Cucumber Noodles with Sweet Corn and a Creamy Brazil Nut Sauce
June 13th, 2007
Stumble it!
Hi! Has the dust cleared? Thank you so much for the overwhelming response to the knit night cupcakes. I don’t quite know what to say! Perhaps we should just move right along and talk about something new and totally different. Raw food.
I admit that I used to think about raw food the way that many omnis think about vegan food in general. What do you eat? Could it really be good? I couldn’t possibly make it myself - it seems too hard.
Then on a trip to San Francisco a few years ago, my eyes were opened. My husband and I went to the San Francisco Vegetarian Festival and there we tried some raw cheesecake from Alive. We were stunned. So stunned we had to find out if they had a restaurant. And they did! We went there that night for dinner.
I was admittedly nervous. Having never eaten fully raw meal on purpose, I had no idea what to expect. At that point I hadn’t even seen recipes, cookbooks or blogs about raw food. I had only been vegan for five or six months, so a lot was new to me.
We ordered a dehydrated cracker pizza starter. Stewart had a fettucini alfredo and I had a sundried tomato lasagna. We also had two tall glasses of almond milk to wash it all down. Dessert was a chocolate-y pie. How is it that I can remember every detail of a dinner I ate more than three years ago? IT WAS AMAZING! That’s how. You would think I would have delved into the world of raw food right then and there, but it’s taken me three years to decide to try some raw meals every once in a while.
So here is my very first attempt! I blended the brazil nut based sauce in a brand-spankin’ new vita-mix (thank you to my husband for that!) and used a mandoline for the cucumber noodles. I know most people use zucchini for raw noodles, but all I had on hand were cucumbers. They were very wet, so I rolled them up in paper towels while I was preparing the rest of the dish; that seemed to help the texture immensely.
It ended up being a really simple dish: cucumber noodles, fresh sweet corn kernels, the sauce, and some fresh mint and basil from my garden. I loved every single bite, and I can’t wait to make more raw food!
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22 Comments Add your own
1. marianne | June 13th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
Not only does it sound absolutely delicious but it’s beautiful as well…..
2. rachel | June 13th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
It looks great…raw food sounds like a good fit for summer, even if you didn’t keep it up year ’round.
3. Kimberlee | June 13th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Now I have no excuse not to eat raw. mmm
4. Stephanie | June 13th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
Mmm that looks so good, though I don’t like mint that much, maybe basil?
I’ve been interesting in raw foods for a while now, and Rawfoodtalk.com has a great message board (and it’s free) with lots of fabulous recipes you maybe be interested in.
Steffie
5. Kate | June 13th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
That looks delicious! My favorite restaurant is raw– it’s all so good. I only eat there a couple times a year because it’s far from my house, but when I do I’m always floored. Actually, you might know about it. The Organic Garden Cafe and Juice Bar in Beverly. The town’s not very nice but it is the best food ever. I highly recommend you check it out. They make a Goddess Pate that’s incredible. I should make raw foods occasionally, too. You just inspired me! Thanks!
6. sheree | June 14th, 2007 at 11:13 am
Your dinner from 3 years ago sounds wonderful. I have been tinkering with the idea of getting out my dehydrator and making some raw crackers, bread or such. Maybe this will help encourage me a bit more. Your meal looks good. My basil is finally looking big enough to take some and make myself a sauce. Thanks for the raw push. :o)
7. Mitsuko | June 14th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
I don’t think I could go totally raw but I’ve seen several good-looking raw recipes! This one is one of them!
8. the village vegan | June 14th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
I should probably give raw food a try…but to be honest, I don’t really beleive it’s as healthy as some say..but who knows. Your dish looks beautiful!
9. Kim | June 14th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
Could you possibly post a recipe for the sauce? It looks wonderful, and I love cucumbers.
10. Mercedes | June 15th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
I once had cucumber noodles at a Japanese place. I actually think that they’re traditional, though these were cooked, sort of like this recipe:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/237668
Really beautiful work!
11. Valerie Winters | June 20th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Great photos. Looks so yummy!
VW
12. deena | June 20th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
i second the request for the sauce recipe — would definitely like to try it.
13. shan | June 26th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
I’m a raw foodist and I was so thrilled to see you included a dish on your vegan blog. “Vegan” is really not as exclusive a diet as some people think these days — it’s sort of an umbrella term for more specific diets, like macrobiotics and raw. I think you’re doing a fantastic job expanding your repetoire to all aspects of the “vegan” choice. Everything is beautiful and joy to read!
14. Caron | July 4th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
What a great website! We’ve been eating raw for the past 6 weeks and the health benefits have been awesome! Your dish looks to cry for - would you mind sharing the recipe for the sauce?
15. wendy | July 24th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
a friend of mine sent me a link to your site - she’s a knitter. i’m sure you can see where i am going with this…. however, i cruised your site because i am a vegan, and have been for almost a year and a half. looked at raw, but was daunted. thank you so much for sharing your creativity and commitment to a healthy lifestyle. i am going to try some of your recipes! thanks so much!
ps - i too, would like to see what else the sauce has in it besides the brazil nuts….
16. Melisser | July 26th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
I live in San Francisco & Alive is till on my “to do” list! ack. I do go to Cafe Gratitude though, their taco salad is amazing!
I’ve wanted to make raw foods at home as well, but find it daunting. Raw seems like a good break from some of the carb loaded vegan dishes I see out there. I really like using vegetables as my bulk versus soy products.
17. mel | July 28th, 2007 at 1:53 am
i know, isn’t it amazing on every level? & we, at the moment, live in an age where some of us can live it up with living foods. it’s like, what was i eating before? it changes the concept of “eating.”to the point where the associations i have with that word don’t seem to apply…
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19. pelagus | September 21st, 2007 at 6:30 am
awesome! Next step… raw fruitarian?
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21. JulieK | April 1st, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Hi Lolo! Just found your blog today and wanted to tell you what an amazing job you do. Your dishes look incredible and are so inspiring! Keep up the raw creations too!
<3, Julie
22. Michelle | April 1st, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Your dish looks amazing. I am currently on a juice feast so I am not eating. When I was eating raw before that I used to make pad Thai with cucumber noodles. It was delicious especially on a hot summer day. The only down side is the water that gets released when you add the sauce. It seems like you had a good solution. Thanks so much!
Michelle
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