The Rawtarian

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• I know, cashews and macadamia nuts are expensive. I do use them, but I only use them for very special recipes. For example, I will use cashews in my favourite creamy lemon cookies and in my awesome alfredo sauce. However, I definitely see these as a…

  in Cashew alternative? Comment by The Rawtarian
• I'd like to know if anyone has any tried and true recipes using pumpkin. I just bought a pie pumpkin as well. I'd love a good pumpkin cookie recipe if anyone has one.

  in sugar pumpkin Comment by The Rawtarian
• You should not sprout chick peas. There are a number of beans that should NOT be sprouted. Some of the most popular beans eaten by raw fooders are lentils, alfalfa, broccoli, mung, adzuki, radish, and much more... Alfalfa is my personal favourite. T…

  in Tastiest/ best sprouts?? Comment by The Rawtarian
• That's funny. The one thing I can't stand in a smoothie is oranges! It must be the pulp, and the fact that I don't have a high-powered blender.. :) My standard smoothie is water, romaine lettuce, a banana, half an apple, and some cinnamon and chia s…

  in How do I make green smoothiers taste good? Comment by The Rawtarian
• Coconut oil! I am surprised that no one has mentioned this yet.  

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• I make a nice chia seed drink when I want something special. I don't have a recipe but it involves water, lemon juice, agave, and chia seeds. The chia seeds become kind of gelatinous and it's kind of a fun drink, like Orbitz, if anyone remembers tha…

  in do you drink with meals & need a recipe for a light drink Comment by The Rawtarian
• Here's my semi-related coconut story. I bought a coconut, and I had no idea what I was doing, never having bought coconut before. As soon as I opened the coconut, I tasted the water. It was bitter and gross! Then I couldn't get the coconut off the s…

  in meat and water BRIGHT fuchsia in my young coconut???!!! Comment by The Rawtarian
• Here's a good article that goes into all the details about whether steel cut oats are raw. I can't quite remember the verdict though. :)

  in Oat Groats? Comment by The Rawtarian
• Lol, it was just green grapes. Honestly, I think I just over-ate. From now on I am careful with grapes and pineapple. They are my favourites and I have to keep myself in check, especially if I eat them as "dessert" after a raw meal. :)

  in How many? Comment by The Rawtarian
• All I have to say is be careful with eating grapes. In my first two months of being raw the only time I felt royally ill was when I binged on green grapes and I felt so bloated afterwards all I could do was sleep!

  in How many? Comment by The Rawtarian
• I may be way off but you sound like you have some similar symptoms to someone that I am close to. The disorder is called "depersonalization" or "derealization." Again, I might be way off, but it couldn't hurt to just google depersonalization (otherw…

  in Guidance please? Comment by The Rawtarian
• Good for you for all that you're doing. I live in Canada, too. Denise. But in the Maritimes. It gets cold here too. It may be extremely helpful for you to connect with someone locally that is also raw. Or if not locally find a buddy somehow who is i…

  in alone in a family of 9 Comment by The Rawtarian
• My in-laws are raw. But other than that I've never met anyone raw, especially since I live in a rural community.

  in the rare raw foodist Comment by The Rawtarian
• I wrote a long post about my experiences as a 100% raw newbie and my progression of kitchen appliances. Here's the long version (skip the first couple of paragraphs). The short version of what was most important to me is this: 0. Crappy blender (alr…

  in 100% people, what kitchen items did you think you wouldn't need but they actually come in handy? Comment by The Rawtarian
• Congrats and keep us posted! How are you doing?

  in Transitioning to Raw Food Starting Tomorrow Comment by The Rawtarian
• I miss popcorn too, as we used to make it on the stove frequently. Unfortunately, the raw popcorn that I've had (raw cauliflower and nutritional yeast and cayenne) didn't do it for me. I have yet to try it dehydrated though, that might change the fl…

  in Any raw popcorn recipe???i need to know,plzzzzz Comment by The Rawtarian
• The best thing we can do is to live by example. People are sometimes not ready for change. Be supportive if she brings it up, but don't push it on her. She may come around, but it may have to be on her own terms.

  in Worried about my mom. Comment by The Rawtarian
• Yeah, when I am craving seafood for me usually something salty does the trick, like a mock tuna spread. Best, Laura-Jane the Rawtarian

  in Craving Seafood Comment by The Rawtarian
• Super easy raw brownies with raw chocolate icing on top: http://therawtarian.com/raw-brownie-recipe/

  in Really good raw pie/cake recipes... Comment by The Rawtarian
• I'm 27. Time flies and it'll just keep on flying, I'm sure.

  in How old are you? Comment by The Rawtarian
• I love reading blogs too. I've been blogging since 2001, since they were called "diaries!" My raw blog is here: http://www.therawtarian.com. It's mostly a collection of my favourite simple recipes. It's geared to new raw fooders or people who have n…

  in Raw Blogs Comment by The Rawtarian
• Wow, lots of great wisdom in this thread. For me, it was really important to go 100% raw (or at least 99%, with the remaining 1% being the odd salad dressing at a restaurant, etc.) so that I could "retrain" my tastebuds and get rid of all my craving…

  in Why are you not 100% raw? Comment by The Rawtarian