Recipe ideas

[twinyoga]

My husband was curious about my new way of eating this week. I explained to him about raw foods. He said it sounded interesting and he wants to try it. Now, we're not going 100% but aiming for at least 75%. And trust me, his favorite food is pizza, so this is a change! We're starting this on Sunday (eating raw together).

I do not have a dehydrater yet and do not want to run out and buy one yet. Do you have any suggestions on meals that are a good introduction without a dehydrater?

Thanks.
Debbie

[rawwannabe]

Lucky you! I am on day 5 and going it alone. My husband and children just roll their eyes. I have been vegan/raw/high protein(meat!)/dairy free/vegan again/raw again. Now, I tell them, it's one day at a time. I am not "doing" anything.

I made Alissa's Pate which is excellent. That lasted a few days for lunch. Yesterday I made a raw butternut squash soup (it was just okay), and the "Roasted" Red Pepper Risotto (also, okay-although the chipotle/walnut mix is scrumptious!) both culled from The Complete Book of Raw Food. Tonight I'm making a carrot/avocado soup from Nomi Shannon's book that is easy & good. Am looking forward to receiving Alissa's book. The problem is I am a really good cook. I now have to learn to be a really good un-cook for myself, while cooking for the family.

Good luck to you!

[Jay]

Hey,

I'm a bit in the same position, I've been raw now for about 11 weeks, but don't own a dehydrator and don't really plan on getting one either because they are sooo expensive!

But! If either you or your husband is a handyman, you might wanna check out this site:

http://www.k-clements.fsnet.co.uk/dehydrator.html

this woman made her own, home-made dehydrator!

I also know that if you dry stuff in the oven at the lowest temperature, it might be okay as well...

besides: in my opinion: you can't really find these dehydrated stuff in nature anyways, so if you can't use the sun to dry things, then maybe nuts will have to do. Of course, in the transitioning period, dehydrated stuff is easy to use instead of bread and such, but yeah, in the end, I don't know if you will keep on using it...

Whatever you decide, have fun with it, and good luck! :D

Ciao!
Jay

[Rawkinlocs]

http://living-foods.com
http://fromsadtoraw.com

Both of these sites have a LOT of different recipes, some that need dehydrators and some that do not. Alissa's book also contains plenty of recipes that do not require dehydrators such as her Mock Salmon Pate' or the Almond Butter Balls!

I have a recipe for raw pizza that doesn't require a dehydrator and I'll post it in a bit...

Okay, here are a couple of dehydrator-less raw recipes by Jinjee Taliferno of http://thegardendiet.com (her ebook titled, "The Garden Diet", contains these recipes and many more that do not require a dehydrator as they don't use one in their raw lifestyle)

Nut Loaf: (replacement to meat, meat loaf)
This is so tasty, meatloaf will pale in comparison! Filling too.

-Two cups Nuts (Any combination of one or more or all of these: Brazil Nuts, Almonds, Pecans, Pine Nuts, Sunflower Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds, Walnuts, Hazelnuts)
-1 Red pepper
-1 Tomato
-2 cloves Garlic
-1/2 Onion
-5 Mushrooms
-2 tablespoons Whole Pine Nuts

Grind vegetables and nuts in Food Processor with S-Blade. Spread Tahini Sauce ontop (2 tablespoons Raw Tahini, juice of 1/2 a lemon juice, 1 teaspoon honey, and 2 cloves garlic)

Nut Pizza: (Pizza replacement)
Grind up soaked almonds (soak for 24 hours) in Food Processor with S-Blade. Blend in olive oil, herbs and spices. Then spread out on a plate much the same way that you would a real pizza crust. Make a cheese sauce (see Tahini Cheese recipe in the salad dressings section below). Top with favorite vegetables (Chopped Onions, Garlic, Raw Olives, pine nuts etc...)

Tahini cheese:
tahini dressing
-raw organic sesame tahini (buy in a jar in a health food store).
-Juice four lemons or limes and mix in bowl with whole jar of tahini (Or about two and half cups of tahini, if you are buying your tahini in bulk).
-Chop up a couple cloves of garlic and mix in.
-Add Celtic Sea Salt to taste.
-Stuff mixture back into jar and what is left over into a bowl.

[twinyoga]

Those recipes sound amazing. Thank you. I'm putting together a list of what I'm going to make this week so I can shop tomorrow. This is exciting.
This is what I'm planning on making for the week:

Dinners: (with dh)
I'll try the mock meat loaf and pizza
I'm going to try Alissa's corn chowder
Gazpacho (my own recipe)
A big, big salad (probably greek-like)

Lunch: (usually on my own)
lots of salads
guacamole
celery stuffed with almond butter and raisins

Breakfast: (usually on my own)
salads
oats with nut milk
fruit!
smoothies

Snacks:
raw crackers (there's a local grocery store where I can buy them)
fruit
carob with tahini drink (I've been drinking it for a long time and it's raw)
smoothies


Oh, and I'm going to attempt sprouting chickpeas tomorrow so I can have hummus later in the week.

I hope, hope, hope these are all good!



Thanks!
Debbie

[smasty]

Alissa's marinara is amazing...it tastes to me like somthing that has simmered for hours. It's really rich and thick...put it over zucchini pasta.

Also the rollups have been a real favorite of mine...use kale or collard leaves, put some mozzarella cheeze in them, some black olives (organic kalamata if you don't have raw olives yet), some shoestringed red peppers and cucumber, roll up and munch away.

[smasty]

Alissa's marinara is amazing...it tastes to me like somthing that has simmered for hours. It's really rich and thick...put it over zucchini pasta.

Also the rollups have been a real favorite of mine...use kale or collard leaves, put some mozzarella cheeze in them, some black olives (organic kalamata if you don't have raw olives yet), some shoestringed red peppers and cucumber, roll up and munch away.

Oh...one more thing. I used to hate avocados, I tried Alissa's suggestion of squeezing lime juice over an avocado...wow! Big difference! Lime juice and sea salt on an avocado is a meal to behold.