Poppy Seed Dressing - the 3rd in a series of excellent Raw Food recipes

Raw Poppy Seed Dressing

I am posting a series of RAW FOOD RECIPES created by my mother Nancy Glazier and her good friend Irene Hauver. 

Together, as raw food pioneers, they complied an amazing collection of unique recipes that they used in teaching a series of raw-food-living un-cooking classes. We have a selection of delicious raw food recipes big enough to fill an entire cookbook. I know, cool, right?

These recipes are amazingly tasty! This is doing raw food right. Most raw food recipes are seriously lacking in taste and texture - well, not this collection. These beautiful ladies don't do anything half way! We are excited for you to try them.

This Poppy Seed Dressing is a favorite at the Hauver household. You can vary the flavor by using different fruits - So have fun with it!


POPPY SEED DRESSING Recipe:

Yield: Makes 1 1/2 cups.

Ingredients:

1/4 c. Fresh lemon juice (or juice from 1 lemon)
1/2 c. Strawberries, fresh or frozen (about 8 strawberries, or 12 raspberries, 1 apple, or jam to taste)
3/4 c. Olive oil
16  Honey dates, soaked and pitted (or 6 T. Sucanat) (or 1/2 c. date sugar)
2 T. Raw onion (up to 1/4 c. fresh onion)
1 t. Sea salt
1/2 t. Dry mustard
1/4 t. Beet powder (optional for color)
1/4 c. Purified water (to thin as needed)
2 t. Poppy seeds


Equipment:

Blender


Directions:

Place all of the ingredients, except the poppy seeds, into the blender. Blend until smooth. thin as necessary to get a pourable dressing. Taste for flavor. Adjust if necessary.

Stir in the poppy seeds. Chill until ready to use.

Keeps 1 week in the refrigerator.

This dressing is great over spinach salad.


Five times the recipe to make 7 1/2 cups:

1 1/4 c. Fresh lemon juice
2 1/2 c. Strawberries
3 3/4 c. Olive oil
80 Honey dates, soaked and pitted
10 T. Raw onion
5 t. Sea salt
2 1/2 t. Dry mustard
1 1/4 t. Beet powder (optional for color)
1 1/4 c. Water (to thin as needed)
10 t. Poppy seeds


Recipe created by the Kitchen Cheetahs, Nancy Glazier & Irene Hauver.


Enjoy!

Leila

Sunny Sour Cream - The 2nd in a series of excellent Raw Food recipes

Sunny Sour Cream

I am posting a series of RAW FOOD RECIPES created by my mother Nancy Glazier and her good friend Irene Hauver. 

Together, as raw food pioneers, they complied an amazing collection of unique recipes that they used in teaching a series of raw-food-living un-cooking classes. We have a selection of delicious raw food recipes big enough to fill an entire cookbook. I know, cool, right?

These recipes are amazingly tasty! This is doing raw food right. Most raw food recipes are seriously lacking in taste and texture - well, not this collection. These beautiful ladies don't do anything half way! We are excited for you to try them.


SUNNY SOUR CREAM Recipe:

Ingredients:

1 c. sunflower seeds, soaked 2 hours in 2 cups water, drain
3/4 c. water
1/2 t. sea salt
2 to 3 T. fresh lemon juice
1/4 t. garlic powder
1/2 t. onion powder
1/2 t. dill weed


Equipment:

Blender


Directions:

Place all the ingredients into the blender and blend until smooth. Adjust water and seasonings to taste and consistency desired.


Mom's Tip: This makes an awesome topping and dip base to flavor to taste.


Recipe created by the Kitchen cheetahs, Nancy Glazier & Irene Hauver.


Enjoy!

Leila

Almond Sour Cream - The 1st in a series of excellent Raw Food recipes

Raw Almond Sour Cream

I am posting a series of RAW FOOD RECIPES created by my mother Nancy Glazier and her good friend Irene Hauver. 

Together, as raw food pioneers, they complied an amazing collection of unique recipes that they used in teaching a series of raw-food-living un-cooking classes. We have a selection of delicious raw food recipes big enough to fill an entire cookbook. I know, cool, right?

