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The Raw Diet Newsletter for April 2007:
8 Techniques For Making the Raw Foods
Diet Easy... for Busy People!
Greetings my friend!
In this newsletter I will share some tips on how to make the raw foods
diet easy and simple.
But first, you may be wondering what happened to the tele-seminar
recording I promised you...
On March 27 I hosted an awesome tele-seminar with Jenny Cornbleet,
author of "Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People"
I tried to record it but the recording failed! I am so sorry because I was
not prepared with my usual back up. Jenny will join us for another
teleseminar in the near future.
- Upcoming Tele-Seminar
Mark your calendar for Tuesday, May 1 when Paul Nison joins us for
an exciting call. You don't want to miss this! More details to come.
- FAQs
Many of you submitted questions for the teleseminar event with Jenny
Cornbleet. In the next week I will answer some of the most popular
questions.
Question 1)
I have difficulty sticking to a raw food diet due to lack of variety. I don't
have time to prepare meals and depend on salads and smoothies - it
gets old. Any good suggestions for a working person?
Question 2)
How do you make 100% raw simple without eating green salad every
night at dinner?
Answer:
Thank you for your questions. It is difficult to eat healthy when you
have a busy schedule. I have a few tips that may help.
When I first started eating a raw foods diet I was eating simple meals.
My meals took little to no preparation time and included foods such as:
- Whole fruits and veggies
- Smoothies
- Ann Wigmore Energy Soup
- Salads
Each week I would pick one new recipe to practice. I prepared variations
of this one recipe for 7 days.
I was surprised to find how easy it became and I no longer needed to
read the recipe. I had it memorized and could make it in a few short
minutes.
For example, the first time I tried making "pasta" with marinara sauce
with the Saladacco, it took me over an hour to prepare!
I decided to practice the recipe every day for a week until I learned it.
Now I can whip up a delicious pasta in 10 minutes!
If you pick one new recipe to practice each week, you will have
mastered 52 new recipes in one year!
Prepare Food in Advance
A mistake I used to make caused me to give in to cooked food
cravings. My mistake was waiting until I was hungry to prepare food.
When hunger would strike I was not prepared. I would visit the health
food store and pick up quick convenience foods because I was too
hungry to make a recipe and I had grown tired of apples.
I found that preparing food in advance saved time and helped me avoid
cooked foods.
Here are a few tips for preparing foods in advance.
- Soaking
Before going to bed, spend a couple minutes soaking your nuts, seeds,
grains, and beans. They will be ready to use the next morning.
To soak these foods, you just put them in a bowl of water and let
them sit overnight. Rinse them the next morning.
Sunflower seeds float in water. The best way to soak them it to put
them in a glass jar, fill to the top with water, and screw on the lid. This
keeps the seeds submerged under water.
- Dehydrated Foods
Prepare a months supply of dehydrated foods such as crackers,
cookies, marinated nuts & veggies, and other snack foods. These
foods last a long time and they are easy to prepare.
One of my favorite breakfast and snack meals is granola with almond
milk. My friend Gabrielle Chavez taught me this and I have included the
recipe below. A months supply of granola takes less than 30 minutes
to prepare.
Another great recipe is trail mix. Simply soak nuts and seeds for the
required time. Mix them in a bowl with some chopped dried fruits, dried
coconut, and seasonings such as cinnamon and agave nectar.
Dehydrate for 12 to 24 hours.
This is a great snack to satisfy your hunger!
- Pate
I love pate!
There are so many uses for pate that you will never get tired of it. A
simple pate can be made in advance to last a week in the fridge.
Jenny Cornbleet has an awesome technique for making entrees called
Stack, Stuff, and Roll. I use this technique often and it really helps.
- Stack
Stacking is creating layers of veggies and pate.
For example, the first layer is a tomato slice, the second layer is pate,
the third layer is tomato, and the fourth layer is sauce.
Lasagna is another good stacking meal. Make the first layer out of thin
slices of zucchini. Then add layers of pate, followed with more zucchini
slices, then seed cheese, more zucchini slices, and top with your
favorite sauce.
Another stacking example is the pizza. I like to make months supply of
crackers in the dehydrator. I make them in a round pizza crust shape.
