raw recipes

Raw, Vegan Cherry Crisp!

January 26, 2012

Sometimes there are no words. This was so simple and so delicious I just had to share. Soft, moist and juicy, so close to the real thing. I haven’t made a “crisp before even though fruit crisps are some of my favorite desserts. I wanted to lighten this one up (not make the “crisp” only [...]

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Raw Flat Breads

January 8, 2012
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For some reason, this post from February of 2009 lost it’s information. After it was brought to my attention, I tried to fix the post to no avail. I decided to recreate the whole post. So, if you have been looking for these recipes on the site…here they are!! This was a recipe from the [...]

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Raw Chipotle Cacao Brownies

December 13, 2011
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Quick: You are traveling, you don’t have any of your own kitchen equipment and someone asks you to bring a raw dessert to dinner. What to do? Raw Brownies! I recently posted a brownie recipe but instead of making the same recipe, I found myself thinking,  ”What else can I do with this raw recipe?”. [...]

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Hazelnut Fig and Sage Crackers with Honey Walnut Spread RAW

November 9, 2011
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Years ago, when I first started experimenting with raw food recipes, I would take ingredients and throw them together hoping they would turn out. I had some successes and some disasters. Over the years, I have developed almost a sixth sense in regards to ingredients. I can read a recipe and know how it will [...]

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Rawmazing Transitional Raw Foods

March 15, 2011
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Now Available! Immediate Download E-book 16.95 You have been asking for it and it is finally here! Rawmazing Transitional Recipes for Introducing Raw Food! I have to admit, I think I had more fun working on this cookbook than any other. I used wonderful ingredients like quinoa, millet and forbidden rice to create recipes that [...]

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Raw Transition Recipe for the New Year!

January 2, 2011
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Happy New Year! It is 2011 and I am excited. I love clean slates, fresh starts and dates that motivate! When the new year starts, I get in a cleaning out mode. I want to attack the closets, my office, and my diet. I normally give myself way too much leeway between Thanksgiving and Christmas [...]

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Raw Cacao Walnut Fudge

February 4, 2010
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Fudge. Easy, decadent, satisfying, raw? You bet. Traditional fudge is made from lots of sugar (the recipe I had called for 2 and 1/2 cups!), butter, evaporated milk, and usually semi sweet chocolate, which is loaded with more sugar and fat. This raw food recipe is quick and only contains almonds, cacao powder and a [...]

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Raw Food and Individuality

December 20, 2009
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When it comes to raw food and diet,  it is important to understand that every body is different. Every body has different needs. We rarely think about this. But it you take into consideration what the range of “normal” is for many medical tests, it is vast. It is going to be up to you [...]

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Raw Food “Roasted” Tomato Basil Soup

October 5, 2009
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I often get asked how I got started with raw foods. It all involves a TV show, my trying to make the food because it sounded so interesting, and my daughters vowing to never eat raw food again after they tasted what I made. That was a long time ago. My daughters now love the [...]

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Raw Wilted Spinach w/Tarragon Pine Nut Sauce

July 16, 2009
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How wonderful it is when life throws something completely unexpected your way. Recently, I was shopping at a local cooking store. Having sent the sales person off to look for some small tart pans, I went back to being completely distracted by all the cooking gadgets surrounding me. “How are things?” Looking up I instantly [...]

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