Raw for Christmas

I'm glad that eating raw gets easier and feel more and more natural for each day. I often don't need to make an effort to plan what I should eat because what comes to my mind is raw foods. I'm not fully raw though. But I'm getting there. 

For the first time I made a raw dinner for Christmas eve. That was what I really wanted. It didn't feel like I was missing out on something. Ok, I did have a taste of some of the other food that was served, but just a small bite. Next Christmas will hopefully be totally raw without any problem. 

Even though it is in the middle of winter here you can still get really good rawfood. The oranges are wonderful and make the sweetest orange juice. 

There is also other citrus in season. Kale is really easy to get your hands on, which doesn't happen all year round. And there are a lot of tasty nuts to snack on. Christmas brings a lot of goodness.

Here is what I had for Christmas. 

Kale salad

Kale 

Oranges

Red onion

Pomegranate

Walnuts

Finely chop the kale, oranges and red onion. Squeeze some orange juice over the kale and massage the kale a bit so it gets softer. Mix everything together in a bowl. Serve. 

Saffron cream salad

Carrots

Fennel

Apples

Cashews

Water

Saffron

Finely chop carrots, fennel and apples. Blend cashews with some water and saffron until it makes a creamy texture. Mix everything together in a bowl. Serve. 

I also blended some walnuts and cashews with sambal oelek and had together with the salads. 

This Christmas dinner was so tasty! My family also liked the salads which they had together with the other foods that was served.