The recipe for Spaghetti and "Not" Meatballs called for me to make a marinara in a blender which was easy for me. It was a mix of Sun dried tomatoes, fresh tomatoes, olive oil, water, herbs, garlic and spices. Virtually the same as you would cooked but you do it in a food processor. The "spaghetti" is just zucchini ran through the julienne blade of my mandolin slicer. Meatballs were made of walnuts soaked for 4-6 hours and then processed with the appropriate combination of herbs and olive oil to make a paste. You ball them up and serve them with some marinara. I didn't like the recipe in the book so I made mine ala Paully. If you can make ground chicken or turkey taste like meatballs, why not walnuts?
The whole recipe was very tasty. It is a little weird eating room temperature food, but it was good.
Along with the Spaghetti I made their Muesli recipe which I had to add more oats to as it was way too sweet for us, and I made mixed nuts with salt and pepper without cooking them by squeezing lime juice on them - tossing them with the salt and pepper, and putting them on a drying rack to dry. They taste great but lack the normal crunch.
I also made almond milk for the muesli which requires soaking almonds and blending them with water, raisins and a little vanilla. It is good but a little thick.
All in all we are hanging in there. We'll post some weigh in and BP stuff soon.
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