These recipes are amazingly tasty! This is doing raw food right. Most raw food recipes are seriously lacking in taste and texture - well, not this collection. These beautiful ladies don't do anything half way! We are excited for you to try them.


BEST ALMOND SOUR CREAM Recipe:

Ingredients:

Yield: 5 cups

1 cup raw almonds, soaked 8 hours and drained
2 c. Purified water
1 c. Olive oil
1 1/2 t. Onion powder
1 t. Sea salt
1/4 t. Vitamin C powder (ascorbic acid), optional
1/4 t. Garlic powder
1/4 c. fresh lemon juice (or juice from 1 lemon)


Equipment:

Blender


Directions:

Place all the ingredients into the blender. Process until smooth and creamy. Taste for flavor. Adjust if necessary.

Use immediately or chill for future use. This dressing may thicken upon standing. To thin just stir in a little water. My mom prefers this Almond Sour Cream thick, Irene prefers It pourable.

This is great over salads, as a cream base for soups, as a substitute for mayonnaise, and to spread on crackers topped with an avocado.


Double this recipe to make 10 cups:

2 c. Almonds, soaked
3 c. Purified water
3 c. Olive oil
3 t. Onion powder
2 t. Sea salt
1/2 t. Vitamin c powder
1/2 t. Garlic powder
1/2 c. Fresh lemon juice



Note: This is my mom's favorite raw sour cream ...And she loves sour cream!



Recipe created by the Kitchen Cheetahs, Nancy Glazier & Irene Hauver.


Enjoy!

Leila

Mom's Nutrient Tea - Herbal tea formula #12 in a series

Time For Tea

This is herbal tea formula number twelve in a series of  delicious and healthful tea recipes I have posted on this blog. Enjoy!

Mom's Nutrient Tea

Years ago my mom made this nourishing blend to use for daily consumption. It is neutral and pleasant tasting. We like to make a big batch of this as a concentrate, straining it before storing in a glass jar in the fridge. To serve we dilute to taste with water.

Horsetail is rich in natural silica, which is good for your hair, nails, teeth and bone. Oatstraw is nutrient-rich and is very good for soothing and de-stressing the body. Alfalfa is very vitamin and mineral rich, and so is the nettle. Spearmint freshens and brightens the whole mix.



MOM'S NUTRIENT TEA Formula:

1 part horsetail
1 part Oatstraw (green tops)
1 part organic Alfalfa Leaf
1 part Nettle Leaf
1/2 part (up to 1 part) Spearmint Leaf


Method:

Mix the dried herbs together.
Store air-tight in a cool dark place.


To Brew Herbal Tea:

Bring purified water to a boil in a stove-top kettle.
Place 1 to 2 teaspoons desired loose leaf herbal tea blend into a cup.
Pour about 1 cup boiling water over the herbs and cover the cup.
Allow to steep 5 minutes.
Strain and sweeten if desired.
Enjoy!


Sun Tea Preparation:

Fill a 1/2-gallon jar with purified water.
Fill a reusable tea bag with desired herbal tea formula (or pour herbs in jar and just strain out later).
Set the jar outside in the sunshine for 6 hours or so.
Chill the tea.


Tips:

You may use a bamboo tea strainer or Tea-ball to make straining your teas a snap.

At our house, we use a French coffee press to make bigger batches of tea - it works great!

Enjoy this herbal blend hot or iced.

Enjoy a cup on cold winter mornings and evenings to chase away the winter chill. They also help chase away colds and are so comforting. Try adding a squeeze of lemon and raw honey when serving. Or make it sugar-free by sweetening with Stevia Glycerite (recipe on this blog). About 4 drops Stevia Glycerite is all you need to sweeten your mug of herbal tea! We find that a cup of hot herbal tea helps us relax before bedtime.

During the heat of summer, try brewing as a sun tea, and then serve chilled with some Stevia Glycerite to lightly sweeten, maybe a splash of lemon or lime and lots of ice. Iced herbal tea makes a great thirst quencher and is so much better for your family than sugar-filled sodas, and such.


