Lara
Raw Newbie
Hi Everyone, I'm vegan and also very interested in raw food. I make most of my recipes raw, but I feel like I really need to combine with some cooked foods (like a bowl of quinoa) to stay full and energized. Maybe it's just my big appetite, but I tried being fully raw for one day and I still felt bad and deprived until two days after (eventhough I ate a lot of fruits and vegetables, it was nearly impossible to stay full, and this was only for one day!). How do you guys manage? Maybe being a 100% raw just doesn't work for me?
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Alright, thanks!
For now I'll just keep doing what I've been doing then. I didn't buy any nuts yet, because I'm never sure whether they're raw or not... About cashews I'm sure they're never raw, because raw cashews are toxic. Otherwise I don't know how to check...
Thanks
I've seen these foods with raw labels in bioshops, but as a student these are a bit overpriced for me. Fortunately fresh fruits and vegetables are great quality here, and cheap if they are seasonal. As long as I don't find raw nuts that are studentbudget friendly I can survive on those
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Anyways, thanks a lot for the information. I was feeling bad about myself for not being able to stick to all raw foods.
Haha, definitely!
100% raw... does it work for me? I haven't gotten there yet... hopefully some day soon I will find out for myself.
Haha yes it definitely has great benefits. I already liked what going vegan did for my health (and conscience!), going partly raw made me feel even better (been working on it for almost three weeks now). The only difficulty I've had up to now is some problems with digestion in the first week, but that's already mostly over.
Why are you nervous about it?
Hi Janace,
I had never heard of Sprouts. Apparently they are in Europe, but there's not one near me. I live in a city that is full of bioshops though, and the bioshop I like to go to has some raw products (but not nuts, sadly).
Yes I know right, it's hard! So what do you usually eat in a day?
I'm wondering... How can you make raw houmous? You always have to boil chickpeas, right? Unless they come out of a can, but in this case they're already boiled...
Haha that sounds like a halfway solution to me! Trying to convince yourself it's raw when it's not...
I once found a "raw recipe" where they told me to steam the sweet potatoes...