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In this episode of The Raw Food Podcast The Rawtarian talks about how to use a dehydrator to make crispy, crunchy raw vegan snacks.

Recipes and topics mentioned in this episode:

• Recipes: raw cracker recipes
• Recipe: moist, spongy raw bread recipe
• Recipe: raw onion bread (AKA onion wrap recipe)
• Recipe: raw veggie burgers
• Picture of hempseed hearts
• Link to purchase Excalibur dehdyrator

I hope you enjoy this audio episode about how to dehydrate!

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In this episode of The Raw Food Podcast The Rawtarian talks about how she uses her recipes (cookbooks, printouts, eBooks, etc.). She also introduces her husband Cameron (her sometimes co-host), and they chat about The Rawtarian's Raw Recipes app for the latter half of the episode.

Beware: we are kind of hyperactive and giddy during this episode. In fact, we kiss on air lol.

Want to find out more about the app? Check out www.therawtarian.com/rrapp

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In this episode of The Raw Food Podcast The Rawtarian explains how to make a raw pizza:

1. Step one: make a crust using a dehydrator. Here are the recipes: raw pizza crust made from regular almonds (<--easiest) OR crust made from almond pulp (leftovers from making almond milk). You can now either use the crust right away or refrigerate or freeze it.

2. Spread one raw sauce on your pizza crusts. It's easiest to use a leftover sauce that you have already used for something else:

• Raw tomato sauce or
• Raw pesto or
• Raw cheese sauce or
• Raw ranch dressing or
• Raw alfredo sauce or
• Etc.

3. Sprinkle chopped veggies on top of the pizza crust that has sauce on it. I like to use three different toppings at one. Choose from pineapple, green pepper, sun dried tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, etc.

4. Dehydrate "dressed up" pizza for an hour or two to get it warm and tasty and so that the veggies shrivel up a little bit to resemble a cooked pizza :)

PS: At the end of the episode I make a preview announcement about the raw recipes mobile app that I am working on for iPhones, iPod Touches, iPads and Android devices! It will be for sale soon - hopefully some time in November if all goes as planned...

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In this episode of The Raw Food Podcast The Rawtarian shares a simple to understand concept of what protein is and where you can get proteins in a plant-based, vegan diet.

In short, yes, you can get enough protein from a plant-based diet!

• 1/4 cup almonds = 15 grams protein
• 1/4 cup walnuts = 7.5 grams protein
• 1/4 cup sunflower seeds = 7 grams protein
• 1/4 cup cashews = 5 grams protein
• 1/4 cup pecans = 2.5 grams protein
• 1/4 cup medjool dates = 2 grams protein
• 4 tablespoons of hempseed hearts = 15 grams protein
• 3 tablespoons of chia seeds = 4 grams protein
• 1 cup raw kale = 2 grams protein
• 1 cup raw broccoli = 2 grams protein
• 1 cup raw spinach = 1 gram protein (1 cup cooked spinach = 7.6 grams protein)
• 1 cup alfalfa sprouts = 1 gram protein

The recommendation for protein for adult female vegans is around 46-58 grams per day.

The recommendation for protein for adult male vegans is around 56-70 grams per day.

Re: "complete proteins:" Animal foods, soy foods and quinoa are "complete proteins," which just means that they include all of the 9 essential amino acids, which is handy. But you can get all of the 8-9 essential amino acids quite easily if you consume a variety of plant-based foods.  A complete protein will be made inside your body quite easily, as long as you are eating a wide variety of legumes (ex. sprouted chick peas), grains (ex. sprouted quinoa)  greens and veggies, nuts and seeds :)

Resouces:

Handy calculator to find out protein content of various ingredients

Book: The China Study by T. Colin Campbell (Scientific study comparing animal-based versus plant-based proteins)

Protein content charts referenced in this episode