How to Prepare Simple yet Nutritious Raw Food Diets to Sustain You from Morning to Night
When you are on a raw food diet you can find that you may end up in a “rut” over the foods that you are eating. This is something that can cause you to become frustrated and bored with the diet. This can also lead you to getting bored with the raw food diet, possibly causing you to revert back into your old bad eating habits. In order for you to avoid this from happening you need to alternate the dishes that you are making frequently. Add these easy to follow recipes to your meal line ups that will not only help maintain your good health, but they taste good too!
Four Types of Breakfast Recipes
Breakfast Recipes
Most of us are not interested in spending too much time on preparing a fancy breakfast in the morning. These breakfast recipes are simple to follow and will take no more than five minutes to prepare.
Banana Pancakes
Ingredients:
Directions:
Mash the banana in a bowl
Add coconut flakes and cinnamon
Blend well.
Flatten into a pancake shape and enjoy!
Apple Avocado Mousse
Ingredients:
Directions:
Peel apples and remove the core
Remove the peel and pit from avocado
Take the avocado meat and mix with the peeled apples
Mix with hand mixer and add water.
Enjoy!
Vanilla Yogurt
Ingredients:
Directions:
Open coconut
Pour in half cup of coconut milk into blender until you get consistency of yogurt Add vanilla extract and other fresh fruit before serving.
Nutty and Fruity Oatmeal
Ingredients:
Directions:
Place the flax seeds in a bowl of water overnight
Rinse the flax seeds then set them aside
Cut banana, and apples into cubes
Put the fruit, flax seed and fruit juice in blender and mix until desired consistency is reached Add nuts and dried fruits before serving.
Four Types of Lunch Recipes
Lunch Recipes
Lunch preparation should be simple and easy to help you get through the rest of the day.
Spaghetti Marinara
Ingredients:
Directions:
Use a Julienne peeler to peel the squash into strands that look like pasta Put into bowl and sprinkle with olive oil and salt
To make your sauce add the rest of the ingredients into a blender and blend until you get the right consistency Add water if it is too thick.
Sprouted Bagel with Cold Smoked Salmon
Ingredients:
Directions:
Take the sprouted bagel and put in the toaster
Spread raw coconut oil on bagel, put on the lettuce leaf
Add slices of smoked salmon
Top with onion rings and slices of tomato.
Carrot & Avocado Soup
Ingredients:
Directions:
Add all of the ingredients into blender except for cilantro leaves, salt and pepper Blend the ingredients until smooth
Serve with cilantro leaves on top.
Chunky Veggie Salad
Ingredients:
Directions:
Cut up all your veggies into cubes and combine
Add the avocado
Squeeze fresh lime juice over the top before serving.
Lettuce Wraps
Ingredients:
Directions:
Cut your carrots into long thin strips
Cut mango into thicker strips
Pour honey, red chili, soy sauce, ginger and lemon juice into blender and puree Add the almond butter and blend on slow speed
Take the carrots and mix in the almond butter mixture
Place spinach leaves on flat surface
Put some shredded cabbage on top of leaves
Top with hemp seeds, mangoes, fresh basil and cilantro, salt and marinated carrots Roll up the spinach leaves and secure with toothpicks.
Three Types of Dinner Recipes
Dinner Recipes
Eating well before bedtime is crucial so that one gets enough nutrients for the body to repair itself after a day of hard work.
Gazpacho Soup
Ingredients:
Directions:
Take the onion, tomatoes, lemon juice, garlic and cucumber and put them into a blender and blend at high speed Strain the blended mixture and remove chunky bits
Chill the strained mixture overnight
Serve with chopped mangoes, cilantro, bell pepper, scallions, and olive oil.
Seaweed Salad
Ingredients:
Directions:
Mix Tamari, Stevia, sesame oil, and lemon juice to make a dressing Pour over seaweed and top with sesame seeds.
Thai Coleslaw
Ingredients:
Directions:
Put lemon juice, ginger, honey, red chili, and Tamari in a blender to make a puree Add the almond butter or peanut butter and blend on slow speed
Mix in the shredded cabbage and top with mangoes, raw cashews, cilantro and basil leaves.
Other Recipes:
Ketchup
Ingredients:
Directions:
Let the sun dried tomatoes sit in a bowl of water for a few hours Put all ingredients into blender and blend until smooth.
Four Types of Dessert Recipes
Desserts
Berry Pudding
Ingredients:
Blend and enjoy, serves two.
Macadamia Orange Pudding
Ingredients:
Blend and enjoy, if too thick add juice of another orange, makes up to five servings.
Chocolate Avocado Pudding
Ingredients:
Blend until smooth, top with berries of your choice, serves two.
Brownies
Ingredients:
In a food processor blend on high speed mixing ingredients until you are left with a thick batter-like consistency Put mix into container, or form into individual treats.
Twelve Types of Smoothies Recipes
Smoothies
Lemon Balm Spearmint
Ingredients:
Add all the ingredients to blender and blend until smooth
This could serve one or two.
Swiss Chard Smoothie
Ingredients:
Blend and enjoy, this will make smoothies for two.
Kale Smoothie
Ingredients:
Blend and enjoy, serves two.
Yummy Yellow Smoothie
Ingredients:
Blend and enjoy, makes one or two servings.
Quinoa Smoothie
Ingredients:
Blend and enjoy serving for one.
Melon Mango Smoothie
Ingredients:
Blend and enjoy, serves one or two.
Chaga Berry Smoothie
Ingredients:
Blend and enjoy, serves from 3 to 6.
Chaga Banana Smoothie
Ingredients:
Blend and enjoy, makes one or two servings
Chaga Date Smoothie
Ingredients:
Blend and enjoy, serves three to six servings.
Orange Dandelion Smoothie
Ingredients:
Blend and enjoy this is two servings.
Green Mint Pineapple Smoothie
Ingredients:
Blend and enjoy, makes two servings
Berry & Hemp Smoothie
Ingredients:
Directions:
Blend and enjoy, this is one serving.