Raw Food Cookbooks (well uncook books)

[peanutterb]

any recommendations? Let me know what's good and I'll head down to Barnes & Nobles today.

[FrankieL]

Way to go...that's gotta feel good, I'm only on day 11 of my first but I'm planning on sticking with it until my tongue turns pink and if it takes 20 days - then so be it....I can honestly say after my rocky start that I feel better then I have in years, plus I'm dropping weight

God Bless - Hugs to you

[peanutterb]

thanks. and congrats to you for sticking at it.

[Supercleanser]

I read a post on this site that suggested "Rawvolution" by Matt Amsden. I got it and it's beautiful and the recipes look delicious (there are pages and pages with pictures of the cute chef, was that really necessary?) And alot of good info about eating raw in general. alot of the recipes call for using a food dehydrator, which I know nothing about, but it sounds expensive (so was the book). And there are a few ingredients that sound interesting that I've never used before that I'd like to try. I also can see where you have to plan way in advance b/c the recipes that have dehydrated parts, can require up to like 36 hours! then again, that might be good for the slowing down and being more conscious about food. There's an onion bread in their that you make with the dehydrator that I would LOVE to try! (right now!)

Has anyone out there ever used a food dehydrator?

-Beth
aka superlceanser

[peanutterb]

will have to check it out on or after the 15th =) thanks love.

[rawlime]

any recommendations? Let me know what's good and I'll head down to Barnes & Nobles today.

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http://www.rawbc.org/raw_books.html


12 Steps to Raw Foods: How to End Your Addiction to Cooked Food
by Victoria Boutenko

Victoria Boutenko's book, Twelve Steps to Raw Foods, helped me to change my diet and my health. Since switching over to a raw foods diet, my illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic acne, and major mood swings have all but vanished. I have lots of energy, can sleep like a baby, my skin is clear, and I'm a much more peaceful and happy person. Ms. Boutenko's book has been an integral part of my healing process, and I highly recommend it to anyone who's ready to look and feel better! -Lark Mobley


Available at: North Vancouver City Library, Vancouver Public Library



Eating Without Heating
by Sergei and Valya Boutenko

I read your book, Eating Without Heating. It's inspiring to see you and your sister writing a book like this. It's great to have male and female co-authors, everyone can identify!! I'm 38 years old but your book speaks to me quite clearly as well. -Mark, Hawaii


Available at: Surrey Public Library, Vancouver Public Library



Living foods for optimum health: staying healthy in an unhealthy world
by Brian R. Clement with Theresa Foy DiGeronimo

Did you know that what you eat could be making you sick? It's true. Some foods clog your body with energy-depleting fats, toxins, and chemicals. Where can you find the optimum nourishment your body needs to stay strong, healthy, and vigorous? For millions of people, the answer is in the health and healing properties of living foods—foods that are eaten raw and produced without dangerous, nutrient-robbing chemicals or additives.


Available at: Burnaby Public Library, Richmond Public Library, Vancouver Public Library



Raw Family: A True Story of Awakening
by Victoria, Igor, Sergei, and Valya Boutenko

From the Author:
Raw Family is our message to all the people who are suffering from different health problems. We honestly describe our journey from desperation to total health. We show how a family has successfully stayed on a 100% raw diet for seven years, and how it enhances our life.


Available at: Vancouver Public Library



Raw
by Charlie Trotter & Roxanne Klein

From the Author:
"In RAW, Trotter collaborates with Klein to produce a collection of over 100 recipes—the ultimate tribute to the culinary heights that this dynamic cuisine can reach. The chefs exalt the innate wholesomeness and beauty of fruits and vegetables in such innovative, remarkably flavorful dishes. Artfully presented, healthful, and deeply satisfying, raw food is not about austerity, but rather the celebration of food in its glorious natural state. In such skilled hands, it’s nothing short of a revolution in the way we cook and eat."

Out of all the raw books, this must be the most beautiful pictorially.


Available at: Vancouver Public Library


Raw Gourmet
by Nomi Shannon

Great tasting and easy to follow recipes are contained in this eye appealing book. For the beginner in this type of eating some of the ingredients may be a bit challenging to find if you don't have access to a quality health food store, but a little perseverance is well worth the effort. -Joseph V. Egan


Available at: Burnaby Public Library, North Vancouver District Public Library, Richmond Public Library, Surrey Public Library, Vancouver Public Library



Raw: The UNcook Book
by Juliano

"Gourmet raw cuisine"--if that sounds like an oxymoron, you'll be amazed by the creativity of the recipes in this book. If your imagination stops at alfalfa sprouts and grated carrots, hold onto your cutting board. Juliano's recipes include Butternut Squash Soup, New Moon Fruit Stew, Thai Green Papaya Salad, Living Buckwheat Pizza Crust, Mango Essene Bread, Mock Salmon Sushi, Raw Spring Rolls, seven varieties of burritos, nine varieties of pizza, and nine unusual smoothies. There is also plenty of information about preparing raw foods, including how to soak and sprout beans, grains, seeds, and nuts. -Joan Price


