omg Raw Vegan pulled "pork"

Ever since turning RV (raw vegan), grociery shopping has become one of my all time favorite things to do. (Behind working out/yoga, playing in the sun, and uncooking of course.) ESPECIALLY for tropical fruits and veggies, which aren't exactly abundant here in Cleveland, Ohio. But, while they might not be abundant, there are a few little gems I've found around the city that supply a pretty decent selection, most of them being in a little corner outside the city known as "Asiatown". This past weekend, I conned my boyfriend into going down to one of these gems with the facade that it was the Chinese New Year, and that it is the only place in the city that served Dim Sum. What sold him is that Dim Sum were Chinese meat dumplings; meat and dumplings being two of his favorite things. So I sat through a quick [vegan] Dim Sum lunch at Lih Wah, and admittedly enjoyed a taro patty with chili sauce and kimchi dumplings. Not horrible, but I could almost feel the msg soaking into my bloodstream. It was [not really but sorta] worth it, because we headed right over to the grocier, more specifically the "Park to Shop" (yes, that is its name. Scout's honor.) where I found my plethora of amazing fruits and veggies. Lest I say, an hour and a half later, I walked out with an $80.00 bill and 19 bags of goodies. The haul included:

•  genmaicha green tea
• lotus root
• taro
• meyer lemons
• key limes
• coconut water (not good, even tho it was organic)
• mangos
• a couple papayas 
• strawberries
• bananas
• dragonfruit
• some AMAZING organic mushrooms
• plantains
• lychee
• rambutan
• DURIAN (yes, durian. luscious, luscious stinky  durian)
• and more importantly for this post, jackfruit

When the boy asked me to make him his BBQ favorite tonight, I had to see if I could put my haul star to work. The goal: fool the boy into thinking that my faux pulled pork was real. Story short, I succeeded.  Here's how:

Ingredients:

• 1 can jackfruit
• 1/2 onion (sliced)
• 3T tomato paste
• 1 T mustard
• 1 T raw honey
• 1 T raw apple cider vinegar
• 1tsp paprika
• 2 garlic cloves
• black pepper
• 1/2 C water
• pinch dehydrated onion flakes (or onion powder)
• 1T chili powder
• pinch curry powder
• 3 dropper-fulls of vanilla stevia* (optional)

1. drain jackfruit; cut out center core so all you have left are the stringy fan stuff
2. mix with onion and garlic in a bowl
3. in a separate bowl, mix tomato paste, mustard, honey, vinegar, water, and stevia
4. add to bowl of jackfruit all of the dry ingredients and mix with hands
5. let sit for 30 min or dehydrate for 105*F for 2 hours if you want it more chewy
6. pour wet ingredients onto jackfruit

I served this with sliced jicama for fries and corn tortillas:

Ingredients: 

• 2 C fresh or frozen (thawed) corn
• 1/4 C psyllium powder OR one ripe plantain
• 3 shakes cumin
• 3 shakes turmeric

1. blend in food processor or blender
2. pour onto dehydrator teflex sheet
3. dehydrate for 2-3 hrs per side. (Which means that you need to flip them after the first 2-3 hours)
4. peel from teflex. 
5. If you haven't poured them in a circle-shape, take a bowl and trace out the shape of the rim on the tortilla with a knife. 
6. At this point, i stack each tortilla with wax paper in between each, place them in a ziplock and freeze for later use. Before you need them, thaw as many as you'll need on the counter.