Did you see who won the giveaway? Congrats again.
The June issue of Eighty Percent Raw Magazine is out, including an article by yours truly.
Phil's been gone, hiking in the Chugach around Anchorage, for the past three days and I'm just getting ready for the long drive up to Anchorage to participate in the Poetry Event tonight. Making sure I've taken care of everything in the home and garden, am wearing the right clothes, have my poems ready, have all the errands lined out...
It feels like at any given moment in the last three days, I've been doing at least three things at once, except when I've been nose to nose with an urgent and very complex editing job. Tomorrow is the start of the Kachemak Bay Writers Conference back here in Homer: this time last year I had such a wonderful time (see this post, for example), so I'm prepared to be thoroughly excited, challenged, stimulated, bewildered, exhausted, exalted, every moment occupied. As soon as that finished, we're off to Oregon for a week.
In the midst of this whirlwind, my dehydrator arrived!
That same day, an order came in from the Raw Food World. I've been wanting a glass straw for ages, and am looking forward to using this one in a smoothie on my drive today. I got some dried mulberries, which are delightful, and I got some maca extreme to try. Tried a bite of it straight up: it was like biting into a radish! Maca is definitely a brassica! Which creates some cognitive dissonance for me: it's supposed to support thyroid function, and yet it belongs to a family of known goitrogens. Anyone care to enlighten me?
from them--they had a good offer on them. In another whirlwind of multitasking, I made this sauce for the kelp noodles last night: it definitely has potential, but needs some tweaking before I share up.
Please let me know your favorite dehydrator recipes and uses: what must I make?
Congratulations on being the proud owner of your new dehydrator! Safe journeys, and I hope the Poetry Event and the Writers Conference provide you with all you hope for and then some. Kale chips are a favorite treat for me. I also really enjoy making my own homemade banana and plantain chips - warming up marinated portobello mushroom "steaks" is fun and delicious, too Mindy
ReplyDelete80% raw mag is back, with you in it? Awesome!
ReplyDeletedid you read what Kevin Gianni said about raw maca? That got me thinking too. I don't do a lot of it, and certainly not alone. I am not a big fan of the flavor.
What to make in the D: kale chips, raw crackers, raw biscotti, cookies, dehydrate herbs....the list goes on and on.
You're going to love that dehydrator! I am big fan of raw granolas, flax crackers, flax crepes...yum.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your ride up to Anchorage and the Poetry event.
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Congrats on the article in 80 Percent Raw! What a great place to share your parsnippy cheesecake.
ReplyDeleteYou know, when we talked about goitrogens at Living Light I found myself asking that same question about maca. The Dinas said there is not, as of yet, any reliable evidence that maca does anything for thyroid function.
Hey Mindy, thanks for the good wishes and dehydrator ideas. Plantain/banana chips sound so yummy. I really want to try making kale chips but with nettles too. Poetry stuff--in the midst, overwhelming, cloud nine!
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Bitt--thanks, and yes, I did see Kevin G's thoughts and it coincided with my same wonderings about the goitrogen thing. I really do like the taste of maca though, but maybe not the 'extreme' stuff.
ReplyDeleteI was hoping for specific 'must make' recipe suggestions for dehydrating. I think I particularly need a good cracker recipe: a big part of the reason I got it was to make crackers for Phil, who loves them super-crunchy. My first attempt, using whole, soaked corn, turned out surprisingly unflavorful for how much spice I put, and not crunchy enough for him (tho' it has to be said, our friend who tried them thought they were great!)
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Thanks, Lisa--I'm so looking forward to having some focused space to actually get used to making goodies in the dehydrator: doing it on multitask at warp speed isn't the best intro! Raw crepes is a good thought.
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Hey, thanks, Amber, and thanks for taking a peek at the article!
ReplyDeleteThat's so interesting to hear the Dinas' perspective on maca--I love to hear all the snippets about your course there that you care to divulge.
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Hope the poetry reading was fantastic, and that you enjoyed all of your dehydrated goodies. If you have the Delightfully Raw e-book I can recommend all of the dehydrated crackers and kale chip recipes. You are going to have so much fun.
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