raw foods 101?

[Guest guest]

is there somewhere I could find " raw food 101 " information

 

I would like to start out with sprouting.

how does one sprout walnuts? they are falling out of the trees

now and I have been gathering them up.

 

Where could I find some basic recipes? Could a few people write what

they eat every day?

 

I am not ready for the big switch over, but would like to have one

meal a few times a week be all raw and see how it goes from there.

 

thank you so much

 

Lindy

[Guest guest]

Hi Lindy,

 

It depends on what sort of raw diet you're interested in, or if you

want to check out the various options. Natural Hygiene is a simpler

type of raw and is high-fruit w/some greens, some veggies, a bit of

nuts and seeds. Dr. Doug Graham is a leader in the movement and

teaches this approach and has a new book coming out called " The 80-

10-10 Diet " (www.foodnsport.com). It sounds like it will be really

good. Frederic Patenaude (www.fredericpatenaude.com) is also along

these lines and has an easy recipe book called " Raw Sensations. "

Nora Lenz also has some good info on her site at www.rawschool.com.

For more recipes to sort of replicate cooked food and possibly make

transitioning easier, a lot of people like Alissa Cohen and

her " cookbook " (www.alissacohen.com).

 

I am not all raw yet, but have done several stretches of all raw.

When I eat that way, I tend to eat fairly simply. Some of my meals:

 

--Smoothie w/4 bananas, a cup of berries or mangoes (fresh or

frozen), maybe 1-2 cups of romaine or spinach

--a big bowl of melon or grapes (or any fruit!)

--applesauce w/4 apples and 4 dates pureed

--bananas and mangoes cut up or pureed into a sauce/pudding

--celery dipped in guacamole

--carob shake w/3 frozen bananas, 1/2 the meat and water of young

coconut, couple Tb. raw carob, and 1 Tb. raw almond butter (optional)

--dried bananas dipped in raw tahini

 

You can also make " pasta " w/zucchini in a spiralizer and top w/pesto

or other raw sauces (see Alissa Cohen's book or www.fromsadtoraw.com

for recipes). Also fake " burgers " etc.! Be as simple or as complex

as you want/need!

 

Sorry, not sure how to sprout. But if you're getting fresh walnuts,

I'd just eat them!

 

Have fun!

 

Laurie

 

 

rawfood , lindy <lindornea wrote:

>

> is there somewhere I could find " raw food 101 " information

>

> I would like to start out with sprouting.

> how does one sprout walnuts? they are falling out of the trees

> now and I have been gathering them up.

>

> Where could I find some basic recipes? Could a few people write

what

> they eat every day?

>

> I am not ready for the big switch over, but would like to have

one

> meal a few times a week be all raw and see how it goes from there.

>

> thank you so much

>

> Lindy

>

[Guest guest]

> how does one sprout walnuts? they are falling out of the trees

> now and I have been gathering them up.

 

**I think first you will need to remove the outer shell to get to the inner

shell of the

walnuts, the one you recognize. I understand getting the outer shell off is

difficult and I

have no idea how to do that.

 

I don't think raw foodists typically or technically sprout walnuts. I soak my

walnuts for 8

hrs before using them, and if they are like almonds, they do sprout in that # of

hrs. I just

doesn't look anything like sprouting grains or beans. Almonds get a tiny tail on

the pointy

ends of them, and that's how you know they have sprouted and are alive.

 

> Could a few people write what they eat every day?

 

For breakfast I will do a raw " fast food " bar (like a Cliff bar or something),

or if I have time

I'll make a smoothie with almond milk & frozen fruit with a little vanilla and

stevia.

Sometimes I cut up an apple or pear and put it in almond milk and add cinnamon

and

ground flax seed for " cereal " .

 

Today is Saturday, (meaning I have more time) so I soaked 1/2 cup raw oat groats

last

night before going to bed. Then this morning I drained & rinsed them and they

are in a

bowl in the dehydrator to warm with cinnamon, cardamom, vanilla & agave.

 

For lunch, it might be a small salad or just several pieces of fruit & maybe

some nuts. I'm a

snacker. I like little & easily edible things to eat (like grapes). Home-made

salsa with celery

sticks is yummy for lunch, too.

 

For dinner, recently I have been doing " warm " -- I have been chopping up all

kinds of

veggies (beans, broccoli, carrots, snow peas, bean sprouts, bok choy) and

throwing it in a

pan with some olive oil and seasonings, being very very careful not to let it

too warm or

hot. Then I just eat it like a stir-fry. Sometimes I like to make more involved

or gourmet

meals, especially on the weekends. Soups for fall are great, and I warm them

just a bit and

I use a thermometer to make sure I don't go over 100 degrees F. Carrot soup can

be made

by juicing carrots and blending with an avocado & adding seasonings if you

desire. Really

simple, easy, & quick. The gourmet meals such as corn tortillas, burritos,

breads &

crackers, stuffed peppers, spicy noodles, etc. are very nice on occasion, but I

agree with

the other responder to your query that once a person has been raw for a while,

they tend

to eat much more simply. There are many, many schools of thought on being raw

(and

eating for your health in general), and you have to find the one that is the

best fit for you.

