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How to Eat the Rainbow Everyday {Part II}

Missed Part I?

I ended my last post telling you we got to make our own delicious raw “rainbow” to eat, so here’s how it was done!

A huge assortment of herbs, vegetables and fruit were all prepped and ready for us:

Everything we ate at Monday’s class (minus a few ingredients) was all local. Many of the herbs came from Home Contained Edible Yard & Landscaping, brought by owner Debbie Kaplan. Her home is made of shipping containers, and her yard is edible! All her herbs and edible flowers were delicious.

She’s apart of the tour this weekend at 5937 Charlotte in KC, MO. Erik already has a slight obsession with shipping container homes, so we’re excited to check it out.

We all got to grab a collard leaf, and pile it high with all the wonderful fresh, local, and delicious raw food. While we were assembling our greens, Heidi prepared a massaged kale salad, talked about making dressings, delicious salads, and “sunny milk”.

When they were all assembled, we added the dressing Heidi had just made, and dove right into our food.

Complete with spirulina tablets.

While eating, we had a chance to ask questions, and drink raw “sunny mylk”.

Heidi shared her basic raw “sunny mylk” recipe with us, encouraging us to experiment with the our own versions of mylk, dressings and combinations.

Thus far, Erik and I have had our own chocolate “milk” every morning since the class. It’s amazing! Here’s how we’ve been making it:

Raw Vegan Chocolate “Milk”

*recipe makes two giant glasses full
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds
- 1 tsp mineral salt
- 1/4 cup agave nectar
- 4 cups water
- 2 small tablespoons raw cacao powder

Directions:
-- Blend everything together! Add more agave, water, or cacao power, to taste. Start off with a little water to get everything blended, that add the rest. Serve with ice.

The night ended with a massaged kale salad with fresh herbs and goji berries. It was delicious!

We had a lot of fun at this class, and definitely plan to go to more of Heidi’s classes in the future. Thanks, Heidi, and Urban Farms & Garden Tour!

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