School's out today!

I've been crazy busy...I am helping to coordinate a fundraiser. A family that used to be in my oldest son's class, was involved in an explosion. This event sounds unbelievable, but it's true. This event really made me take stock and just appreciate and be humbled by the fact that things can be changed in a moments noticed..

check out this website..  www.caringbridge.org/visit/jrlitehiser

This guy sustained 80% of his body burned, 70% of his burns were 2nd and 3rd degree burns..He has  a wonderful wife and two lovely children..It just made me think, hard and long about how our life can change in an instant.

This Saturday, June 14th is a  garage sale with 50% of the benefits to go towards the J.R. Litehiser fund. 

I organized the bake sale portion with 100% of the profits to go to the fund. I am anticipating a huge turnout..

I spent hours e-mailing people encouraging them to come and support this event,,

Please help me to help this family contact me at jenreed1023@gmail.com or donate to any U.S. Bank under the account of J.R Litehiser.

Thanks,

Jen Reed

P.S. recipes to come soon..I promise..

Going to Michael Franti on Friday the 23 of May!

This week has been good. I get to go to Michael Franti and Spearhead tomorrow night at the amphitheater here. I am so excited about that. I contacted his people to see if they wanted any raw food. 

Well this week I created a couple of desserts one was an oat groat crust with raw chocolate on top. Here is the recipe;

Oatmeal Chocolate Bars

1 Cup almond meal

1 Cup raw oat groats, soaked for 12 hours and rinsed a few times

2 Tbl. almond butter

2 Tbl. cashew butter

1 Tbl. tahini

2 Tbl. agave

2 Tbl. coconut oil

1/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. vanilla extract

Raw chocolate sauce either the one from raw food real world or whichever one you choose.

Mix everything but the raw chocolate in a food processor until blended well. Spread 3/4 of the mixture in a 8 x 8 glass pyrex dish and dehydrate for 5 hours at 105 degrees. Put the 1/4 of oat mixture aside. After the Oat mix comes out of the dehydrator spread the raw chocolate sauce on top and sprinkle remaining oat mixture on top. Place in the fridge until set up and then eat.

I have had a busy week..

Wow, I've been really busy lately. I have tried some new recipes out lately. One in particular that is really good is raw vegan crab cakes by Cherie Soria. I will find it and put a link to it. Oh my god you would think you were eating a crab cake, unless someone told you otherwise. I also made some raw tartar sauce out of cashews and wasabi powder and some capers which are not raw, but really added to the taste of the tartar sauce. I also made the white chocolate strawberry tart by Vanessa Sherwood and topped it off with fresh strawberries and bananas and raw chocolate sauce. It tasted like a banana split. I also made a raw carrot cake out of the juicing pulp I had leftover, and made a cashew lemon coconut frosting, it turned out good. I picked up another client..Yeah! I will post some photos and recipes one day this week..Take Care, Jen

Kale Salad with Sour Cherries

I recently created this recipe, because I had a bunch of kale I didn't know what to do with. This is a great way to get your dark leafy greens. Many people who say the hate kale like this recipe.

Kale Salad With Sour Cherries

1 Bunch Lacinto (Dinosaur) Kale, or any kale will do, remove the hard middle stem  and chop into small strips.

1 Cup Dried Sour Cherries

Cilantro Pesto

1 Cup Cilantro, stems included

1/2 Cup Pumpkin Seeds

1/4 Cup Olive Oil

1 Clove of Garlic, green part removed, then press it through a garlic press

1/2 tsp. Himalayan Salt

1 Tbl. Lemon Juice

Place cilantro, pumpkin seeds, olive oil, garlic, salt and lemon juice into food processor, blend until slightly chunky. Place into a large bowl with chopped kale, now massage the shit out of the kale with the pesto on it, for about 5 minutes or less. Then add in the dried sour cherries and stir it all together. Makes enough for 4 people. Lasts for about 5 days in the fridge.

I just got back from Portland, Oregon..

