Raw Books

[beck1m]

Hi all,
Hope you are all well.
I'm looking at buying some more Raw food books, and I was wondering what is your favourite Raw books. Apart from Alissa's of course.
I am the kind of person that likes to whip things up quickly so I would like to know the books that you find have easy and tasty recipes. My brother has Raw in 10 and loves it, but I would like to get some expert advice.

Thanks all

Beck

[Revvell]

The Raw Gourmet by Nomi Shannon
Raw ~ The UnCook Book ~ Juliano
The Joy of Living Live ~ Zakhah
Raw Foods for Busy People ~ Jordan Maerin
Living Cuisine ~ Renee Loux Underkoffler
Warming Up to Living Foods ~ Elysa Markowitz
Raw ~ Roxanne Klein & Charlie Trotter
Raw Family ~ the Boutenkos
12 Steps to Raw Foods ~ the Boutenkos
Eating Without Heating ~ the Boutenkos
Living with Green Power ~ Elysa Markowitz
Healing with Whole Foods ~ Paul Pitchford
Conscious Eating ~ Gabriel Cousens
Rainbow Green Live Food Cuisine ~ Gabriel Cousens
Love Your Body ~ Viktoras Kulvinskas
Sunfood Diet Success System ~ David Wolfe
Living in the Raw ~ Rose Lee Calabro
Hooked on Raw ~ Rhio

[RawTruth]

... ditto ...

[rawpriestess]

If you already have Alissa's then you could certainly take a look at mine, at www.theenchanted-castle.com, or one of my other favorites is RAW, by Trotter, not the Juliano one, it's way too complicated for me. And I LOVE to prepare foods.

[swingbolder]

I recommend the ebook package at thegardendiet.com

For $20 you can download 6 ebooks, the recipes are very easy to make and tasty. There's a lot of good information in them too.

[Revvell]

Nod,nod,nod



I recommend the ebook package at thegardendiet.com

For $20 you can download 6 ebooks, the recipes are very easy to make and tasty. There's a lot of good information in them too.

[raeannasun]

No one has mentioned Shazzie's book "Detox Your World" - I found it so helpful not only for my eating, but in all areas of my life.

Also, Tonya Zavasta's books look good, although I haven't read them yet. (Beautiful on Raw)

[rawpriestess]

I've got mass quanities of raw un-cook books, but I don't have Shazzies

I do love Alissa's as my favorite, I have Tonya Zavasta, but was VERY dissapointed as it went on and on about her hip problems, (not that I'm not sympathetic about her issues) and all the "feelings" she had about it, and only a few recipes in the back, but then she is Russian, and Russians love looooonnnnnnnnngggggg stories, look at Tolstoy.

I love Rhios' Hooked on Raw alot, fantastic recipes there.

And Any of the Boutenkos books are way worth it.

Angel foods by Cheria Soria is great and has some really great inspiring sayings many recipes are not raw.

Raw Truth is good too.

But my fave is Alissa's and RAW by Charlie Trotter, fantastic book, with super easy recipes, and way beautiful pictures.

[Revvell]

In my opinion, Raw by Roxanne Klein and Charlie Trotter is beautiful to look at yet, simple? Nah. Quite complicated recipes and unusual ingredients which they do not list substitutes for.

There are a "few" things in it which I do like ~ my favorite being the Dragon Crackers which I always keep on hand. I've made a few other things also and they taste phenomenal yet, as I said, most recipes in there are quite complicated.

IF you have the funds, worth getting just for the pics, inspiration AND if you really enjoy creating beautiful "gourmet" dishes.

Revvell

[RawTruth]

I remember a thread a while back in which people weighed in on Roxanne and Charlie's book. Consensus what that most recipes were incredibly complicated and time-consuming, which was my experience, too. But ... you can't beat the gorgeous pictures!! And inspiring -- I got some great ideas from it. But, I'm not (never have been) interesting putting in the amount of time necessary to prepare "gourmet."

Just my 2 pesos.

[beck1m]

Thanks so much for your info. I love Alissa's book and Shazzies. But I find I only make the more simple recipes. I'm also not a fan of making food so the quicker the better. I normally through everything into my blender and made a smoothie. Yumm

There have been alot of great books mentioned, so I'm going to check out some and buy some. I do have RAW by Juliano but the recipes are so complicated so I don't use it much. I also wish they had a picture for each recipe so you could see what you were making first. I'm such a visual person. *smile*
Thanks for all your replies, I love how friendly and healthy this forum is.

xx Beck

[tracyinfo]

Thanks so much for your info. I love Alissa's book and Shazzies. But I find I only make the more simple recipes. I'm also not a fan of making food so the quicker the better. I normally through everything into my blender and made a smoothie. Yumm

There have been alot of great books mentioned, so I'm going to check out some and buy some. I do have RAW by Juliano but the recipes are so complicated so I don't use it much. I also wish they had a picture for each recipe so you could see what you were making first. I'm such a visual person. *smile*
Thanks for all your replies, I love how friendly and healthy this forum is.

xx Beck

Beck, I have Juliano's book. There are some recipes that I probably won't make again, like that chocolate tar recipe using maple syrup.

