3 Lip Lickin’ Raw Wraps
~ Adapted from “Divalicious: Simple. Sexy. Raw.”
[tweet_dis]Raw food is not just about eating salads.[/tweet_dis] Treat your family and your friends to these amazing wraps. We guarantee that they will be surprised and totally satisfied, and they’ll keep coming back for more.
Thai Lettuce Wraps
~ By Sadee Whip
Servings: 2
Ingredients:
• several large lettuce leaves – the darker the better
• 2 shredded carrots
• 1 red bell pepper in thin slices
• meat of a young coconut, chopped
• 1⁄4 cup raw cashews OR any raw nut
• 1 green onion sliced thin
• 6 basil leaves sliced in ribbons
Dip Ingredients:
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 inch fresh ginger, grated
• 1-2 soaked dates mashed
• 1-2 teaspoons rice vinegar, or lemon juice to taste
Dip Directions:
1. Squeeze the juice from the grated ginger into the dates and vinegar – mix. 2. Add this mix to the olive oil and blend.
Directions:
1. Take a lettuce leaf and add a little bit of each ingredient.
2. Roll like a burrito.
3. Spoon a little sauce onto each bite.
4. Enjoy!
Three-Minute Burrito
Servings: 1-2
Ingredients:
• 1 avocado
• romaine lettuce leaves
• chopped tomato
• juice of one lemon
• chopped onion
• chopped garlic
• dash of cumin
• dash chili powder
• pinch of cayenne and salt
Directions:
1. Mash avocado in a bowl.
2. Mix in lemon juice, garlic, cumin, chili powder, cayenne and salt.
3. Wrap avocado mixture with tomatoes and onions in the romaine lettuce
leaves.
Coconut “Rice” Wrappers
Servings: 1-2
Wrap Ingredients:
• 1 cup young coconut meat
• 1⁄2 cup coconut water
• 1⁄4 cup flax meal (optional)
• pinch of salt
Directions:
Blend everything in high speed blender until completely smooth.
Pour out 2-4 tablespoons of the coconut custard on to a teflex lined tray and spread out thin with a spoon or spatula – you should be able to make four small wrappers or 1 large wrapper with the mix.
Dehydrate at 105-110 degrees until completely dry (6-8 hours).
When done, peel them off the teflex sheet.
Filling Ingredients:
• butter lettuce
• cucumber, thinly sliced
• scallions, thinly sliced lengthwise
• bean sprouts
• star fruit, thinly sliced
• basil
• cilantro
• mint leaves
Directions:
1. Fill the coconut wrappers with the veggies.
And that’s a WRAP. ; )
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