I am thankful once again to Cafe Gratitude. After the Granola recipe I tried earlier, I knew I couldn't go wrong with any of the other recipes found in the recipe book from Cafe Gratitude. I won't divulge the recipes, but I will tell you that this is a book you need to own. The recipes are easy and very tasty. And, if your pantry is stocked for raw meal preparation, you'll have 99% of all the ingredients.

The recipes I prepared:
Spinach Tortillas, "I Am Bueno"
Sun-Dried tomato, chile and pumpkin seed pate, "I Am Elated"
Cashew sour cream, "I Am Ravishing"
Salsa Verde, "I Am Awesome"
and a quick Tomato salsa from scratch

Everything was prepared a day in advance and used for several meals throughout the week. Here are a couple of photos of the finished products.


That photo really doesn't do the meal justice, you won't believe the flavor. The enchiladas were approx 6" each, we were very satisfied after eating the small portions.

This was another dish we did with the leftovers. We used small sweet peppers, sliced in 1/2 and stuffed with the pate. Topped with cashew sour cream we used the salsa verde for dip. This dish would be a great appetizer for friends. They would never guess it wasn't taco meat!

I was so confident with this recipe that I took some small dishes to friends. One of my "meat eating" friends called and asked for more!


After making several recipes in this book, I realized each and every recipe is flawless. If not for inspiration alone, Cafe Gratitude comes through! If the cafe wasn't so far away (approx 3 hours) I would be there constantly!

Footnote: Thank you for your patience on my recent absence. Life has been a bit stressful, but we do continue to eat great raw food. I am transitioning to working at home to allow Damon and I more time to concentrate on spreading the word about raw living foods. Keep an eye out for local monthly raw potlucks and hopefully raw food to go at our local markets and restaurants .