possibility of causing people to lose their jobs & income. According to the Globe and Mail, in the UK, they are contemplating forcing people to self quarantine at home BY THE END OF AUGUST if they develop symptoms.

It was just reported that one of the Harry Potter cast members has been diagnosed.

From the BBC yesterday: “WHO Warns Swine Flu Unstoppable.” Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School last week said that the H1N1 is a combination of the 1918 Spanish Flu & the 1977 Swine Flu. Gee how’d THAT happen? Full report to be in New England Journal of Medicine.

If Israel and Iran have at it the price of oil will skyrocket. What do you think that will do to the price of everything else? Having only a week’s worth of food at home is simply irresponsible at this point. The supermarkets turn over their stock every week. IF there is a disruption they’ll be cleaned out.

What if a disruption occurs? HHS and DHS could follow the UK model and order a quaranteen in the US and the Canadian Govt. could follow suit ? You are going to eat the food anyway. Why not buy it while it’s more available and affordable.?

THINK OF THIS AS “INSURANCE” AGAINST NEEDING THEIR “HELP.” Their “HELP” has way too many strings attached. As my DI told me in Boot Camp: “SAM Don’t GIVE you Nuthin’, Boy!”
Besides, if you lose your job, you’ll have money for other essentials like the Mortgage payment.
THE PANTRY:

Should ideally be three sides of a rectangle so you can walk in, easily get items and keep an inventory. It should be well lit, and in a cool area if possible. Older things in the front, newer in the rear.
WHAT to STORE:

Store what you like to eat, but also store what has a long shelf life. The SAS Survival Guide says canned goods keep a minimun of TEN years, less so for acid items (Tomato Sauce). in 1972, I was eating C-RATIONS made in 1952. TWENTY years!

Beans, Beef stew, Beef / Chicken Broth, canned fruits & vegetables, tuna, condiments like mayonaise, soups, yams, canned milk, Powered milk , LOTS of canned potatoes ( 100 Lbs. in large cans ) should all be on the list.

Cake mixes, Pancake Mix, Instant Potatoes, and Cookie dough to freeze. LOTS of Pasta, Macaroni, and LARGE bags of Rice all have a long shelf life. Cereals like oatmeal. Place in large Tupperware containers to prevent predation from insects and rodents. Products like Hamburger Helper are “Force Multipiers.”
FLOUR:

Buy lots of it ( 50 Lbs. ) along with plenty of Instant Dried Yeast. Learn to make bread. Buy a breadmaker if you are lazy or convinced you don’t know how.

What about freeze dried food like “Mountainhouse?’ Fine. It is not cheap, but should be part of the supplies. It also doesn’t have the shelf life.
And don’t forget my all time favorite: SPAM.
SHELF LIFE

The expiration dates are largely BS. Most things keep far longer than advertised. The manufacturers WANT you to throw out the expired stuff and buy more and also fear lawsuits. However: NEVER open a bulged can. Botulism is an awful toxin. Take care as to not rupture such a can. Put in a used coffee can and bury it.
FREEZING FOOD:

Deep sub-zero freezers can be found on Craigslist cheap. Buy TWO. Buy all types of meat on sale. A “Side of Beef” costs about $600.00. A Lot of money? Add up your food budget for a month. It’s not like you will not use it

I used a food processor last year and pureed up all the Zucchini & Tomatoes that I grew, and froze them in freezer bags. We’re STILL eating them, in sauce, and in Zucchini bread.
DEHYDRATING:

Great idea for fruits, and the stuff keeps for a decade. Consider a “Shrink Wrap” machine also.
CANNING and JARRING:

Did this last year with a ratty old prickly bush out back which just happened to be full of Black Raspberries. Made ten jars of Jam.
WHERE DO I BUY ALL THIS?

Costco, Sam’s Club, Walmart, Aldi’s all have the large quantities of food. Watch the Supermarket ads for “Buy One, get One Free.” Watch for Sales. I bought coffee for $ 5. 99 for a 3 Lb can. I bought 20 Cans.

When you go to the store just buy TWO of everything. Don’t forget your domestic animals.
MEDICATIONS:

Get what Prescriptions you need filled now, and any over the counter things like cold medicines, aspirin, NSAIS, antiseptics and lots of bandages.
WATER:

Two gallons a day per person to wash & drink. Your water heater holds 40 Gallons of “Potable” drinking water. I went to a food processing plant and they gave me two food grade barrels. Cleaned them with NON SCENTED Clorox, then Baking Soda and water.
IF YOU HUNT:

Whitetail Deer are tasty & I have lots of recipes for Venison. 80 cents ( Yeah, the cost went up due to Obamanitis ) for a ..30.30 or 308 Cal. Cartridge and a few hours work and you have lots of good meat with no chemicals or drugs in it.

I also rigged a system from my gutter and filled two, 55-gallon Blue drums in a heavy rain in ten minutes. That’s 100 gallons of water to wash with and boil and filter to drink should it come to that. Buy TWO Pure Waterfilters. I also bought a new Blue food 55-gallon drum ( $ 69.00 ), put it in the basement, and filled it.

This is just a start. Go to the numerous websites devoted to this in more detail. This is how our ancestors lived. We have all allowed ourselves to become made way too dependant.

This is all part of taking your self reliance back. You will be amazed at how secure this makes you feel. You’ll also bond as a family. A Blessing.

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