You have to feel good about what you are eating and cooking, no matter what.

 

> I am not ready for the big switch over, but would like to have one

> meal a few times a week be all raw and see how it goes from there.

 

Well, you could just try a salad for lunch, without anything that has come from

a can, or as

I learned, no frozen veggies (corn, peas) are raw. No cheese (unless it's raw if

you are OK

with dairy, or it can be a " raw " cheese made from nuts) or beans, unless they

have been

sprouted from dry.

 

I feel I have to say this -- for me, it is easier to be all raw or barely raw.

That could be part

my personality, but what I've noticed is that if I eat something that's not raw,

I think, " Well,

then why even bother with being raw at all? " because it feels as if I have

wasted my good

energy preparing raw meals and taking good care of myself if I am just going to

ruin it

with cooked food, and then if I eat something cooked, it's too easy for me to

fall into junk

food like potato chips. But maybe that's just me. Also, I think you might feel

the positive

effects more dramatically by being all raw -- after I've eaten something cooked,

I tend to

feel very sluggish and foggy-headed the next day, but only if I've been all raw

for a couple

of weeks. Once I've introduced cooked every day or so, the good feeling effects

of being

raw (like a TON of energy, and being happy, and no mood swings, and feeling

joyous)

simply disappear. Just my 2 cents! Good luck on your journey, Lindy, whatever

route you

choose.

 

Melanie

[Guest guest]

I have learned that certain nuts do not need to be soaked and are not as good

when soaked due to their high oil content. Walnuts being one of these nuts.

Brazil nuts and macadamia nuts are the others that do not need to be soaked.

 

We always had walnuts in the shell growing up and it just takes one of those " V "

shaped nut crackers to open them. And when you sit and open one nut at a time

and eat them you do not have the tendency to overeat.

 

Shari

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

I believe this is my first post on this board. I've been 100% raw

for 3 ½ weeks now. I joined the raw food boot camp on-line. I've

got a lot of weight to lose and I'm getting good results. So in

response to Lindy's question I thought I'd post a typical food day

for me. This is what I ate yesterday.

 

Breakfast smoothie:

½ bunch romaine lettuce

½ cup blueberries

1 overripe banana

1 cup filtered water

30 grams raw hemp protein powder

2 Tablespoons ground flax seeds

 

Lunch:

Juiced the following:

1 apple

2 carrots

1 cucumber

1 tomato

 

Dinner:

Raw tomato/cabbage soup

Banana

Apple

 

Snack: Pomegranate.

 

Totals per Fitday: Calories: 1035, Fat 14%, Carbs 73%, Protein 13%,

Fiber 31 grams.

 

This would come out closer to 80/10/10 if I took the flax from 2T

down to 1T, which I intend to do in the future. I use the ground

flax because I find it helpful with IBS. I don't really think

protein powder is necessary if you're eating enough calories in raw

foods to maintain your current weight. Because I'm restricting

calories to lose weight, and I'm going to do this for quite some

time, I thought better safe then sorry.

 

The blender soup also had green onion, garlic, celery juice, and

cilantro in addition to cabbage and oil free sun dried tomatoes.

This was my first time to make this soup. I've also made a corn soup

with fresh raw corn, celery juice, onions and garlic, a few times and

liked it pretty well. I generally warm my soup by taking a covered

bowl of soup and sitting it in a bowl of hot tap water for 30

minutes.

 

At the boot camp we limit high fat raw foods such as

avocados/nuts/seeds and also limit bananas and dates in the interests

of losing weight. The group is for folks who have at least 75 pounds

to lose.

 

Prior to going raw I was on the McDougall plan (low fat vegan) for

about six weeks and I think that really helped my transition. Still,

I had a lot of weakness, muscle cramps, and some stomach pains that I

suspected may have been gall bladder during the first 10 days. But

now, after nearly a month, I'm doing really great.

 

Also Lindy, this website http://www.sproutpeople.com/ has loads of

great info on sprouts. I just placed an order with them as I want to

try growing wheat grass and micro greens in addition to sprouts.

VW

 

rawfood , lindy <lindornea wrote:

>

> is there somewhere I could find " raw food 101 " information

>

> I would like to start out with sprouting.

> how does one sprout walnuts? they are falling out of the trees

> now and I have been gathering them up.

