Hippy Gourmet at Cafe Gratitude making raw vegan 'Hummus'

You can find this recipe in 'I Am Grateful Cookbook' - http://goo.gl/Rba6w

In this segment from Organic Living with the Hippy Gourmet, we visit Cafe Gratitude and make a lovely Raw, Vegan 'Hummus' - prepared with almonds, rather than chick peas, and with no cooking involved. Cafe Gratitude is an awesome chain of Raw Vegan restaurants that are based on the premise of great abundance all around us!

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You can find this recipe in 'I Am Grateful Cookbook' - http://goo.gl/Rba6w

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[ItsKendallBabe]

i wish i could eat organic and raw and vegan, but im poor lol. so i have to eat crap and die early :(

[hippygourmet]

join a local co-op - that will help you save money while buying organic!

[astayonix]

I'm a little confused. What's wrong with garbanzo beans/chick peas? I thought those were a vegan food. Am I missing something?

[hippygourmet]

You're absolutely right, we added the fact that this is a 'raw' version of Hummus, using almonds rather than chick peas and no cooking involved. But yes it's true, Hummus with garbanzo beans is a vegan dish for sure. Thanks for the comment!

[Marcoosianism]

There are more important reasons for eating raw, mainly that cooking denatures and deranges protein, fat and carbohydrate molecules to the point of being toxic to the body. This is scientific fact (look up Maillard Reaction).

If a food has to be cooked to eat it, it really has no place in the human diet i.e. isn't necessary. Grains are a good example. We don't need them. Raw, fresh and ripe fruits, green leafy vegetables and a few nuts and seeds are what we thrive on as a species.

[sproutedbean]

while this recipe looks great, and i'll try to make it at some point it seems like many raw foodists are overdoing it on the nuts, seeds and oils and getting fat or looking overweight. its important to balance the diet- this does not stop being important because the food is not heated above 110 degrees.

[bg11215]

Many grains are in fact soft and edible when harvested. It's when they're stored that they become hard & dry and then have to be cooked to become soft again. So when people say that grains aren't healthy, I'm sorry but that's just not the case.

[myhugger]

@ItsKendallBabe The sprouting folks tell us to grow sprouts in our kitchen for pennies instead of purchasing them for dollars. The seeds last a long time. This is just a raw starter for living foods. We eat them raw. Then, micro greens can be grown in our kitchen. Some of the seeds are low priced. They turn into raw living greens.

[wheezywaiteriscool28]

he didn't try it...

[Prethenie]

OMG! A little organic wrap deli downtown, has a black bean hummus, and so I thought maybe there could be some other delicious receipes out there. This is one of them!!! I will be making this!!! Thank you for sharing this.

[MarcusNorberg]

Haha, I like how it's made of fat (nuts) mixed with fat (oil) sprinkled with fat (oil) and eaten with fat (flax seed crackers).

[emilyj1987]

@ItsKendallBabe Yes, buying raw produce costs more than processed food, but think about how much money you'll save on medical costs when you're incredibly healthy from eating raw!

[TheGreatAnarchist]

It doesn't matter at all what the tribes ate that doesn't change the FACT that meat is not to be eaten by humans except as a last resort.

[senisensible]

a lot of raw foodists rely too much on oils and nuts, while not eating a lot of fruit. fruit is where it's at!

[diornotwar123]

that guy is really cute and hot

[MeatyCockandBallz]

Raw foodists need to back off on all those oils and nuts. A lot of you folks look fat, which defeats the purpose of eating for health! Don't forget to monitor your calories and get regular exercise. Just because you don't eat meat doesn't give you a pass to eat as much as you want! LOL