What do you crave (raw)?

[noodle-o]

I have noticed that since I have been raw, my cravings have changed dramatically. Before, I would crave sweets and bread. Chocolate or cookie dough or just bread was a really strong. Now, I find that I am now craving sour, tart, and salty. Sweet things are almost too sweet for me now.

[lore-ah]

I have never in my 38 years craved a banana. In fact, I could go years without eating a banana. Now I can't get enough of them. What have you done to me, banana??

[Weazelchef]

Jalepenos~!

[barose]

Young coconuts

[barose]

Jalepenos~!

Me too. I chop them up in my salad all the time.

[herbalgirl]

I crave fruit, mainly watermelon!!!! YUM!!

Ok, I have to be honest and say that I am not anywhere near 100% yet. I heard a clip of Alissa where she said she advocates her clients to go 100% right off the bat. I am still craving cooked, so this is probably why...:rolleyes: :(

[Lay-Lay]

It changes everyday just about. Yesterday it was avocados. I ate about 3 of them.

I was also craving ice cream so I put frozen bananas and strawberries through my Omega, top it with nuts and YUMMMMM! the best icecream ever.

[SmilingRawDancer]

Maybe this is mental, but I LOVE green juices (with grapefruit, of course), and frozen bananas blended with some collards and coconut oil and cacao.
YUM.

oh and I couldnt' LIVE without my daily young coconut. I eat one - two every day!

[beppa66]

Green olives, peas and grapefruit!
MMMMMMMMMMMM.

[The Forager]

Watermelon here!

[justinesmith]

Eggless egg salad. I have to wait to make it until I've made bread/crackers or I just ravage it with a spoon.

[Mialsse]

for the past 2 weeks or so the ONLY things I want are ...

watermelon and spinach green smoothies w/a tiny bit of pineapple and and extra handful of baby greens mix

HUGE salads of romaine, tomato, cucumber, green onion, green beans, and sometimes sprout w/oil, vinegar, and lemon pepper

and grapes

That's IT! Nothing else sound even remotely satisfying lately! :p

[garden granny]

MELONS
Orange juice (fresh squeezed)
grapes

[JennaBoBenna]

fleshy juicy fruits--peaches, mangoes, nectarines

Oh summer, how cruel you are to take my peaches and nectarines away!!!
at least fall/winter will give me mangoes!

hehe:D

[ladypeace82]

WATERMELON!!!!!!!!

I'm not 100% either.
Actually I've craved watermelon all my life.......
I crave things I haven't had yet b/c I want to try them out!

[casperlynn]

Watermelon, without a doubt! I'm eating some right now. :D

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o262/casperlynn/2dl88et_th.gif

[irrevocable]

Oranges, oranges and more oranges..I am totally obsessed.

[aililiu]

KELP. oh, mmmmmmmm. i eat so much of it. luckily i live on an island and its easy to get.

avocados, i eat 1-2 a day

NUTS....mostly the high fat content ones (cashews &macadamias)

ANYthing hemp (oil, seeds, powder....)

(can you tell i love the fats?! it incredible how i keep losing weight. this morning im the lightest ive ever been. since puberty, anyways, lol.)

also i never used to eat bananas, ive been having 1-4 lately. with hemp powder.

garlic and spicy foods, which i was never into before. green onions. chives. mmm.

and i never, EVER get tired of apples. god bless apple season. lol. i eat multiple apples daily.

mmmmmmmmm i love food.
i wont even bother specifying raw cause that other stuff isnt real food anyways, is it?


:p

[RawHeaven]

I used to crave (processed) chocolate, veggie pizza and hot & spicy thai food.

Now it's avocados, oranges and cashews. :)

[noodle-o]

me - avocados with a little salt and doused with lemon or lime juice, olives (black, green, kalamata), pickled anything, my new staple salad with mixed spring greens, avocados, tomatoes, olives, sprouts, herbed olive oil, and either vinegar or lime/lemon juice.

Oh - and coconut milk. I am loving the coconut milk.

[RaWonderWoman5]

I second the eggless egg salad (munching on some right now).:D

[EZ rider]

fresh figs

[firefaery]

wild greens and flowers mostly.

I am also way into pineapple in my green smoothies. mmmmmmmmm.

[StarFire]

I have never in my 38 years craved a banana. In fact, I could go years without eating a banana. Now I can't get enough of them. What have you done to me, banana??

come to me my little lore-ahhhhhhh ... http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/dancing-6.gif ...:D

[StarFire]

I find that my cravings change from time to time... right now it's onion bread and eggless egg salad.... Yummm!!!

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s43/FireStar_830/thawwaherst.gif

[Nurse in the Raw]

I crave sushi. I could eat it every day.

[veganbear]

I have this thing about coleslaw. I don't know why but I just can't get it out of my mind... I need to work on a recipe for Vegan Raw Mayo though...

Bear. x

[noodle-o]

veganbear - what about using avocado and a little oil as a base for the mayo?

[raw_danceruk]

Tonnes of berries at the moment.. blueberries especially..but also blackberries..

