Free Handy Tree of Life Phase 1 Green Juice Guide + Phase Chart PDF

Here's a treat from the Tree of Life, a handy 2-page PDF.

The first page is a guide for what to put into a Phase 1 Green Juice. Page 2 is a Phase Chart of all the Phases and the foods included in each Phase.

Download it HERE, or click the picture, above.

Enjoy this classic video of Dave The Raw Food Trucker making 3 days of Phase 1 juice, about three gallons!

Low-glycemic Raw Chocolate Recipe-Phase 1 Rainbow Diet

Malcolm Saunders presents this recipe is in line with Gabriel Cousens' Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine Phase 1, which is low-glycemic.

Mom's Potato Salad

Well, this is almost Mom's potato salad. I would need to come up with some sort of substitute for the texture and taste of the hard boiled eggs. I made this for the first Olympia Raw Food Meetup potluck I attended. My version was missing the capers and I used apple cider vinegar , but it was yummy.

I made the whole Mayo recipe, but less than 1/2 on the vegetables, so I had dressing for the next day's salad. This was the first time I used jicama. At the Meetup potluck, I learned it is pronounced 'ee-cama'.

This recipe is from Sarma's new book, Living Raw Food. The mayonnaise is really yummy. I found the 3 teaspoons of sea salt to be a bit salty though (I used Himalayan), but then I didn't have the capers, so maybe those two balance each other out? The salad was fine without the capers, I didn't try to figure out something else to use instead of capers. Do you have any ideas? Leave a comment below if you do.

Avocado Mayonnaise

1 medium ripe avocado, peeled and pitted
1/2 cup sunflower seeds, soaked 1 hour or more
zest of 1/2 lemon
2 Tbs freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tbs white wine vinegar
1 tsp nutritional yeast
1 tsp yellow mustard powder
1 1/2 cups filtered water
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
3 tsp sea salt

Blend all the ingredients in a high-speed blender until smooth.

Phase 1 Omissions: white wine vinegar and nutritional yeast

Vegetables for "Potato Salad"

8 cups of 1/2-inch cubes of peeled jicama (from 3-4 medium jicamas)
2 cups carrots, peeled and diced small
4 cups celery, diced small
2 cups capers, roughly chopped
1 cup thinly slicked scallions
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

In a large bow, toss all the ingredients with the Avocado Mayonnaise until thoroughly coated.

Phase 1 substitutions: omit the carrots, add seeded cucumber or other phase 1 vegetable.

Live Food Humus

Here is a yummy Humus from the Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine DVD. This DVD explains the self-composting button we all have and what to do to stop it. This DVD is a great introduction to Gabriel Cousen's life-work and has video instructions on some good recipes.

I soak and sprout about 6 cups of almonds at a time so I nearly always have some on hand. I ran out of lemons and substituted 2 tablespoons of lime for lemon juice and it tasted fine to me. I also used ground white pepper instead of black because I was out of black. I understand white peppercorns are the ripe version of peppercorns.

Amazingly, I managed to make this in my old regular blender by blending about 1/3rd at a time and stopping and scraping down often.

The kids liked it and had some with regular crackers, sliced cucumbers and sliced zucchini. This would be a great pate' for lettuce rollups or nori rolls.


Humus

2 C almonds, soaked overnight
1 C sesame seeds
5 T lemon juice
3 cloves garlic
1 C water
2 T olive oil
1 T cumin
1 t celtic sea salt
1 t ground black pepper

Blend in a high speed blender or in a food processor.

Spanish Breakfast Scramble from Ani Phyo

This recipe from Ani Phyo for her Spanish Breakfast Scramble looks yummy! It counts for Phase 1 of the Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine.

What can make this a fast and easy breakfast is if you soak and dry almonds and sunflower seeds every week to have on hand as staples. I try to keep a stock of cilantro, spinach, scallions and tomatoes on hand at most times also.

If you are following the Rainbow Green or the Diabetes diet, then having on hand most all of the allowed foods for Phase 1 makes meal decision and prep time more enjoyable. Stock up regularly!



Ani Phyo's Raw Food Kitchen: Spanish Breakfast Scramble

Love the Chick's Pate:
1 cup Almonds soaked and dried
1/2 cup sunflower seeds soaked and dried
1/4 teaspoon Sea Salt
1 teaspoon tumeric
1/2 cup water

Spanish Scramble:
1/4 cup cilantro chopped and destemmed
1/2 cup tomato diced
2 tbs scallions, chopped
1 batch Love the Chicks pate
1/2 cup spinach leaves
pinch black pepper
edible flowers (optional)

Mix the pate. Add the cilantro, tomato, scallions and black pepper. Serve on spinach leaves and garnish with edible flowers.

Dave the Raw Food Trucker: Diabetes Live Food Success

Dave the Raw Food Trucker is quite an inspiration. His story is amazing and he certainly never thought he would be a raw vegan! Dan (liferegenerator on YouTube) is documenting Dave's progress towards a body to live for! Dave has moved through diabetes, kidney disease and cancer so far. He is following Dr. Gabriel Cousens book, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program. Watch the whole YouTube series, if you can!



See all of Dave and Dan's videos HERE.

Medicine Juice to Cure What Ails You

My son had too many late nights and came home with a cold and flu symptoms. After a day or so, I made this juice from David Wolfe's book, Sunfood Diet Success System. I used small bok choy ribs and a ripe jalapeno I found at a Mexican grocery. There wasn't much juice but it seemed strong enough, so I split it into 3 shots (about 1.5 ounce each) and my husband and I each had one and I left one for Emrys to have when he got up.