Stack with layers of veggies and a tomato / basil pate.
- Stuff
This is when you stuff your veggies or fruits with other ingredients. For
example, I like to cut a bell pepper in half and stuff it with pate. Two
other good items to stuff are portabella mushrooms and tomatoes.
I also love to stuff dates with soaked almonds!
- Roll
This method allows you to make meals such as burritos and nori rolls. I
use foods such as nori sea vegetables, romaine lettuce, cabbage
leaves, kale, and collard greens. Put a scoop of pate on the greens and
roll it up with some chopped veggies.
The roll technique is perfect for busy people because you can eat it on
the go. I make a large batch of them and store in a Tupperware
container. Whenever hunger strikes I have the option to snack on the
rolls.
If I am stuck in rush hour traffic driving home from work, I like to snack
on a nori roll or burrito, it helps me pass the time and boredom!
Another one of my favorite quick meals is to put a scoop of pate on
cucumber slices or celery sticks. There is no preparation time because I
made the pate in advance!
I usually make large quantities of pate for dinner so it will last for at
least another four meals. Salt and lemon juice help preserve the pate.
Another tip for busy people...
Wash your produce as soon as you purchase it. Use a large bowl of
water to wash everything, and a second bowl to rinse. I like to store
the veggies in Tupperware containers in the fridge.
Now, when you are hungry the food will be ready to eat. It will take you
about one minute to blend up a smoothie or a pate. Clean up is easy,
just rinse the blender with water. This is much quicker than ordering
take-out from a restaurant.
It takes me about the same amount of time to prepare a raw gourmet
meal as it used to take me with a frozen microwave dinner!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Recipe:
Graw-Nola
By Gabrielle Chavez, found in her book "The Raw Food Gourmet:
Going Raw fod Total Well-Being", page 58
I created this to see if I could duplicate the granola (museli) of happy
memory. It came out even better tasting and is a breakfast staple in
our household. Graw-nola travels well and also makes nice clumps that
work for a quick snack. It's good to add crunch to ice cream. For a
morning meal that keeps you going well into the afternoon, eat it in a
bowl with a kefir smoothie poured over it. Makes enough to fill a gallon
(3.785 liter) jar.
Ingredients
3 to 4 cups Raw buckwheat groats. Soak and sprout them for one to
three days. It will double in amount.
2 to 3 cups raw, hulled sunflower seeds which will need to be soaked
and sprouted for 1 day
2 to 3 cups raw, hulled green pumpkin seeds, then soak and sprout for
1 day.
1 brown coconut, husked, shelled, and cut into pieces.
2 pears or apples chopped and seeded with skin remaining.
1 cup raisins, rinsed
1 / 2 to 1 cup raw honey or agave nectar
3 tablespoons cold pressed, unrefined coconut oil
2 teaspoons vanilla
Unrefined salt, cinnamon, and stevia extract powder to taste
Optional:
1 to 2 cups of small, dried fruit, such as blueberries, goji berries,
raisins, chopped figs, or apricots.
Rinse and drain the groats and place in a very large mixing bowl.
Roughly chip the drained sunflower and pumpkin seeds in a food
processor with the "S" blade and add to mix.
Rinse, drain, and pulse the pieces of coconut meat in the food
processor until roughly grated. I like to leave some small chunks. Add
to the bowl with other ingredients.
Combine chopped pears or apples, raisins, honey, coconut oil, and any
flavoring in the food processor and blend to a slurry.
Fold into the other ingredients in the mixing bowl and stir until
everything is well coated.
Add optional dried fruit to the folding if desired. Spread mixture 1 /2 to
1/3 inch thick on mesh sheets in the dehydrator. Dry on moderate,
rotating the trays after a few hours. Finish drying on lower heat, cool,
and then store in covered containers. Enjoy "as is" or with nut milk and
berries. Stays fresh for several weeks, but usually doesn't stay around
that long!
About Gabrielle:
Gabrielle Chavez is the co-founder of the Oregon Raw and Living Spirit
Retreat taking place September 6 to 9. The website is
http://www.RawAndLivingSpirit.org
8 Techniques For Making the Raw Foods
Diet Easy... for Busy People!
Greetings my friend!