I could live on them exclusively :D Going to be so sad when they are out of season :eek:

[Riiiya]

pears!!..because they're on sale at kroger right now :o

[veganbear]

veganbear - what about using avocado and a little oil as a base for the mayo?

I'll give it a go sounds nice. Though I have to say I already eat so many Avocados I'll start to turn green.. *grin*

Bear. x

[Riiiya]

I already eat so many Avocados I'll start to turn green.. *grin*

Bear. x
hihihi :D i liked that

[juliebove]

I generally don't crave things, but the foods that appeal most to me are celery, tomatoes, onions, peppers and sometimes carrots.

[dalimeindacoconut]

Avocados (which I was allergic to in my SAD diet) they would make my lips swell severly, but raw, I eat 2-4 a day right now with sesame seed oil and raw soy sauce (making up for lost time)it's becoming a joke at work, people can smell my lunch. Then they laughed at me when I asked someone to pick a couple up for me at the liquor store, they literally laughed and looked at me like I was insane, I had to put them in their place and remind them kindly that our local liquore store has a deli which carries chopped watermelon, avocados and apples. Imagine their amazement!

[Marcus]

I've only been raw for 5 weeks, but every day I can stuff down a ton of sea vegetables (seaweed?) I stop when the sodium intake screams ENOUGH.

[PURAVIDA]

cold mangos!!! and papaya and the delicious spinach dip. i cant get enough. and i made the chocolate pudding that is to die for!!! i eat spoonfuls of it. its better than the real thing. my friends who are junkaholics had no idea. :D

[Anastasia Alston]

Hmmm.... Lessee: GREENS!!!! Collards, kale, mustards, turnips, chard. Okay, okay! I fess up; my family is very much southern & grew up eating greens a lot. I figured out how to make 'em just like my grandma's only raw & WEEEEHOOOO! So, yeah, I crave greens. :D I also crave goji berries on occasion - the occasions where I don't have any in the house because I ate 'em all. :p

Seeing as how fall is setting in, I'm starting to crave sweet potatoes & winter squashes. And did I mention that I crave greens??? I've also been craving lately fettucini alfredo - the raw kind. I tend to eat that a lot - with greens. And tomato soup! :eek: I made some awesome tomato mushroom soup the other day & had to add a couple of large collard leaves to it since I was craving greens, too. And of course, sometimes I just gotta have chocolate, so nibs are a staple in my house....

Stasi

[Stina]

Over the last month I've experienced certain cravings that I believe is my body's way of directing me to certain healing nutrients. Such as
- orange, banana, coconut butter shake
- seaweed, lots of seaweed
- green lemonade
- five tomatoes in a row

[samariah]

bananas, nectarines, green apples, kombucha

[Lindazkewl]

Hmmm.... I figured out how to make 'em just like my grandma's only raw & WEEEEHOOOO! So, yeah, I crave greens. :D
Stasi


Okay, so how does one make raw greens taste like one's grandma's greens? Hmmm?? :D Pretty please?? :D

[Anastasia Alston]

Okay, so how does one make raw greens taste like one's grandma's greens? Hmmm?? Pretty please??

The "quick way": wash & up cut greens (yeah, hand chopping's the way to do this one - not too easy to describe how it's done, but it is quick!); put geens in a bowl & add olive oil, cayenne powder, onion powder, garlic powder, salt & a dash of Bragg's - not much on the Bragg's or your greens WILL be too salty. If that happens, just wash & cut up more greens & add them in! :D Add about 1/2 t. red seed pepper & mix everything into the greens & let them marinate about 1/2 an hour to an hour. I can post the "long way" if you'd rather, but that'll have to come later. I have to figure out how much fresh stuff I'd use in the recipie. I make them this way when I'm in a hurry & on my way out the door. Sometimes I leave out the seed pepper & just go with the cayenne powder. The cayenne is just enough to add warmth without heat; that's what the seed pepper is for! :D

- Stasi

[Lindazkewl]

Sounds great - I'll definately try it. Thanks! :D

[mulch]

around this time before my period, it would have been chocolate anything. instead it is pudding (avocado, agave and any other fruit. if i want tart, i add kiwi, if i want smooth, i add a peach. i tried tomatillos today. odd little fruit.
definitely a cross between a tomato and a granny smith

[greenfeline]

craving avocado!

[rawsurfer]

kimchee, corn, tomatoes, guacamole, chips and salsa, mexican food in general, kombucha, blended energy soups, the big moc at quintessence in NYC (i live in florida lol :( ), glaser organic farm's chocolate pudding pie, chocolate in general, berries, marinated greens

[dreamrawalwz]

Tonnes of berries at the moment.. blueberries especially..but also blackberries..

I could live on them exclusively :D Going to be so sad when they are out of season :eek:

That could get quite pricey if that's all you ate considering prices lately!

[TheAvocadess]

:p I LOVE Alissa's Zucchetti & Marinara, but to the zucchetti, I make a pesto with Organic Cold Pressed Olive Oil, soaked pine nuts, 2 cloves of garlic, fresh basil & parsley and some Himalayan pink salt. TO LIVE FOR!!! It's so good that I crave it often. Also, the pesto keeps the zucchetti from getting soggy. MMmmm!!!

Love,
The Avocadess