Devon reported that Emrys was 100% better after just one shot! The second time I made it with bigger kale leaves and bigger bok choy and a ripe habanero. WOW! very strong stuff.

The most difficult thing is to find RIPE jalapenos. They are red when ripe. I haven't had any luck with trying to ripen them. I have tried put it in the sun and put it in a bag with a ripe banana. Any other ideas? Will have to grow my own next year.

David Wolfe says this stuff helps the lymphatic and immune system. It relieves swollen glands in the throat.

Medicine

1 ripe red jalapeno or ripe orange habanero pepper
5 ribs of bok choy
10 kale leaves

Juice.

Supergreen Delight Juice Recipe

Here's an almost Phase 1 juice recipe from the Daddy of Juicing, Jay Kordich. I found it on his juice of the day on his website JuiceDaddy.com.

Supergreen Delight Juice Recipe

1 large cucumber, peeled.
1 handful of parsley
1 handful of spinach
2 celery ribs
1/2 small beet without beet greens [Phase 1 omit beet, perhaps use greens instead]
1 medium vine ripe tomato
1 small garlic clove

Juice all the small pieces first such as the garlic.
Add the cucumber slices by switching between the spinach and parley with the cucumber.
Finish up with the tomato and flush through with the rest of the celery and beet.

5-Ingredient Kale Chips

Here is another great Phase 1 snack recipes. You can't have enough snacks! This if from Rawbabies on YouTube.

5-Ingredient Kale Chips

3 red bell peppers
3 cloves of garlic
3 tsp salt
1/2 cup olive oil
blended and poured over
4 bunches of kale cut into chip size pieces and massaged in. Dehydrate until crunchy. (However long that is. Everyone eats them before they are done at my house)

Raw Popcorn

This is a great Phase 1 find from:
Alex Malinsky of RawGuru.com


Gourmet & Simple Raw Food Recipes

Raw Popcorn by Alex Malinsky
"One of my new raw food recipes, texture and taste just like real popcorn"

2 cups cauliflower (broken up like popcorn)
1 tsp. or more Sea salt
3 shakes Dulse flakes

Combine everything together in a large bowl and let marinate for 2 hrs.

"Butter topping"

1/2 cup cashew or almond butter
2 tbs. lemon juice
1/2 cup water
1 tbs. agave nectar
Sea salt to taste

Mix this "butter topping" with the "popcorn" and lay out these pieces on teflex sheets ready to be dehydrated. Dehydrate this mixture at 115 degrees F. for at least 8 hrs. or until soft.

Note: The cauliflower will be nice and soft but still have a crunchy texture. Enjoy!

Pita Bread

Phase 1 Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine

This is from Living in the Raw.

Pita Bread

Yield: 7 (6-inch) pita breads

The thinner you spread the batter, the less time it will take for the pita breads to dehydrate and the better they will taste. To make a perfect circle, cut out the center of a lid to an old plastic storage container to use a a template.

1 cup golden flaxseeds, soaked 4-6 hours in 1 cup water
1/2 ripe avocado
1/2 cup water
1/2 teaspoon Celtic Salt [I use Himalayan Sea Salt]

Combine all the ingredients in a blender and process until smooth. Evenly spread 1/3 cup of the batter on a Teflex sheet, forming a 6-inch circle about 1/8 inch thick. Prepare the remaining batter in the same fashion. Dehydrate at 105 degrees for 3 hours. Flip the bread over, remove the Teflex sheet, and continue dehydrating for 2 hours longer or until the bread is soft and flexible. Remove the bread from the dehydrator when it is slightly crispy. Place it in a zippered plastic bag for several hours and it will become more flexible. For the best results, dehydrate the bread the night before you plan to use it.

Simple Flax Seed Crackers

Phase 1 Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine

This recipe is from Carol Alt's Book The Raw 50. Nice and simple. Make some every week or so to have on hand.

I actually ground the flax seeds before making this (didn't double-check the recipe first) and it turned out fine that way also. I'm presently using a Ronco round dehydrator with no temperature control, and the dehydration time was less than 24 hours.

TIP: When you flip the crackers, if you want more even shapes, that would be the time to cut them.

TIP: Got leftover raw soup? Mix with this mixture and make tastier crackers from it. (I got that tip from Living in the Raw, by Rose Lee Calabro.

Simple Flax Seed Crackers
1 cup flax seeds, any type
1/2 teaspoon Himalayan salt

Put the flax seeds in a glass bowl, and pour just enough purified water over the seeds to cover them. Soak them for at least 1 hour. After the seeds have soaked, without draining, add the salt.

Spread the mixture on Teflex-lined dehydrator trays so it is 1/4 inch thick. Dehydrate at 95 to 105 degrees F for 24 hours or until crispy. using a spatula, flip the partially dehydrated cracker sheets over halfway through the dehydration time, or at the point that they are dry on top. This helps to dehydrate the crackers evenly in less time. The crackers will shrink as they dehydrate. Break the sheet of crackers into pieces to serve.

Budget Green: Wild Purple Thistle

Well this is about as budget as you can get! At least it is if you live a little ways out of town.

I have purple thistle growing all over our two acres. Free!

Watch this video for all the tasty details.

Welcome to My Collection of Rainbow Recipes

This blog will start with recipes I have found on other sites or created for Phase 1 of the Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine diet.

I highly encourage purchasing a wide range of raw food cookbooks to keep you inspired and help you find the recipes that work best for you.

For my purposes, I am initially seeking recipes that fit the phases of Gabriel Cousen's diet because I really know that most of us need to stop the internal composting of our bodies! I am also seeking simple and relatively inexpensive recipes to use for the RG diet.

Please share any Phase 1 favorites in the comments! Thanks for visiting.