Raw Food Recipe for Butternut Saloup #507

thanks for you answer, it looks like you put a lot of thought in it and offered some perspectives i hadn’t thought of

I’m just getting started with including more raw food in my diet, too (compared to people who’ve done it for years).

My strategy is to look to people who’ve done it successfully, sustainably, and healthfully for a long time and are able to help others to do the same.

You might find benefit learning more about what works, what doesn’t, and also learning what factors you might not be aware of (but are important to consider) from people with much knowledge, experience, success, and health.

thank you =)

Understanding more about yourself, your body type, and building self-awareness can help you tailor food to your unique bio individuality.

E.g. I feel much better when I eat blended salads than when I eat normal salads, which makes sense since I have vata dosha tendancies (according to ayurveda), which means that I prefer wet (not dry, abrasive) things.

I’m also a fire tiger in the Chinese Zodiac, which makes me and my temprament fiery. Blended, wet foods help to cool me down.

As for tips when it comes to using (“stewarding”) heat consciously, I’ve learned lots from Daniel Vitalis and David Wolfe.

Daniel teaches that heat is one of the four elements (earth–food; air; fire–sun, heat; water), and something to understand and form a relationship with (of your own choosing) rather than demonising.

Daniel embraces and advocates health and sovereignty, not dogma.

David helped me consider scientific data re: what temperature water becomes not good to drink once heated.

You can still warm raw food.

Heat is okay if used consciously and deliberately, with care and the proper knowledge of what heat does to the particular food you’re working with (as well as any water you’re using… water is imporatant to consider, too, and something literally included in–a part of–the food you eat).

Depend on what you’re heating there may still be some affect on the food, but don’t cling to the idea of “raw” if you’re not enjoyingyour food and feeling good.

i have started the raw food diet but i miss warm foods – cold foods bloat me up and make me feel kind of heavy.
i drink lots of tea with my raw foods to warm them up in my body, but is there any way to heat up raw food and keep it raw??? or does it defy the meaning

I make my green smoothies a lot thicker than smoothie consistency because I like chewing them. They’re more like fruit + green mush, but that doesn’t sound very appetizing, so I still call them smoothies.

Red beans pate: cook some red beans, blend them, season to taste. Love it! Jokes aside, I put in a tablespoon of pumpkin seed oil, a teaspoon of curry [or curcuma+ginger], some pepper and salt. It also plays nicely with flax seed or any kind of seed, too. I often change the ingredients to experiment with different tastes…

@kimxxxyyy do you mean the chia jell? Thats just raw chia seeds soaked in water to re hydrate them (like sprouting seeds/nuts same as you do with flax seeds for crackers)

where do you get giga jell?

I’m just learning all this… I’ve never seen chia gel before. Your videos are so informative. I have learned so much from you guys. My husband is the pickiest eater, it is a real accomplishment to get him to eat A green bean… Not a whole one, just a snapped portion, but your videos have really inspired him to try new things and old things prepared in new ways. That is priceless for me.

yay a new episode! =^-^=
hey, my vitamix was all dull looking and then i went on vacation, used a dish washer on it and it looked brand new again! been looking pretty clean since! =^-^=
that actually looks yummy. =^-^=