Raw Food Recipes in 10 minutes or less.

Raw food recipes, huh?

Let's see: Take vegetables and fruit from fridge. Drop onto plate. Voila!

I'm a fan of Cold Black Bean Salad. Not sure if this is raw enough for you.

-1 can of Rotel (or in their raw form-Tomatoes, Onions and Chilies)

-2 cans Black Beans (Rinsed)

-1/3 C. Lemon Juice

-1/3 C. Olive Oil

-Sliced Green Onion

-Cilantro

-Salt

-Fridge for an hour or so to let the flavors meld.

Great for a refreshing Summer BBQ! You can adjust the heat level by the chili amount (or the Rotel you buy).

There is a dispute about Olive Oil being healthy or not. Personally I like the flavor better than most any other

oil I can get my hands on.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chef DeSelms 

I'm a fan of Cold Black Bean Salad. Not sure if this is raw enough for you.

I don't suppose the black beans are raw?  It's not raw food if some of the ingredients are cooked. 
 

..... and I was really surprised how good it tasted.

Does that mean you had never before eaten anything raw? Or is this just a throwaway line, designed to persuade us?

I have the same problem with raw food addicts as I do with vegans: it's not their choices, per se. But it tends to become a religion, and they're always preaching about it. I eat a lot of raw food, sometimes items that others think are strange to consume that way. But I also eat a lot of cooked food. I eat veggies as well as meat. Etc.

So, it won't surprise me in the least, to find folks reacting to this thread the way they did to IceMan's vegan one.

Actually the raw food diet does tolerate food being cooked up to 115F I believe.  I don't think you have to be vegan to follow the diet although dairy foods are often pasteurized.  That can be averted by using raw milk or raw cheese I suppose.

While I would never be extreme in this way, we do have one day a week where we eat raw food, usually wednesdays and it's usually just a salad.  I also make it a point to eat some raw food every day, usually fruits and yogurt and vegetables with hummus for example.

Pies are meant to be baked.. Enough Said... I dont need a Fruit Salad with the texture of "chunky ice" with some "play-doh" crust with flour mixed in.. Sorry but thats disgusting and my grandma would hit you with a switch. Pie is meant to be Rich Savory and/or Sweet.. Part of the enjoyment is from the buttery crumbly melt in your mouth crust... Raw food diet is not a win. sorry bub... But power tools are fun in cooking.. But weve used power tools in cooking since i worked in kitchens..

I will give you my recipe

Halibut ceviche in lime and chilli with rocket and pineapple salad (2 portions)

180 g halibut fillet

2 handful of rocket

150 g pineapple

1 small chilli pepper

lime juice

olive oil

white pepper

1 staranise

4 cloves

salt

water

pinch of sugar

Mix lime juice and water 3:1 ratio, sugar, chilli peppers, white pepper, few drops of olive oil, cloves and staranise (it is better to heat up to 60 degrees of C to let spices infuse better to marinade, then cool it down). Put whole fillet of halibut inside. Put in the fridge and leave to chill 24 hours. After that, take fish out and slice very thinly. It should be rare/ medium rare inside. Wash and strain rocket, mix it with pepper, cubed pineapple, salt and olive oil. Serve fish slices on the plate, pour little of dressing on the top, as well as salt, put one handful of salad besides.

If you don´t have 24 hours to do it, you can slice fish at first and then just pour dressing on the top, but marinating throughout night is better for cold cooking (process of acidity).