I recently celebrated a birthday and had seen what looked to be a fun, easy and relatively healthy recipe on a raw/vegan Facebook page. We have cooking classes at my clinic, Renewed Vitality in Dallas, Texas, and I found the recipe visually appealing, and it appeared simple enough to create, so I asked my Sous Chef, Lynn, to make it. And it was fabulous!
Due to the response to the last recipe and photo we posted here for the anti-inflammatory cocktail, I thought it would be fun if we share this one here as well.
Naturally, credit to the blogsite where I found this, with thanks from the founder to the guest blogger who posted the recipe, with little information about the guest blogger at FeedRight4People.
http://feedright4people.com/2013/06/19/guest-post-raw-waterm... [1]
Studying Health Sciences has opened my eyes to all the benefits of what healthy eating and all around healthy lifestyle can do for one’s well-being. I consider myself a foodie and am always looking for a healthy alternative to those foods that are high in fat, sugar and sodium. I love to browse the food and drink section of Pinterest and came across the idea of a watermelon cake. I attempted to make it for my family last night for dessert and it was a hit (not to mention extremely easy)! - Lauren Feick
Thank you to Lauren Feick for her guest post, delicious recipe and amazing effort to make healthy eating a priority for her and her family. Her passion for natural products and delicious clean foods is inspiring. We have way too much fun talking about the latest and greatest ideas out there, always a pleasure!!
Juliana Leamen
Ingredients:
1 whole watermelon, peeled
1/2 cup of fresh berries
For the frosting:
1 can of coconut milk (put in the fridge overnight before making the frosting)
1-2 tbsp. of powdered organic cane sugar
½ tbsp. of organic pure vanilla extract
Preparation
Be sure to put can of coconut milk in the fridge the night before you plan on making the cake. When making the frosting you just want to scoop the top white layer from the can and discard the bottom layer of liquid. Blend that top layer for 15-20 seconds on medium speed. Slowly sift in the sugar and lastly add the vanilla. Continue to blend on medium speed for about a minute. Voila! Frosting is complete.
Using a big knife cut the ends off the watermelon. You then just want to carve out the inside of the watermelon, discarding the outer skin. Once you have removed the outer green layer, you can better shape the watermelon into a more round ‘cake’ shape.
Generously frost the watermelon and place it in the fridge to firm up. Prior to serving, add the berries to garnish. As an alternative you can also add slivered almonds to the sides of the watermelon cake… yum! Serve chilled and hope you enjoy.
After we dug in! .jpg)
"There is no one to blame. There is simply taking action!"........Wm. Marcus Spurlock, MD Dr. Spurlock presently works in Dallas, TX treating people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Bio-Identical Hormone Deficiences and Environmental Illnesses. He has been doing this work exclusively for the last 9 years. In the fall of 2011 he opened a new health center; please visit his website, which is where he posts education beyond what is sprinkled at Lumigrate. http://www.renewedvitalitymd.com/ [2] Through a total body approach, the treatments he and his team provide are 85-90% successful in returning patients to their previous health potential. You can see his complete vitae in Lumigrate's forum "About Our Writers" (link: http://www.lumigrate.com/forum/my-vitae-wm-marcus-spurlock-m... [3]), and the majority of his contributions on Lumigrate are in the FMS/CFS/CPain section, where you'll see a forum which includes his name: http://www.lumigrate.com/forums/health-issuesdis-eases/fibro... [4].
Links:
[1] http://feedright4people.com/2013/06/19/guest-post-raw-watermelon-cake-vegan-gluten-free/
[2] http://www.renewedvitalitymd.com/
[3] http://www.lumigrate.com/forum/my-vitae-wm-marcus-spurlock-md
[4] http://www.lumigrate.com/forums/health-issuesdis-eases/fibromyalgia-chronic-pain-and-chronic-fatigue/exhaustion
[5] http://www.lumigrate.com/forum/let-us-eat-cake-watermelon-cake-gluten-free-easy-fun#comment-2602
[6] http://feedright4pets.com/
[7] http://twitter.com/lumigrate
[8] http://www.lumigrate.com/forum/let-us-eat-cake-watermelon-cake-gluten-free-easy-fun#top
[9] http://www.lumigrate.com/user/login?destination=node/2111%23comment-form
[10] http://www.lumigrate.com/user/register?destination=node/2111%23comment-form
[11] http://www.lumigrate.com/forum/let-us-eat-cake-watermelon-cake-gluten-free-easy-fun#comment-2603
[12] http://www.lumigrate.com/forum/let-us-eat-cake-watermelon-cake-gluten-free-easy-fun#comment-2674
Comments
That's so cool that Lynn made that for you, Dr. Spurlock! My question is how hard was it to get the icing to stick? And was it really delicious as well as nutritious or were you wishing you had asked for a cake that was made with one of the many gluten-free wheat 'substitutes'. (Which, by the way, for readers, typically have a higher glycemic load and glycemic index than wheat flours or things made with wheat flour, so be cautious of that when you're regulating blood sugar as anyone who is trying to recover or manage fibromyalgia, diabetes, hypoglycemia or all the other things that have blood sugar as a major component.)
