This is a simple way to cleanse the body.
If you have seriously decided to adopt a raw diet as the main method of supply, acquisition of skills of preparing raw food is crucial. And it does not matter whether next to your restaurant for raw foodists or your spouse is a qualified chef specializing in the cooking of raw food, says well-known supporter of the raw food Victoria Boutenko’s book, “Raw food for cleansing”.
As a rule, dependent on others for his daily food raw foodists are more susceptible to temptation to break my diet, struggling with numerous temptations, which is full of our life. The vast majority of people are able to quickly and easily master the basic skills of cooking raw food.
According to Victoria Boutenko, all adhering to a raw diet people go through three main stages.
1. A transitional stage. During this period, which can last from a couple of months to a couple of years, the person usually uses a lot of so-called “raw gourmet food that includes nuts, oil and seasonings and prepared without observance of rules of food combining. Raw gourmet dishes usually have names and appearance, reminiscent of the popular traditional dishes such as “aburrido”, “nice-cream” (“creme”, by analogy with the English “ice-cream”, ice-cream, i.e. ice cream) and rosic” (similar to English “sausage”, “Sosedi” that is sausage, sausage).
You will find many similar dishes in restaurants, raw foods and raw foodists at festivals. This food is suitable for this step because it is quite heavy and has a refined taste and therefore helps to overcome the dependence on cooked food. During this period, many are addicted to making crackers from flax seed or other dry products. You do not need to learn many recipes “raw food gourmet” (if not desire), but it is useful to learn 3-4 basic recipe.
2. Salad stage. At some point in my raw life, you suddenly want to go from heavy “gourmet” dishes to more simple food. Since that time, gradually your main dish for a long time (perhaps for years) will be salads. Countless salads, fruits, nuts and grains not only will satisfy your need for calories and nutrients, but also will suit your taste.
3. Stage whole foods. Usually this stage is reached after many years of adherence to a raw diet. At this point, you quietly and naturally move from salads to eat natural whole foods. You will develop a desire to eat, ripening in this season fruits and vegetables. You, most likely, will refuse from oil, sweeteners and dry food. You will want to exactly what is required for the health of your body and you will have these products with the greatest pleasure.
Do not rush and do not try to force yourself to go faster through all the stages. Try to follow the intuitive desires of the body. This will allow you to feel, adhering to a raw diet.
Below are 9 key benefits of your skills to prepare meals from raw ingredients.
1. Where ever you go, you will always eat well.
2. You are able to choose your own food based on your body’s needs.
3. You will always have delicious meals of their choice.
4. You can quickly change your diet as you transition from one stage of a raw food diet to another.
5. Your skills are masterly cooking at least a few refined delicious dishes from raw foods will help you pleasantly surprise your guests and expand your social circle through the involvement of acquaintances who share your views.
6. You will always value and respect for vegetarian and raw food potlach.
7. You will be able to eat sparingly.
8. Your diet will depend on others.
9. You can teach raw food culinary skills to your friends.
Start with the purchase of kitchen appliances needed for cooking raw food, blender, juicer, food processor, dehydrator (dryer), etc.
The five flavors of raw food
It is impossible to become a master how to cook raw food, simply observing the work of skilled chefs, as well as one cannot become a good swimmer, watching the athletes participating in the Olympic games. 1-2 select a recipe, buy the ingredients and start to practice.
Many of the ingredients of the cooked dishes have the same standard taste. For example, sugar always tastes like sugar, flour is flour, and the salt – salt. In a damp kitchen no two are alike the taste of lemons. One of them is bigger and therefore juicier, the other has a thicker rind and are therefore less acidic. Boiled corn, zucchini, peas and other vegetables have about the same taste and they need to season for at least oil and salt. In contrast, raw corn, zucchini, peas and other vegetables have a unique taste that cannot be compared with anything.
Therefore, if you prepare raw meals only for the recipe, tasty result is not guaranteed! Should continuously monitor the dish, achieving the desired taste. “When I prepare raw dishes, using recipes only as ideas or General instructions. In order to achieve the desired result, I used a method of five flavors” – shares his experience of Victoria Boutenko.
The rule is that each dish needs to be shades of each of the following five tastes: sweetness, sourness, saltiness, spiciness and bitterness. When you learn how to achieve the correct combination, your food will stimulate different groups of taste buds that will make the dish tasty.
