The Blissful {Chef}.

For Christmas I gave Mr. D (and me too) the gift of a professional chef for a couple of hours.  I realize how much more fortunate I am by living in a larger city as talents-a-plenty seem to flock to larger populated places.  I was informed by Rip Esselstyn (Engine 2 fame) that a woman by the name of Christy Morgan (aka, The Blissful Chef) who happens to be good friends with a famous Vegan by the name of Alicia Silverstone lived in the Dallas area.  I contacted her and the rest is, well, blissful:)

Christy is famous for her vegan and macrobiotic cooking.  She was trained at a specific macrobiotic culinary school in Austin.  The above photo are little, kid-friendly snack bites called, "Blueberry-Hemp Drops".  Completely raw and full of protein so you aren't going to budge your belt buckle indulging in these bad boys! 

We also made a raw Heavenly Chocolate Mousse.  Ok, I admit, when this first came out of the food processor I thought it was too bitter chocolate tasting for my liking as we used raw cacao which is SUPER potent.  However, after it refrigerated overnight, it was sinful!!!!!  Made purely of avocados, medjool dates and cacao powder with a little vanilla.  This is SOOO much better than a nasty packet of jell-o pudding mix any day! 

We made a side dish called Coconut Curry Lentils.  This isn't a pretty dish by any means, but it has amazing flavor and would go awesome with a side of good fish (not Vegan though). 

We also made a raw Nut Meat Taco dish.  This is the raw nut meat.  Totally easy to throw together and although Mr. D didn't LOVE it, my kids didn't seem to notice once in their taco shells.  Personally, next time I make this, I'll add a little more taco seasoning spices and add some pureed beans as it is a crumbly texture (I also think Mr. D would be more impressed if I did that as well).  But we topped them with lettuce, tomato, avocado and olives and thought they were yummy.  Obviously, if you are staying away from carbs you can do what I did and use romaine lettuce leaves:)

The last thing we made I unfortunately don't have a picture of:( We made Macro Mole Enchiladas.  These were good but you realize how versatile this recipe can be which I loved!  Next time I make these I already know what other veggies I will throw in that I can hide from my kids;)

I had an absolute blast, I loved cooking with someone who knew their stuff and got some informative info to think about in regards to my kids and hubby's health. 

Christy will be moving to the San Diego area early this summer so if you are in Dallas get her while you can (except for all of March, she is on a book signing tour for her latest cookbook) but take advantage of this girls head full of knowledge when in the San Diego area for sure!!