Tuesday, September 11, 2012

When I'm not Cooking- I Eat Some of it Raw


I'm definitely no master when it comes to raw food preparation, but I've had the wonderful and unique opportunity to work in a raw food kitchen!  I'm learning a lot and most notably falling in love with some of the delicious dishes.  I'd never before prepared food for the dehydrator and delightfully tasted the results. 


What's up with a raw food diet?  First of all you don't have to eat only raw foods to enjoy raw food recipes.  Some are simple to prepare, such as fruits, salads, meat, and dairy... If you're not concerned about meat and dairy.  The kitchen I work in is strictly veggie and vegan, as in no dairy either.  Some foods require considerable advanced planning to prepare for eating. Rice and some other grains require sprouting or overnight soaking to become digestible. Many raw foodists believe it is best to soak nuts and seeds before eating them, to activate their enzymes, and deactivate enzyme inhibitors.  I'm no expert on any of this, just kitchen help and learning.

The preparation of gourmet raw food recipes require a blender, food processor, juicer, and dehydrator- that makes so many neat foods and awesome seasoned chips in different veggie styles!  Depending on the recipe, some food (such as crackers, breads and cookies) may need to be dehydrated. These processes, which produce foods with the taste and texture of cooked food, can take a long session in the dehydrator. 

If you want to try vegan raw foods, I can tell you as a food lovin’, baking, grilling, meat eating girl- raw food is also a wonderful part of the foods I enjoy.  They are much more difficult for home chefs to prepare because most of us don't have a food dehydrator in our kitchen.  Don't get discouraged though, juices and other preparations don't require that you purchase a food dehydrator.

If you're curious, you can check out this link:


Classes, recipes, prepared foods and cleansing.  My cat likes peregrinate, potato chips and pistachios so we meow for raw recipes too!

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