My menu is now being heavily influenced by the produce we are getting from the CSA. Normally I don’t care for beets very much but we have gotten a bunch of them each week from the farm. I haven’t really ever liked them cooked but I’m finding that juiced they are pretty good. On the other hand I LOVE tatsoi and thankfully the farm grows it. I have always loved to stir fry the tatsoi either in a peanut sauce or in just a little soy sauce but since I am going for 100% raw I adapted the recipe.
My morning green juice included some of the collards and beets from the CSA. It wasn’t as sweet as I normally like it and due the beets it was very deep redish brown color but it was still really good and it had me energized all through the day!
I also had my first young thai coconut today. I know it is crazy I’ve been eating rawish for about 2 years and never had one before. To be honest I didn’t care for it very much. The meat was ok but the milk was just… ick but very refreshing all at the same time. My daughter seemed to like the milk and I gave most of it to her. It was fun trying to get into it but I think I broke my knife. haha I know people rave about it and love it so if you haven’t tried it you should. It just isn’t for me.
Menu plan:
Breakfast: green juice (7 collard leaves, 1/2 head romaine, 1 lemon, 1 inch ginger, 1 beet with tops, 2 apples)
Lunch: Creamy Cucumber Avocado Soup
Dinner: Peanut Tatsoi Stir Fry
“Peanut” Tatsoi “Stir Fry”- Raw vegan (contains nuts)
I feel like this whole title should be in quotations since it actually contains no peanuts and it isn’t actually fried. HAHA Maybe it needs a new name…
1/2 cup of Natalia Rose’s Amazing Raw “Peanut” Sauce
3 cups of tatsoi, thinly sliced
carrots, thinly sliced
zuccini, thinly sliced
broccoli stems, thinly sliced
purple cabbage, thinly sliced
Mix together vegetables and top with Raw Sauce. Enjoy.
Natalia Rose’s Amazing Raw “Peanut” Sauce
1 cup raw almond butter
2 tbls fresh ginger
1/2 cup water
4 tbls fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
3 tbls nama Shoyu soy sauce
4 teas sesame oil
2-3 garlic cloves
1/2 serrano or jalapeno chile
Blend all ingredients at high speed until smooth.
April 17, 2009 at 11:20 pm
LOVE Natalia Rose’s peanut sauce!
Confession: I have never encountered a tatsoi. In fact, I’ve never even heard of one until now. Have I been living under a rock?
April 17, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Honestly I never had either till I started 3 seasons ago with the local CSA. It is kind of like a bok choy. I wasn’t raw when I first found it and I just lightly sauteed it in soy sauce with garlic and onion and I fell in love! It tastes great in salads but smothered in this “peanut” sauce it is finger licking good.
I love this sauce so much though that I think I would pour it on most anything that would sit still long enough. haha
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May 13, 2012 at 10:46 pm
Just tried this and yes you could put that peanut sauce on anything. I unfortunately had to use actual peanut butter since I’m allergic to almonds, but it was fantastic.