Red beans and quinoa with roasted dinosaur kale, sweet potatoes and cauliflower in a tangerine walnut sauce

Red beans and quinoa with roasted dinosaur kale, sweet potatoes and cauliflower (evoo/flax oil, vegetable stock, ginger) in a tangerine walnut sauce.

For the sauce:
1/2 cup of walnuts
Juice of one tangerine
Half of the tangerine peel (all of the peel, not just the zest)
1 cup of water
Sea salt to taste
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon chili flakes
Blend on high speed until liquefied.

Raw cauliflower orzo with sundried tomato and hand-wilted dinosaur kale marinara

Raw cauliflower orzo (minced cauliflower, sea salt, cumin, dulse, lemon juice, evoo/flax oil) with sundried tomato and hand-wilted dinosaur kale marinara (lemon juice, sea salt, sundried tomatoes, red pepper, nama shoyu, evoo/flax oil).

Inspired by a pair of recipes in RAWvolution.

For this dish, I hand-wilted the kale, which means, in essence, that I minced the kale and then gave it a bit of a massage. Using the heat from your hands with a little salt and a little acid (usually lemon juice) is a traditional way to wilt greens and I find it useful for raw food preparation. The effect is similar to a light steaming.

Channa and cauliflower curry with red rice

Dinner 12 March 2007. Channa and cauliflower curry (chick peas, cauliflower, spinach, vidalia onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, red chili flakes, cumin and cardamom) with red rice.

Wine: Sonop Organic Terroir Shiraz.