Meatless Monday: Raw Recipes

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As you might know, I’ve been delving into the world of the raw foods diet. The more and more I read the more and more I’m eager to try out new recipes and go to the raw side of the moon. LOL! Most of the recipes are simple and easy. I don’t want to get discouraged so we do quick, easy and of course tasty meals. I’m finding that all raw meals are tasty and look amazing when put together.

Going raw is very beneficial for the planet. By only consuming a plant based diet you are leaving all the methane gas that cows produce (and plenty of more things) at the door. Not only that, but you’re supporting local farmers by eating more organic and local fresh fruits and veggies. It’s no secret that we need more greens in our diet as well as nature’s candy- fruit!

I love raw food dishes because they’re colorful and the fresh herbs add depth to dishes. It gives you a whole new perspective on texture and taste. They say variety is the spice of life!! In the raw foods diet you’re getting a variety of fresh fruits and veggies everyday for each meal. There are numerous health benefits that it’s great for: Weight loss, Diabetes, Eczema, body odor and plenty more.  I want to glow and smell like strawberries!!!

Meat dishes can be substituted into faux meat dishes using nuts and different spices. You can even create nut pates that can serve as cheese, bread, eggs…etc. You can also use nuts to get a good beneficial milk with lots of nutrients.  Amazing. Or Rawmazing…shall I say!!

This weeks menu includes many meatless nights and we’re including more raw into our diet than norm. We wanna be Rawkstars! What about you?

So here’s the scoop. I pick up a magazine called Delicious Living at my natural health foods store in town. The month of July has a section in it called Classy Raw Cuisine.…by Ani Phyo!

So far we’ve made Fresh Taco Wraps and the Cobbler Crumble Topping just from her article that includes 4 other recipes we’re likely to try. Rawsagne anyone?

I even made raw meatballs over the weekend- using pine nuts and almonds for the meat. They are yummy and look and smell just like meatballs.  Plus, the meatball mixture keeps for a week in the fridge.

Last week, I made a raw pasta with marinara sauce after coming across a video from Youtube. Since we have zucchini and tomatoes growing in our garden I figured it was the perfect dish. It turned out fantastic. We ate it all up. We plan to use the meatballs this week when we make raw pasta  but this time it’ll be a traditional raw spaghetti sauce. ;p

Perfect summer dishes for sure! You’ll also find that a lot of the recipes last a few days in the fridge and don’t spoil as quickly as cooked foods. More raw foods are definitely in the forecast for my family.

P.S. After I made the raw pasta with marinara sauce dish, I tweeted about it’s goodness on twitter… Amy at Crunchy Domestic Goddess saw the twitpic of our raw pasta dish and wanted the recipe. She mentioned she was going to a local slow foods potluck in her community and thought it would be a good dish to bring!

” I was happy to hear that everyone liked it, even those who were skeptical at first. Even my husband who’s not a big zucchini or tomato fan thought it was really good. (I’m holding him to that and planning on making it again!) What I found really interesting is that the pasta, which is just thinly sliced zucchini (I used my vegetable peeler to make ribbons), tastes so much like “real” pasta when you have a flavorful marinara all over it. “

If you want to see a few pictures of some of the raw recipes I’ve made recently click here!

If you’re a raw foodie or interested in going raw and have a recipe you want to share- email me: lamamanaturale@gmail.com

I might just try it and feature it here. Yum! 

Happy Meatless Monday!