Raw chocolate chip cookie dough

[raweater]

I just made this quick filling meal that tastes almost identical to raw cookie dough. It's very similar to the chocolate chip cookie recipe posted here.

Raw chocolate chip cookie dough:
1 cup cashews
1 cup macadamia nuts
~1/2 cup agave nectar
Seeds of one vanilla bean
Raw or organic black chocolate chips
Pinch Celtic/Hymalayan salt

Put all ingredients except chocolate chips in a food processor and process into a dough, scraping the sides regularly to get the nut bits back in. Add chocolate chips and pulse 2-3 times to mix.

I got a 70% organic black chocolate bar (I know, I know, not raw) and broke it into medium peices and pulsed a few more times to break it into chips.

[Linda Lyons-Bailey]

Sounds great, but how much agave nectar is that?

I love cookie recipes...

[dakinimind]

Raweater...I've been meaning to ask you this. Have you ever heard of Vega brand protein powder? It's 100% raw and has a lot of protein per serving. Made by Brendan Brazier, author of "Thrive," and 3 time winner of the Iron Man Triathlon race. Here's a link to his website with more detailed information. This might help you cut down some of the fat you're eating with all of the nuts without sacrificing the protein. I've added chia seeds to my mix and have xperienced much faster muscle recovery time. Hope this helps!

http://www.brendanbrazier.com/vega/index.html

[rawstrength]

Raweater...I've been meaning to ask you this. Have you ever heard of Vega brand protein powder? It's 100% raw and has a lot of protein per serving. Made by Brendan Brazier, author of "Thrive," and 3 time winner of the Iron Man Triathlon race. Here's a link to his website with more detailed information. This might help you cut down some of the fat you're eating with all of the nuts without sacrificing the protein. I've added chia seeds to my mix and have xperienced much faster muscle recovery time. Hope this helps!

http://www.brendanbrazier.com/vega/index.html

I think Raweater gets plenty of protein, but he has trouble getting enough calories.
Nevertheless, the raw protein powder could help him. It's still a good suggestion :) .

[Raw Yogini]

Thanks! I'll give it a try. Chocolate chip cookie dough was one of my pre-high raw splurges.

[beckx]

here's another option that gave me a "i think i could be raw forever" moment:

cashew butter
maca powder
agave
cacao nibs

i don't do recipes; everything to taste. but the maca powder gives it a really 'realistic' texture and flavor.

[raweater]

Sounds great, but how much agave nectar is that?

I love cookie recipes...

I have just updated it, it is approx 1/2 cup agave, and I just added a pinch of salt to the recipe.

[raweater]

Raweater...I've been meaning to ask you this. Have you ever heard of Vega brand protein powder? It's 100% raw and has a lot of protein per serving. Made by Brendan Brazier, author of "Thrive," and 3 time winner of the Iron Man Triathlon race. Here's a link to his website with more detailed information. This might help you cut down some of the fat you're eating with all of the nuts without sacrificing the protein. I've added chia seeds to my mix and have xperienced much faster muscle recovery time. Hope this helps!

http://www.brendanbrazier.com/vega/index.html

I have seen those in health food stores, but I prefer to avoid man made/processed foods, I don't even take hemp protein powder, I want to get everything from natural food. The cost of the powder is also very high.

The reason I eat nuts is mainly for calories, not just protein, and I'm seeing more and more info about high fat not being that bad, especially when you'r physically active and burn the "excess" fat for energy. It was the 80/10/10 doctor that had me scared of high fat.

I also want to prove to 99% of the dumb bodybuilders at bodybuilding.com that you can put on muscle on a raw vegan diet with no supplements. Most of them at first said things like "you're not going to gain a pound of muscle eating like that, only animal products or soy have protein", but I've since put on 20 lbs of muscle in just a few months, as fast or faster than those who believe all the meat and dairy industry hype, so I think some are slowly starting to understand, and I did meet a raw omnivore on the website also, so at least I'm not the only raw one there (and I do believe most health problems with animal products are due to the cooking/pasteurization, and I do eat raw eggs occasionally for the one and only reason of getting a natural source of vitamin B12).

My weight has stabalized for a while now, but I was eating 5000 calories/day and my fat % was going up slightly (my scale measures/estimates fat percentage), so I had reduced to 3000-3500 calories/day which made me loose weight, I'm now trying 4000 calories a day which seems to be about right, but the more muscle I gain the more I will need to eat to keep gaining.

[raweater]

I think Raweater gets plenty of protein, but he has trouble getting enough calories.
Nevertheless, the raw protein powder could help him. It's still a good suggestion :) .

As I said in my previous reply, I was mostly worried about my high fat intake, but I'm seeing more info saying it's not that bad or even bad at all, so I'm fine with eating tons of nuts and high fat now which allows me to get enough calories, I made four 2500 calorie chocolate cakes this week, and ate them all but half of one which I gave to someone. I also make 1000 calorie milkshakes (water, strawberries or cacao, macadamia nuts, coconut oil, salt) which let me get a whopping 1000 calories in 10-15 minutes (including the preparation and consuming time).

I also haven't gone 100% raw, I'm still about 75%, but I did replace the more unhealthy oven cooked foods I was eating like frozen organic vegan buritos with boiled foods to limit the damage (as water cannot exceed 212 degrees), like rice, quinoa, whole grain pasta.

I also just got "The Raw Gourmet" book (wasn't too happy that nearly half of it are low calorie salads), but it does have many high calorie recipes, including variations for bodybuilders to increase calories and protein, so this should help me lower my cooked food intake. I will be getting Alissa's book soon also but I only find it on raw food websites so I need to get ready to prepare a $100+ raw food order for it to be worth it (otherwise I'm paying like $20 to ship a $30 book as I'm in Canada).