Raw Thanksgiving Recipes

Thanksgiving can be a scary situation for vegans and vegetarians.  These recipes are easy and delicious, I am certain everyone at your feast will love them!

Festive Holiday Kale Salad:

You will need: a large bowl, a serving bowl, a blender, a cutting board, a knife, and people you really love to share this amazing dish with.

• 1-2 bunches of kale
• 2 pomegranates
• 1 bunch green onion (half chopped half blended)
• 1 large bunch dill (half chopped half blended)
• 1 bunch mint (half chopped half blended)
• 2 Tbs tahini (I used 2 Tbs hemp seeds)
• 2 cups currents or raisins (I didn’t use raisins at the demo)
• ½ cup pure lime juice
• ½ cup orange juice
• 4 dates
• 2 cups walnuts

1. Wash, de-stem, and schiffinade kale
2. Chop using either a food processor S blade, or a knife and cutting board, half of the bunches of scallion, dill, and mint
3. Deseed pomegranates (with a large spoon, banging on the outside of 1/2 of the fruit so the seeds just fall into your palm)
4. chop walnuts
5. Blend juice, dates, and the other half of the bunches of green onion, dill, and mint
6. Massage dressing into kale thoroughly with gloved or very very clean hands
7. Using tongs, mix in nuts and pomegranate seeds
8. Serve chilled ❤

Fully Raw Pumpkin Pie:

You will need: food processor S blade, pie plate, rubber spatula, and pumpkin lovers!

Ingredients

Crust

• ~1 lb dates
• 1.5-2 cups pecans
• 1-2 tsp Cinnamon
• 1 tsp vanilla

Pie Filling

• 2-3 cups pie pumpkin
• ~2 lbs dates
• Ginger, thimble sized piece
• ~168grams persimmon pulp
• 1-2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

Crust

1. Using food processor S blade, put pecans in first, then dates and cinnamon, and pulse and blend until desired crust texture
2. Take out the blade
3. Press all around pie crust

Pie Filling

1. Put pumpkin chunks and then dates, persimmon, cinnamon, ginger, and spice in vitamix, or food processor S blade
2. Blend until completely smooth
3. Rubber spatula into pie crust
4. Freeze to set (about 2 hours)

Cranberry Relish:

Ingredients

• 12 oz bag cranberries (1lb)
• 1-2 oranges, peeled and deseeded
• 5 dates

Steps:

1. Pit dates
2. Peel and deseed oranges
3. Put all ingredients into food processor
4. Process until desired smoothness
5. Rubber spatula into bowl, let chill

Watch Chef AJ!

Thank you to everybody who came!  What a wonderful crowd!  Hope to see you all and more at the Raw Desserts Demo: February 19, 2015!

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