To your health,

Leila

Allergy Season Herbal Tea - Herbal tea formula #11 in a series (Caffeine-Free)

Allergy Season Tea

Be prepared for spring. If anyone in your family gets hay-fever, this is the herbal tea blend to make for them. It is a very pleasant tasting tea, so enjoy it as you gain it's anti-allergy and anti-hive benefits. If you know you are allergic to any of the ingredients contained in this tea, simply leave them out.

I created this tea for my daughter. When she was a toddler, she broke out in hives all over her body. We could not figure out what the cause was, and the hives did not go away after a few days. As a concerned mother, and experienced in the way of herbs, I did my research. I created this blend of gentle herbs, making it taste good so she would drink it. Drink it she did and her hives then quickly went away, not to return. I was very grateful. Herbs are amazing in how powerful yet gentle they can be. I prefer to do everything I can to help my family heal first, if we do not succeed, then to the Doctors we go. But usually we succeed.


ALLERGY SEASON TEA Formula:

26 grams Brigham Tea
16 grams Feverfew
10 grams Wood Betony
10 grams Lemon Balm
10 grams Spearmint Leaf
8 grams Nettle Leaf
8 grams Billberry Leaves or berries
4 to 5 grams Stevia Leaf, optional for sweetening
2 grams peppermint Leaf

Optional Ingredients:

Lemon Verbena, if you want a stronger lemon taste.

You can add more anti-inflammatory herbs like:
Licorice Root (it also sweetens the tea)
Sweet Clover
Hops (bitter if steeped too long, but calming)
Valerian Root (a bit weird smelling but very effective)


Method:

Place the dried herbs in a glass jar with an air-tight lid.
Shake well to mix.
Store air-tight in a cool dark place.



To Brew Herbal Tea:

Bring purified water to a boil in a stove-top kettle.
Place 1 to 2 teaspoons desired loose leaf herbal tea blend into a cup.
Pour about 1 cup boiling water over the herbs and cover the cup.
Allow to steep 5 minutes.
Strain and sweeten if desired.
Enjoy!


Tips:

You may use a bamboo tea strainer or Tea-ball to make straining your teas a snap.

At our house, we use a French coffee press to make bigger batches of tea - it works great!


Notes:

The calming herbs in this blend will counteract the slightly stimulating effect of the Brigham tea.
Brigham Tea is known as the #1 herb for allergies like hay-fever. It is also used as a weight-loss tea.
See: http://ephedrineweb.com/brigham-tea/ for more info.

Brigham Tea

To your health,

Leila

Warm Winter Spice Tea - Herbal tea formula #10 in a series (Caffeine-Free) - Perfect for this time of year

Time for Tea

Warm Winter Spice Tea


This is the tenth in a series of herbal tea recipes I created and have posted on this blog. I hope you enjoy them all.

Warm Winter Spice Tea: This caffeine-free tea has a nice roasted flavor with the perfect touch of spice. It will warm you up and chase away the winter chill beautifully. The dandelion root and spices used are good for the digestion. It is grain-free too and can be used as a healthy coffee substitute.



WARM WINTER SPICE TEA Formula:

2.00 ounces Roasted Dandelion Root
0.50 ounces Cinnamon Bark Chips
0.50 ounces Dried Ginger Root Chips
0.50 ounces Hulled (decorticated) Cardamom Seeds
0.50 ounces Star Anise Pods
2 to 4 drops Cardamom Essential Oil



Method:

Crush the herbs and spices a bit in a mortar & pestle or blend 1 to 2 seconds in a seed mill.
Place the tea blend in a small glass jar with an air-tight lid.
Drop the cardamom essential oil onto the tea blend, seal jar tightly, and shake well.
Let the flavors blend in the tightly sealed jar for a time, before brewing into a tea.

Store air-tight in a cool dark place.



