Posted by rvt999 on Oct 29, 2013
Eating Organic Raw Foods Initially I was hesitant wondering how someone could possibly just eat fruit, veggies, nuts, seeds and feel satisfied. I could not fathom the idea of leaving out so many tasty cooked foods and limiting yourself just to only this style of eating, despite the health benefits, although once I dug deeper and read some raw cookbooks, skimmed through some recipes online and started creating some dishes myself , I realized that creating raw healthy dishes can be a very exciting experience. It is really a very unique cuisine, it’s a cuisine that incorporates nuts, seeds and grains in a unique way -(pates, sauces and creams) into dishes and fresh veggies, the dehydrator becomes your “oven” and your creativity truly makes magic. I like the concept of keeping the enzymes in tact / unaltered as it is a logical explanation put forth. Passion for Food I have always had a passion for food, being a pastry chef myself has opened the door to a variety of possibilities of creating tasty gourmet foods. I love to prepare food cooked, raw, steamed, grilled & lightly fried – I mean the whole 9 yards, though, I have found that as I get older, I am gravitating more and more to incorporating a higher percentage of uncooked foods into my diet. I seriously looked at this way of eating because of the positive benefits my wife (Georgia) and other raw “fooders” have gained through this lifestyle, it’s like a raw food cleanse for your body. I am at about 50% raw right now but I don’t even think about it. I don’t intend to make it laborious or something that consumes my life, I am just eating this way because I find that I really feel fantastic and I don’t need to eat that much when I eat like this. I don’t see myself now or in the future eating only raw all the time as I still enjoy cooking, steaming and grilling my food, but I am making a lot of space in my diet for the raw cuisine. Smoothies I love smoothies, I love them because it is a quick super power food that takes 2 minutes to prepare and does so much for you, I actually try to have a smoothie a day, I throw in dark greens like Lacinato kale – the dinosaur kind (the type we use for our kale chips) , parsley, lettuce or spinach etc…, filtered water,...