I saw a version of this in a shop and got inspired to make a raw version. It’s fairly simple, just blend the following ingredients:
I made this last night and it worked really well. As usual, I had it with a big plate of wild greens.
Put everything in the Vitamix and blend.
The part of my job I like best is when people send me free stuff. Well, particularly free raw chocolate! Last week Booja Booja sent me a sample of their new raw chocolate truffles and they really blew me away. They have two flavours, Raspberry and Dark Chocolate, and they are sublime. They remind me of chocolate truffles from pre-raw days…
The truffles comes in cute little boxes of 8:
Now, you want to know where to get them from? Well, just so you know, Booja Booja have a policy never to sell their chocolates in supermarkets, so you want to be looking in independent health stores and naturally, with a raw and organic product this good, you can get both the Organic Raspberrry Raw Chocolate Truffles and the Organic Raw Dark Chocolate Truffles from Funky Raw!
At the Funky Raw Space of Love gathering The Holistic Channel came and did a bit of filming, including a brief interview with me. I forgot all about it, and just recently thought to look on their website, and they have the video up. Click on the images below to see the videos, they will open in Windows Media Player (or possibly in your media player if you have something different.
The first one is a general snapshot of the festival, although not really very representative of Funky Raw: (12 mins)
This next video is Anima playing their beautiful music at the festival: (17 mins)
Here’s a quick and easy recipe, I just made this and I though it was worth sharing:
Simply mash the avocado and banana with a fork, then mix in the powders. Great as it is as a sweet snack, or could be used as a cake filling.
Here in London, the rose hips are ripe! They are one of my favourite wild foods, they taste great and if you read my post last year on the subject, you will know that rose hips are full of vitamin C.
There are a couple of indicators of ripeness:
Rose hips have lots of seeds which are hairy and can be irritating to the throat. After picking, it is possible to pull the end off and squeeze all the seeds out at the same time, although this doesn’t always work. I do find that when they are properly ripe the seeds are not irritating.
Also still around at the moment are hawthorn berries. These taste a bit like avocado and are supposed to be good for your heart.
When picking wild food, always make sure you have the right plant, especially with red berries. With hawthorn berries, check the leaf shape to make sure you have the right tree.
I made this for my dinner last night and it was delicious so I thought I’d share. The tomatoes I used are a rare type, called “Black Cherry” they’re well worth trying if you spot them, they are less acidic and slightly sweeter than regular cherry tomatoes.![](https://www.rawrob.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/black-cherry-tomatoes.jpg "\\"Black Cherry\\" cherry tomatoes")
This all went into the blender. I served it on a load of wild greens, with an avocado and a bit of unpasteurised goats cheese.
If you want to learn how to make some of the delicious recipes I’ve posted on this blog and more, then why not come to one of our workshops here in Walthamstow, London E17. You can learn how to make a good selection of raw food recipes including chocolate pudding, soups, salads and dressings, chocolate and of course my partner Jolita’s wonderful cakes.
The date for the next workshop is Sunday January 10th 2010.
Raw Food and Wild Food Workshop with Rob and Jolita
The day runs from 10.30am to 4.30pm and only costs £85 which includes breakfast, lunch and snacks – ie all the food we make throughout the day. You can book on the Funky Raw website or contact me by email for more details: rob@funkyraw.com
I moved house last week, and this new place has a freezer, so I can make ice-cream. I’ve been wanting to start experimenting with raw ice-cream for a while… Here’s my first attempt at chocolate ice-cream, as always, all quantities are very approximate:
Hemp Milk
The rest
First make hemp milk: drain and rinse the hemp seeds, then blend with the fig soak water and some young coconut water. Try not to use too much liquid, but this will depend on your blender. Squeeze through a nut milk bag (or muslin bag / cheesecloth) to make the milk.
Then put the rest of the ingredients into your blender along with the hemp milk and blend until smooth. Place in a container and freeze. With my freezer, it was ready after about 8 hours.
I’m sure there are many variations – if you find something that works well, leave a comment and let everyone know…
Enjoy, love Rob
I went to a potluck yesterday and I made my own version of the Super Duper Raw Chocolate Fudge recipe. First I made coconut cream from one mature coconut – blend the meat dry in the Vitamix and then squeeze through a nut milk bag. I then mixed the cream with the following:
Just keep mixing until you have a thick chocolate pie filling.
I made my own base, I soaked lots of sunflower seeds and a small amount of pumpkin seeds for a few hours, rinsed and dried then and put them in the food processor with some nice fresh dates. Processed until a pie base consistency – for me it was not thick enough so I added a tablespoon of lucuma to thicken.
I also made a raspberry sauce to serve it with – I blended two punnets of raspberries from the farmers market with a handful of fresh dates and a squirt or two of agave (more dates and less agave and this could have been raspberry jam!)
And of course it was delicious and everyone wanted the recipe – so here you are!