However, I feel as if I do need to say that there are several recipes that are easy, once you do the preparation once. As an example, the meatloaf recipe is quite good, and I just look at the recipe and start throwing in approximate amounts of the nuts, often it is the pulps of nuts from my sunflower seed milk. Then I look at the next ingredients and if it easy to throw in, I do so. If not I skip it or replace it. I believe it calls for parsley, and I just substitute whatever green I have. If I have ginger, I put it in. If I don't I just skip it. The important things are the approximate amounts of nuts. After that, I just skim down the list and throw things in. It takes a couple of time to stop the food processor and stir up the ingredients, but well worth it.

Also, the oatmeal cookies in his book are very good.

Also, the Fried Rice is very good.

Blessings.

[asil]

Beck, I have Juliano's book. There are some recipes that I probably won't make again, like that chocolate tar recipe using maple syrup.

However, I feel as if I do need to say that there are several recipes that are easy, once you do the preparation once. As an example, the meatloaf recipe is quite good, and I just look at the recipe and start throwing in approximate amounts of the nuts, often it is the pulps of nuts from my sunflower seed milk. Then I look at the next ingredients and if it easy to throw in, I do so. If not I skip it or replace it. I believe it calls for parsley, and I just substitute whatever green I have. If I have ginger, I put it in. If I don't I just skip it. The important things are the approximate amounts of nuts. After that, I just skim down the list and throw things in. It takes a couple of time to stop the food processor and stir up the ingredients, but well worth it.

Also, the oatmeal cookies in his book are very good.

Also, the Fried Rice is very good.

Blessings.

Hey that;s my method too. I'm a very lazy cook these days, but I find Juliano's recipes to be very dependable and easy to fudge. He uses lots of different spices and flovoring, so I just freely omit anything I don't have on hand, substitute what I do have, etc. I've *never* had anything come out short of excellent. My favorite is his recipe for nacho cheese, which I think of more as a corn tortilla, strangely enough, and that's how I use it. But I like his meatloaf (although I was too lazy to make the tomato sauce topping), oatmeal cookies, flax crackers, and other stuff I can't think of right now.

I guess I'm saying, his recipes aren't nearly as complicated as they might seem at first glance.

[Vanessa]

I just wanted to recommend one more book called 'Vital Creations' by Chad Sarno. You can get it on his website at www.vitalcreations.org.
There are some very helpful charts in the book as well- like all the herbs and spices used in different ethnic cuisines, a cooked to raw conversion table etc.
He is a fantastic chef (there are a few free recipes posted on the website)- he helped Roxanne set up her restaurant along with a few other raw restaurants. He was also a head chef at the Tree of Life center.

[Revvell]

....but I find Juliano's recipes to be very dependable and easy to fudge.
I guess I'm saying, his recipes aren't nearly as complicated as they might seem at first glance.



ditto...... :)

Revvell

[veggie]

I highly recommend "How We All Went Raw" by Charles Nungesser and family. Some(not all) of the recipes are so quick and tasty. www.toprawmen.net

[magick man]

Well all there are books i love and ones i cant wait to sell on ebay cuzz i dont care for the taste and amount of preperation involved.
One I like the most is RAW by charlie trotter great pictures good recipies that taste good and easy to prepare.
Just dont like Julinio"s to hard food to fix not as tasty as many others and he doesnt always use all raw ingredents(ie maple syrup) but who am I to talk I only eat 50% raw now but when i find enough to curb my tastes i may go all raw.
and i must say I have several of Rawpriestess's recipies and love them they taste like REAL food.
I cant wait till I get all her books( licks lips) I have ordered them all.
Blessed Be

[RawTruth]

and i must say I have several of Rawpriestess's recipies and love them they taste like REAL food.
I cant wait till I get all her books( licks lips)I personally think that simple (unrecipe-d) raw food tastes like ... no, wait, in fact, it IS "real" food. But, I guess you'd expect that from someone who's totally committed to the raw life.

So great that you're both together up there in the Northwest. You have so much in common ... magick, in the buff, and her uncooking!

[Allison]

I have quite a collection of raw recipe books. We are packing to move, so I had to pack up most of them. The ones I chose to leave out so that I can use them during the next two weeks before we move are Rejuvenate Your Life by Serene Allison, Eating Without Heating by Boutenko, and Alissa's. So I guess those are my favorites.

Oh, by the way, Tonya Zavasta's book was mentioned. I don't believe her first book, Your Right to be Beautiful, was intended to be a recipe book. She has, however, just published a new book, Beautiful on Raw, which is supposed to have a large collection of recipes in it.

[NoGMO!]

I use...
"UNCOOKING WITH JAMETH & KIM"

also, an excellent compilation book w/ over 350 recipes from dozens of different top raw food chefs called -
"The Complete Book of RAW FOOD"

and I don't use this one as much, but it was my first raw recipe book... it's simple and good for transitioning. And it offers step by step composting and the how to's of growing wheat grass and other sprouts.
"Ann Wigmore's Recipes for longer Life"

[bellamausi]

also, an excellent compilation book w/ over 350 recipes from dozens of different top raw food chefs called -
"The Complete Book of RAW FOOD"


I was just going to add this book! Very good book!
:)