Raw Vegan Carrot Ginger Flax Crackers

today it was super warm in fairbanks alaska...the temperature hit something like 47 degrees (last week we were colder than antartica!). you would think this is great news....though some may be thrilled with it...i am not.....the snow begins to melt, and the roads become ridiculous to drive on (warm melts, then cold freezes...creating a nice skating rink where ever you drive with tires). we just learned that there will be no school tomorrow due to the weather.  as if the warm weather wasn't enough, it then began to rain! we took advantage of the weather and went sledding. we have a very impressive sledding hill that we use, in front of toby's grandfather's homestead, and right where my mother in law (whom i refer to as mom) grew up. i would've given up on the sledding idea, right when i saw the rain, but mom said it would be fine......and it was. it was windy and very wet, but still, the kids had a blast, and my cousin came with her kids and family....nice way to spend the afternoon...

we went to a friend's kids' birthday party...three kids, all had one birthday party to celebrate their birthdays...it was the perfect place to let kids run around and let some steam out....all and all a great day....

this recipe really requires a dehydrator and either a food processor or a vita-mix. i have been going nuts with my food dehydrator. Currently in my dehydrator there is banana chips, cranberries i picked this fall, and banana/mango fruit roll ups. i bought my Excalibur food dehydrator a while ago (more than a year ago) and it has been collecting dust, while my motives to use it remain pure. i researched a while to find a good model....the Excalibur is highly recommended by raw foodist...is that even a word? oh well. i have had this longing to make a healthy cracker, for too long.  the other day, out of random desire, i decide to attempt some raw crackers and put my dehydrator to work! i came across a recipe....and the flavor came out way too intense! i came across another recipe and modified it to what i thought sounded good....and it came out delish!

raw crackers are very different from anything you will every buy at a store, and this was new information to me.... thinking flax? i've had crackers with flax before...lol.... crackers in a box pretty much have little to no flavor (maybe some garlic salt), and so the dip or spread really is the flavor in your bite....not so with raw crackers....they indeed hold their own distinct, vibrant flavors, so your spread should compliment the already bursting flavor from your raw cracker....

Raw Carrot Ginger Flax Cracker

1c of flax seed
1/4c of nama soyu (soy sauce without wheat!)
a 1inch piece of ginger
1 large carrot
1garlic clove
1/2t of cumin
1/2-3/4c of filtered water

blend all ingredient in your food processor of heavy duty blender.... then spread across a plex sheet to dehydrate with a spatula the crackers should be about 1/4 inch thick (the thicker the cracker the longer it will take to dehydrate). there's a skill to spreading out the "dough" be gentle and use even strokes....once spread out, use the edge of the scraper to "cut up" the crackers the size you want...then stick the sheet in the dehydrator and set the temp to 115....dehydrate for 5 hours or so, then you gotta flip it... i have kept the dehydrator going for pretty much 24hours to get that crunchy cracker....this is my favorite way to eat it

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