| When you consider making the change to a raw food | | | | salt. Blend together. Add 4 small parsnips, and 3 |
| lifestyle, you are faced with having to change your | | | | shallots. Process well. |
| 'cooking' abilities. Eating a raw food diet is not just a | | | | - Add ½ cup of water and blend again. |
| matter of 'not cooking' the things you previously ate, | | | | Avocado salad |
| but it will require that you to learn a new way of food | | | | - Cut 1 avocado's in half and remove the stones. Slice |
| preparation and you will need a whole range of new | | | | the avocado's in chunks. |
| recipes or you will find that you get bored with the diet | | | | - Cut an other avocado in half, remove the stone and |
| after only a few days, after all; who wants to eat the | | | | mash up the fruit flesh, mix this with some garlic and |
| same salad three times a day for several days? | | | | salt, use some raw olive oil to make a smooth paste. |
| Understanding precisely what you should eat is the | | | | - Put some salad leaves in a bowl, add 2 thinly sliced |
| basic knowledge you need. Simple said you need to | | | | shallots and the avocado chunks, serve with the |
| make sure that 80% of your calories come from fruit, | | | | avocado mash on the side. |
| 15% from nuts and 5% from vegetables. This way it is | | | | Dinner suggestions |
| easy to get enough calories (eating just vegetables will | | | | Spinach nut pizza |
| starve you) and in addition you will reach an optimal | | | | - Create the dough by blending together: 1/2 cup of |
| balance between the nutrients your body needs. | | | | flax seeds, 2 tbs kamut flour, 2 tbs sesame seeds, 3/4 |
| To get started and get an idea of the kind of meals | | | | avocado, some celery juice (use enough to get a |
| you will eat once on the diet we provide some recipe | | | | smooth pancake consistency) and some salt. Spread |
| suggestions. | | | | the batter on teflex sheets and dehydrate for 2 hours |
| Breakfast suggestions | | | | at 100 degrees, flip and again dehydrate for 2 hours. |
| Banana - kiwi smoothie | | | | - Meanwhile make the filling by blending together 1 cup |
| - In a mixer combine 2 banana's, 2 kiwi's and the juice | | | | of raw cashews, 1 cup pine nuts, 1 cup of almonds and |
| of an orange. | | | | some salt. Once blended add 1 cup of baby spinach, 1 |
| - Add 2 ice cubes and mix again. | | | | clove of garlic, some cayenne pepper and 1 tsp lemon |
| - Add ½ cup of raw almond milk and mix again. | | | | juice. Mix this until nice and thick. |
| Papaya, mango crunch | | | | - Fill the calzone by spreading the filling over one layer, |
| - Clean one papaya, one mango and slice them in | | | | brush the sides with some olive oil and put the second |
| cubes. | | | | layer on top. Press together and dehydrate for 2 |
| - Take ½ cup of raw hazelnuts and put them in a | | | | hours at 100 degrees. Serve, direct from the |
| food processor, process only briefly so they are still | | | | dehydrator while still warm and crispy, with some |
| chunky. | | | | green salad. |
| - Serve the hazelnuts with the fruit. To go all out you | | | | Stuffed tomato's |
| might add some raw whipped cream... | | | | Cut the top of 2 large, ripe tomatoes. Scoop out the |
| Lunch suggestions | | | | pulp and drain off the juice. Put the pulp in a bowl and |
| Parsnip soup | | | | mix with 2 tsp mashed avocado, 2 tsp of chopped |
| - In a blender juice 1 head of celery, add ½ tsp of | | | | parsley and 2 tsp of mashed celery. Fill the tomato's |
| black peppercorns, 2 tsp of minced ginger, 2 cloves of | | | | with this mixture. Top with some chopped pecans and |
| garlic, 3 dates, 1 chili pepper, 1 tsp of raw olive oil, some | | | | place on a bed of lettuce and sprouts. |