Raw Yumm Sauce

This amazing flavored sauce is one either you love or you hate. This sauce is loaded with lots of seasonings and nutritional yeast which has a flavor a lot of people aren't used to, however if you are one who does like it you find you literally be addicted to it. Nutritional yeast is great on popcorn, salads, toast, dressings, and on raw veggies, I eat it on all of these. Not only is the flavor quite unique but its loaded with vitamin B so it very healthy for your brain and body. Vitamin B is  known to be helpful with metabolism and trigger chemicals in your brain that are linked to mood and energy.



Ingredients:

1 cup sprouted garbanzo beans*
1/2 cup almond meal or ground almonds
1/4 cup Tahini or ground sesame seeds
1/2 cup cold pressed olive oil
1/2 cup cilantro
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 cloves of garlic
1/2 tsp of each: cayenne, ground pepper, oregano
1 tsp sea salt

1/4 - 1/2 cup water (dep. on how liquidy you want it)
2 tsp curry powder
1/2 cup nutritional yeast



* (if you need to cook up or used canned beans, however will not be raw if you do this)

Directions:

1) Sprout garbanzo beans at home or use cooked garbanzo beans.

2) If you do not have almond meal and tahini then you will need to do this step first. In a blender or food processor grind each down separately with one of the liquids you will be using for this recipe.

3) Once both are broken down you can add rest of ingredients into blender and puree until very smooth

4) Enjoy this sauce on a bed of rice and beans with avocado, sour cream, and salsa for a filling and wonderful vegetarian dish. See recipe and pictures of finished Yumm Bowl here.

Sprouting Raw Beans at Home

Ingredients:
1 cup dry beans
2-3 cups of water
Mason jar with screen, fabric or nylon top

Directions:
This project takes three days to create.
Day one: Rinse beans and let sit 12 hours in full jar of water soaking in water. Its easiest if you start in the morning or nighttime.

12 hrs later: Rinse beans well, if you like just shake around in mason jar with water a few times. This time DO NOT fill mason jar with water.

Next strain well, then put back into jar and open aired lid and remember NO WATER. I lay the jar upside down for about 5 mins to drain then flip back over to get air all day.

For the next 2-3 Days you will: rinse beans twice a day (remember you can use wastewater to water house plants), strain well, put back in jar to "sprout" more. By the end of day three (or 72 hours after original rinse and soak day). The beans are ready and soft enough to eat at this point you will need to keep them in the fridge.

Use these beans for: raw hummus, yumm sauce or yumm bowls, on salads or just for a snack. They will last a week or so in the refrigerater.

You can also sprout other types of beans and make other "raw" bean dips.

Raw Hummus

See also recipe for sprouting beans at home
2 tbls Vinegar
salt/ pepper/ other seasonings you like to taste
2 tbls nutritional yeast 
2 tbls olive oil
2 cloves fresh garlic
2 tbls lemon juice (or pickle juice if you don't have lemon)
2 tbls tahini
2 cups sprouted garbanzo beans (can use cooked too)


Put all ingredients into blender or food processor, blend until smooth and pasty, if too dry add a little oil to smooth it out, and if too wet add more garbanzo beans. You can add a bit of cayenne pepper to give it a little kick, basil to give it a lot of extra flavor, roasted red peppers for something different. Enjoy creating!!!

Picture below:
Spicy Dill Hummus (just replace lemon with pickle juice and added extra dill to recipe)