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Raw Vegan Cashew Ricotta Cheese

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Raw Vegan Cashew Ricotta Cheese

It’s day 8 of our 30 day raw vegan challenge! Wow, I can’t believe it’s been over a week already. We called this a challenge before we started because we had the perception this would be difficult. However, it has been extremely easy for both of us. The food we have been making has had amazing flavor and it is pretty healthy too! We wanted to make a raw lasagna but obviously we needed to develop this raw vegan cashew ricotta cheese recipe first. This recipe is based on our vegan tofu ricotta cheese recipe (click here to view recipe). We used cashews instead of tofu and made sure to leave anything out that might not be raw. It turned out to be so delicious we were dipping raw carrot sticks and our raw vegan flax seed crackers in it too! It is very quick and easy to make if you have a high powered blender like a Vitamix.

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Banana Basil Smoothie

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Banana Basil Smoothie Raw Vegan Recipe

Wow, day 6 already of our 30 day raw vegan challenge! We are both bouncing off the walls with energy! We have made so many great recipes already, I have no idea how we will ever find the time to share them all. So, why not post one today? Here is a recipe I made for our breakfast on day 3; a delicious banana basil smoothie. Somehow these two flavors compliment each other perfectly to make this a very tasty way to kick off your day. This recipe takes 5 minutes to make and another 2 minutes to wash your blender off. If you are in a hurry, this is the breakfast for you! Here is how I made it:

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Raw Vegan Flax Seed Crackers

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Raw Vegan Flax Seed Crackers Recipe

Here we are on day 5 of our 30 day raw vegan challenge! On the night before we started the challenge I prepared the mixture to make these raw vegan flax seed crackers and began dehydrating them in our convection oven at 35° Celsius (95° F). These can be made in a dehydrator or convection oven. I have had flax seed crackers before and love them! Athanasia did not like them at first but began to like them very much the second time she tried them. This recipe really turned out well.

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Strawberry Orange Smoothie – 30 Day Raw Vegan Challenge

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Strawberry Orange Smoothie

Back in 2007 my family and I became raw vegans. We obviously didn’t stay raw vegans over all these years, but I will never forget how healthy we all felt and looked. I have told Athanasia about this many times and she has read other raw vegan testimonies on the internet as well. So, we decided to create and take a 30 day raw vegan challenge for ourselves. We are going to share with you some of our thoughts, food cravings, results and recipes during this time period. We of course already have many raw vegan recipes posted on our site so we will be using a combination of those and some of our new recipes over the next month. After we are done, I will create a 30 day raw vegan challenge post to put all of our raw vegan recipes in in case anybody else out there wants to take a 30 day vegan challenge themselves. The most important thing to keep in mind during a personal challenge is you are doing it for yourself so stay strong! We kicked off our challenge with this delicious strawberry orange smoothie and it was perfect! It is very quick and easy to make as well.

Strawberry Orange Smoothie Raw Vegan Recipe
Served Ice Cold!

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Potato Salad

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Potato Salad

The lightest, tastiest, easiest potato salad with vegan mayo I have ever had 🙂 Only 4 basic ingredients! How cool is that? A cool dish for those warm days that are coming up. Top it with red or green onions, pickles, raw peppers or capers. Even multi-eyed monsters love it, as you can see in the photo below:

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Sheese Cheddar Vegan Cheeses Review

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Sheese Cheddar Vegan Cheese

In a trip to Bamboo Vegan a few months back we saw they now carry Sheese vegan dairy free cheeses. We had seen Sheese on the internet before but could not find a way to get it to us here in Greece. So, thank you Bamboo Vegan! In this review we will be taking a look at two different kinds of the Sheese cheddar vegan cheeses available.

Sheese Cheddar with Chives Product Review

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Vegan Super Bowl Snacks

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Vegan Super Bowl Snacks

It’s Super Bowl time so we wanted to post some ideas for vegan Super Bowl Snacks!

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Just Like Heaven Cream Pie

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just like heaven cream pie

Impress your guests with the most delicious pie we have ever made! We present the just like heaven cream pie:

Just Like Heaven Cream Pie Gourmet Vegan Gluten Free Dessert Recipe

We offered this pie to non-vegan friends and they are still thinking about it! I suppose that means it was pretty good. It’s a moral victory when people love what we make, especially if we are trying to show them we do not only eat salads! Continue reading Just Like Heaven Cream Pie →

Vegan Blue Cheese – Bleu Cheese

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Vegan Blue Cheese Gluten Free

They said vegan blue cheese could not be done, but here it is! To make it you will need a large mixing bowl to combine the following:

Grilled Italian Tofu

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Vegan Grilled Italian Tofu Chicken Recipe

I made this grilled Italian tofu last night and I still cannot believe how great it turned out! There are many ways to grill tofu, but this is the way that works best for me.  Continue reading Grilled Italian Tofu →