Jicama/Cucumber Salad

This salad is perfect for spring! The sweetness of the jicama and the sour taste of lemon are a great combination. Really refreshing. I randomly came up with this "salad" when those were the only three ingredients I happened to have on hand- plus I am totally obsessed with lemons so I use them every chance I get!

Half of a medium sized jicama
Half of a large cucumber
One lemon

With a vegetable peeler, peel both cucumber and jicama into thin strips as shown in the picture.
Squeeze the lemon juice on top and add some salt
or chili powder! A really refreshing treat!

New Raw SesameTreat

Okay so I recently came across a recipe for these "sesame ball" things that are commonly found in asian restauants.

they look something like this image to the left

so after some careful research and adaptations to the raw versions I found I created my own! Mine are filled with a honey/date paste, rather than the traditional asian bean paste. They were so good even my SAD mom liked them! Not only did she like them but she ate all the ones I made and asked me to make more, but tahini is expensive so I told her maybe for mothers day haha!!





Recipe & Instructions

Dough

• 1 Tbls. Coconut oil
• 2-3 Dates
• 1/3 Tahini
• 2 1/2 Tbls. Honey

Filling

• 4 Dates
• 1 Tbls. Honey

When making the dough you want to get a small food processor and throw everything in it. Process it until its as processed as it can be! Then place it on a flat surface on top of some cling/plastic wrap and roll it out with a rolling pin until its pretty thin. Cut into squares similar to ravioli but a little bit smaller. Next process filling and put a teaspoon of it in the center of each square. After that fold the sides over and roll the squares into little balls. Then just roll them in a bunch of sesame seeds whatever color you would like and tah-dah YOUR DONE!! simple right?

The Pictures

Pepinos Con Limon

So my family has had this snack recipe for generations. I just never thought of it as raw before... although all the ingredients are raw, as a kid it was just good stuff. So heres the recipe and a picture coming soon!

1 peeled cucumber
2 lemons cut in half
salt

Cut the cucumber into slices as you would for a salad just a bit thinner
and put them in a bowl
Squeeze the lemon juice on top and then add as much salt as you would like!

The flavors go so well together!