Available at: Burnaby Public Library, Vancouver Public Library



The Wheatgrass Book
by Ann Wigmore

Ann Wigmore gives a thorough analysis of the incredible powers of wheatgrass and how it can improve your health. I must say this book changed my life: wheatgrass juice will improve your health, boost immunity, aid in weight loss, and more. I even feed it to my parrots, and they are ten times healthier now--I haven't lost a single baby bird since I started feeding the parents wheatgrass. This inexpensive of book will save you oodles of money--far fewer medical bills!


Available at: Burnaby Public Library, Vancouver Public Library



The Sunfood Diet Success System: 36 lessons in health transformation
by David Wolfe

"If you buy one book on raw foods, I recommend this one. I find myself using this book as a constant reference. It picks up nicely where "Nature's First Law" leaves off, with practical and well written advice on how to make the transition to a raw living diet. It also gives specific advice for individual problems such as losing weight, gaining weight, correcting imbalances and deficiencies. It even gives advice for dealing with the reaction of others while making the changes to your diet and lifestyle." - Reader Review, Amazon.com

[peanutterb]

Ok I've been meaning to write a review of the books I bought but have been distracted everytime I start.

The book I kept was The Complete Book of Raw Foods. it has info on the equipment, the food, recipes and such. Alot of the recipes don't require any equipment and quite a few only require a blender or food processor. Also, the recipes are taken from different people and different books so it's a good mixture. It has alot more recipes than the other books, and in paperbavk, with few pics, cost much less, so it's a better value. Plus it has more things with ingredients I'm familar with and that are easily accessible.

I bought but returned Rawvolution by Matt Amsden, Eating in the Raw by Carol Alt and Raw: the Uncook book by Juliano. Those weren't what I was looking for. Either too gourmet and slick and glossy, or just not enough recipes I could make or that excited me. Carol Alt eats raw meat and dairy and I'm vegan so that wasn't for me. Plus 75% of the book is her biography then the rest is raw info and recipes. Snooze.
As for Rawvolution and the Uncook book - they were def too slick and glossy and a little self serving. I'd like a book I'd be okay with flipping thru with food stained fingers and those were just too pretty for me to even break the spine. The info (how to be raw and why) was okay though, but I found more info in The Complete... Raw Foods and in this book called The Raw Gourmet by Nomi Shannon. I didn't buy the latter, but liked what I read in the bookstore

Also highly recommended from my online research, Living on Live Food by Alissa Cohen and Eating without Heating by Sergei and Valya Boutenko and Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 people by Jennifer Cornbleet.

I did alot of research on the reviews of stuff on Amazon and let that help me make my decisions. I also sat in the book store and went thru the books and the recipes. Some were just pretty pictures and nice paper. I felt that's the only reason it was $30. Some I took home and read and spent more time with and still didn't feel like they were for me. And that's looking at what I like to eat, what I like to cook and the equipment I have and am willing to buy.

I'm going to get a juice or a dehydrator. Right now I'm thinking dehydrator because I like the smoothies I get in my blender. I saw a dehydrator that got good reviews on amazon for $56. That'll do me just well with the basic things I plan to make.

So here's my mini quicky review on raw food cook books.

websites with recipes:

http://www.loloville.com/rawfoodrecipes.htm
http://www.rawfoodtalk.com/
http://freedomsrawrecipes.blogspot.com/
http://www.rawfoodsupport.com/list.php?4
http://www.rawfoodinfo.com/home/home_a.html
www.living-foods.com/recipes/

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found it!

[TeePee]

I actually have Matt's RAWvolution book and I love it. It is "pretty" but since I am new at this, it is nice to have a picture clue to see if what I make turns out anything like it is supposed to!! I also love his icons to show the level of difficulty and the equipment needed for each recipe so you can decide if you have the time and means to do it without reading thru the whole thing. I have made his FAMOUS ONION BREAD which is fabulous!!! I have also made one of the dressings=awesome and the eggless egg salad is also great!! (Especailly on the onion bread with greens and tomatoes!!) I haven't had eggs in over two years, so this was so welcomed. It is made from macadamian nuts and tumeric basically. Tonight I actually made the soft tacos for my boyfriend (meat eater) and myself. They were incredible. THe "meat" is made from ground up walnuts. I fresh ground the coriander and cumin and it was so amazing. It is spread on leaves (collard, romaine, etc) and topped with homemade salsa. Also made guacamole. Everything I've tried so far has been extremely easy. The onion bread preparation is very simple, it is just the dehydrating takes a long time. Definitely worth it. I took it to work where no one is vegan or raw, or even vegetarian for that matter. No one could get enough of it!!