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So it makes perfect sense that among desserts, raw pasta is one of my favourite meals. I prefer it made with zucchini, although bell peppers, yams, carrots and other veggies work well too. I also love it with a creamy sauce and a bit of spice.It's so satisfying, nutrient-dense, low-calorie and RAW, in every sense of the word.
I don't really use recipes when preparing raw food (as you probably know by now) so for the following recipes, feel ABSOLUTELY FREE to play them with them as you like. There's endless possibilities for sauce ideas - just like for smoothies and salads. The combinations are infinite.
For the pasta: use any wide, fairly long vegetable - zucchini is the perfect example - and slice it on your spiral slicer or mandoline, into noodles. Set aside. Now for the sauce =)
Avocado Hemp Sauce:
1/2 avocado
1 clove garlic
3 Tb tamari
Water or non-dairy milk, as needed
Salt & pepper, add other spices if you wish
2 Tb hemp seeds
Blend all ingredients except hemp seeds until smooth. See if you like the taste and consistency. Stir in hemp seeds and pour over noodles. Let them sit for a few minutes, then enjoy! I like to add hot sauce and raw marinated veggies.
Garlic Miso Sauce:
2-3 Tb miso
1 clove garlic
2 Tb tamari
1-2 Tb rice vinegar
1-2 Tb almond butter
2 Tb black sesame seeds
Water as needed
Blend all ingredients except sesame seeds until smooth. See if you like the taste and consistency. Stir in sesame seeds and pour over noodles. Let sit for a few minutes then eat it up! This recipe is good with broccoli.
Spicy Asian-y Sauce:
1 Tb mustard
1 Tb miso
1 Tb nut butter
2 Tb nutritional yeast
Salt & Pepper
A few drops of hot sauce
1/8 t cayenne/chili powder
I also add hemp seeds and other spices if I want
Blend all the ingredients until
smooth, adding water as need to make it creamy. This time, I added black
sesame seeds at the end to add some contrast. Do whatever floats your
boat!

thank you :) I think I will try the avocado-hemp sauce first !!:)
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DeleteOkay - it is offical I NEED to get a spiral slicer so I can make every single one of these dishes you post - um the avocado hemp sauce, all I would need is a straw, forget the noodles!
ReplyDeleteLOL same here!! I can seriously just eat spoonfuls of the sauce. YES! Get one asap. They're not even too expensive, and so versatile.
DeleteOh my goodness I'm so glad I found your blog, I'm drooooling here! Thank you so much for sharing your amazing recipes xoxo
ReplyDeletehaha thank YOU, olivia. im very happy to hear you like my little internet existence.
DeleteThese look just fabulous! Just curious as to whether you recommend a particular spiral slicer? I've read reviews, which just made me decide that I couldn't make a proper decision =)
ReplyDeleteThank you!
thanks! the one i use and also recommend is the spriooli (although i don't think it's called that anymore:
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If you let these "pasta" dishes sit in the fridge for a few days, does it soften up the "pasta" a bit? If not, what do you suggest? I would like it to be closer to the consistency of pasta and not a salad. I know this may not be possible- but I thought I would ask.
ReplyDeleteThey do soften =D
DeleteJust.. Wow! I am so doing this for lunch tomorrow! Thank you for great inspiration! :-)
ReplyDeleteDiscovered your site a few days ago and have been absolutely hooked since. I even bought the equipment formerly known as spirooli today. Carb has always been my downfall but seeing your fabulous recipes make me even more determined to change my (and my family's) eating habits. Do you use miso paste or powder? Does it matter if I use nutritional yeast flakes or powder? I'm in Australia so I don't know what is available here since I've never even heard of nutritional yeast! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I have always used miso paste. And I've never really cared whether it's flakes or powder so no worries there. Cheers! Em
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