raw deliciousness

Id love doing something like this for dinner most nights but it just takes so damn long to make :/

Well the burger recipe makes 9 burgers, i mean i only used 2 here (and 1 to test) and it'll store for another 3 nights easily.
The tomatoe sauce recipe made a small tub-full that'll last at least 2-3 days imo.
Salad took 5 mins.

Idk, total time preparing is about an hour for 3 nights dinner, not too bad.
Obv gotta have the ingredients first though.

i know you have been posting stuff and loco will prob chime in too but can you guys give me some websites or atleast pointers for getting into the raw food thing because what you have posted looks delicious

where is the burger part of the burger?

going to give this burger a try. looks new.

heres a suggestion for your salad: put cubes of feta cheese in it.

look up shopska salad. its really popular in the balkans

On December 19 2009 12:11 bane wrote: i know you have been posting stuff and loco will prob chime in too but can you guys give me some websites or atleast pointers for getting into the raw food thing because what you have posted looks delicious

Well, i can see why its a little hard to get into. I'd say start off very simple with daily GREEN smoothies, that means 80% greens and the rest just a little fruit to sweeten it up a bit. You want about a litre in size imo. It lasts you about 6-7 hours if you drink it in one sitting. You will feel amazing doing this also. Eating nice salads regularly with a very simple dressing.

I'd say, dont try to eliminate cooked food right away unless you're willing to go straight for a dehydrator and risk not getting into it. The dehydrator basically removes liquid from the food using a fan and a very low heat source. This keeps the food raw but takes away the liquid, allowing you to simulated cooked foods addictive texture while still keeping all the nutrients intact.

Another thing you should think about when trying to eventually come off cooked foods (after a month or so of smoothies with cooked food) is to realise that cooking food depletes it of its nutrient value.

Heres some links to check out:
http://www.haverawcakeandeatit.co.uk/raw_food_uk/FOOD_INFORMATION.html

Blogs:
http://www.rawmazing.com/
http://www.rawmodel.com

And some good youtube channels i subscribe to (some do daily updates):

http://www.youtube.com/therawfoodworld#g/u
http://www.youtube.com/user/kevingianni#g/u
http://www.youtube.com/user/rawmodel
http://www.youtube.com/user/xmantidx (good recipes)
and this one is *okay*: http://www.youtube.com/user/RawHealingPatch#g/u

Great for research:
http://www.youtube.com/user/UndergroundWellness#g/u
There are tons of channels good for this, just look up the topic you like on youtube and you'll find the good sources.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed

Good recipe book from a GREAT cafe:
http://www.amazon.com/Am-Grateful-Recipes-Lifestyle-Gratitude/dp/1556436475
Its available on amazon.co.uk too ~£10. The first recipe book im passionate about and willing to try all of.


Loco and I like researching a lot of the choices and trying to eat as well as possible. I think thats very important and satisfying after you've learned what you're eating is good and WHY. Thats really the main reason i decided to go vegan initially, b/c i didnt want to eat meat or dairy as it was in all shitty foods and i wanted to force myself to read labels/question ingredients.

Well, the raw diet is somewhat simpler. You can just eat green vegetables and some fruit if you like and take a b12 supplement + flax seed oil for omega3. It means you dont need to read labels and figure out what a bunch of complex chemicals are because nothing is processed, its all whole foods.
There is no sacrifice eating raw food either. If you are like me and desire to cooked food texture but dont want to comprimise on the nutrients, a dehydrator is definitely for you. I only got mine about a week ago and i love it.


Hope that helps,

David

On December 19 2009 11:52 concrescence wrote: Drink: 500ml 100% pure organic coconut water Price: £3.25.

jesus fucking christ...

i fucking hate, that eating healthy is so damn expensive

yeah that stuff is expensive but its not like i drink it daily

i really wanna live in thailand or somewhere for a while soon so i can get really fresh coconuts and vegetables/fruits

I admire what you are doing but I just couldn't do it. I am not a fat unhealthy guy but give me a steak - only similarity to 'raw' is I like is bloody as hell....

For me much of the best tastes come from animal fat. That's not to say that I eat saturated fat all the time - it's just that I couldn't give it up as life's too short for my liking. If I knock a few years off because I eat animal fat then so be it.

Don't get me wrong - I am not trying to take away anything from what you are doing or denigrate it in any way. I just think for me it would be like the toughest prop bet ever to follow it even for a few months.

GL and I will continue reading!

That sounds/looks delicious and I'd love to eat it but making it and getting all the ingredients seems like a ton of work.

Will make a post here soon!

On December 19 2009 13:05 4Kingell wrote: I admire what you are doing but I just couldn't do it. I am not a fat unhealthy guy but give me a steak - only similarity to 'raw' is I like is bloody as hell.... For me much of the best tastes come from animal fat. That's not to say that I eat saturated fat all the time - it's just that I couldn't give it up as life's too short for my liking. If I knock a few years off because I eat animal fat then so be it. Don't get me wrong - I am not trying to take away anything from what you are doing or denigrate it in any way. I just think for me it would be like the toughest prop bet ever to follow it even for a few months. GL and I will continue reading!

fyi, most of my calories come from lean cuts of grassfed meat and organ meats, all raw. Its what i think right now is the healthiest diet

What will take some years off your life is eating commercial meat from unhealthy animals, cooked.

On December 19 2009 15:10 Loco wrote: Show nested quote + On December 19 2009 13:05 4Kingell wrote: I admire what you are doing but I just couldn't do it. I am not a fat unhealthy guy but give me a steak - only similarity to 'raw' is I like is bloody as hell.... For me much of the best tastes come from animal fat. That's not to say that I eat saturated fat all the time - it's just that I couldn't give it up as life's too short for my liking. If I knock a few years off because I eat animal fat then so be it. Don't get me wrong - I am not trying to take away anything from what you are doing or denigrate it in any way. I just think for me it would be like the toughest prop bet ever to follow it even for a few months. GL and I will continue reading! fyi, most of my calories come from lean cuts of grassfed meat and organ meats, all raw. Its what i think right now is the healthiest diet

you eat raw meat loco? what kind may I ask?