Here's the link to the pet website that's the sister website to the one you linked to, above. That's good you set that up to suggest the site to people, that's what we do for people here is help people find some of the better resources we're aware of. feedright4pets.com/ [6]
And the tonic recipe referred to, above, is in this same forum, but can be found Searching on Google at least, with the words Lumigrate apple cider vinegar tonic (or here at Lumigrate the other words minus Lumigrate, naturally).
I hope you had a wonderful birthday, and let me wish from all at Lumigrate, a GRATE trip around the sun ahead of you, Dr. Spurlock! Thanks again for sharing this with us at my request, I think it'll be a GRATE example for our readers, watchers, listeners - guests following Lumigrate.com for advise. ~~ Mardy
Live and Learn. Learn and Live Better! is my motto. I'm Mardy Ross, and I founded Lumigrate in 2008 after a career as an occupational therapist with a background in health education and environmental research program administration. Today I function as the desk clerk for short questions people have, as well as 'concierge' services offered for those who want a thorough exploration of their health history and direction to resources likely to progress their health according to their goals. Contact Us comes to me, so please do if you have questions or comments. Lumigrate is "Lighting the Path to Health and Well-Being" for increasing numbers of people. Follow us on social networking sites such as: Twitter: http://twitter.com/lumigrate [7] and Facebook. (There is my personal page and several Lumigrate pages. For those interested in "groovy" local education and networking for those uniquely talented LumiGRATE experts located in my own back yard, "LumiGRATE Groove of the Grand Valley" is a Facebook page to join. (Many who have joined are beyond our area but like to see the Groovy information! We not only have FUN, we are learning about other providers we can be referring patients to and 'wearing a groove' to each other's doors -- or websites/home offices!) By covering some of the things we do, including case examples, it reinforces the concepts at Lumigrate.com as well as making YOU feel that you're part of a community. Which you ARE at Lumigrate!
I love this recipe! Not only was it delicious and refreshing, it was not heavy nor did it make me feel sluggish. The reality of a good diet is not only that it is healthy for you, but you feel really good, .......eating it, and later, too!
The trick is to make the food taste really good so you are not sacrificing taste for healthy food. Make it an adventure, exploring new tastes, new recipes and insurance for your future health. Nothing better! Glad you and others enjoyed this one!
"There is no one to blame. There is simply taking action!"........Wm. Marcus Spurlock, MD Dr. Spurlock presently works in Dallas, TX treating people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Bio-Identical Hormone Deficiences and Environmental Illnesses. He has been doing this work exclusively for the last 9 years. In the fall of 2011 he opened a new health center; please visit his website, which is where he posts education beyond what is sprinkled at Lumigrate. http://www.renewedvitalitymd.com/ [2] Through a total body approach, the treatments he and his team provide are 85-90% successful in returning patients to their previous health potential. You can see his complete vitae in Lumigrate's forum "About Our Writers" (link: http://www.lumigrate.com/forum/my-vitae-wm-marcus-spurlock-m... [3]), and the majority of his contributions on Lumigrate are in the FMS/CFS/CPain section, where you'll see a forum which includes his name: http://www.lumigrate.com/forums/health-issuesdis-eases/fibro... [4].
They held their cooking class at Renewed Vitality that happened to synch up with Dr Spurlock's birthday, so I thought I'd add a comment here and say that over 4,000 people had viewed this recipe in the year that we've had it here. (4,189 to be exact).
I hope the people who find this popular recipe see how to click on the links above ("Home" then "Forums" will be on the left and as you go right you get to the forum this topic is in, with 'his name on it') and they are able to go from there if they wish to the forum this is in, which has a lot of topics from Dr Spurlock. (And he's contributed in many other topics in many other forums as well here at Lumigrate).
I noticed many people on Facebook were saying 'I'm so glad you were born' and I said 'I hope your next trip around the sun is a GRATE one' in addition to agreeing with the others. (AND not so long ago that you're retired yet!)
Live and Learn. Learn and Live Better! is my motto. I'm Mardy Ross, and I founded Lumigrate in 2008 after a career as an occupational therapist with a background in health education and environmental research program administration. Today I function as the desk clerk for short questions people have, as well as 'concierge' services offered for those who want a thorough exploration of their health history and direction to resources likely to progress their health according to their goals. Contact Us comes to me, so please do if you have questions or comments. Lumigrate is "Lighting the Path to Health and Well-Being" for increasing numbers of people. Follow us on social networking sites such as: Twitter: http://twitter.com/lumigrate [7] and Facebook. (There is my personal page and several Lumigrate pages. For those interested in "groovy" local education and networking for those uniquely talented LumiGRATE experts located in my own back yard, "LumiGRATE Groove of the Grand Valley" is a Facebook page to join. (Many who have joined are beyond our area but like to see the Groovy information! We not only have FUN, we are learning about other providers we can be referring patients to and 'wearing a groove' to each other's doors -- or websites/home offices!) By covering some of the things we do, including case examples, it reinforces the concepts at Lumigrate.com as well as making YOU feel that you're part of a community. Which you ARE at Lumigrate!