This raw food Thai-Style noodles recipe is a great way to use up the end of your veg box, as well as being truly delicious. The ingredients are flexible and can be easily adapted to fit with whatever is in season. Once you have done the chopping, it only takes a few minutes to out together and you can serve it warm, for a gently heating treat.
Cheery Chia Pudding
Apologies for the recipe’s name, but the seven year old insisted, as he wolfed down an experimental portion of this super-easy, truly nutritious dessert!
It takes just minutes to make and is packed with superfood treats.
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Super Speedy Spinach Sauce
Sometimes it’s handy to whip up a raw food sauce, whether it’s for dipping or for coating other ingredients. And here’s one that we love. It takes just a few minutes and it’s really versatile, as well as super-nutritious and tasty.
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Is The Traditional Food Pyramid Upside Down?
Do you remember that old food pyramid diagram, from back in our school days? Having just gone veggie, when I was 11, I distinctly remember my teacher getting stressed over where I was ‘going to get protein from’! I remember that carbs, whole wheat and grains, dairy, meat and fats featured very heavily, at the base of the pyramid. Then, twenty or so years ago, Monsieur Atkins pretty much ripped carbs out, altogether.
The thing is – and I’m curious about whether you have felt this way, too – I have always felt lousy when I eat according to the traditional food pyramid. In fact, I have ignored it for a very long time. So I was delighted when I stumbled across the ‘Raw Food Pyramid’ from Vegan Raw Diet. It answers the question, “What should I eat on a raw food diet?” Are you curious?
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Raw Food Doesn’t Have To Be Cold – Not Even In Winter!
It’s yet another one of those raw food myths that raw food has to be cold – it doesn’t! There’s so much more to it than salads, straight from the fridge. Discover why people’s objections to eating cold food are well-founded – and why ‘cold’ has nothing to do with ‘raw’, unless you want it to! Plus top tips for warming up your winter raw food.
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“Living Cuisine” by Renee Underkoffler
This is possibly the definitive raw food book – if you live in Hawaii! I have to admit that I have regularly dived into Renee’s “Living Cuisine”, over the past 6+ years, but it’s not a book I ever recommend to raw food newbies. Why? [Read more…] about “Living Cuisine” by Renee Underkoffler