Warming Hearty Winter Recipe #1

Carrot Salad with Ginger-Lime Dressing

Winter Fiesta Burger over a bed of sprouts and romaine "bun"

Today a miracle was born.

In my kitchen.

My mother initiated this improvisatory/un-cooking journey. I'd call it a fiesta. We made the happiest, sunniest, TASTIEST, most EPIC. raw vegan burgers. No dehydrating, or juicing, or blending. The only kitchen tools needed are a grater/food processor that grates, a coffee grinder/blender that turns things into flour and a knife.

1 cup sunflower seeds (lightly, not too fine)

1/2 cup sesame seeds ground finely (we used tan)

1.5T whole sesame seeds unground

3T organic golden flaxseed ground

2 cloves of garlic minced

3 spring onions

3 cups of shredded carrots

2 celery stalks chopped SUPER finely

1/2 cup of parsley chopped

1/4 cup of cilantro chopped

1/2 tsp of golden curry

1/2 tsp of cumin

1/4 tsp of turmeric

one-two pepper dashes

1 whole lemon juiced

1 tsp sea salt

2 generous tbsp of extra virgin olive oil. (Lebanon-in-a-bottle kind..duh)

1/4 tsp of paprika

1.5 T organic balsamic vinegar

Grind the first 4, chop the next 6, add spices, and remainder of ingredients. TASTE TEST. Form into burger shapes, eat right away, or store in fridge for 1 day. You can dehydrate these if you want, but the flavours were just right, we (my mother and i) didn't want to risk it. Yields 16 medium sized burgers, a total time of 1 hr prep, and a cost of less than $10 to feed a family of 4, entirely for lunch including the carrot salad.

BON APPETIT!