Best Raw Food Recipes

A lot of people have asked me to post some of my favorite raw food recipes, so I've decided to oblige.  These are just a few of my favorites.  I'll try to add more when I can!

Pineapple Mango Salsa

This is my fave.  I eat this by the bowlful!

2 cups diced raw pineapple
2 cups diced raw mango
1/4 cup finely chopped cilantro (fresh, not dried!)
juice of two limes
celtic sea salt and black pepper to taste

Just stir together and enjoy! 

Salsa Soup

You guessed it.  It's soup that tastes like fresh salsa!

4 fresh plum tomatoes, cored
1/2 small sweet onion
handful of fresh cilantro
1/2 to 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded
juice of 1 lime
celtic sea salt, to taste

Blend all ingredients well in a blender or food processor.  Serve as is or top with diced tomato for extra texture.

Raw Sushi

2 sheets raw (untoasted) Nori seaweed
6 leaves raw collard greens or other large, raw greens
matchstick carrots, zucchini, cucumber, or other vegetables
nama shoyu (raw soy sauce) to taste

Lay one sheet of nori on a bamboo sushi mat or plastic wrap.  Sprinkle VERY lightly with water.  A nice misting spray bottle works great.  DO NOT make this very wet at all!  Place 3 leaves of collard greens on the nori, overlapping.  Put veggies in a row across the collard greens, about 1/2 inch from the edge that faces you.  Use the mat or plastic wrap to roll and TIGHTLY wrap the veggies inside the nori.  Spritz with additional water if needed to seal the edge.  Enjoy as is or cut into pieces with a very sharp knife.  Repeat with remaining ingredients.  Serve with nama shoyu for dipping and enjoy!

My Favorite Green Smoothie

This is a great way to get your raw greens if your tummy gets upset when you eat them.  Blending breaks them up and makes them super easy to digest, and you can't taste the greens at all!

1 banana
1 cup cored strawberries
1 cup mango sorbet (or other natual sorbet)
2 tbsp. agave nectar
4 leaves fresh kale, collard greens or other greens

Just blend until very smooth and drink up!  PLEASE blend this until it's very, very smooth.  The smoother it gets, the more pleasant it is to drink AND the easier it is to digest and assimilate!

Green Lemonade

This is a refreshing beverage that is perfect for breakfast!  It gets the digestive system going and provides amazing nutrition.

juice of 4 lemons
4 fresh apples, juiced
fresh greens, juiced, about 1 pound of kale, collards, watercress, etc.
high quality water
raw agave nectar, if desired, to sweeten

Just juice everything and add water to taste and enjoy!  Some people will like more water to lighten the taste, and some people will enjoy the sweeter taste of this drink with raw agave nectar added.  Agave nectar is great, because it tastes very sweet, but it has a much lower glycemic load then other sweeteners, so it doesn't affect your blood sugar as badly.

Cauliflower Couscous

I just love the texture of couscous, but it's something I can't have anymore, so I make something very similar from raw cauliflower!

1 head cauliflower, cut into florets with as much stem removed as possible
1 pint of cherry tomatoes, cut in halves
1/4 cup diced red onion
1/8 cup fresh cilantro, minced
juice of one or two lemons or limes (to taste)
celtic sea salt and black pepper to taste

Put the cauliflower in a food processor and pulse until the texture is somewhat like couscous.  If you've never seen couscous, it will be rough and grainy, with the bits a little larger than grits, but smaller than rice.

Now, just mix the remaining ingredients together to taste and refrigerate.  The refrigertation is important, because it allows the flavors to blend very well and it makes the flavor of the onions more mild.  You should leave it in there for at LEAST an hour, but six hours is better.  (Sometimes it is hard to be that patient, though, because this stuff is sooooo good!)

Blueberry Goji Smoothie

This smoothie is unbelievably high in antioxidants, making it very, very good for you!  Goji berries are said to have the highest antioxidant content of any food ever measured!

1 cup fresh blueberries
1 cup fresh strawberries, cored
1/2 cup dried tibetan goji berries
agave nectar, to taste
water, if needed, to thin to desired consistency

Simply blend ingredients in a blender until smooth, adding a bit of water, if needed, to get it to the consistency you like.  This is also much better if you freeze the berries before blending, but you can also just add a few ice cubes.  You can also add a few leaves of your favorite greens for extra nutrition, if you want.  It doesn't affect the flavor, but it will make the color pretty scary. :)

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