How to do Raw w/out soaking, sprouting, dehydrating, etc.?????

[Guest guest]

Hi --

I keep looking at recipes for stuff, but if they have nuts and such in the

recipe, it says to " soaked " --- is there a healthy way to eat a vegan raw diet

without soaking, sprouting, dehydrating, etc.??? I wanted to make a pie today,

but it said to use soaked almonds and dates. I looking for simplicity, as that's

how I see a raw diet as being. Thanks, Kessa

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi,

YES you can become and stay Raw Vegan and do it simply -- I think that's the

universe's

natural way of providing whats best for us -- SIMPLE.

 

Soaking nuts helps them to be more digestable due to the natural fact that nuts

dry out as

they fall from the tree, sit on the ground, wait to be opened etc.... Nuts also

have a high

fat content - so be aware of how much of your diet you are willing to devote to

fats.

Seeds of course are a bit higher on the food chain, easier to digest, less fat

still helps to

soak a couple hours because they have been sitting around, drying out on their

own.

 

Most main stream Raw food recipes use quite a bit of the items you mentioned.

Dr. Doug

Graham is one of the people who advocates using less of these items, he does

have

recipes though I'm not sure if he has any pie or pie crust recipes... (sorry,

I'm still new to

his info - tho I'm really tuning into it)

 

My thoughts are to follow your cue to keep your Raw experience simple and not to

give in

to the main stream idea that you have to prepare foods or buy dehydrators and

such -- I

have done both and am willing to sell off my dehydrator and juicer now and go

back to my

first love and most healthful experiences which were very simple.

 

Hope that's of some help

I will share what I can -- also take a look at Bryan Au's Raw in Ten Minutes

site or

cookbook as he does a pretty good job as well - there are a few ingredients he

uses that I

don't agree with for myself, but I'm pretty good at figuring out a substitute...

feel free to

ask me any q's

Lesa

>

[Guest guest]

rawfood , Kessa MC <kessamc wrote:

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> Hi --

> I keep looking at recipes for stuff, but if they have nuts and

such in the recipe, it says to " soaked " --- is there a healthy way to

eat a vegan raw diet without soaking, sprouting, dehydrating, etc.???

I wanted to make a pie today, but it said to use soaked almonds and

dates. I looking for simplicity, as that's how I see a raw diet as

being. Thanks, Kessa

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Kessa,

The simple answer to your question is " yes " . You need not eat all those nuts

and seeds, you'll experience far more energy without them. Check out Doug

Graham's 80/10/10 approach, check out Doug's VegSource board, check out the

PathOfHealth group, all great resources.

 

Simplicity in diet means out of the kitchen, eating the foods as they occur

in Nature (or very nearly so), just as you say ... one food at a time or at

least in very simple, well-chosen combinations. It's actually quite easy,

far easier than all these recipes, and far healthier, too!

 

Best,

Elchanan

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rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

myrawfooddietrecipes

Wednesday, December 06, 2006 5:54 PM

rawfood

[Raw Food] Re: How to do Raw w/out soaking, sprouting, dehydrating,

etc.?????

 

 

rawfood@ <rawfood%40> .com, Kessa MC

<kessamc wrote:

>

> Hi --

> I keep looking at recipes for stuff, but if they have nuts and

such in the recipe, it says to " soaked " --- is there a healthy way to

eat a vegan raw diet without soaking, sprouting, dehydrating, etc.???

I wanted to make a pie today, but it said to use soaked almonds and

dates. I looking for simplicity, as that's how I see a raw diet as

being. Thanks, Kessa

 

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[Guest guest]

Kessa wrote:

> I keep looking at recipes

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> I looking for simplicity, as that's how I see a raw diet as being.

 

Look at the recipes on the list website. Many of them require nothing

more than a little knife action.

 

Before I got my dehydrator, I found that I could get by with

most recipes without dehydrating. they just won't be that solid.

I think that is what they call pate (if it is a savory flavor) and

pudding if it is on the sweet side. (just this week, I made Judy's

pumpkin pie recipe and just ate it from a bowl. People who saw it

said it looked gross, but it tasted great)

 

even now, I don't put most things in the dehydrator unless I just know

I am not going to eat it all before it goes bad... then I will

make patties or bars or cookies.

 

Then, of course, you could just eat the food as it comes from the

store,i.e., unprocessed. A lot of people think that is the way to go.

 

Margaret

[Guest guest]

I just wanted to thank everyone who answered my question. Everyone was quite

helpful and I will look into the books people mentioned and check out the web

sites. Thanks, Kessa

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Kessa,

 

>looking for simplicity, as that's how I see a raw diet as being.

 

There are a number of recipes on Gone Raw that are quick and easy. These have

really helped

me out, as I often don't think ahead about soaking, etc.

 

http://goneraw.com/recipes/list/quick

 

Cheers,

Kandace