Stuffed Portabella Mushrooms

I had a chance to stop into Access to Organics today and pick up a few items; raw organic shredded coconut, raw organic brazil nuts, raw organic macadamia nuts, organic green beans, and organic baby portabella mushrooms. They had a great price on baby portabella mushrooms, $7 per lb (publix's price equals out to be $16 per lb). If you live local I suggest you check them out (www.accesstoorganics.com)

Stuffed Raw Baby Portabella Mushrooms

1.) 16-20 baby portabella mushrooms
2.) 3-4 Tbsp cold pressed extra virgin olive oil


FILLING
1.) 1/2 cup raw organic pistachios (soaked for 4 hrs or longer)
2.) 1/2 cup raw organic brazil nuts (soaked for 4 hrs or longer)
3.) 1/2 cup organic fresh basil (chopped)
4.) 2 cloves organic fresh garlic (chopped)
5.) 1/2 tsp Himalayan sea salt

TOPPING
sun dried tomatoes

Clean and de-stem mushrooms.
Put in a glass bowl & toss with 3-4 Tbsp olive oil, set aside
In a food processor mix all filling ingredients except the nuts. Blend into a dark green paste.
Rinse and drain the soaked nuts, then add to the filling mixture in the food processor.
Blend until desired texture (kind of creamy)
Spoon filling into mushroom caps and top with a sun dried tomato.

*** I had bought 16 mushrooms today and had some filling left over***

Sprouts are ready to eat!!!

Sprouting success!!!

After taking my sprouts out of the sprouting jar and putting them in a large glass pan in the sun for a few hours their leaves turned green and they were ready to eat. For lunch I made lettuce wraps with the fresh organic romaine that I bought from Access to Organics. I filled them with shreds of cuke, shreds of carrot, diced tomato, avocado, sunflower seed, pecans, fresh dill, green olives, and my delicious home grown sprouts!

I would say I have enough sprouts to last about 3 days, which works out great because 3 days is about how long it takes to sprout more. I have already started my 2nd batch, this time I'm trying red clover.

Also today I made Raw Chocolate and it is so yummy! Here's the recipe (everything being raw & organic) ;

1/2 cup cacao powder

1/2 cup coconut oil

1/4 cup almond butter

1/4 cup agave nectar

1/2 cup almonds

3 tbsp sunflower seeds

mix coconut oil, cacao powder, and agave nectar in a glass bowl.

Add almond butter and mix well.

Chop almonds & sunflower seeds in food processor until desired size, then add to "chocolate" mixture.

Lightly grease a glass pan with a little coconut oil. Spread chocolate mixture into pan and put in the fridge until semi-firm. Remove from fridge and cut into bite sized pieces.

Keep chocolate refrigerated until ready to eat.

**Coconut oil becomes a liquid in the Florida heat and will make a runny mess if left out on the counter.

Today's Adventure

ughhh.....I was so excited this morning to meet up with the local organic farmer that I met last Saturday. After dropping the kiddies off at school I headed straight to Deland. The place was a MAD HOUSE!!! I was not able to find my farmer. There were several produce tables set up with very reasonable prices on their goods, but after walking around and observing for about 45 minutes I decided to leave empty handed. I wouldn't call the morning a complete loss, I had a nice walk and got my daily does of vitamin D from the Florida sunshine.

After leaving the farmer's market I headed to a newly opened organic store in Daytona, called Access to Organics (http://www.accesstoorganics.com/). I heard about this little place at the raw food class last week. I must say I'm kinda lovin the place!! The owner, Richard Buffington, was super nice. He spent a good hour talking to me about everything from sprouting, to juicing, to recipes, etc... I left feeling much more knowledgeable and with some great items in my hand.

For years I have wanted to grow my own sprouts. At the raw food class last week they told us how easy of a process it is, they even sent each of us home with a container of almost ready sprouts. All we had to do was take them home, rinse them, drain them, then do the same the following morning and they would be ready to eat. I ended up throwing mine away a few days later because they looked different than the typical alfalfa sprouts that I am used to, I wasn't quite sure how to eat them and they started smelling a little rancid. Richard was able to get me up with a glass sprouting jar that had a mesh lid for drainage, organic sprouting seeds, and fool proof directions on how to sprout. If all works out as planned I should be enjoying my sprouts in a few days.

Access to Organics is a must see for anyone local who is interested in eating more healthy. They sell a nice selection of organic veggies, organic raw seasoning, seeds, books, and even gardening supplies. The owner is very sweet and you can see his kindness gleaming in his eyes. They even offer the occasional educational class for people who are just getting started and looking for guidance.