I’ve been in denial about it for the last 2 days, but I can’t ignore it anymore … I’ve got a cold. It started with a scratchy throat Saturday and blew up into a full snot fest today with ear pressure, runny nose and sore throat. I guess I should be thankful it’s taken this long for me to catch one considering the amount of germs I’ve been exposed to the last few months. And that I didn’t catch one right before my half marathon two weeks ago. But it didn’t help my busy day at work and oh, what a busy day! I got the joy of training a new employee which is one of my least favorite things to do because I have to be “on” all day and ready for the constant flow of questions. Not easy when my voice just gave up in the afternoon and I started sounding like a honking goose.
Instead of craving hot soup for dinner, I was craving veggies, lots of veggies for dinner. And curry. So I grabbed one of my favorite raw books for an intense curry dressing recipe, Kristen Suzanne’s hemp recipe book.
The curry hemp sauce recipe in this book was meant for sliced carrots, but with plenty of curry, creamy pureed hemp seeds, ginger and garlic – I just love it as a salad dressing. And for some reason, curry, ginger and garlic just seemed like cold super foods to me. The sauce is simple, just toss ingredients into a blender and let it rip.
I used a pitted date in the recipe in place of the agave nectar because it makes the sauce thicker and slightly sweeter.
And I threw in another super food ingredient for my “get well” salad, sprouted buckwheat groats.
Check out this gooey monster!
I had to make sure every veggie was coated!
It made a very filling dinner salad with kick and comforting creaminess. If you’re a hemp seed fan or just starting to get familiar with them, I recommend picking up Kristen’s book. For the price, it packs a lot of great hemp seed recipes that are fast while being a smaller, lighter book that’s easy to flip through and find something good without feeling overwhelmed. As much as I love bigger raw recipe books, I can start feeling overwhelmed just looking for a fast recipe I can prepare right away on a weeknight. That’s rarely the case with Kristen’s books.
Do you have a favorite fast recipe book?
Averie (LoveVeggiesAndYoga) says
I know youve mentioned that book of Kristen’s in the past…i dont need any more books. Except maybe that one:)
The sauce looks great!
Sorry you’re sick. I am fighting a cold. Kids bring home TONS of germs…ugh.
Fast recipe book? Not really…I wing everything that’s fast and pray for decent results :)
christine says
So true on kids, my nieces and nephew are always catching stuff from school and giving it to my sisters.
That’s me a lot on fast recipes a lot too, on weeknights there’s just no time to recipe plan.
Katie says
Feel better girl! I hate having a cold! No fun!
I hope you don’t sound like a goose still today : ) your funny!
I dont have any fast recipe book I use, I do have those clean eating cookbooks, but never use them, maybe one day I will!
Your TJ’s coffee you said you always get, sounds amazing too! I will have to try that when I get near a trader joe’s again soon!
Have a wonderful day girl, hope your get well salad helped!
xoxo <3
JL goes Vegan says
Feel better soon! You’re certainly giving yourself good, nutritious food which has got to help!
I need that hemp book! Yesterday I made a dip with hemp that was awesome!
And … guess what???? I FINALLY ordered a Vitamix. I know, I know. I fought it. Two things happened. 1) A smoothie last week may have pushed the Oster over the edge (we smelled burning rubber) and 2) after the raw class last night, where I saw in person the variety of things a Vitamix can do, I was convinced.
christine says
That’s awesome about the hemp dip, hemp seeds really seem as creamy as nuts to me now but are easier on the stomach for me.
That’s awesome about the Vita-Mix, you’ll love it! I thought I had a good blender before getting a Vita-Mix, but I was surprised at the differences in smoothness!
Anna @ Newlywed, Newly Veg says
I hope you get better soon!!! This looks very tasty– I love how creamy it gets.
Debra says
I hope you feel better very soon!
Blessings, Debra
Raw Vegan Diet
bitt says
I love that book of Kristen’s! I’ve tried quite a few things in there.
I have a cold too with a bad cough. Seems everyone I know is sick. It’s the season for it. Feel better soon!
kalli says
so sorry you do not feel good……love your recipe for dinner. that is bound to make you feel better!
Sree @ saagAHH says
Ginger is definitely a get-well-soon kind of food! I’m going to recommend your blog to my friend Nicole, who recently became vegan.