raw food an aquired taste?

[lizbar]

I have just begun my raw food journey and I've been trying all sorts of recipes from lot's of raw books and I'm having a hard time really loving the taste of things. I'm not the greatest cook, but have some skill.
Did it take you alittle while to adjust to the new raw food or did you love it right off the bat?
Thanks,

[Springtime]

welcome onboard, liz!

don't worry, your tastebuds will definity adjust and you will appreciate things more and more. I hated green smoothies when i first started out, now i love them.
just keep it simple and stick to the fruits and veg you like for a while, and then start re-introducing the things you're not overjoyed by right now, that's what i would do.

What i'm noticing right now is how my sensitivity to salt is getting higher by the day! I just tasted some tahini i made four days ago and it was sooo salty, yet i know that i didn't mind the taste when i made it... i think it's really cool how our bodies adjust and change just like that, and i promise your tastebuds will heal and find their natural state of raw love

peace

[Fee]

I agree. SOmethings which I made when I first went raw and didn't enjoy so much I now really like. Also things which I used to love cooked I find no longer taste anywhere near as good as they used too.

[The French One]

Taste evolves during the whole life. I remember hating eating mangos until recently, when suddenly in a supermarket, I saw one and thought, hum, this looks good, I shall try it (again).

Concerning raw food, certainly, you acquire the taste. But it's the same for a smoker... But raw food is much healthier. Still, I have to get used to the "greenness" of my smoothies. I'm working on it...

[Colorawdo girl]

Loving the taste of raw. It actually gets better and better and the cooked tastes worse and worse.

Your tastebuds are actually Graduating!!!
They were born in kindergarten and all was going ok. Then they were introduced to sad food and on n on it went. Now you are reeducating them and they are progressing and graduating to amaZING tastabilities!!! :p taste bud pix

[rkk]

Many years ago I tried a young coconut for the first time and thought it was disgusting. I took the coconut water outside and fed it to the grass. I ended up trying it again a few years later and started enjoying them. Now young coconuts are one of my all time favorite foods... I just can't get enough!

[Pistachios]

Your taste buds my also have been affected by eating foods with artificial flavoring and other flavor enhancers such as msg and msg-type additives that excite the perception of what you are tasting. So initially many things may seem to be bland. Eventually the roles will reverse as you will begin to appreciate the unique delicate natural flavors and textures of foods in their unprocessed state.

[Ilse W.]

I think one of the problems is that people new to raw eating are trying to recreate their favorite cooked recipes and are disappointed when things don't taste the same. Start with simple foods, eat salads and fruits and make smoothies. You will quickly get used to the taste of fruits and veggies, and after a while you can start making some of the more elaborate meals in raw recipe books. I think a lot of people eventually go back to the simple way of eating and do the gourmet stuff only once in a while. That's what's happening to me.:)

[Springtime]

I think one of the problems is that people new to raw eating are trying to recreate their favorite cooked recipes and are disappointed when things don't taste the same. Start with simple foods, eat salads and fruits and make smoothies. You will quickly get used to the taste of fruits and veggies, and after a while you can start making some of the more elaborate meals in raw recipe books.

That's really true, Emma. I mean, mylk is not cow's milk, and it will never taste like it. When i first went vegan years ago i actually force-fed myself a glass of soy milk every day until i started to like the taste (and at that time, soy milk here was baaaaaad. it was before vegan became trendy here, before all the soy-lattes...)

Learn to appreciate the taste of vegetables and fruits first, then try making un-cooked meals. I promise you will start enjoying it. Even i started loving that awful excuse of a soy milk after having it every day...:p

[spicyfull]

Being a Vegetarian for Years, It was a Smooth Transition. So hang in, it only gets BETTER.........

[rkk]

That's really true, Emma. I mean, mylk is not cow's milk, and it will never taste like it. When i first went vegan years ago i actually force-fed myself a glass of soy milk every day until i started to like the taste (and at that time, soy milk here was baaaaaad. it was before vegan became trendy here, before all the soy-lattes...)

Learn to appreciate the taste of vegetables and fruits first, then try making un-cooked meals. I promise you will start enjoying it. Even i started loving that awful excuse of a soy milk after having it every day...:p

I felt the same way. Six years ago when I first tried soy milk, I thought it tasted pretty bad. I didn't like it at all. However, after I became vegan, I started drinking it more and more. The idea of cow's milk then became totally nasty to me... drinking cow's breast fluids, blehhh. Now several years later, as I am transitioning to raw vegan, I miss my glass of chocolate soymilk. Now I'm trying to make raw cacao nutmilks to taste like my chocolate soymilk. It's funny how our tastes adapt.

The same thing happened with my sister. She is still a meat-eater, but used to hate the taste of soymilk. Then she got to trying it out all the time since she was around me, and she drinks only soymilk now and no dairy milk (though she still loves cheese). Now that I've tried to encourage her to drink raw nut milks, she isn't fond of them - but still loves her chocolate soymilk.

I think our tastes certainly do adapt.

[lizbar]

I think I am moving too fast. Trying to be a raw food chef instead of being more simple in the beginning. I am a do all person. I decided I wanted to live a (more)raw lifestyle and immediately purchased a vitamix, cuisinart, mandoline, spiralizer, cuisinart prep and excalibur.
I think I may overwelm myself. My husband keeps asking why so many bills from amazon. I think I should simplifly more.
Thanks for all the responses.
This site rawks!!!!!

[juliebove]

I haven't tried a lot of raw recipes and of the ones I tried, I didn't like most of them. Then again, of ANY recipes I might try, I won't like most of them. Why? I generally prefer my food to be plain. No sauces, gravies, dressings, etc. I love a crisp green salad, but can't stand a salad with dressing.

[ShantiLove]

Adapt the recipies to your own liking. I do.
I have found that many recipies use for example way more lemon juice than what I like or putting dates where they dont belong :rolleyes:. Or the amound of chilli in some recepies, yiks LOL
Some thing like allready said is somthing we get use to, but always adapt a recipy to how you like it. Tast along the way. Maby you make up an new great recipy ? :D