{Meatless Monday} Curious about Kelp Noodles…
Hola, dear readers!! Hope you all had a marvelous weekend. 
We had a nice one but it went WAY TOO FAST. We added three more chicks to our brood and finally put them into the coop with the hens but seperated them until they get bigger (more on that later).
It’s time to share another meatless meal with everyone and this time my curiosity filled my starchy needs…
On our last monthly trip to the Whole Foods market, I decided on buying some kelp noodles. I’ve been curious about kelp noodles after reading several posts throughout raw foodie blogosphere. I figured I’d give them a go, so in the basket they went.
At first, I wasn’t quite sure what to of the translucent yet rubbery feeling noodles.. but once you rinse them off they feel just like pasta noodles. Really! If you have more time you can soak them in water to bring more life into them and get rid of the packaged taste, in my opinion. They have a neutral taste so they take on whatever flavor you mesh them with just like with tofu. The noodles weren’t part of my menu plan so the purchase and the sauce we made for it was definitely on a whim
We ended up making a sauce from the uncook book “Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen” called Garlic Cashew Aioli. It was really yummy and satisfying. The sauce was creamy like and alfredo and sooo flavorful. I definitely enjoyed the kelp noodle experience and think it’s a wonderful alternative to starchy pasta. Since the noodles don’t require any heating and the sauce was a simple blend of under 10 ingredients… it was an easy peasy meal to put together.
We served it with cooked asparagus from the dehydrator (2 hrs), and a yummy green salad My husband whipped up a quick vinaigrette dressing that consisted of EVOO, S&P, Basalmic & ACV mix, with italian spice for the salad and it was good. Organic raw vegan goodness all around.
I’ve fallen in love with eating uncooked goods off the dehydrator… the asparagus was so perfectly enhanced I’ve been uncooking it that way ever since (including other veggies as well). Who would have thought that I’d be using my Mr. Foods dehydrator so often and lovin’ it. It was only used twice before I took it out of the dungeon garage just last July. Experimenting with it and making fun treats has been fun that soon I’d like to upgrade to one of these babies!
Kelp Garlic Aioli + dehydrated aspargus & yummy green salad = honey, tots and mama!
The only downside to this lovely sea vegetable (kelp) is the fact, it’s packaged in plastic that cannot be recycled. 
Other than that… I’d like to try these variations
What are you cooking or uncooking the kitch this week?
