an Accidental ( but Delicious ) Almost Raw Recipe

 I was  just about to  give up this  raw food idea when  faced with  the days'  produce of my  garden  ( pattypan  squash  ,  yellow dense  fat zucchini  like squash ..  and the first blue   pumpkin  Maturing as well as  winter squashes ... )   I also had  leftover   kohlrabi  eaves which can be deveined and used as kale  and of course  two handfuls of perpetual  broccoli  buds .  

I started out cooking a  dense base of  Polish  dark mushroom soup  ( Gryzybowa ) .   The Poles  are really INTO their mushrooms so all brands  basically make at leastthree  varieties of mushroom  soup -  Dark  wood mushrooms  ( Gryzybowa )  ,  light button  mushroom ( Pieczkarova) , and then  a chanterelle usually ... anyway I threw the bits of stem in there from my  broccoli and cooked about ten minutes  (  polish  soup mix is meat gelatin based ..  so it NEEDS  some simmering  time for the flavor  and texture to develop  fully  - also there are dried vegetables incorporated into it ...  

then i threw the  kale  leaves in and wilted them along with the broccoli .  Let the soup cool and pureed .

Put back on stove, added  1/2 cup milk with cornstarch -  but was still too salty so  I  processed  one yellow squash  with rind  through the shredder.  I added that and heated through.  

I WAS  going to COOK it .. but  i said  hmm..let me TASTE this while it still has enzymes .   Well it tastes really  PRETTY GOOD  .   

Different but  almost  as tasty as thoroughly cooked and soft..... It also has a real HEALTHY  feel... 

Heres  a pic ... 


that along with simple  chopped fresh tomato , fresh basil  and baby scallion  salad  with rice vinegar is lunch ... along with a little  rice and oil - free mu shu beef  from last nite .  

I really need you to teach me all these recipes you come up with! It sounds delish!

 Its really  pretty good -tasting .   The BIIG  difference is I  cant eat  nearly as much of it as  I can of the cooked version  which is a true  slippery slider food ...  

yummmmmmm

I'm having bean soup for lunch and picked french fillet beans for supper.  It's cool and rainy here today and warm sounds good.  Can raw food be warm?

*chuckle*  You know, almost raw is like a little bit pregnant or a tiny bit dead.  Its a thing that either IS or ISNT. 

So, I would encourage you to just enjoy your food without needing to box it neatly, or almost neatly! 

Looks lovely!  Is that a Minnie Pearl placemat :}