not nut heavy foods

[cheflissy]

Besides greens and fruit, what do you guys eat that's not so nut heavy? Just curious. I'm trying to cut out so many nuts from my diet and I think they're too much for me right now.

Melissa

[vickiesltw]

Besides greens and fruit, what do you guys eat that's not so nut heavy? Just curious. I'm trying to cut out so many nuts from my diet and I think they're too much for me right now.

Melissa

Melissa,

I eat a lot of avocados, about 2-3 a day. Guacamole on a portabello is my favorite recipe.

I eat lots of wraps from Juliano's cookbook with a lot less seasoning. The Bella Burrito and Last minute Burrito are fantastic.

Nacho Cheese from Juliano's Book really closte to the one in Alissas book wrapped around avocado for french fries.

Oh and that veggie (at least I think its a veggie) Jimaca listed in Alissa's book absolutely fantastic.

Lots of olives, zuchinni hummus, and raw veggies to dip.

I have just started making zucchinni chips and onion dip type things fantastic.

OMG fruit leathers are to die for.

I eat very few meals like some people plan mexican night and stuff. Not that patient. I eat like just appetizers and just part of main courses.

Hope that helps

[vickiesltw]

Lots of sprouts.

I sprout wheat berries and black beans and garbanza beans. I make the real toast out of Juliano's book. Fantastic,

I eat refried black beans a lot. The Raw way took a little getting use to but it is so good.

[lily]

I'm trying to do the same, cheflissy, and I'm eating lots of sprouted legumes etc instead -- garbanzos, mung beans and lentils. They're full of protein and mega-nutrients. I toss them in an olive oil dressing, or have olives with them, too -- not too much oil, but I find they need a little. Also, I love the sprouted lentils stirred into Alissa's Curry Sauce. I'm avoiding sweet things which include nuts, just eating lots of fresh fruit for sweetness and some dates occasionally.

lily

[cheflissy]

Thanks...it does.


Melissa

[cheflissy]

Lily,

Are sprouts easy to grow? My whole foods only carries conventional sprouts. I LOVE alfalfa sprouts but don't know how to grow them. Suggestions?

Melissa

[michigan roman]

cl , go to search at top of page and type in sprouts . thatll list 100's of threads on sprouting for you to read .

[lily]

Yes, they're sooooo easy to grow. I'm not talking about green-shoot type of sprouts here, but just sprouting till the little root starts to come through -- a day or so.

You just soak a handful of garbanzos or whatever you're doing in a bowl overnight, then drain next day and rinse under the tap. Then you can let them sit in the bowl (but without water), or in a jar with a piece of stocking or something secured to the top with an elastic band, or in a colander or sieve...

You just rinse them morning and evening then leave them again. They only take a day or two -- lots of books give tables for the amount of time you need to soak and then the time they need to grow, but I just soak 'em all overnight, and eat them when I think the little white shoot is big enough -- usually about 2 days -- not usually longer than 4 days.

Once the shoot is long enough, store them in the fridge, where they'll keep for a few days.

I tend to soak a new batch every day, so I've always got fresh ones ready. I find it's best to keep the different types separate when soaking and sprouting as they sometimes to slow each other up -- this might be my imagination, but I think each type does best on its own. Alfalfa is done in exactly the same way as i've described.

The jar method with the piece of stocking (or net or mesh) over the top is just to make the rinsing easier -- you fill the jar with water, swirl it around and pout it out through the netting which stops the beans etc falling out. Then leave the jar sitting at a 45 deg angle to stop the beans from sitting in any excess water.

Maybe it sounds more complicated than it is -- it's dead easy, not 'gardening' at all! good luck.

lily

[rawfigure]

spouted grain breads and crackers (w/o nuts) ...

[karenisraw]

cheflissy,

Just be careful. When I started to cut down on nuts, I started to get depressed. I felt like I was lacking something. I do know that for your brain to work properly, it needs enough fatty acids. I felt better going back to raw the way Alissa recommends. Eating all you want. I am just going to excercise it off.

k

[rawpriestess]

Well, since this lifestyle is about nuts, seeds, veggies fruits, and you want to cut out nuts, but no greens or frutis, that pretty much leaves veggies and seeds, and actually nuts are seeds, so I am assuming you wish to cut out seeds too?


So that would be veggies,unless you don't count coconut as a seed,
because you can use coconut instead of nuts in almost every recipe that calls for nuts,

so, I'm not sure If I am following you here.

because the avocados that are spoken of above, are indeed a fruit, but most people think of them as a veggie, so even that is out, plus if you are cutting down on nuts because of fats, well, that cuts out the avocados too.

but as stated you could have sprouts, or grains, but I don't do grains too much as they really aren't our ideal food for humans.

[cdepalmer]

what is the name of Juliano's book. I have heard several people talk about this book. Are the recipes different than Alissa's. I need some variety
Cindy

[Sheryl]

It's called RAW: The Uncookbook.

I find most recipes a little complicated... the guacamole had something like 20 ingredients! There are some really yummy ones though. It's been out a long time - I think he was one of the first published gourmet raw books in the last decade.

The funny thing is when I create something it can often have 15+ ingredients. But if I see the same in a 'recipe' that I have to follow I don't like it. Strange!

Cheers,
Sheryl

[vickiesltw]

what is the name of Juliano's book. I have heard several people talk about this book. Are the recipes different than Alissa's. I need some variety
Cindy

Raw the Uncooked which I believe Sheryl already gave you that.

Some of the recipes are different. Also, he uses a huge amount of salt and spices. We have to cut the spices in half.

[rawpriestess]

many of his recipes are very similar to Alissa's, I find Alissa's book to be superb in every detail, although Juliano's has lots of pics, and that is always nice.

[cheflissy]

Karen,

I will be careful about the nuts and brain thing. I didn't know that. I don't actually plan on cutting them out altogether, just not as much. I was eating a diet of mostly nuts and becoming very very tired. So I'm just going to cut them down. Thanks.

Melissa

[rawpriestess]

I don't know if I mentioned this or not, but you could use the same recipes and substitute coconut meat for the nuts, and it might suit you better.

[cheflissy]

Thanks, RP! I'll have to try that. I love coconut but never thought of using that instead of nuts for some recipes.

[JenniferSeed]

On the garb bean sprouts....I tried to make sprouted hummus and it was so gross I couldn't handle it. I am wondering if I did something wrong in the sprouting method, not rinse enough, or spouted too long?

Also, I bought buckwheat but realized after that I bought the ones with hulls. What am I to do with these as I can't use them as I originally intended?