Garden of Eden Organics

I was cleaning out my inbox today and came across some emails that I wanted to share with you. One is a recipe for raw crackers that are AMAZING. Lisa in Irvine made them for me then sent me this great step-by-step on how to make them! The second is just a lady who raises goats in Ramona, a member at UCSD told me about her once and I thought I’d pass her info on in case you are up for the drive to Ramona! She just does the business in her backyard, so keep it mellow. I haven’t met her and don’t really know what her deal is… but let me know if you do or find out!

Alright, enjoy!

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OK, let’s see how this works for you.
I realized I haven’t measured in a while – just sort of “see what it looks like” and what I have in the refrigerator
How many of the Teflex sheets do you have?  4 or 5

the below will make a full 5 trays of crackers (I think)- you may want to 1/2 it again for now to see how the proportions taste/turn out for you – not only to see how it goes but if you don’t have large bowls you will not have anything big enough to mix it all up in.

6 cups soaked almonds (this is prob 4-4/12 cups raw almonds that plump up when soaked)
1 bunch parsley –  chopped
1 bunch cilantro – chopped
1 bunch celery = about 2 1/2 cup grated celery
3-4 large carrots = 2 1/2 cups grated carrots
1 bunch green onions – chopped

1 1/2 cups golden flax
2 cups orange juice
3/4 cup Nama Shoyu

1-2 T cayenne
kelp (we put about 1/4 cup cuz we really like kelp)

Step 1          Soak the almonds overnight or for 8 hours
Step 2          Soak the flax seeds with the OJ – 1/2 hour – 2 hours
Step 3          I use the slicer blade on the cuisinart to chop/grate the carrots and celery
Step 4          I use the S blade to chop the soaked almonds (I chop for about 8 seconds –  3 cups at a time – too many it just bogs down and does                     not work very well. – put into large a bowl as you have
Step 5          Chop the parsley, cilantro, green onions into another bowl
Step 6          Add the soaked flax seeds and Nama shoyu into chopped vegies
Step 7          Using the S blade, take 2-3-4 cups of the vegies mix at a time into the cuisinart and blend until well blended – consistency of pesto                                or something like that and Add to the chopped Almonds bowl
Step 8          Mix well, add cayenne and kelp if you want
Step 9          2 cups at a time, spread onto the dehydrator TEFLEX sheets – use your hands – works really much better than any utensil – smooth                     out about 1/4 inch thich    - lightly “score” the crackers into cracker size pieces.

These will take about 16-24 hours to dehydrate.  After 8-12 hours “flip” over onto screen and peel off the Teflex sheets – continue drying until the right consistency

When I do a full 9 trays takes a bit longer so not sure how long 3-4-5 trays will take

Most important – have fun!! and enjoy the yummy fruits of your efforts

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Hi Courtney,
 
We met today @ UCSD where you were working with the Garden of Eden.  As promised below please find the information for Terese Nerret. 
 
345 Washington Street Ramona, CA
 
We get to her by taking the 67N bound, making a left on 7th, a Right on Elm, a R on Haverforth which turns into Poma and a Right onto Washington.  She lives up the long asphalt drive and you should see signage of some sort. 
 
We always call her before we go out to make sure she has supplies.  Her number is 760-788-6055.