For me, this is a "use-up-a-nut-pate" recipe more than a "make-a-nut-pate-so-that-I-can-make-monkey-sandwiches" kind of recipe, if you get my drift! It's still good, but more something that is a fun way to use up leftovers.

One of the BEST things about these crazy little things is that they are EXTREMELY portable. Just wrap very tightly in plastic cling wrap and you are good to go. Perfect for work lunches. They are conversation starters though - you have been warned!

I bet you never even thought about having a BLT sandwich ("bacon, lettuce and tomato") while still living the raw food lifestyle, did you?

Well, I didn't either. But here it is! A raw friend of mine introduced this concept to me, and I fell in love immediately.

And no, that's not real bacon of course. Nor is it even eggplant bacon (which, in my experience is a !@# to make in the dehydrator and doesn't even taste very good anyway).

Raw vegan tuna and mayo combination. I know, sounds like nothing special, right? There are a gajillion raw vegan tuna and mayo combos out there, right?

Well, this raw vegan tuna recipe is different. Let me tell you why.

Before I went raw I was a vegetarian who also ate seafood. My one weakness as a seafood-eating vegetarian was tuna--especially tuna subs from Subway. In fact, tuna subs have been the #1 thing that I miss most about my old standard American diet!

Raw macaroni and cheese... This recipe was born out of me saying to myself, "I need some raw macaroni and cheese right now or I am going to scream!" So I busted out my Vitamix and a sac of cashews and got to work creating this simple but ooeeey, gooey cheesey recipe.

Beware: this raw macaroni and cheese sauce is very potent! Start with a tiny bit of sauce and mix it into your noodles and then add more as your tastebuds dictate. If you add too much this raw mac and cheese recipe can be overpowering and way too saucy. So start slow with the sauce!

Raw guacamole recipe that's simple and delicious? Try this raw guacamole recipe on for size. It's beautiful in its simplicity. Only four or five pure ingredients and this guac can be made in only a few minutes...

Serve this raw guacamole recipe with your favourite raw corn chips recipe and even your SAD friends will awaken to the wonder that is raw foods!

Raw egg salad recipes - It's surprising that raw egg salad recipes have eluded me for almost two years. Believe it or not, I've never made a raw egg salad recipe before!

To my pleasant surprise, this raw egg salad recipe is, um, totally ridiculously incredible. It actually reminds me of egg salad! I have made a few sort of similar recipes in the past, but nothing that screamed "This tastes like egg salad!!" quite like this raw egg salad recipe.

Raw vegan "chicken salad" recipes don't taste like chicken. Rather, it's their texture that give these raw vegan chicken salads their "chickenness."

This raw chicken salad recipe gets that chicken-salad-like texture by using raw cashews.

In order to make this recipe you need a food processor. And be warned, this recipe should only be food processed for literally just a few seconds (depending on the strength of your food processor) because you want to keep this raw mock chicken salad recipe quite chunky.

Raw vegetable cream cheese recipe -  OK, you're coming home for dinner. What are you going to eat?? Have a batch of this raw vegetable cream cheese recipe on hand and your tastebuds will thank you. Smooth and salty, it tastes divine paired with cucumber rounds.

This is a vegetable-flavoured cream cheese. It has a very savory flavor. It keeps in the fridge very well--if this raw vegetable cream cheese recipe lasts long enough!

The cucumber combination also makes a perfect appetizer, but I prefer to have a huge plate of cucumber cracker rounds for dinner!

Raw tuna salad recipes are integral to my raw food recipe arsenal.

Here is my favourite raw food tuna salad recipe. 

I like to eat it with a crisp apple, or this mock tuna pate is great as a salad topper, too. Or how about eating it in a nori roll? The possibilities are endless for this mock raw tuna salad.

I have been a vegetarian since 2001. Once I went vegetarian I immediately replaced meat with soy products.

One of the most difficult parts of my transition to the raw lifestyle has been to give up the soy and tofu products that were staples in my husband's and my diet.

As you can tell by the ingredients, this raw taco meat recipe is quite small. Double up as necessary. I seem to like small recipes because I am thrifty and I want to try a small batch before I invest 2 cups of this or that into a recipe that doesn't turn out well.