>

> Where could I find some basic recipes? Could a few people write

what

> they eat every day?

>

> I am not ready for the big switch over, but would like to have one

> meal a few times a week be all raw and see how it goes from there.

>

> thank you so much

>

> Lindy

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much, those who have taken the time to answer my post

 

I still would enjoy hearing from others who would like to add their

input.

 

I do eat quite a bit of raw and have been tapering off the SAD for

sometime. I gave up coffee this year, smoking a few years ago,

bleached white flour (from time to time I slip but I pay for it

immedately because it is SO hard on my body), very little processed

sugar, trying HARD to avoid high frutose cornsyrup, NEVER eat

ANYTHING with artificial sweetners in it.

 

I eat a clif bar every morning (did not realize it was raw! that is

fantastic!) and eat fresh fruit during the day and peanut butter made

from raw peanuts. I eat salad when it is in season from the garden.

I am working on a new project to take a small water heater and turn

it into a heat table for the greenhouse so I can have fresh salad

year around with out having to buy it at the grocery store. It will

be a closed system, with the pipes going under the soil, and then

back to the water heater and will use very little energy. Not as

cheap as growing it in the garden but still I will know where my

food came from I am slowly switching over

 

thank you so much for your support

 

Lindy

[Guest guest]

Lindy, if you go to my blog http://reallyrawfood.com I journal every

day and list what I have eaten. I don't list quantities but if you

click on my fitday link on my blog and go back to when I was logging

my meals, you can see quantities there. I eat mostly fruit, green

leafy veggies, with a few nuts, seeds, and a little avocado along the

way. I wasn't ready for the big switch over when I started but I did

it after four days, anyway. It made an amazing change in my life!

 

Tommie

http://reallyrawfood.com

 

rawfood , lindy <lindornea wrote:

>

> is there somewhere I could find " raw food 101 " information

>

> I would like to start out with sprouting.

> how does one sprout walnuts? they are falling out of the trees

> now and I have been gathering them up.

>

> Where could I find some basic recipes? Could a few people write

what

> they eat every day?

>

> I am not ready for the big switch over, but would like to have one

> meal a few times a week be all raw and see how it goes from there.

>

> thank you so much

>

> Lindy

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

I'm happy to help anyone who needs some easy ideas to begin. It can be

overwhelming without help and support but sprouting is fun and easy and the best

way to get vitamins going in the system!!

 

Also juicing another easy and great thing.

 

Annie

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

clif bars are not raw.

 

-nikole

 

On 10/14/06, lindy <lindornea wrote:

>

> Thank you so much, those who have taken the time to answer my post

>

> I still would enjoy hearing from others who would like to add their

> input.

>

> I do eat quite a bit of raw and have been tapering off the SAD for

> sometime. I gave up coffee this year, smoking a few years ago,

> bleached white flour (from time to time I slip but I pay for it

> immedately because it is SO hard on my body), very little processed

> sugar, trying HARD to avoid high frutose cornsyrup, NEVER eat

> ANYTHING with artificial sweetners in it.

>

> I eat a clif bar every morning (did not realize it was raw! that is

> fantastic!) and eat fresh fruit during the day and peanut butter made

> from raw peanuts. I eat salad when it is in season from the garden.

> I am working on a new project to take a small water heater and turn

> it into a heat table for the greenhouse so I can have fresh salad

> year around with out having to buy it at the grocery store. It will

> be a closed system, with the pipes going under the soil, and then

> back to the water heater and will use very little energy. Not as

> cheap as growing it in the garden but still I will know where my

> food came from I am slowly switching over

>

> thank you so much for your support

>

> Lindy

>

>

>

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Lindy,

 

Cliff bars are not raw...

 

 

I eat a clif bar every morning (did not realize it was raw! that is

fantastic!)

[Guest guest]

Thank you for bringing that up. I realized that this morning

Lindy

On Oct 15, 2006, at 12:22 PM, Kristi Swanson wrote:

 

Lindy,

 

Cliff bars are not raw...

 

I eat a clif bar every morning (did not realize it was raw! that is

fantastic!)

[Guest guest]

thank you I appreciate your input.

I just take a knife and pry them open. I have found that I only eat

a few at a time (maybe three or four) in the afternoon. I like a

little " nut " boost. If things have salt on them I have a much harder

stopping myself from eating them.

 

take care

Lindy

On Oct 14, 2006, at 9:23 AM, SV wrote:

 

I have learned that certain nuts do not need to be soaked and are not

as good when soaked due to their high oil content. Walnuts being one

of these nuts. Brazil nuts and macadamia nuts are the others that do

not need to be soaked.