In this newsletter I will share some tips on how to make the raw foods
diet easy and simple.
But first, you may be wondering what happened to the tele-seminar
recording I promised you...
On March 27 I hosted an awesome tele-seminar with Jenny Cornbleet,
author of "Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People"
I tried to record it but the recording failed! I am so sorry because I was
not prepared with my usual back up. Jenny will join us for another
teleseminar in the near future.
- Upcoming Tele-Seminar
Mark your calendar for Tuesday, May 1 when Paul Nison joins us for
an exciting call. You don't want to miss this! More details to come.
- FAQs
Many of you submitted questions for the teleseminar event with Jenny
Cornbleet. In the next week I will answer some of the most popular
questions.
Question 1)
I have difficulty sticking to a raw food diet due to lack of variety. I don't
have time to prepare meals and depend on salads and smoothies - it
gets old. Any good suggestions for a working person?
Question 2)
How do you make 100% raw simple without eating green salad every
night at dinner?
Answer:
Thank you for your questions. It is difficult to eat healthy when you
have a busy schedule. I have a few tips that may help.
When I first started eating a raw foods diet I was eating simple meals.
My meals took little to no preparation time and included foods such as:
- Whole fruits and veggies
- Smoothies
- Ann Wigmore Energy Soup
- Salads
Each week I would pick one new recipe to practice. I prepared variations
of this one recipe for 7 days.
I was surprised to find how easy it became and I no longer needed to
read the recipe. I had it memorized and could make it in a few short
minutes.
For example, the first time I tried making "pasta" with marinara sauce
with the Saladacco, it took me over an hour to prepare!
I decided to practice the recipe every day for a week until I learned it.
Now I can whip up a delicious pasta in 10 minutes!
If you pick one new recipe to practice each week, you will have
mastered 52 new recipes in one year!
Prepare Food in Advance
A mistake I used to make caused me to give in to cooked food
cravings. My mistake was waiting until I was hungry to prepare food.
When hunger would strike I was not prepared. I would visit the health
food store and pick up quick convenience foods because I was too
hungry to make a recipe and I had grown tired of apples.
I found that preparing food in advance saved time and helped me avoid
cooked foods.
Here are a few tips for preparing foods in advance.
- Soaking
Before going to bed, spend a couple minutes soaking your nuts, seeds,
grains, and beans. They will be ready to use the next morning.
To soak these foods, you just put them in a bowl of water and let
them sit overnight. Rinse them the next morning.
Sunflower seeds float in water. The best way to soak them it to put
them in a glass jar, fill to the top with water, and screw on the lid. This
keeps the seeds submerged under water.
- Dehydrated Foods
Prepare a months supply of dehydrated foods such as crackers,
cookies, marinated nuts & veggies, and other snack foods. These
foods last a long time and they are easy to prepare.
One of my favorite breakfast and snack meals is granola with almond
milk. My friend Gabrielle Chavez taught me this and I have included the
recipe below. A months supply of granola takes less than 30 minutes
to prepare.
Another great recipe is trail mix. Simply soak nuts and seeds for the
required time. Mix them in a bowl with some chopped dried fruits, dried
coconut, and seasonings such as cinnamon and agave nectar.
Dehydrate for 12 to 24 hours.
This is a great snack to satisfy your hunger!
- Pate
I love pate!
There are so many uses for pate that you will never get tired of it. A
simple pate can be made in advance to last a week in the fridge.
Jenny Cornbleet has an awesome technique for making entrees called
Stack, Stuff, and Roll. I use this technique often and it really helps.
- Stack
Stacking is creating layers of veggies and pate.
For example, the first layer is a tomato slice, the second layer is pate,
the third layer is tomato, and the fourth layer is sauce.
Lasagna is another good stacking meal. Make the first layer out of thin
slices of zucchini. Then add layers of pate, followed with more zucchini
slices, then seed cheese, more zucchini slices, and top with your
favorite sauce.
Another stacking example is the pizza. I like to make months supply of
crackers in the dehydrator. I make them in a round pizza crust shape.
Stack with layers of veggies and a tomato / basil pate.
- Stuff
This is when you stuff your veggies or fruits with other ingredients. For
example, I like to cut a bell pepper in half and stuff it with pate. Two
other good items to stuff are portabella mushrooms and tomatoes.