In nature, all fruits and vegetables already have a balanced taste. However, the taste receptors in our mouth has changed over the years of drinking flavored with spices ready for food. Therefore, we are not able to feel the delicate natural flavors of raw fruits and vegetables when eating cooked food. But as a transition to a raw food diet our taste buds recover their sensitivity, we begin to enjoy simple food.
When you are trying to create a tasty dish, try to have its taste bouquet was all shades – none should be skipped. Those who prepare raw gourmet dishes daily for several months, unable to accurately determine the absence of one or two flavors, having tried the dish only once or twice. And some have to try fresh fruits and vegetables for five times, each time asking the same simple question: “are they sharp? Are they salty? Are they sweet? Does it sour? Are they bitter?”
These five flavors should be strong, each of them should be enough for this particular dish. For example, the basic Burger should be sweet, spicy and salty flavors, and the acid and bitterness – only slightly be felt, but to be present in the taste, the bouquet needs all five. Otherwise the Burger will be fresh.
When you are creating a dish, try it the first time, then usually felt the absence of two or three flavors. Add the ingredients that are missing the taste, mix all and try the dish again. Keep the samples until you get the desired exquisite bouquet of the five tastes. Victoria Boutenko calls this process of adjustment of taste. First, it takes a lot of time. Do not despair, with practice the pace of your work will be accelerated. At the same time that you create the raw food will be incomparable.
Below is the list of ingredients, the taste is broken into 5 groups. Approach this creatively, because it’s not all that can be found on the planet Earth. Many plants have several flavors, but only one or two are dominant. And of course, exercise common sense: do not add the vanilla in the soup or the garlic in the cake.
Acid: lemon, cranberry, rhubarb, sorrel, sorrel, sauerkraut, nut or seed yogurt, Apple cider vinegar.
Sweetness: dry fruits such as figs, dates, prunes, raisins; fresh fruits such as ripe bananas, mangoes, peaches, pears; Apple and orange juices, fresh honey.
Sharpness: the sprouts of garlic or onion, cloves of garlic or bulbs, leaves and grain mustard, radish, horseradish, Cayenne pepper, wasabi (Japanese horseradish), seaweed; herbs (fresh or dried) such as Basil, dill, cilantro, rosemary, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and mint.
Salinity: celery, cilantro, dill, parsley; seaweed, such as red or brown nori, Arame, sea salt.
Bitter: parsley, celery leaves, lettuce, chicory, garlic, onion, dandelion, Bay leaf, sage, poultry seasoning, Cayenne pepper.
Basic recipes for main dishes
Basic recipe, delicious soup
– the basis;
– 5 spices (5 flavors);
– filling (e.g. chopped carrots or other root vegetable, slices of avocado or some vegetables, chopped parsley or other greens).
The basis of the soup is always the same:
– 1 Cup of water;
– 1 stalk of celery;
– 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
All (except for filling) mix in blender, then add the dressing. This simple recipe can be used for cooking any gourmet soup.
The recipe is designed for cooking 2 cups of soup.
The base recipe for delicious nut burgers
– 1 Cup of any nuts;
– 1 Cup of any vegetables.
– 1 tbsp oil in order to bring this homogeneous mixture;
– 5 spices (5 flavors).
Mix all the ingredients in a food processor.
Note: if you want to make more hearty burgers, put into the mix more nuts. For light burgers add more vegetables.
The recipe is designed for cooking 2 cups of pate to burgers.
The base recipe is delicious candy or dough for cake
– 1 Cup of any nuts;
– 1 Cup of any dried fruit;
– 1 tbsp oil in order to bring this homogeneous mixture;
– spices (optional).
Mix everything in a food processor. Roll into balls (candy) or roll out the cake tins.
The recipe is enough to make 2 cups of delicious dough.
Basic recipe, delicious salad dressing
– 1/2 Cup of water;
2 tbsp olive oil;
– 5 strong flavors.
Mix well the ingredients in a blender. The recipe is designed for cooking 3/4 Cup gourmet salad dressing.
Basic recipe, delicious milk from nuts or seeds
– 1/2 Cup of any nuts or seeds, soaked overnight and dried;
– 1 Cup of water;
– 1 tbsp sweetener (optional).
Mix well the ingredients in a blender and strain the mixture through the bag for making nut milk. To obtain a “shot” of milk to add more water.
