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Permalink Reply by bitt on May 11, 2008 at 5:02pm

Ani's Raw Kitchen is good. All her recipes can be made without a dehydrator.

the goneraw.com site also has some great recipes and they are free! the have been having some glitches lately however.

as far as nuts go, since raw recipes are so versatile, you can easily substitute something like sunflower seeds instead of the nut most times. so don't let that stop you.

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Permalink Reply by Yulia on May 11, 2008 at 9:18pm

I've been checking goneraw recipes, and many are great. It's just sometimes I'm in the kitchen, nowhere near a computer and I want to have book for ideas. I'm not very good at thinking up substitutes on a spot, or visualizing what they would taste like... I will looki into Ani's book. Thanks for suggestion.

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Permalink Reply by Jessica on May 13, 2008 at 2:06pm

I second Ani's Raw Food Kitchen, the recipes are so easy and use things that can be found or substituted from your own kitchen. It's the only cookbook I own that is dog-eared with bookmarks sticking all out of it and globs of food on the pages - so you know it gets used all the time!

Some of my favourite recipes have been scrawled on pieces of paper from goneraw.com, it's the best online raw recipe collection I think.

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Permalink Reply by Lydia Rebekah on May 11, 2008 at 5:22pm

if you find one that is NUT FREE I would love to know.. all the ones I have..altho I love them.. just everything is nuts nut nuts.. !!

I do have Ani Phyo -- agreed you could sub the nuts with seeds, a lot of times you dont need the nuts at all its just to add "creamyness" .. I dont think you need them in smoothies for instance!!

Its a little nut heavy for myself, but a great point of reference

Rawvolution; again probably more gourmet, but has a quick and easy code on each thing to say if you need JUST a blender or if its more complicated. Lots of easy soups, dressings, sauces and desserts int here. Depends if you have the time for a little prep and are intrested in some more gourmet creations??

Did a bit of looking about and found these :

RAW FOOD MADE EASY
This one comes in book and dvd
Said to be really easy, dont need a lot of equipment

However downside is no pictures I believe

Raw food for Busy People

Had some good reviews, not seen a copy yet myself.. maybe some others may have info on this one. Looks promising certainly

** Edited, apparently little graphics and some things need dehydrator..despite it saying..MACHINE FREE on the cover.. confusing eh!!

Brian Au RAW IN TEN

Simple gourmet style without dehydrator

Check it out for sure :) May be cheaper if you buy direct from Bry rather than Amazon!


Theres some ideas for starters anyways :)

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Permalink Reply by Yulia on May 11, 2008 at 9:21pm

I'll look into those titles, thanks!

I do find that most books are nut heavy and prep heavy. I don't mind blending, but I just don't have time for elaborate multi-staged gourmet cooking. I'm hoping to find simple quick ideas... Is Rawvolution heavy on nuts? Did you try cooking from it?

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Permalink Reply by Lydia Rebekah on May 12, 2008 at 12:28am

I have done yes, the soups and dressings are nice and simple.. some really nice ideas. Theres only a couple of complex dishes in there. If anything inspiration and easily modified to dehydrator free for like the burger in there. The soups are fabulous!

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Permalink Reply by sheri on May 11, 2008 at 9:41pm

I have three: Cafe Gratitude's cookbook, RAW by Juliano, and Pure Food and Wine... although I love them all, I have to say that the Cafe Gratitude one is the easiest. Pure Food and Wine is gorgeous, but it has a lot of obscure ingredients and is harder to prepare. Juliano's RAW involves more prep time as far as sprouting and dehydrating... not as much spur of the moment food prep....
honestly, I think the simpler the better when it comes to raw...

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Permalink Reply by FiddleMama on May 11, 2008 at 10:45pm

Natalia Rose's Raw Food Detox Diet isn't too nut heavy and she doesn't use the dehydrator at all. She also has great information on feeding raw to babies and kids. And she's not huge on the superfoods either. It's definitely a good read. She's radical without being dogmatic.

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Permalink Reply by Yulia on May 13, 2008 at 1:36pm

That's the only one I got right now :-) She sold me on the approach :)

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Permalink Reply by Anabrese on May 12, 2008 at 5:34am

Shame my book isn't in that store as I hardly use nuts in my recipes and keep them centred on the sugar front too.


www.rawlifestyle.co.uk
Recipe books, blog

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Permalink Reply by Yulia on May 15, 2008 at 7:11pm

Well, I went to the store. There were about 10 books to choose from. I decided to try Ani's Raw Kitchen. It had the best pics and layout, and seemed to rely less on fancy gadgets and nuts.

Can't wait to try out some recipes :-)

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Permalink Reply by Kumara on May 15, 2008 at 7:19pm

The best raw cookbook I've found is Raw Food Real World by Matthew Kenney and Sarma Mengalis. Everything you make out of this book tastes great. It's tough to find a raw cookbook that doesn't have a lot of nut recipes in it.

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