Raw Pawpaw Salad

One local favourite food in Darwin, NT Australia is the famous Thai Green Pawpaw Salad! Pawpaw is another word for papaya! Then one can argue that Laksa is the most popular food in Darwin, and that is also the truth. Well one day, I'll cook Vegetarian Laksa, Singapore Style!  Now as a fan of raw food, I've loved making both green and ripe pawpaw salads using mainly raw and vegetarian ingredients & options.  Then I've also learnt a few tips from the sellers at the local Parap & Rapid Creek markets! 

Everybody Loves Quinoa

Hello everyone, today I want to introduce an alternative to rice called quinoa.  It is not a grain but a seed to my amazement!

Iron in Nuts and Seeds

Currants, raisin, sultanas and coconut flakes enhance any nut mix!

Women! Eat your raw nuts and seeds for added amounts of iron.  They are also saturated with good fats!


You can also read my earlier post on other Iron Rich Foods.

SALAD IN DIJON MUSTARD

A big bunch of green leafy leaves

1/2 cup of cut capsicum

1/2 cup of cut onion 

Dash of shredded coconut

2 tomatoes cut into quarters

DRESSING

Mix all the ingredients in a blender and pour over the salad just before serving. Enjoy! 

1 heap teaspoon Dijon mustard

1/4 cup extra virgin first pressed olive oil

Lemon juice from 1 lemon

Pinch of Salt

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Home made gluten free bread with raw nut butter

Are you lethargic and often get brain fog?  You might be sensitive to gluten!  Gluten de-sensitizes important nutrient absorbers in the colon called "villi".  When villi cannot absorb nutrients, the body suffers, and the brain is the first to feel the effects.

Raw Yummy Pizza

Pizza Base Ingredients

• 4 Stalks celery, washed, trimmed and chopped.
• 2 Carrots peeled and chopped
• 1 stalk spring onions
• 2 tomatoes chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic (pounded)
• 2 cups of flax ground
• 1/2 - 1 tsp of Celtic sea salt
• 1/2 cup distilled/filtered water

Raw Pad Thai

Lots of people I spoke to love Pad Thai and recently I spoke to one of my sons and he said he has yet to taste a good proper raw Pad Thai.   Then I thought to myself that if I can make a raw Pad Thai which means the dish is not going to be cooked and therefore since its nutritional value will add to the alkalinity in my body, it will be a real treat!

So this easy raw vegetarian dish uses zucchini for the flat rice "noodles" to create my own version of the Raw Pad Thai!

Those pesty tick bites!

Have you ever seen a tick?  

In 2010, while being a member of a support team for the BT1000 I was bitten by ticks in many places and unfortunately they had left 3 nasty bite effects on the back of my right shoulder, and 1 behind my right knee.  I had been too busy with my responsibilities and role then that I neglected to attend to those tick bites immediately.  Unfortunately I have been experiencing itchiness from those 4 pesty tick bites since then!