Well today was COLD! I started having some thoughts about warm soups and hot bread-that was happening while I was sitting at a cold soccer game. Then I came home and threw together a slammin' 'taco' salad which squashed those ugly cooked food thoughts!!

Breakfast: banana smoothie (sweetened with dates) spiced up with cinnamon/nutmeg YUMM!Lunch: big salad
Dinner: 'taco' salad-Usually I make the walnut 'meat' with cumin and spices. Well I did not have walnuts today, I have almonds! So I used those instead AND I added some green chiles -I have to say that it was really good. I added a scoop on top of a bed of lettuce and added some spicy salsa and MM MM good!

Recipe:
1 cup of almonds
1 cup of pecans
1 1/2 tsp cumin
cayenne to taste
3/4tsp to /1 tsp sea salt
green chile chopped (Add these after you mix the other ingredients in the processor)
garlic minced (I used 3 cloves)
olive oil (as needed to make it combine)
Green onions (about 4)-add these after you mix the other ingredients in the processor
Liquid smoke (just a drop)
**As aways, add spices to your taste-you can usually use smell to tell if it is spiced up enough.
Process all ingredients in your food processor (I used my vita mix as a chopper)

NOTE-to me this really looks like ground beef--Freaky!!!

This is a large batch that will last me for 3-4 or maybe even 5 days.

I still don't have an Excalibur but a friend of mine gave me her ronco dehydrator-unfortunately I read online that these can get up to about 130 degrees which makes it too hot for RAW uncooking (bummer). However I am still going to use it to see if I can make 'burgers' using the above 'meat' recipe. I am still planning in getting the biggie dehydrator later.

WELLNESS-my throat is feeling like crap-It's like I'm getting sick-It's probably due to the weather change. I'll be having some organic tea with lemon for that..

Peace:)