Raw food hmm delicious

So i have a bit of a raw food obsession at the moment and i find myself checking raw food websites and trawling through these to find new, yummy and exciting recipes. I think this has been prompted by how incredible i have been feeling eating predominately raw food for the last few months. Who would have thought that you could feel so totally amazing,vibrant,happy and zinging with health and energy from eating green smoothies and the like. Ok it's not that extraordinary if you think about it seeing as these foods are living natural foods with all their enzymes still intact but the great thing is that it's not boring and restrictive it actually feels quite the opposite and the more i do it the more i love this way of eating because of the way it makes me feel AND i find myself craving greens, a great result i think.

Anyway here are a couple of recipes that i have tried out recently and love:

Raw Chocolate Cake - Yum
for the base
4 tablespoons cocoa powder
4 tablespoons carob powder
1/2 cup hazelnuts
1/3 cup honey or agave syrup
1/4 cup coconut
pinch himalayan sea salt
optional 1 tablespoon tahini

blend until dough like, press into flan tin and chill in the fridge for 1 hour

for the filling

4 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 tablespoons carob powder
1/2 cup honey or agave syrup
1 cup coconut
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
optional 1 tablespoon tahini

blend til smooth, pour on top of base and spread evenly,chill in fridge for 1 hour.

serve with berries, oranges, raw icecream


THAI COLESLAW

1/2 cup raw cashews
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 tablespoons chopped ginger
1/2 tablespoon red chilli (or a couple of pinches if you don't like it too hot)
1 1/2 tablespoons tamari
1 cup peanut butter or tahini
1/2 head white cabbage
1/2 head red cabbage
1/2 cup grated carrots
1 ripe mango diced
1 handful parsley/spinach
himalayan salt
2 tablespoons honey

blend: honey,lemon juice, chilli,peanut or tahini and water if nescessary to thin.

mix finely chopped cabbage and diced mango with blended dressing, add raw cashews, parsley/spinach and enjoy.