 

We always had walnuts in the shell growing up and it just takes one

of those " V " shaped nut crackers to open them. And when you sit and

open one nut at a time and eat them you do not have the tendency to

overeat.

 

Shari

 

 

[Guest guest]

But Lara Bars are and Maya Bars mostly are! I eat these occasionally--

I like the chocolate coconut Lara and the chocolate Maya.

 

Laurie

 

rawfood , " Kristi Swanson " <pixiechik wrote:

>

> Lindy,

>

> Cliff bars are not raw...

>

>

> I eat a clif bar every morning (did not realize it was raw! that is

> fantastic!)

>

[Guest guest]

If you want to eat a bar...

from the list recipe files, by way of Rose Calabro's Dining in the Raw

 

High Energy Bars

1 C barley (soaked two days)

2 C soft wheat berries, sprouted 1 day

3/4 C honey dates

3 T raw honey

1 t vanilla

1 t cinnamon

1 C walnuts, soaked 6-8 hours and chopped

1/2 C almonds, soaked 12-48 hours, blanched and chopped

 

Process barley, wheat, and dates through a Champion Juicer using the

solid plate (or you could process them in a high-speed blender, or a

food processor -- they just won't be as fine)

Add honey, vanilla, cinnamon, walnuts, and almonds. Mix well. Form

into bars, and place on teflex sheets on trays in the dehydrator.

Dehydrate at 105 degrees for 4 hours, turn bars over, and rmove teflex

sheets. Continue dehydrating for 4 - 6 hours, or until desired

moisture is obtained.

 

rawfood , " Kristi Swanson " <pixiechik wrote:

>

> Lindy,

>

> Cliff bars are not raw...

>

>

> I eat a clif bar every morning (did not realize it was raw! that is

> fantastic!)

>

[Guest guest]

Valerie,

 

how long have you been doing the bootcamp? Do you like it? I looked at the

website but it is a lot of money so I haven't decided yet.

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I was interested in bootcamp too, but I cannot afford it.

I like the concept

Lindy

On Oct 18, 2006, at 12:07 PM, Terry Bakhtiari wrote:

 

 

Valerie,

 

how long have you been doing the bootcamp? Do you like it? I looked

at the website but it is a lot of money so I haven't decided yet.

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thank you Margaret

I am going to try this out.

 

Lindy

On Oct 16, 2006, at 5:22 PM, Margaret Gamez wrote:

 

If you want to eat a bar...

from the list recipe files, by way of Rose Calabro's Dining in the Raw

 

High Energy Bars

1 C barley (soaked two days)

2 C soft wheat berries, sprouted 1 day

3/4 C honey dates

3 T raw honey

1 t vanilla

1 t cinnamon

1 C walnuts, soaked 6-8 hours and chopped

1/2 C almonds, soaked 12-48 hours, blanched and chopped

 

Process barley, wheat, and dates through a Champion Juicer using the

solid plate (or you could process them in a high-speed blender, or a

food processor -- they just won't be as fine)

Add honey, vanilla, cinnamon, walnuts, and almonds. Mix well. Form

into bars, and place on teflex sheets on trays in the dehydrator.

Dehydrate at 105 degrees for 4 hours, turn bars over, and rmove teflex

sheets. Continue dehydrating for 4 - 6 hours, or until desired

moisture is obtained.

 

rawfood , " Kristi Swanson " <pixiechik wrote:

>

> Lindy,

>

> Cliff bars are not raw...

>

>

> I eat a clif bar every morning (did not realize it was raw! that is

> fantastic!)

>

[Guest guest]

is there something I could substituet dates for?

they are MUCH too sweet for me in fact I find clif bars waaaay too

sweet. I do not eat the SAD, so I have " lost " my taste for overly

sweet things and have never really cared for dates.

thanks in advance

Lindy

 

Margaret Gamez wrote:

 

If you want to eat a bar...

from the list recipe files, by way of Rose Calabro's Dining in the Raw

 

High Energy Bars

1 C barley (soaked two days)

2 C soft wheat berries, sprouted 1 day

3/4 C honey dates

3 T raw honey

1 t vanilla

1 t cinnamon

1 C walnuts, soaked 6-8 hours and chopped

1/2 C almonds, soaked 12-48 hours, blanched and chopped

 

Process barley, wheat, and dates through a Champion Juicer using the

solid plate (or you could process them in a high-speed blender, or a

food processor -- they just won't be as fine)

Add honey, vanilla, cinnamon, walnuts, and almonds. Mix well. Form

into bars, and place on teflex sheets on trays in the dehydrator.

Dehydrate at 105 degrees for 4 hours, turn bars over, and rmove teflex

sheets. Continue dehydrating for 4 - 6 hours, or until desired

moisture is obtained.