Mistress of Minimalism as I am, I am inspired and still frustrated by the raw food "gourmet" books which list recipes with about 20 to 60 ingredients and hours of prep time. How do you have a life?? I work at a library and am constantly on the prowl for new or old raw food books and authors that break it down and keep it real. Here are my pick, for all of you who also love raw food, but aren't completely smitten with making it your whole life's work yet:
~ Kate Wood - definitely my current number one pick for fave raw food author. She has three recipe books as of now :
Raw Living:Detox Your Life and Eat the High Energy Way
Eat Smart, Eat Raw
Raw Magic: Recipes for the Revolution
All three are succinctly written, user-friendly, and require few ingredients. However, don't let the lack of embellishment fool you, the recipes are delicious. The latter book is more concerned with Superfoods, which can become a bit expensive, but once you stock up on them (worth it), the recipes are still super-simple.
~ Ani Phyo - I discovered raw food when I checked her book out of the library when it came out. Again, her recipes are delicious and simple, though she places an emphasis on nuts and olive oil as bases for alot of soups and such. Lots of helpful tips, too.
Ani's Raw Food Kitchen
~ Shazzie - awesome recipes, most of them very simple. Shazzie reads like a fun girlfriend who gently and enjoyably guides you on your new path.
Detox your World
Shazzie's Detox Delights
I will tap out more when I get some time!!!!! Enjoy!
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Yes, Jennifer Cornbleet's book was one of the first I ordered. I love it, but I was looking for something a little more original than the everyday celery-lettuce-avocado mixture. Juliano's book is good in the sense that when I look through it, I can sort of distill the long recipes into short versions-great inspiration, and gives you a hint of the possibilities.
Annalea, I promise you won't be disappointed! Kate seems so down-to-earth and in reading her books she makes me feel really confident about whipping up my own recipes. Raw Magic is great, but I have been eating 50-70% raw for about a year and a half, and superfoods are beginning to interest me, seeing as they are whole foods which carry so many wonderful benefits at once.
Great list! Thanks so much, its really helpful. I love Natalia Rose recipes, her two books are great! I also wanted to give a little shameless self promotion. I have a website that is all about making raw food easily accessibly for everyone, I try and create new recipes that aren't overly complicated (rawfoodpunk.com)!
Again, thanks so much for this list, I am always looking for books with convenience in mind!
Thanks for checking out the site, so glad you like it! I actually will be reviewing Rawsome on my blog tomorrow! What a coincidence. I like it, but I have to admit I have varied almost every recipe I have tried because I wasn't fully satisfied. The raw lasagna recipe is awesome, but I didn't dehydrate the cheese. I also just moments ago made the russian dressing. I like it, its sweet and thick and made my salad quite yummy!
Kudos to you for making your own site Raw Food Punk! i love that we can all pull together and share knowledge and tips. I'll be heading over to your website tonight!
achin70, I know what you mean. I shelled out big bucks for that book, but it was soooo worth it. The book is incredibly inspiring. I used to be a big supplement-taker and advocate, and now that i have discovered whole superfoods, I have felt amazing and it gives me so many more options, especially when time or location are limited.
Hi there, im new to all this, certainly not 100% raw, dont intend to ever be that high-raw but have cut out wheat and sugar and most dairy tho am partial to yoghurt.....mainly for the protein and live bacteria. trying to eat all raw veg tho hard right now as am on holiday with my mum who just doesnt get it and isnt helping! Makes life hard when eating out!
I did some internet research and was veryinspired by Kate magic. Went to one of her workshops last week and was both inspired and overwhelmed! I bought raw magic and raw living. Cant wait to slowly change my shopping and eating habbits, but emphasise 'slowly'. I believe it takes time and am overwhelmed by all the super-foods. I am on a low income and live in a shared ouse so all the equipment and expensive powders and supplements are a bit scary.
The first thing i got obsessed with is raw deerts and cakes and chocolates. I have made a raw chocolate tart a few times and LOVE IT! Kind of made the recipe up!
Love carob and raw cacao nibs and agave......Yet to try lacuma and macca. Want to get some greens powder...any advice?
At the moment an average day for me is:
Soya lecithin tablets
multi vit and mineral tablet
Kelp tablet
hemp seed oil capsule
half grapefruit
either yoghurt with dates and seeds or banana/carob/goji smoothie or more fruit and some nuts
Some raw chocolate mid morning (i like 'conscious chocolate' best), (made in south east of england)
Lunch would be some quinoa and veg and sprouts and seeweed or miso soup and seweed
some nuts or seeds or raw choc in afternoon
dinner would be vegetable curry or salad with avocado, lentils or tofu.
am going to start making all my old favourites but raw, like curry etc- Kate Wood has some exciting looking recipes.
Mainly it is the cost that worries me. What superfoods are really worth it? I realise the expensive things like lacuma, cacao and coconut oil are luxuries but i NEED them as i have a very sweet tooth!
Thanks for reading!
xx
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