Thursday, April 1, 2010

Another Raw Pie: Chocolate Mousse/Strawberry


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I recently bought another raw "cook" book: "Raw Food Made Easy" by Jennifer Cornbleet.  It's published by Book Publishing Co. in Tennessee.  I already had this particular book, but the publishing company offered to send me any books I wanted to review here.  I will be reviewing the books they sent me sometime over the next month (Vitamin D:The Sunshine Vitamin and Sweet Utopia).  But since I already had this book, I thought I'd give a quick review.  

First of all, this book doesn't require much more than a blender and/or food processor, which is great, because I can't afford a dehydrator.  I like how she gives you a list (in the beginning of the book) of basic "kitchen staples" and equipment you'll need.  She also explains how to soak nuts and seeds, which is a big part of the raw food diet.  Now there's only a very small section of pictures in the middle of the book.  I always like my cookbooks with tons of color pictures, so that would be my only negative comment.  Yesterday, I tried my first recipe: Chocolate Tart with Strawberries.  Wow!  It's so good. It basically combines two of her other recipes in the book, her Almond Crust, and her Chocolate Mousse.  This is the first time I've made chocolate mousse out of avocados and it was even kid-tested last night with much success! Overall, this looks like a great book and I'm looking forward to trying more recipes. I only wish it had more pictures.



Update: You can find this chocolate mousse recipe on Jennifer Cornbleet's own website.

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So....
Eat smart,
T.

8 comments:

  1. Great looking tart! I know what this tastes like for sure! Great pictures!~

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  2. that pie looks really good!

    I have the vitamin D book too. it would be nice to compare opinions on it.

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  3. Thanks!! It WAS delicious :) Ok, I still have some of the extra chocolate mousse left.

    Bitt: yeah...the book is interesting. I'm definitely learning a lot!

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  4. Thanks for feeding the kid--he really wants me to make this at home!

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  5. Hey Dianne, you're welcome! I will try to post the mousse recipe in the next couple of days.

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  6. this looks amazing and thanks for all your entries!

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  7. wow looks absolutely divine!!

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