Article: Top veggie 'pasta' with this creamy nut sauce

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Top veggie 'pasta' with this creamy nut sauce

 

Liz Kohman

09.26.2007

 

Baked butternut squash is a staple in the fall, but it's good raw, too.

 

Yes, that's right, the gourd with flesh so thick and dense that it's

difficult to cut can be eaten raw. I wouldn't have believed it if I

hadn't tried it myself.

 

A few days ago, a group of my friends and I went on a culinary

adventure to the local raw foods restaurant. The restaurant serves a

variety of dishes made from organic fruits, nuts, seeds and

vegetables that aren't cooked at all during preparation. As the only

vegetarian in the group and the only person to have sampled raw food

before, I was a little nervous about how my foodie friends would

digest the menu.

 

 

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