I Want To Have A Raw Thanksgiving and a Raw Christmas! Any recipes or ideas!!

Im gonna attempt to do all raw for our family this thanksgiving here at my house EXCEPT for the turkey! Im gonna do turkey.....gotta do turkey. It's gonna be an organic turkey though!LOL! If anyone comes across some GREAT RAW recipes for thanksgiving and christmas let me know. Give me some good ideas!

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Permalink Reply by Cayce H Cronk on November 14, 2008 at 11:56am: Time is running out! Can anyone find a few GREAT desert dishes for a raw thanksgiving besides the raw pumpkin pie!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cayce H Cronk on November 14, 2008 at 11:59am: Here's the recipe for Raw pumpkin pie if anyone is interested! Not sure if I posted this already!

RAW PUMPKIN PIE

Ingredients

- 2 cups pecans, soaked overnight, rinsed, then dehydrated until crunchy (about 12 hours)
- 1/2 cup dates, soaked for 20 minutes
- 2 cups peeled, seeded, chopped pumpkin meat
- 1 cup dates, soaked for 20 minutes
- 1/2 cup coconut butter
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon fresh grated gingerroot
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon cardamom (optional)
- 1/4 cup apple juice

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Instructions

1) To make crust: Combine the pecans and 1/2 cup dates in a food processor and pulse until evenly ground and mixed. Press the mixture into a glass pie plate or individual tart molds.

2) To make the filling: Combine remaining ingredients into food processor and puree.

3) To finish: Spoon the filling into the crust and serve.

Recipe Origin

Rawsome! by Brigitte Mars; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cayce H Cronk on November 14, 2008 at 11:59am: ANY IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS! So far the raw egg nog is definately on the list for my christmas party!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cayce H Cronk on November 15, 2008 at 11:50pm: Sandy,

Oh this one sound DIVINE! I'll have to try this for christmas! Thanks!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cayce H Cronk on November 15, 2008 at 11:50pm: Sandy,

Oh....almost forgot the mashed potatoes for thanksgiving! What a great recipe!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by KarenPoulson on November 15, 2008 at 8:23pm: You may want to check out WildTree Herbs. They have amazing ALL Natural herbal blends, spices, sauces, oils, etc that can turn anything into a gourmet meal! I recently became a Rep for them cuz I fell in love with every product I had tried. They are AMAZING! My website address is on my Home Page if you are interested or you can email me at ILoveWildTree@live.com if you have any questions. Best of luck to you!

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Permalink Reply by Cayce H Cronk on November 15, 2008 at 11:52pm: Karen,

Thanks.....I'll check that out. Over the last year I have thrown out all my herbs and have been replacing them with certified organic varieties and raw as possible. Even trying to grow some of my own herbs.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cayce H Cronk on November 20, 2008 at 6:55pm: Any other ideas guys! I have a little over a week to get it all together. Im gonna go shopping next Tuesday for all my goodies.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cayce H Cronk on November 21, 2008 at 6:21pm: Lisa,

You are welcome! It should be both challenging and fun for me and my family. We'll see how this all turns out Thursday!; ▶ Reply to This