I had so much fun with my friends..What a great trip. Lots of shopping at thrift stores, Buffalo Exchange, Nordstrom Rack, and many other cool shops. Stayed up way to late and ate too much food that was not raw, and boy can you notice the difference. My stomach stayed bloated the whole time, my fault though. I had this really good meal at Typhoon it was drunken noodles which were these really wide rice noodles, with this wicked good spicy sauce and a whole bunch of vegetables and little pieces of tofu in it. Oh my gosh it was so good. Today I will be back to normal, making my green smoothie and eating raw and healthy again. Todays menu for my clients is beet ravioli with cashew ricotta(from raw food, real world), with a sundried tomato sauce on the top, and pad thai(today when I make this, I will measure it out, and repost with the recipe). It is such a great quick and easy meal. 

Take Care, 

Jen

I still can't find my camera..

I am so bummed. I have visualized myself finding it. I know I still will but it's frustrating. I just created corn fritters with mango salsa, pad thai, falafel, and this great kale salad that I could have photographed. I need to measure out some of the stuff I made so that I can post the recipes on here I will try to do that next week. I go to Portland, Oregon this week with my friend Faith of Leaf and Petal, and a couple of other ladies. This is going to be so fun. A girls weekend. I will get to see my old boss Lynette (aka Nettie Von Glutenstein), that I just love to bits. Also I will get to visit some other friends that live there like my sweet friend Brandi that just moved up their she used to work at Deschutes Brewery here and is transferring to the Brewery in the Pearl District, also I will get to see Colleen and Alex. I am so excited. I will blog more tomorrow when I have more time. 

Take Care,

Jen

I have had a great week.

Well Monday is my busy raw food preparation day. I have one client that orders 3 raw lunches with soups and salads and 2 entrees for pick up on Mondays.  Now I have another lady that does the same thing. This is the first time I have prepared so much raw food in one day. My other busy day is Wednesdays. 

But on Monday I was rushing to be done by 4:00pm , usually I am not done until 5:00. On Monday, Bill Clinton was here in Bend, Oregon and I really wanted to hear him speak. I couldn't leave until my new client came to pick up her food. So I am rushing and hurrying I get to Bend High School where he is speaking it is about 5:15 p.m., the line down the street must have a thousand or more people in it. I get in line, and it seems like the line is moving pretty quickly. Well with about 75 people ahead to go, someone comes out and says, "that they can't take anyone else". Well I already waited a half an hour so, I head near the door, just to see if they will let me in. A lady from the Clinton team came out and said, "that if we all wanted to move over to this one area, Bill Clinton would be out in  a little bit to say, "hello to us"." So a group of us just stood their waiting. We were all laughing and joking. It was freezing cold and I had left the house in such a hurry, that I was wearing capri pants with just a light sweater and it was for sure at least 4o degrees. So we waited and waited and by 8:30 p.m., Bill Clinton came outside, now I was about an arms length distance and I got a handshake. Woop Woop! You hear that, a freaking handshake, he almost grazed my boob when he went to shake another persons hand. I almost got a boob graze by Bill Clinton, but I was stoked on the handshake. The really cool thing is when I got there that night I said to myself "I am getting a handshake", power of intention people, it really works. Even though I was chilled to the bone, not even the hot tub warmed me up, it was worth it. And to my fellow outside people that I was waiting with, what a bunch of lovely people. We were laughing and snuggling up just to get warm. It warmed my heart to see so many Democrats in Bend. Because this is really a Republican town, and sometimes you feel as if you are a tiny minority. I have got to say though, people in Bend are just so nice. That is why I love living here. Good People. Go Hillary!

So yesterday I prepared Pad Thai, Falafel and Taco's with Pineapple Salsa. Everything turned out so good. I wish I could find my camera. I have searched high and low for it. Where could it be? I am going to use the power of intention to find that camera, by the time this day is done, I will find that camera, you'll see.. The Pad Thai I made with Limes, Almond Butter, Ginger, Garlic, Red Pepper Flakes, Yacon Syrup, Nama Shoyu, Olive Oil, Cilantro and a little seaweed. I made the noodles from zucchini and carrot. It turned out really lovely when I make it again I will measure everything out and post the recipe on here. So check back, because these 3 recipes were really good. Well I am off to take a run. It's shaping up to be a nice day. 

Take Care,

Jen