The Raw & The Cooked

Raw Vegetable Wrap, Vegan

Raw Vegetable Wrap

• 5 large leaves of green leafy lettuce, coarsely chopped
• 2 collard leaves, coarsely chopped
• 1 medium yellow onion chopped
• 3 medium carrots grated
• homemade mustard (optional)
• homemade tarter sauce (optional)

Wrapper

Large leaves of lettuce, Collard, or Raw Nori

Directions

1. Combine ingredients in mixing bowl
2. Spread vegetables on your greens or nori
3. Roll
4. Add condiments, if desired
5. Enjoy

I made this simple meal yesterday. Aiyana, my daughter, love it. I was out of raw nori so I used collard leaves. My daughter loves nori and snacks on it throughout the day. What’s nori? It’s a seaweed. I order mine from Amazon it is good for you. It arrives in a dried form.

In the Journal of Applied Phycology and article was published about nori. I decided to include a small paragraph below.

The title of the article is Health benefits and nutritional properties of nori

A sulfated galactan, similar to agar, occurs in relatively large quantities; this is a water-soluble dietary fiber that has important functional activities such as an antiblood coagulant, antihypercholesterolemia and shows antitumor activity. Minerals which occur at relatively high levels in nori include Zn, Cu, Mn and Se. It is concluded that nori is a valuable health food in human diets.

Next week I’ll be embarking on a week long cleanse. The remainder of this week I’ll be eating raw foods only although my diet is high raw I do make cooked foods.

I’m looking forward to the cleanse not only will it give my body a chance to take a break from solids foods it’s also a great and gentle way to cleanse your body.