My Favorite Easy Raw Food ‘Recipe’ is Fruit

Posted on July 15 2011 | (0) Comments
Category: Raw Snacks and Desserts Tags: fruit

A friend and I were talking about things we like to eat last night.  (This is a pretty typical conversation around the Cornbleet house.)  We were on the subject of desserts and got to talking about pies.  My friend said that in her opinion, the best part of a pie is the fresh fruit filling, not the crust.

I couldn’t agree more!  Perfectly ripe fruit that’s been beautifully sliced and arranged on a platter is one of my favorite meals.

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Make June ‘Berry Delicious’—it’s Raw Food Easy

Posted on June 20 2011 | (1) Comments
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June means different things to different people from the end of the school year to the start of ‘wedding season.’  For me June means just one thing:  fresh berries!

Here in warm, sunny California, locally grown berries are available year round.  But when I lived in the Windy City (Chicago), I used to eagerly anticipate the arrival of June because it meant that locally grown blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries would be in abundance on supermarket shelves and at farmers’ markets. 

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Farmer's markets were created to give local farmers an opportunity to sell directly to the public, and to provide the public with an opportunity to 'meet the producer.' They are springing up in American cities everywhere as people have become more interested in eating fresh items from local sources, as well as supporting local vendors.

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I always keep frozen bananas in my freezer to use for smoothies and shakes.  But there are a couple of tricks to keeping bananas at peak perfection under cold conditions.

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If ice cream is one of your favorite desserts, but you’ve been worried about news reports linking dairy to a variety of health problems, it’s my pleasure to introduce you to Nut Milk Ice Cream, one of my favorite raw food desserts.  My cookbook Raw for Dessert features raw food ice cream recipes because so many people love frozen treats.

How many? According to the USDA, Americans consumes 21 pounds of dairy-based ice cream per person per year and more than 90% of all U.S. households surveyed say they consume ice cream and related frozen desserts.  But I think if people would try a raw food nut milk ice cream, they’d realize it delivers all the tongue-pleasing goodness of their favorite frozen confections, with lots more nutrition.

Remember, commercial food processing strips away healthy nutrients and adds unhealthy preservatives. Raw recipes allow food to retain more of their natural goodness...without giving away anything in taste.

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