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[Guest guest]

Hi!

 

I've a vegetarian for 15 years (not yet vegan) and I've had an

interest in raw food on and off over the last couple years - but

every time I've done a little research I get put off by the expense

of good quality juicers and dehydrators and the effort it may

require. I also work full time and volunteer so time is limited.

 

My interest has now been peaked again as I listened to a radio show

last night that featured David Wolfe. I personally hadn't heard of

him before but he seemed to know his stuff. I liked some things he'd

said about taking small steps to incorporate this type of eating

into your life. It seemed like I could handle these small steps.

Specifcally he said if you only did two things - he'd suggest

starting to drink vegetable juice (the real deal not store bought)

and starting to eat " superfoods " like spirulina.

 

So... if you're still reading (LOL) my questions are these...

1. What are your recommendations for a good quality juicer?

2. What " superfoods " would you suggest that I add to my diet?

3. What books would you recommend for a newbie?

 

Thank you very much for any advice you can offer!

 

Tala

[Guest guest]

Keep in mind this is my experiece only. I have been trying to go 100% raw

for about 2 years. I go weeks being 100% then I will get off a little bit. But

all and all I am doing good. I agree with David to go slow.

 

I started out buying a food processor, juicer, dehydrator and a K-tech high

powered blender. If I had to do it over again I would just have purchased the

K-tech blender I use it sometimes 3 or 4 times a day. I started out making a

lot of raw dishes with a lot of ingredients but now I keep it very very

simple.

 

Instead of juicing try making some green smoothies that way you get the

fiber also. I make a hugh one every day and drink it throughout the day.

Example; I put about 2 cups of good water, 6 or 7 romaine leaves in, about 3

cups of

baby spinach, 3 stalks of celery, 1/2 cucumber, 2 or 3 peaches, 2 mangos,

sometimes a banana, what ever appeals to you. I mix that all in my ktech it

will

turn all liquid. It really really takes great.

 

I used to make flax crackers, pates, all my dressings, zuchinni lasagna, nut

cheeses but as time went on I started making it simple and don't make any of

these now. I was eating way to many nuts. I feel physically much better in

eating simple now. A good book I started with was Bouetikos " How We All Went

Raw " .

 

Like I said if I had to do it again I would just have purchased the K-Tech

(or Vita Mix). I have not used the others things for about 8 months or more,

especially the juicer.

 

Good Luck,

Linda Sue

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks very much! I appreciate your feedback and will continue my

research and try your recipe as well.

 

Tala

 

rawfood , jbarnha500@a... wrote:

 

> Instead of juicing try making some green smoothies that way you get

the

> fiber also. I make a hugh one every day and drink it throughout the

day.

 

> Like I said if I had to do it again I would just have purchased the K-

Tech

> (or Vita Mix). I have not used the others things for about 8 months

or more,

> especially the juicer.

[Guest guest]

Hi Tala,

rawfood , " tala_lumina " <clegere@h...> wrote:

> Hi!

>

> I've a vegetarian for 15 years (not yet vegan) and I've had an

> interest in raw food on and off over the last couple years - but

> every time I've done a little research I get put off by the

expense

> of good quality juicers and dehydrators and the effort it may

> require. I also work full time and volunteer so time is limited.

>

> My interest has now been peaked again as I listened to a radio

show

> last night that featured David Wolfe. I personally hadn't heard of

> him before but he seemed to know his stuff. I liked some things

he'd

> said about taking small steps to incorporate this type of eating

> into your life. It seemed like I could handle these small steps.

> Specifcally he said if you only did two things - he'd suggest

> starting to drink vegetable juice (the real deal not store bought)

> and starting to eat " superfoods " like spirulina.

>

> So... if you're still reading (LOL) my questions are these...

> 1. What are your recommendations for a good quality juicer?

> 2. What " superfoods " would you suggest that I add to my diet?

> 3. What books would you recommend for a newbie?

>

> Thank you very much for any advice you can offer!

>

> Tala

[Guest guest]

Hi Tala,

 

I only recently became raw at the beginning of the year, and I went

and got a bunch of different appliances to assist in preparing my

food. The things I use the most often is my blender/smoothie

machine, and just recently I bought the magic bullet blender, which

I use all the time to make smoothies and soups. Some people are

addicted to their juicers, I bought a champion and used it a few

times, but I found that unless I'm fasting and want to remove the

fiber, I would rather have a smoothie. Another piece of equipment I

totally recommend is the spiral slicer, formally known as the

saladaccio (sp?) it makes spaghetti like strands out of different

veggies. My fave recipe is to take yellow squash, slice it with the

spiral slicer (which you can get at most raw food online stores),

then I make a raw pesto in my magic bullet (or blender) mix the two

together, it's absolutely delicious, my non-raw boyfriend actually

asks me to make that for dinner!

 

As for books, Two of my favorites are " The Raw Life, " by Paul Nison,

and " Nature's First Law: The Raw Food Diet, " by David Wolfe, Stephen

Arlin, and I can't remember the other authors name, Dimi something.

anyways, I hope this helps.

 

Good luck!

Ursula

rawfood , " tala_lumina " <clegere@h...> wrote:

> Hi!

>

> I've a vegetarian for 15 years (not yet vegan) and I've had an

> interest in raw food on and off over the last couple years - but

> every time I've done a little research I get put off by the

expense

> of good quality juicers and dehydrators and the effort it may

> require. I also work full time and volunteer so time is limited.

>

> My interest has now been peaked again as I listened to a radio

show

> last night that featured David Wolfe. I personally hadn't heard of

> him before but he seemed to know his stuff. I liked some things

he'd

> said about taking small steps to incorporate this type of eating

> into your life. It seemed like I could handle these small steps.

> Specifcally he said if you only did two things - he'd suggest

> starting to drink vegetable juice (the real deal not store bought)

> and starting to eat " superfoods " like spirulina.

>

> So... if you're still reading (LOL) my questions are these...

> 1. What are your recommendations for a good quality juicer?

> 2. What " superfoods " would you suggest that I add to my diet?

> 3. What books would you recommend for a newbie?

>

> Thank you very much for any advice you can offer!

>

> Tala

[Guest guest]

Thank you - I'm definitely going to start experimenting with my

blender and I will look into finding a spiral slicer. I'd never

heard of one but it sounds like a great idea.

 

Thanks for the book recommendations as well!

 

Tala

 

rawfood , " ffmedic84 " <ffmedic84> wrote:

> Hi Tala,

>

> I only recently became raw at the beginning of the year, and I

went

> and got a bunch of different appliances to assist in preparing my

> food. The things I use the most often is my blender/smoothie

> machine, and just recently I bought the magic bullet blender,

which

> I use all the time to make smoothies and soups.

 

Another piece of equipment I

> totally recommend is the spiral slicer, formally known as the

> saladaccio (sp?) it makes spaghetti like strands out of different

> veggies.

> As for books, Two of my favorites are " The Raw Life, " by Paul

Nison,

> and " Nature's First Law: The Raw Food Diet, " by David Wolfe,

Stephen

> Arlin, and I can't remember the other authors name, Dimi

something.

> anyways, I hope this helps.