Chocolate Orange Pudding from the Complete Idiots Guide to Eating Raw Sure to please the whole family, this pudding actually resembles an elegant mousse. Yield: 3 cups Prep time: 15 minutes Chill time: 1+ hours Serving size: [1/3] cup 2 cups avocado, mashed 6 TB. raw cacao powder 2 TB. raw carob powder 2 tsp. orange zest 4 dates, soaked [1/4] cup date soak water [1/4] cup agave [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 2, 2009
Question: Can eating raw foods help me be healthier? Answer: We believe eating raw foods paves the way towards optimal health and the prevention of disease because the plants are in their most bio-available state. The World Health Organization estimates that a low intake of fruits and vegetables is the cause of major diseases such as [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 26, 2008
Question: Are raw foods good for weight loss? Answer: It’s an open secret in the health world that eating raw has a built in weight reduction mechanism. Raw foods have higher water content, fiber and nutritional values than their cooked counterparts. Going raw also keeps you away from two of the main weight gain culprits – refined [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 18, 2008
Question: Many times you will hear the word live foods or living foods used to describe a raw food diet. Is there a difference? Answer: For many, the words are used interchangeably. For those ‘in the know’, there is an important difference. Raw foods consist of foods in their natural, unheated state. Live foods can even contain [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 11, 2008
Raw foods are foods that have not been cooked. They are the fresh fruits, berries, vegetables, nuts, seeds and herbs we have all come to know and love in their whole, natural state. Once raw food is heated above a certain temperature, the food is considered to be cooked. Many define this point as the temperature [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, November 30, 2008
What does it mean to eat a Raw Food diet? Are you interested in learning more of the benefits of eating raw? Mark Reinfeld and Jennifer Murray give us the answers with their amazing food wisdom. Mark Reinfeld founding chef of the award winning Blossoming Lotus Restaurant on Kauai. Mark is the author [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 18, 2008
From appetizer to dessert follow the trail each day to a scrumptious, compassionate Vegan Thanksgiving Feast! Each day this week we’ll offer you another recipe or two to add to your holiday menu plan. Make this a Thanksgiving to remember with recipes from Vegan Fusion World Cuisine …recipes that will tantalize your taste buds, stimulate [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 17, 2008
From appetizer to dessert follow the trail each day to a scrumptious, compassionate Vegan Thanksgiving Feast! Each day this week we’ll offer you another recipe or two to add to your holiday menu plan. Make this a Thanksgiving to remember with recipes from Vegan Fusion World Cuisine …recipes that will tantalize your taste buds, stimulate [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, September 15, 2007
Here’s a recipe from our friends at Vegan Fusion To celebrate the end of summer, we share a recipe from our Idiot’s Guide to Eating Raw…ENJOY! Cilantro Pesto Stuffed Mushrooms Yield: 12 mushrooms Prep time: 25 minutes Dehydrate time: 20 minutes (optional) Ingredients 12 large mushrooms 1/4 cup shoyu 11/2 cups broccoli florets 1 cup cilantro, chopped 2 TB. olive oil 2 TB. nutritional yeast 1/2 cup walnuts 3 [...]
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