Adventures In The Raw

I have decided to take a break from my decadent lifestyle and start a raw food detox of sorts. I have done a little research and while most of the recipes look really incredible they also seem to be time consuming and require lots of expensive things from Whole Foods. So I chose 1 or 2 to throw in with the salads and smoothies I will consume this week.
For lunch today I prepared a great salad. It contained mixed greens, spicy sprouts, avocado, button mushrooms, and plums. I made my own dressing of garlicky stone ground mustard mixed with oil and vinegar. I also managed to find some great, and greatly expensive, raw crackers that I had on the side of my salad. So far, so yummy. I am impressed with my salad making skills!

As far as those raw crackers go, they were super tasty. I bought the gluten free garden herb flavor and all they are is flaxseed, kombu (sea vegetable,) rosemary, thyme, oregano, sea salt, and other spices. And of course they are not baked. Maybe not worth $8 bucks, but I wasn't about to attempt dehydrating my own crackers.

For dinner I decided I would try out one of the less involved recipes I found on foodgawker.com. It was a raw asparagus soup, hmmm... how will that taste you ask, surprisingly good! I changed the recipe a little bit, so I'll give you my version.

Makes 4 servings

1 bunch of raw asparagus
3/4 avocado
2/3 liter coconut water (I eyeballed it)
1 cup raw, unsalted cashews
1 tbsp dried dillweed
2 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp wheat-free tamari
3 cloves raw garlic
salt and pepper to taste

Combine all ingredients in a blender until smooth. This may have to be done in batches.

The original recipe can be found at ellesnewenglandkitchen.com.
And the raw crackers can be found at Whole Foods or at 2momsintheraw.com.