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Quick and Easy Raw Food

There's no better cure for fibromyalgia than a varied, colorful diet of raw fruits and vegetables. These quick and easy recipes come from a demo I did for our local EarthSave chapter. Enjoy!

Useful Tools
Knife
Cutting board
Magic Bullet or coffee grinder
Knife or Apple slicer
Blender
Nut milk bag or strainer
Magic Bullet, blender, or food processor
Citrus juicer
Blender
Optional: garlic peeler, citrus juicer

3-Ingredient Salad
• Mango, cubed
• Avocado, cubed
• Raspberry… or tomato…

3-Ingredient Snack or Party Food
• Milled flax
• Cinnamon
• Apple slices

3-Ingredient Pudding
• 1/2 Papaya
• Banana
• Juice of one lime
(Eat as Pudding or use as a Fruit Salad Dressing)

4-Ingredient Almond Milk
• Almonds, soaked
• Water
• Pinch of salt
• Sweetener or berries
(Add corn fresh from the cob, pepper, and cayenne to make a Corn Chowder)

Generic Salad Dressing
(From Victoria Boutenko)
• Oil (any good oil, such as sesame, olive, safflower). Use enough to cover the blades of the blender.
• 1 teaspoon natural sweetener such as dates, raisins, bananas
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (or lime juice or raw apple cider vinegar)
• 1/3 cup distilled water
• 1 cup chopped or 1 bunch herbs – preferably fresh! (one or more of celery, parsley, cilantro, basil, or any other herb).
• Spice to taste (garlic, mustard, ginger, jalapeno, etc.)
• 1/3 cup seeds or nuts (the most common are sunflower seeds and tahini; also walnuts, pumpkin seeds, almonds)
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt (or kelp, dulce, Bragg's Liquid Aminos) or to taste (optional)
• Pepper

Recommended Webpages:
http://www2.RawFoodWiki.org/index.php?pagename=Photographs
(March 2008: Above link does not work. Try http://www.rawfoodwiki.org/)
http://www.FromSadToRaw.com
http://www.living-foods.com/recipes/
http://www.discountjuicers.com

Recommended Web Search Terms
Raw Food – Recipe – Living Food – Raw Soup – Raw [whatever ingredient you have on hand]

Great Books
Raw Family – Eating Without Heating – Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People – The Living and Raw Food Diet – The Complete Book of Raw Food – Dining In the Raw – The Saucy Vegetarian

Please Share
Please share your quick, delicious, and healthful recipes with me at mroswell@gmail.com. I look forward to sharing them in a future column.

Margie Roswell is a web developer at Community IT Innovators (citidc.com) and a lover of colorful organic food.