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The raw food diet, as its name suggests, advocates eating only raw food that has not been cooked, heated or otherwise processed.

Individuals following this diet are always on the lookout for new raw food recipes.

Raw food recipes are desirable because they incorporate new tastes, textures and flavors to a diet that could otherwise become monotonous. Some believe that raw food recipes are inconsequential and not worthy of consideration. However, this is a fallacy. In reality, there are a great many creative raw food recipes that you can put together in your kitchen. True, they tend to be simpler and faster to prepare than cooked foods, but this doesn't mean they are less appealing.

The Smoothie

Smoothies are perhaps the first thing that comes to mind when you consider a raw food recipe. Although they are well-known, they are still among the best raw food recipes you can find. There are good reasons why they are staples of this way of eating.

In the morning, the perfect breakfast for you is fruit. Your body will need fruit above any other type of food at this time.

Smoothies are easy to make. Simply combine a banana with some unsweetened orange juice and a serving of frozen berries. Frozen foods are acceptable on the raw food diet. Freezing does not harm the nutrients. Using a stand-alone blender or a hand held blender, puree the fruits for about thirty seconds. This mixture tastes wonderful and will last you for quite some time. If you want a different flavor the next day, use a stoned peach instead of the banana.

Make a Sandwich

This sandwich will not consist of bread. Bread is forbidden on the raw food diet plan. However, most health food stores carry raw alternatives that you can use instead of bread. Dehydrated eggplant is one possibility, for example.

To make a sandwich, take your dehydrated eggplant or other bread alternative, stack any number of vegetables in between slices. Tomatoes are always a good choice. Among other benefits, they provide moisture. Onions, mushrooms, sliced peppers, cucumbers or grated carrots are other options.

Prepare your own Raw Hummus

Raw hummus makes an excellent sandwich filler or a vegetable dip. Typically, this popular Middle Eastern food is made from cooked chickpeas or garbonzo beans, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt and tahini.

Since you want to avoid eating what may be overcooked or over processed chickpeas, you can make your own hummus. To do this, simply soak your chickpeas overnight or for as long as needed. Next, boil some water and drop your soaked chickpeas in the water for sixty seconds.

Purists might bypass this recipe on the grounds that the chickpeas are "cooked." Most raw foodists would say that this brief immersion in boiling water has no affect on the nutritional components.

Prepare Dried Foods

Like frozen foods, dried foods are permitted on the raw food diet. They are a convenience because unlike fresh foods, they don't leak or ooze liquid. Moreover, they require less storage space than their non-dehydrated counterparts. Space can be important, especially if one is traveling with foods or on a camping trip, for example.

Although dried foods, especially fruits, are readily available in health food stores, these foods contain a high sugar content. Since sugar is thought to be unhealthy and undesirable, many raw foodists purchase a dehydrator and prepare their own dried foods.

Fruits are not the only foods that you can dry. You can make your own meat jerky. If you are not vegetarian and are planning to eat meat, making jerky is the best and safest way to consume this product.

Eat Raw Veggie Burgers

Veggie burgers are always a tasty and healthy meal choice. They are easy enough to make.

All you do is combine a number of raw vegetables, nuts and seeds. Adding a little raw garlic enhances the flavor. Place your vegetables in a food processor until chopped and mixed. Form this mixture into patties.

Purists would, at that point, put the patties in the dehydrator and dry them. Other raw foodists who are willing to bend the rules a little might place them in a very cool oven. They say that the nutritional loss is minimal, especially compared to what happens if you boil vegetables.

Benefits of the Raw Food Diet

Raw foodists maintain that there are many benefits to the raw food diet, including improved health and vitality.

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