Walnut Cheeze

Listen guys, I enjoy healthy food as much as one possibly could. I think I eat a pretty healthily, but this week I figured I would push things just way over the edge to make up for my less than stellar week last week. I've been adding to my blogroll recently - and added Choosing Raw which has a lot of healthy raw vegan recipes. Pretty much my first day of subscribing THIS recipe for Raw Vegan Walnut Cheeze. I had ll of the ingredients, so I figured "what the hell?"



The taste is very flavorful, almost like worchestershire sauce is added in. I've been eating it as Gena, the blog author did, as apple and cheeze wraps within romaine lettuce leaves. Oh yes, this is pure raw rabbit food, but surprisingly filling. It hopefully offset the Mellow Mushroom Pizza and Rogue Brothers beer I drank last night. Whoops!



Notice the lunch at my desk - yes, I work while I eat. I have got to graduate!

Chocolate Chia Pudding

I love chocoate, and I am always open to new ways to get low-calorie chocolate sources into my diet. I found this recipe here, on Love Veggies and Yoga. There's nothing to it - chia seeds, almond milk, stevia and cocoa powder. Put it in the fridge overnight and you have a snack full of omega-3's and almost devoid of all calories. Yay!




Notice that the pudding slid to one side of my container during its transport to work. Look closely and you can see how I spend my lunch- reading journal articles!

Salty Chocolate Balls

My very favorite show, since I was in 5th grade, has been South Park.

One of my favorite South Park memories of all time is Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls. The song makes me crack up every time I hear it.

Well - I have been making raw balls for snacks for the past two weeks or so. One batch goes a long way. I wanted some sweetness after my healthy day - so I decided I would make a batch. Today I found that I only had 3 dates left- and the only nuts I had were salted. Hence, the chocolate salty balls. My recipe:

1/2 cup salted nuts
3 dates
2 Tbsp natural peanut butter (I grind my own at Whole Foods)
1 Tbsp dark cocoa powder

Get out your food processor, and process each ingredient in succession (first nuts, then add dates, PB, and powder). They take about 3 minutes total to make. If they are not sweet enough, add a squirt of agave nectar to your balls. Ta-da! Chocolate salty balls that Chef would approve of. Pop them in the freezer, then pop them into your mouth.

Say everybody have you seen my balls
They're big and salty and brown
If you ever need a quick pick me up
Just stick my balls in your mouth.

Oooo suck on my chocolate salted balls

Stick em in your mouth, and suck em