Purple Taco Shell

The idea was to make a SOFT tortilla shell. Silly me, forgetting that corn is crunchy, not flexible. I'd have to do some major tweaking to get a soft shell. We ended up with wonderful purple corn taco shells. We stuffed them with "refried beans" made with almonds which were amazing. Honesty, I don't think anyone would know they were not refried beans!  They certainly would never guess they were made with almonds! We also added Guacamole, Salsa and Mexican Veggies

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e-Book Sneak Preview

Living Pizza - I'm really looking forward to getting my first publication completed and available for download, however, my hard drive crashed and it's been a month of technical nightmares trying to get my laptop up and running again. After 5 days, my Carbonite restore is still only downloading empty folders and we are at about 20 percent now..(sigh). They've restarted it multiple times, only delaying the agony. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that in the next week..I'll be able to reorganize my folders, access my book files...and compete this project. In the meantime, here is a sneak preview of one of the goodies you will find in this upcoming book...Enjoy!

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Raw Tortilla Soup (Sans tortillas)

I came across this recipe, had all of the ingredients, except tortillas, and decided to make my first soup since I got the VitaBaby!  Instead of corn chips, we used corn kernels. Certainly not traditional dinner for Yom Kippur, but it worked for us. We added a yummy salad and threw in some of the leftover corn and cilantro, and dinner was divine!

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Raw Corn Chips/Taco Shells

These are great corn chips and on the mild side. Add  some fresh hot pepper or increase the hot chili powder to spice 'em up. I like them this way for nachos, as not to overpower the flavors of the other dishes.

These can be baked in a low temperature oven with the door open, but I've never tried it, and it's not very economical. I do love having a dehydrator for treats like this.

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Perfectly Purple Nachos

YUummmm! Pretty purple corn chips served with "refried beans", creamy cheese sauce, guacamole, salsa, sunflower seeds, olives, lettuce, scallions...
F A B U L O U S! 

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Purple Corn Chips

I bought purple corn just to make these. Well, look how pretty they are!. I mixed some yellow corn into the batter or they would have been even brighter. W, my professional taster said these are the B E S T corn chips I've made so far. Woohoo!

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Chinese Veggie Stir-Fry Surprise

And the surprise is..It's NOT stir-fried at all - It's RAW! One of W's favorite SAD meals is Chinese Stir-Fry, Spicy Garlic "Anything." I've been wondering if I could create a raw dish that resembled our Chinese stir-fry. Unbelievable! The veggies turn out brightly colored and crisp, yet tender. Perfect!

We made enough for 4 people and there was barely any left over! We both kept going back for more...and more..and more... Thumbs up on this one!

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Pleasingly Purple Smoothie

In keeping with the purple theme, and continuing to use the purple corn water, I made a refreshing "green" purple smoothie.  My professional taster, W, gave it a thumbs up!

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Jalapeno Corn Chips

from Raw Food Real World

I've seen this recipe posted in quite a few places and it's very popular. If you like a grainy, zippy chip, this is a great recipe. If you prefer a  more traditional ,"cornier" chip try this recipe.

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