"Spaghetti and Meatballs"

I confess, I get a lot of inspiration from Russell James. He makes raw recipes seem easy and the photography is so beautiful how can I not want to make something! (I don't watch the instructional videos, but as I type this I wonder how much more I could learn.)

So everything here is inspired by him, except I cheated and used feta cheese.

The spaghetti was the easiest thing in the world. It's simply zucchini! I remembered that we had a mandolin and that it should have blades allowing thin ribbon slices. And guess what! It totally did! I was psyched. Making the zucchini was a piece of cake. Actually easier than whatever that phrase is supposed to mean. (Maybe I should think more highly of cake)

The day before however I made the "meatballs". I combined shelled almonds, flax meal, an onion, a splash of water, nutritional yeast, fresh parsley, basil, oregano, lemon juice in the blender, formed them into balls, and placed them in the dehydrator. I was definitely worried since it was a much lighter color than I wanted it to be but after spending the night in the dehydrator they'd darkened.

The tomato sauce is pretty easy, tomatoes both fresh and dried, garlic, olive oil (I used the super good stuff) fresh basil in the food processor.