To Brew Herbal Tea:

Bring purified water to a boil in a stove-top kettle.
Place 1 to 2 teaspoons desired loose leaf herbal tea blend into a cup.
Pour about 1 cup boiling water over the herbs and cover the cup.
Allow to steep 5 minutes.
Strain and sweeten if desired.
Enjoy!


Sun Tea Preparation:

Fill a 1/2-gallon jar with purified water.
Fill a reusable tea bag with desired herbal tea formula (or pour herbs in jar and just strain out later).
Set the jar outside in the sunshine for 6 hours or so.
Chill the tea.


Tips:

You may use a bamboo tea strainer or Tea-ball to make straining your teas a snap.

At our house, we use a French coffee press to make bigger batches of tea - it works great!

Enjoy this herbal blend hot or iced.

Enjoy a cup on cold winter mornings and evenings to chase away the winter chill. They also help chase away colds and are so comforting. Try adding a squeeze of lemon and raw honey when serving. Or make it sugar-free by sweetening with Stevia Glycerite (recipe on this blog). About 4 drops Stevia Glycerite is all you need to sweeten your mug of herbal tea! We find that a cup of hot herbal tea helps us relax before bedtime.

During the heat of summer, try brewing as a sun tea, and then serve chilled with some Stevia Glycerite to lightly sweeten, maybe a splash of lemon or lime and lots of ice. Iced herbal tea makes a great thirst quencher and is so much better for your family than sugar-filled sodas, and such.

To your health,

Leila

Sleep Well Tea - Herbal tea formula #9 in a series - Designed for a deep restful sleep.

Time for Tea

Sleep Well Tea


This is the ninth in a series of herbal tea recipes I created and have posted on this blog. I hope you enjoy them all.

Sleep Well Tea: I designed this soothing and gentle tea to help relax you and ease you into a deep restful sleep. It has a delightful lemon flavor and is mildly cooling on the throat. Enjoy this tea anytime you want some comfort.


SLEEP WELL TEA Formula:

0,60 ounces (1/2 c.) Dried chamomile Flowers
0.40 ounces (6 T.) Dried Passion Flower Leaves
0.25 ounces (1/4 c.) Dried Lemongrass
0.25 ounces (5 T.) Dried Spearmint Leaves
0.20 ounces (2 T.) Dried Skullcap
0.20 ounces (5 ml) Organic Lemon Essential Oil


Method:

Measure all the ingredients by weight, even the lemon essential oil.

Place all the dried herbs in a small glass jar with an air-tight lid.
Drop the lemon essential oil onto the herbs, seal jar tightly, and shake well.
Let the flavors blend in the tightly sealed jar for a time, before brewing into a tea.

Store air-tight in a cool dark place.


To Brew Herbal Tea:

Bring purified water to a boil in a stove-top kettle.
Place 1 to 2 teaspoons desired loose leaf herbal tea blend into a cup.
Pour about 1 cup boiling water over the herbs and cover the cup.
Allow to steep 5 minutes.
Strain and sweeten if desired.
Enjoy!


Sun Tea Preparation:

Fill a 1/2-gallon jar with purified water.
Fill a reusable tea bag with desired herbal tea formula (or pour herbs in jar and just strain out later).
Set the jar outside in the sunshine for 6 hours or so.
Chill the tea.


Tips:

You may use a bamboo tea strainer or Tea-ball to make straining your teas a snap.

At our house, we use a French coffee press to make bigger batches of tea - it works great!

Enjoy this herbal blend hot or iced.

Enjoy a cup on cold winter mornings and evenings to chase away the winter chill. They also help chase away colds and are so comforting. Try adding a squeeze of lemon and raw honey when serving. Or make it sugar-free by sweetening with Stevia Glycerite (recipe on this blog). About 4 drops Stevia Glycerite is all you need to sweeten your mug of herbal tea! We find that a cup of hot herbal tea helps us relax before bedtime.

During the heat of summer, try brewing as a sun tea, and then serve chilled with some Stevia Glycerite to lightly sweeten, maybe a splash of lemon or lime and lots of ice. Iced herbal tea makes a great thirst quencher and is so much better for your family than sugar-filled sodas, and such.

To your health,

Leila