Preparing raw food, and making it interesting, takes some thought and planning. You could just eat raw soups and salads for a few weeks. This is an option as long as you maintain your intake of cruciferous vegetables, superfoods, protein, antioxidants and minerals from the foods that you choose. If you want to get creative (and I did), it's really helpful to get some recipe books because of the unique nature of the preparation. I got a few from my local library and found them to
be incredible guides. Here are my top picks:
Rawsome!: Maximizing Health, Energy, and Culinary Delight With the Raw Foods Diet, by Brigitte Mar - This book is chock-full of information about the nutrients in foods and other raw products, many of which you may be unfamiliar with. It also has a good recipe section.
The Art of Raw Food: Delicious, Simple Dishes for Healthy Living, by Jens Casupei - Beautiful photography, but more importantly, unique + tasty recipes
Raw Living: Detox Your Life and Eat the High Energy Way, by Kate Wood - Helpful if you're trying to satisfy kids on a raw diet. The recipe section had a handful of winners.
Super Cleanse: Detox Your Body for Long-Lasting Health and Beauty, by Adiana Niemerow - This book has a wonderful array of different detox diets ranging from 1 to 10 days. It lists the why's and how's of each, and provides a few recipes too. At also had a wonderful section on creating your own non-toxic household cleaners to further detox your life.
The meal plan I'll be posting includes my top picks from these books, with tweeks that I found made the recipes less oily and better overall. If you're a picky eater or love to cook, do your own experimentation. The goal is to work with what's fresh and in season. Once you understand the basic cooking principles it's easy to tailor recipes to suit you. Have fun with the process.
Rawsome!: Maximizing Health, Energy, and Culinary Delight With the Raw Foods Diet, by Brigitte Mar - This book is chock-full of information about the nutrients in foods and other raw products, many of which you may be unfamiliar with. It also has a good recipe section.
The Art of Raw Food: Delicious, Simple Dishes for Healthy Living, by Jens Casupei - Beautiful photography, but more importantly, unique + tasty recipes
Raw Living: Detox Your Life and Eat the High Energy Way, by Kate Wood - Helpful if you're trying to satisfy kids on a raw diet. The recipe section had a handful of winners.
Super Cleanse: Detox Your Body for Long-Lasting Health and Beauty, by Adiana Niemerow - This book has a wonderful array of different detox diets ranging from 1 to 10 days. It lists the why's and how's of each, and provides a few recipes too. At also had a wonderful section on creating your own non-toxic household cleaners to further detox your life.
The meal plan I'll be posting includes my top picks from these books, with tweeks that I found made the recipes less oily and better overall. If you're a picky eater or love to cook, do your own experimentation. The goal is to work with what's fresh and in season. Once you understand the basic cooking principles it's easy to tailor recipes to suit you. Have fun with the process.
"Sex is good, but not as good as fresh, sweet corn." - Garrison Keillor
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