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Many people who wish to adopt a raw food diet think eating only raw fruits, vegetables, sprouts, and herbs might soon become boring, fearing that every meal will consist of only juice and salad.

However, modern raw cuisine can include many different, interesting, and even gourmet dishes by using advanced food preparation tools and techniques. Some kitchen appliances are often considered ‘raw food appliances’.

These kitchen tools are essential to the raw food diet and are mostly used for preparing complex raw food dishes. With the right appliances you can have a totally raw kitchen, preparing and enjoying breads, chips, sauces, and even pasta – all made from raw fruits and vegetables and even soaked nuts and seeds!

Complex raw food recipes require one or more of a specific group of kitchen tools; the food dehydrator, food processor, blender, juicer, and spiral slicer. Slicing and dicing utensils are also used, but mainly for convenience since you can use kitchen knives to do the same thing.

The food dehydrator and food processor are the most advanced of the appliances in a raw kitchen because they make raw ‘flour’, ‘dough’, and ‘bread’ products as well as chips and fruit/vegetable jerkies out of only raw plant matter.

Blenders and juicers obviously provide liquids and sauces as well as puddings and whipped concoctions; however, combining raw fruits and vegetables in these appliances creates some interesting and healthy blends that nourish as well as they satisfy.

The spiral slicer is most often used in a raw kitchen to create raw ‘pasta’ from zucchini or other semi-soft vegetables. The ‘noodles’ mimic spaghetti and are a raw cuisine staple. When you combine these various food elements you can create wonderful dishes that taste great and even mimic cooked food in such a way that you hardly realize the difference.

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American Harvest Dehydrator

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Chen Saladacco Spiral Slicer

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Excalibur Dehydrators

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Food Dehydrators

What’s a gourmet raw kitchen without an electric food dehydrator? These appliances separate the chefs from the cooks and expand your options almost limitless as far as what you can prepare. They are great for beginning raw foodists in that they allow you to prepare food that very closely mimics your cooked food favorites.

The above information is for education only and is not meant to diagnose, prescribe, or treat illness. It is valuable to seek the advice of an alternative health care professional before making any changes. The statements above have not been evaluated by the FDA (or your country’s equivalent). Any products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Article source: http://rawfoodhealthwatch.com/raw-food-appliances/

The following information is for education only and is not meant to diagnose, prescribe, or treat illness.

Often times, it is considered that a raw food diet is comprised of salads, salad alternatives, and more salads. That is usually the first objection people have to incorporating a raw food lifestyle: the lack of variety when it comes to food. This can be no further from the truth. This particular recipe will demonstrate how to emulate a stir fry, with raw food. Technically, it is not a “stir-fry”, however with this unique blend of vegetables and ingredients, this raw food recipe will leave anyone thinking they are eating truly fried vegetables, all while enjoying the nutrients of raw delicacies.

Olive oil and honey are secret ingredients in raw food recipes that could offer a cooked feel to the palette when it comes to dressing raw vegetables. This recipe takes full advantage of blending oils and honey to produce this result. Broccoli and carrots are raw vegetables that contribute to youthfulness, stronger hair and healthy skin. By incorporating raw broccoli and carrots into a diet daily, the results are nearly immediate, not just aesthetically in the way one looks, but also in regards to energy levels.

As far as natural energy, honey is also a very holistic ingredient that not only increases the energy one feels day to day, but also, is credited to maintaining healing properties that can naturally cure many ailments. In addition to treating various ailments, honey also is known to boost immune systems. The old wives tale of drinking hot tea with honey when sick is not so much of a wives tale, as it rings in truth because honey is a proven immune system booster.

For this reason, recipes that combine broccoli, carrots and honey have so many health benefits and this particular recipe is delicious and enjoyable.

Equipment Needed:

• Food Processor

Ingredients:

For the Marinade:

• 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 teaspoon cilantro
• 2 tablespoon soy sauce
• salt and pepper to taste (I use a dash of both)
• 1 teaspoon Agave syrup (optional)
• 1 teaspoon chopped parsley(optional)

For the “Stir Fry”:

• 2 cups sliced Portobello mushrooms
• 1 cup sliced broccoli
• 1 large parsnip, peeled
• 1 large carrot, peeled
• 1 cup green beans
• sesame seeds(optional)

Directions:

1. Mix the marinade ingredients together.
2. Place the broccoli and mushrooms in a large bowl, pour marinade and stir well to coat.
3. Slice carrots into equal, matchstick sized pieces.
4. Process the peeled parsnip until coarsely chopped to resemble rice.
5. Slice the green beans roughly and mix with parsnip rice and carrot sticks.
6. Toss the veggie mix in the marinade and stir well until everything is evenly coated.
7. Let marinade sit for about 20 minutes so that the flavors may mix.
8. Dress with a pinch of sesame seeds. Grab you chopsticks and enjoy!

Inspiration: Rawmazing’s Stir Fry Recipe

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The above information is for education only and is not meant to diagnose, prescribe, or treat illness. It is valuable to seek the advice of an alternative health care professional before making any changes. The statements above have not been evaluated by the FDA (or your country’s equivalent). Any products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Article source: http://rawfoodhealthwatch.com/raw-vegan-recipes/broccoli-mushroom-stirfry/