Veggie Wedgie

The past few days I was in London where I had a lot of yummy food and tried new products! One of the things I enjoyed was a blue green latte I had at Vitaorganic. It was basically almond milk with some blue green algae powder and agave or yacon syrup for sweetener. So here I tired to reproduce it! It surprisingly tastes good, and the blue green algae I used [ Klamath Blue Green/ The really Healthy Company ] claims to contain 6mcg of Vitamin B12 per gram [1 teaspoon]. Yes, you heard correctly.

Ingredients
-1 1/2 cup almond milk
-1/2 tsp blue green algae powder
-2 tbsp yacon syrup
Blend up everything and let it chil in the fridge for a while. In cold weather you can also serve it warm.

Back to London now, another place I visited was Inspiral Lounge at Camden, where they serve raw vegan ice cream, raw chocolate, raw food, vegan cake and vegan cooked food buffet style. I had a raw nut burger which was good, but needed more toppings. I also tried the ice creams and I really liked the vanilla lucuma one. They also hold cool events about raw food nutrition and more. Check their website if you plan to visit.

I also had some food at Rootmaster, a vegan home style “busstaurant” located on Elys Yard, and it’s actually an old double-decker bus! Fun and original place and good vegan food.

But the best of all the places I ate was Saf Restaurant which is of course and all vegan mostly raw restaurant with very sophisticated menu, like sweet potato cakes topped with cashew sour cream and chives caviar, herb crusted cashew cheese, spicy pad thai with smoky almond sauce and more things I didn’t get to try! Saf also offers amazing cocktails. Most of them are made with gin, and I really don’t like gin but I couldn’t even taste it in them. All of the cocktails had herbs and spices, and my favorite was “that hippie town in India” that consisted of gin, cucumber, lime, basil, cardamon and sloe gin. It was so freaking good!

Pure fresh carrot juice is actually very yummy even thought it might sound odd! It is very refreshing and light yet it gives you a good kick of energy since it is packed with nutrients like vitamin A and E and is also rich in calcium, potassium, sodium and alkali and they even have some protein! Carrot juice also does a very good job at cleaning all of your digestive system. If you feel like you need to a good detox kick and cleanse you can make this juice, and you will feel better. Another good idea is to add a bit of carrot juice into your daily smoothie to keep things clean.

Ingredients

-6 to 8 large peeled organic carrots
-1 tsp fresh grated ginger
-juice of half a lemon
-1tsp agave syrup
-4 ice cubes

Juice carrots in your juicer and mix with the rest of the ingredients. The leftover pulp can be used to make a carrot cake or salad but you can even give it to your dog, cat, hamster or guinea pig! They will sure enjoy it

I am dedicating all my free time to develop new recipes for my book, and that leaves me no time to share new recipes in my blog right now. Bummer. However, I thought of making a post to list all my recipes that are suitable for summer. This means that they require little or no cooking time and they are fast to put together! Dig in!

These are some breakfast ideas including smoothies and fun snacks!

>Tutti Frutti Smoothie

>Mango Coco Smoothie

>Melon Breeze Smoothie

>Matcha Lemonade

>Cookie Yogurt

>Nata de Coco Fruit Salad

For light, refreshing meals:

>Wakame Salad

>Sunflower Seed Salad

>Enoki Spring Rolls

>Liquid Salad Drink

>Cold Potato Salad

>Bulgur Salad

>Strawberry Cashew Salad

>Wasabi Avocado Soup

And last but not least, pleasing summery desserts!

>Peaches and Cream Ice Pops

>Blueberry Ice Pops

>Chocolate Pudding

>Young Coconut Ice Cream

I just realized that I haven’t made ice cream yet! What a shame. The weather has been summery for almost a month now! Peach season is here and I really love the delicate taste of peaches so decided to make the simplest ice cream version : Ice lolly!  You can also call it ice pop or ice lolly pop. Call it what you fancy, it’s just un-churned ice cream on a stick. And this particular ice cream on a stick has the awesome flavor of peaches and cream and it’s also raw, vegan and quite good for ya and soooo creamy! Give it a try!

Ingredients

-5 peaches/ 5 ροδάκινα
-60gr raw cashews/ 60γρ. άψητα κάσιους
-5tbsp agave syrup/ 5κ.σ. σιρόπι αγαύης
-1tsp vanilla extract/ 1κ.γ. εκχύλισμα βανίλιας

Soak the cashew in some water for 15 minutes to soften them. Skin the peaches and cut them in four pieces. Throw the peaches in the blender along with the agave syrup and the vanilla extract and blend. Try it. If it is not sweet enough for your taste add more sweetener. Pour the mix in a bowl. Now place the cashews in the blender with 3 tbsp of water. Blend on high until you crush them. Add the peach mix back to the blender and blend until the cashews are completely cream and the mixture is creamy and smooth.
Pour the mix in ice pop molds and freeze for at least 4 hours.

Μουλιάστε τα κάσιους για 15 λεπτά σε νερό να μαλακώσουν. Ξεφλουδίστε τα ροδάκινα και ρίξτε τα στο μπλέντερ μαζί με το σιρόπι αγαύης και το εκχύλισμα βανιλιας. Κάντς τα πολτό και δοκιμάστε. Αν δεν είναι αρκετά γλυκό προσθέστε κι άλλο γλυκαντικό. Ρίξτε το μέιγμα σε ένα μπωλ. Βάλτε τα κάσιους στο μπλέντερ μαζί με 3 κουταλιές της σούπας νερό. Μόλις πολτοποιηθούν, ρίξτε πάλι τον πουρέ από τα ροδάκινα μέσα στο μπλέντερ και αφήστε τα μέχρι να γίνει το μείγμα ενελώς απαλό και κρεμώδες. Ρίξτε το μείγμα μέσα στις θήκες του για παγωτό ξυλάκι και βάλτε στην κατάψυξη για τουλάχιστον 4 ώρες.