What I Had for Lunch Today: Love on a Plate
Love on a Plate is an "uncookbook"--all the food is raw. That means no ingredient is ever processed at over 118 degrees Fahrenheit. A blender--preferably a powerful VitaMix--and a food dehydrator are frequently called into service. However, nothing more than a cutting board, a sharp knife, and that old Hamilton Beach blender you got for a wedding present in 1986 will get you pretty far along if you're not quite ready to commit to the raw vegan lifestyle full-time.
The authors, Cara Brotman and Markus Rothkranz, look like they've sprung fully-dressed from somewhere on Rodeo Drive: tanned, blond, healthy, white and gold outfits glittering in the Southern California sun. Cara is a longtime vegan raw foodie, chef and restaurateur. Markus is a movie special effects guy turned health guru. Together they make living a healthy life simple, attractive and fun.
ALL of the food in this book is extremely easy to prepare. Some of the ingredients need a few hours in the dehydrator, but not counting that drying-out time, a recipe might take three minutes to whip up. Today I made a cheese, date pineapple salad with kale, and it was pretty yummy. I love kale, but I never use it raw in salad. I stuck to the recipe, though, mixing it with cut-up pineapple, dates, scallions, cashews and the non-dairy almond cheese. The dressing is olive oil, cider vinegar, balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper and nutritional yeast (that's the pale yellow powder with the cheesy flavor, not the stuff you use for baking). Again, I'm not a big fan of vinegar, balsamic or otherwise, but I stuck to the recipe. And it was great! All the flavors and textures mixed together perfectly: sweet, sour, salty...creamy, chewy, crunchy: perfection. I even licked the plate.
Labels: Cara Brotman, food, Love on a Plate, lunch, Markus Rothkranz, raw, salad, uncookbook, vegan
posted by Cicily Corbett | 1:40 AM
6 Comments:
What a lovely blog! I am so glad you enjoyed the salad! You really wouldn't believe how healthy but DELICIOUS the spicy purple cabbage salad is. (Pg.158) You don;t have to have it spicy if you don;t like it. Just omit the hot oil.
Hi My name is Linda
I brought the book Love on a Plate, and have made only the purple cabbage salad, which was very good. But after reading your blog, I'm going to go completely raw. Glad I read your post.
Thank you
Linda
I've been looking at this book for a little bit!! I've been thinking of getting it! Love Cara & Markus! They have such great information! Thank you for the review! <3
I HATE MARKUS ROTHKRANZ SMUG FACE
I love your wonderfully written blog. I just came across it online while looking for some fiber foods and asking GOOGLE for Markus Rothkranz and Fiber, since he knows so much about raw and all things healthy. Unbelievably your blog here writes about their Uncooked book which I've been looking for since my move last year. This week alone I asked my mother and daughter if they had it. No one has seen it. I think the movers might have snatched it! I will be getting another one and starting up more fancy foods like in the book. I went 100% raw since the first of this year and am so much healthier. My body is a cleansing machine and I've also lost 35 pounds and counting. I am 5 pounds away from my "average" lifetime weight when I was much healthier. I'm excited to cleanse my organs more this year as I continue this healthy nutritious way of living. Congratulations to you for inspiring others and for your beautiful writing!
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