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need diet advice

mewmewmintmewmewmint Raw Newbie
in Being Raw

i've been raw for about 1.5 years, I KNOW that if i could stay 100% raw i would see great benefits. i have a feeling that things i'm eating like olive oil, agave, and miso maybe aren't that great for me. i'd have a lot easier of a time staying on this diet if cashews or any of the tastier nuts were affordable. i used to make crackers but i would get really bad acne, i don't know if it's because it was just too much fat or if it was because the dehydrator cooked them.

my diet consists of:

green juice (i blend greens in water, squeeze them through a mesh bag, blend in more green, squeeze it again, and then i drink the juice while eating the blended dried bits. i find this is the fastest and easiest way to get the greens into me. it is also cheaper and easier to clean than a juicer.)

cucumber juice, with ginger, lemon juice, and agave (i eat the dried bits from this too after squeezing them through a mesh bag, i add the lemon and agave nectar after)

grapefruit and tamarinds i eat regularly, and any fruit that's on sale, occassionally pineapple

occassionally avacado

a simple dip made from olive oil and sesame seed tahini, miso, and lemon juice which i eat with carrots or radishes (brocolli i find tastes just awful but i might blend it in a dip)

when i fall off i usually get:

soy turkey and soy cheese sandwiches with dempster's bread (white with sesame seeds)

vegetarian chilli. i've tried raw chilli but it was watery and tasted more like tomato soup than chilli

lundberg or riceworx chips with hummus (Sabras is the best) i've tried raw hummous with chickpeas but it doesn't taste as good and legumes give me tremendous gas and bad smelling sweat.

samosas (i'd love a good recipe that just tastes like the inside part of a samosa, i don't need any wrapper thing... i'd just eat it with a spoon. WokBox samosas are amazing)

all savory things.

what if anything am i lacking?

what can i eat to become more successful staying 100% raw? (think i need more savory recipes)

i would like to eat more coconut since it is mentioned in david wolfe's books... i used to eat it with chocolate but later developed an allergy to chocolate

Comments

  • moonmachinemoonmachine

    buy raw nuts in bulk! there's got to be a natural foods store around you with bulk bins. they're so much cheaper that way (and you can bring your own containers).

    i also second the fruit notion. in my opinion if you're raw and don't eat gobs and gobs of fruit every day, you're missing out.

  • christinarchristinar

    You gotta buy nuts every once in a while...

    Here's a real comfort food meal. This is from Mathew Kenney's "Everyday Raw."

    RAW MAC AND CHEESE (for 2)

    Cheese Sauce-

    1 cup cashews

    1 T lemon juice

    1 T water

    1/4 Cup olive oil

    1/2 t sea salt

    3 T nutritional yeast

    2 T yellow onion

    1/4 t red pepper flakes

    pinch cayenne

    1/2-1 clove garlic(1/2 t minced)

    black pepper to taste

    Noodles-

    2 yellow squash

    sea salt

    pinch paprika

    sprinkle of finely chopped nuts

    For the cheese sauce-process or blend all ingredients until smooth. You may need to add a bit more water/lemon juice to get the consistency you like.

    Process the squash through spiral slicer or use a vegetable peeler(works great!) to create longer thicker noodles; roughly chop the noodles, toss with a bit of salt, and let sit for 30-45 minutes.

    Mix noodles and Cheese sauce in a bowl and then put into seperate bowl and top with finely chopped nuts and sprinkly with paprika.

    DELICIOUS, EASY, NUTRITIOUS.

  • mewmewmintmewmewmint Raw Newbie

    Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll try eating more fruit.

    And yes there were flax seeds in some of the crackers.

  • alexislovesrawalexislovesraw

    And here's a raw chili recipe that REALLY doesn't suck:

    Blend the following ingredients:

    2-3 medium tomatoes

    1 small carrot

    1 clove garlic

    1/8 c chili powder

    1/2tsp sea salt

    1/4 tsp cumin

    Chop and add:

    1/2c carrot (sometimes we grate instead of chopping the carrot. i like it better that way)

    1/2 c tomato

    1/2 c zucchini

    1/4 c celery

    1/2 c corn

    1/2 c sprouted lentils

    1/2 c red onion

    1/4 c cilantro

    1/4 c red bell pepper

    mix this into your blended base and adjust seasonings to taste (I usually end up adding cayenne, and touch more chili powder, and maybe more cilantro or cumin to mine. Serve with a fan of thin sliced avocado and clover sprouts as garnish. SO GOOD you will never fall off into a bowl of cooked veg chili again!

  • alexislovesrawalexislovesraw

    I'm curious, all of you sweet fruit advocates...do you follow the rules of proper fruit consumption and combining? I love sweet fruits but traditionally only eat them (and nothing else) from waking til about noon or 3pm, then switch to veggies and non high water content foods such as nuts and seeds. I've always heard how terrible it was to combine fruit with other foods as it causes fermentation and putrifecation (how the hell do you spell that?) within your digestive system. Thoughts on this?

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