From the category archives:

Sea Vegetables

Amuse Bouche Monday: Sweet Grape Tomato Tartare with Sea Lettuce, Ponzu

March 1, 2010
Sweet Grape Tomato Tartare with Sea Lettuce, Ponzu

Sweet grape tomatoes are minced into a “tartare” and simply dressed with ponzu, grated ginger, sesame seeds, and scallions on a piece of sea lettuce.

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Amuse Bouche Monday: Zucchini Pavé with Ume-Miso Sauce

February 15, 2010
Zucchini Pavé with Ume-Miso Sauce

Zucchini is cut into bite-sized 1″ x 1″ slices and layered with nori, scallions, and pickled daikon, dressed with a miso and umeboshi plum sauce.

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Oui! Raw Vegan Pan Bagnat

November 2, 2009
Raw Vegan Pan Bagnat

This sandwich is based on the classic Provençal “pan bagnat”, replacing tuna with a savory nut and dulse pâté.

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Vanilla Bean Mousse, Candied Oranges, & Maple Spiced Pecans

October 22, 2009
Vanilla Bean Mousse, Candied Oranges, & Maple Spiced Pecans

Young Thai coconuts blended with Irish moss create a decadent, creamy vanilla mousse, perfect with warm candied oranges and maple-spiced pecans.

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Udon Noodles with Spinach, Shitakes, and Sweet Sake Broth

June 3, 2009

A simple, semi-raw vegan dish perfect for raw food transitioning or satisfying carbo-cooked cravings.

One of the most important things to keep in mind when you’re new to a raw food lifestyle is that it’s not about perfection.  It’s very easy to become overwhelmed or even overzealous, and inadvertently create a recipe for failure and disappointment.
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Japanese Shiso-Miso Slaw with Arame

September 1, 2008

(raw vegan, gluten free*)
So we had a nice little Labor Day shindig today in the typical all-American spirit of grilling out.  There were portobella burgers, veggie burgers, veggie chorizo dogs, Zellwood chili-garlic corn, and of course all of the accoutrements one would expect with all that casual finger-licking fare.  However, coleslaw in its old-fashioned traditional [...]

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Spicy Faux-Tuna, Shitake, & Ume Shiso Maki Rolls

August 30, 2008

(raw vegan)
Tonight I went Japanese as result of all the Asian market shopping I did on Thursday in Viet-Town (so there will probably be a lot more Asian vittles to come this week!).  I prepared 3 different maki rolls and created the “rice” using Pure Food & Wine’s method of processing jicama and pine nuts [...]

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The Power of Sea Vegetables

April 15, 2008

Julie’s Raw Ambition is officially proclaiming the role as Sea Vegetable Queen. . .the passionate voice of advocacy for that weird, squiggy, shriveled-up dark brownish leafy stuff found in plastic packages that read “Wakame”, “Wild Atlantic Kombu”, or “Laver” in the Asian section of your local Whole Foods or health food store. You know [...]

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