Warm Ideas

[angelandarose]

I am struggling staying 100% because I am so cold. My heat quit weeks ago and when it gets really cold we make a fire in the fireplace BUT my kitchen is ice cold. I am having a hard time eating cold/cool foods and staying warm so I'm cheating and reaching for warmed/cooked foods. :mad:

Idea needed!

Thanks,
Angie

[yeahbethany]

The yummiest warming recipe:

Shredded cabbage

Make a sauce of a tablespoon or so of miso, juice of 1-2 limes, 2 cloves fresh pressed garlic, some crushed red pepper flakes (spicy!), and olive oil. Mix sauce ingredients in a bowl, then toss with the cabbage.

Let sit for 30 minutes to 3-4 hours (if you make it in the morning, it is really good come lunch time).

This will warm you right up!

[Revvell]

Ohhh, that sounds wonderful!

Revvell

[sachis2112]

I've been told that this is why there is cayenne in a few different recipes. I use a lot of pepper in general. And I use my dehydrator for heating food for my non-raw fiance.

[sara]

I'm sorry to hear about your heater. I absolutely hate being cold. Is it really still cold there? I am originally from Pittsburg, Kansas (home of the PSU Gorillas! lol)
Sara

[VeganVixen]

fiery lava is A GREAT WARMER!!!!

MY MOST FAVORITE SOUP!!!!!!
Lava

BLEND
1 1/2 cups fresh carrot juice
1 T mint leaves
1 tsp jalapeno
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp garlic
1/3 cup avocado
2 tsp Olive Oil
2 T Nama Shoyu (or 1.5 tsp Celtic Sea Salt)
1 T basil leaves.

GARNISH with
2 T. diced avocado
2 tsp. chopped mint leaves
2 tsp. diced red bell peppers
2 tsp. chopped scallions.

Pour into serving bowls and eat immediately!
- from Juliano's "Raw: The Uncook Book"

BTW ,you dont NEED the garnishes or avocado -and you can add some of the carrot pulp back in to thicken it in lue of the avo.
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Hope this helps :)

[angelandarose]

I'm sorry to hear about your heater. I absolutely hate being cold. Is it really still cold there? I am originally from Pittsburg, Kansas (home of the PSU Gorillas! lol)
Sara

It is 39 outside and 59 in the house. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! I live in a 100 year old limestone house, these old houses stay naturally cool. They are great in the summer time.

Thanks everyone for the ideas! I appreciate this board!

Love,
Angie

[swingbolder]

>> I am having a hard time eating cold/cool foods and staying warm so I'm cheating and reaching for warmed/cooked foods. <<

I live in a big old drafty house too, and I know exactly how you feel. I had the coldness problem over the winter when I first went raw until I started doing the following:

You can warm your soups to 105 degrees or so. Use a thermometer so you don't go over. 105 degrees is really a lovely warm temperature, as you will see.

Also, take your fruit out of the fridge a few hours before you eat it, or if it's last minute soak it in warm water for a few minutes before you eat it. I did this even before I went raw bc I think room temp. fruit is tastier.

Also, you can take any cold food, place in a ziplock and then place the ziplock in a big bowl or pot of warm water. Soak until the food hits room temp.

Bethany, thanks for the cabbage recipe. I have a big old cabbage in my fridge just waiting to be eaten but I wasn't quite sure what to do with it.

[angelandarose]

Thanks for more great ideas. I tested my tap water to see how hot it got I think it's 102-105 right out of the tap.

I came home from work to a roaring fire in the fireplace. My sweet husband decided 59 degrees was a bit too cold. HA!

I just made me some creamy tomato soup.

2 BIG Tomato's
1 avacodo
1/4 onion
2 garlic cloves
2 sprinkes of cayenne pepper(I should have measure it out)
sprinkle of sea salt

I mixed it all up in my blender and poured it in a bowl, then set the bowl in hot tap water for a while to warm it up. I was afraid to try to warm it up on the stove... afraid of going to hot.

It is YUM!! I love expanding my recipe base.

THANKS EVERYONE!
Love,
Angie

[JustMe]

There was another thread about warming up and one suggestion that sounded really good was homemade ginger tea. I can't look up the thread right now, but I'm sure you can search the site for it. It uses ginger root which is really good to get the blood goin!

[JustMe]

found it!

http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2884&highlight=ginger