What types of dishes would you want at a raw restaurant? I've just been hired by a local cafe & need ideas

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Permalink Reply by Ian on July 6, 2009 at 4:45pm

Collard green wraps with walnut meat, guac, salsa, and dulse :-)

Mango-Peach cobbler with a praline crust.

SAD dishes are kinda difficult to do w/o a dehydrator, so I am all out of ideas, sadly.

Let us know how it goes!

Ian

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Permalink Reply by hagbard on July 6, 2009 at 4:56pm

So here are a few 100% raw things I've had recently at the Daily Juice Cafe in Austin that have blown my mind:

"Carrot, Apple, Cinnamon, Ginger Pancakes topped with Banana and Pecans and Goji, Vanilla, Agave Syrup" - mindblowingly, simply mindblowing.

"Tomato Basil Stew with Corn" - I couldn't explain to you why, but it feels *emotionally* just like a really hearty stew.

The thing is, objectively these really aren't all that close to their SAD counterparts even in terms of texture or flavor (they are usually much much better, and quite a bit different) but *emotionally* they invoke the same sorts of comforting feelings the SAD food did.

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Permalink Reply by Bryonna on July 6, 2009 at 5:05pm

Thanks!! Those are all great idea.
Hagbard- do you know what was in the Tomato basil stew w/ corn?

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Permalink Reply by hagbard on July 6, 2009 at 6:42pm

I *so* wish I knew. It was savory like a stew... not as tomato as you might have expected with that as a base... *so* good.

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Permalink Reply by Kasey on July 6, 2009 at 9:11pm

banana burritos 5 for $2! banana wrapped in green leaf of choice.

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Permalink Reply by Zoe on July 6, 2009 at 9:25pm

you can do raw bread and cheese - always a favourite when i feed non rawies, and there are so many people who are gluten and lactose intolerant who crave a decent alternative, the raw bread and cheese on purely raw link I give at the end of this post is always a wonner, people love it and are amazed by it. Also cheap and easy to make!
Desserts always go down well - cakes especially. But a simple and extraordinarily tasty thing is a banana crepe with berry jam and nut/seed creem filling. You just process bananas until they're liquidised in food processor, dehydrate until still flaxible, then wrap up with raw jam (berries and dates) and creem (sunflower seeds or nuts, dates, pinch salt, drop lemon juice, water) and it is a really decadent raw snack.

There are other recipes that I've used on plenty of non raws on here, we used to do a raw food delivery and catered numerous dinners for SUKD and SAD people with these recipes, that we fine tuned, tested and played around with for years to get them perfect - enjoy ! : http://purelyraw.com/recipes.htm

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Permalink Reply by Bryonna on July 6, 2009 at 10:34pm

Thanks!! Your recipes look great...l'll have to try some out :)

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Permalink Reply by Linda Hewitt on July 6, 2009 at 9:30pm

Fantastic!! Where is this restaurant located? I am in AZ and the only one close is Sedona. What is SAD? I often wondered what that stood for

How about something with kelp noodles? Anything for a main entree other than a salad:)

Good Luck!

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Permalink Reply by Zoe on July 6, 2009 at 9:34pm

SAD - Standard American Diet
SUKD - Standard UK Diet

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Permalink Reply by Gil on July 6, 2009 at 10:52pm

haha...SUKD. I wonder whether it is better to have SUKD or have been SAD? ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Zoe on July 7, 2009 at 12:08am

well at least if you've SUKding you're not SAD whilst you're doing it ;0
but then I suppose if you're SAD at least you don't SUK - it is just a (non) raw deal either way!

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Permalink Reply by Bryonna on July 6, 2009 at 10:36pm

It's in Jenkintown, PA just outside of Philadelphia

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