I also love to stuff dates with soaked almonds!
- Roll
This method allows you to make meals such as burritos and nori rolls. I
use foods such as nori sea vegetables, romaine lettuce, cabbage
leaves, kale, and collard greens. Put a scoop of pate on the greens and
roll it up with some chopped veggies.
The roll technique is perfect for busy people because you can eat it on
the go. I make a large batch of them and store in a Tupperware
container. Whenever hunger strikes I have the option to snack on the
rolls.
If I am stuck in rush hour traffic driving home from work, I like to snack
on a nori roll or burrito, it helps me pass the time and boredom!
Another one of my favorite quick meals is to put a scoop of pate on
cucumber slices or celery sticks. There is no preparation time because I
made the pate in advance!
I usually make large quantities of pate for dinner so it will last for at
least another four meals. Salt and lemon juice help preserve the pate.
Another tip for busy people...
Wash your produce as soon as you purchase it. Use a large bowl of
water to wash everything, and a second bowl to rinse. I like to store
the veggies in Tupperware containers in the fridge.
Now, when you are hungry the food will be ready to eat. It will take you
about one minute to blend up a smoothie or a pate. Clean up is easy,
just rinse the blender with water. This is much quicker than ordering
take-out from a restaurant.
It takes me about the same amount of time to prepare a raw gourmet
meal as it used to take me with a frozen microwave dinner!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Recipe:
Graw-Nola
By Gabrielle Chavez, found in her book "The Raw Food Gourmet:
Going Raw fod Total Well-Being", page 58
I created this to see if I could duplicate the granola (museli) of happy
memory. It came out even better tasting and is a breakfast staple in
our household. Graw-nola travels well and also makes nice clumps that
work for a quick snack. It's good to add crunch to ice cream. For a
morning meal that keeps you going well into the afternoon, eat it in a
bowl with a kefir smoothie poured over it. Makes enough to fill a gallon
(3.785 liter) jar.
Ingredients
3 to 4 cups Raw buckwheat groats. Soak and sprout them for one to
three days. It will double in amount.
2 to 3 cups raw, hulled sunflower seeds which will need to be soaked
and sprouted for 1 day
2 to 3 cups raw, hulled green pumpkin seeds, then soak and sprout for
1 day.
1 brown coconut, husked, shelled, and cut into pieces.
2 pears or apples chopped and seeded with skin remaining.
1 cup raisins, rinsed
1 / 2 to 1 cup raw honey or agave nectar
3 tablespoons cold pressed, unrefined coconut oil
2 teaspoons vanilla
Unrefined salt, cinnamon, and stevia extract powder to taste
Optional:
1 to 2 cups of small, dried fruit, such as blueberries, goji berries,
raisins, chopped figs, or apricots.
Rinse and drain the groats and place in a very large mixing bowl.
Roughly chip the drained sunflower and pumpkin seeds in a food
processor with the "S" blade and add to mix.
Rinse, drain, and pulse the pieces of coconut meat in the food
processor until roughly grated. I like to leave some small chunks. Add
to the bowl with other ingredients.
Combine chopped pears or apples, raisins, honey, coconut oil, and any
flavoring in the food processor and blend to a slurry.
Fold into the other ingredients in the mixing bowl and stir until
everything is well coated.
Add optional dried fruit to the folding if desired. Spread mixture 1 /2 to
1/3 inch thick on mesh sheets in the dehydrator. Dry on moderate,
rotating the trays after a few hours. Finish drying on lower heat, cool,
and then store in covered containers. Enjoy "as is" or with nut milk and
berries. Stays fresh for several weeks, but usually doesn't stay around
that long!
About Gabrielle:
Gabrielle Chavez is the co-founder of the Oregon Raw and Living Spirit
Retreat taking place September 6 to 9. The website is
http://www.RawAndLivingSpirit.org
Photo of Mike Snyder,
author of The Raw Diet
Newsletter. Mike can be
reached by phone at
503-771-3904 or email
mike@therawdiet.com
author of The Raw Diet
Newsletter. Mike can be
reached by phone at
503-771-3904 or email
mike@therawdiet.com
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