Savory Green Italian Crackers

2 onions, shredded
4 cups sunflower seeds, soaked overnight
1 tbs. mineral-rich salt
3 tbs. nutritional flakes
1 bunch fresh basil or 1 tbs. dried
1 tbs. Chlorella Powder
1 bunch parsley
8 oz. Sundried Heirloom Tomatoes, soaked 30 minutes (save water)
2 3/4 cups tomato soak water
8 fresh rosemary twigs
1 bunch fresh spinach
2 cloves garlic
1 tbs miso
2 lemons, juiced
1/4 cup olive oil
1 cup flax or Chia Seeds, ground

Place shredded onions in a very large mixing bowl.

Place half of the soaked sunflower seeds in a food processor and process until broken down. Add salt, nutritional flakes, basil and chlorella. Process again, adding tomato water as needed to facilitate smooth processing. Remove this mixture and add to the onions.

Without cleaning the processor add the remaining sunflowers seeds and process. Add parsley and rosemary, process adding tomato water as needed. Add spinach and process until smooth. Add this mixture to the mixing bowl.

Again, without cleaning the processor, add garlic, miso, lemon juice, olive oil and soaked tomatoes. Process, adding tomato water as needed, until smooth. Add this mixture to the mixing bowl. Also add the ground flax or chia.

Mix everything, using your hands works best, adding additional tomato water to facilitate blending. Once it is well mixed spread onto teflex sheets. I usually fill about 5 trays but you can make your crackers thinner or thicker depending on your preference. Dehydrate at 115 for 3 hours. Score each sheet of crackers to desired size/shape and transfer off of the teflex sheet and dehydrate for another 12 hours or until dry and crispy.

With this recipe I chose to use the pulp leftover from carrot juice as a substitute for hard-boiled eggs and made a cashew based dressing in place of mayonnaise. This would be great in a nori roll or served on bread or crackers. I ate it served with kale salad and quinoa. If I had any lacto-fermented cucumbers on hand I would have chopped some of those up and added those as well!

Curried Cashew Carrot Salad

1 cup Really Raw Cashews, soaked
pulp from 1.5 lbs. juiced carrots
1 tsp. turmeric
2 tsp. curry powder
1 tsp. dried wakame
1 lemon, juiced
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tbs. olive oil
1/4 cup water
2 stalks celery, finely chopped
1/2 tsp. tamari

Place everything in a food processor except for the carrot pulp and chopped celery. Blend until smooth and creamy. Place carrot pulp, celery and dressing into a bowl. Mix until well-combined.

Wild Jungle Peanut Slaw

Dressing:
1 container Wild Jungle Peanut Butter
1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
3 tbs. Styrian Pumpkin Seed Oil
3 tbs. raw honey or other sweetener
2 tbs. nama shoyu, wheat-free tamari or miso
2 tbs. apple cider vinegar
1 inch chunk fresh ginger, peeled and chopped
zest from one orange
1 dried chipotle pepper soaked in 1/2 cup of water, remove seeds from soft pepper
1/2 tsp. mineral-rich salt

Add all ingredients to a high-speed blender. Blend on high until well-combined and creamy.

Assembly:
1 mango, peeled and sliced
1 bunch cilantro, minced
1 cucumber, seeds removed & sliced
1 red pepper, sliced
1 head green cabbage, finely chopped
Wild Jungle Peanuts for garnish

Add dressing and everything except Wild Jungle Peanuts to a bowl. Toss well to combine. Serve with a sprinkle of Wild Jungle Peanuts.

If you eat cooked food the dressing goes extremely well with baked sweet potatoes, but then what doesn’t?