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Healthy Cooking Recipes

Healthy Recipes That Give You More!

These healthy cooking recipes are a few of the things we like to eat when we get the urge to eat something cooked.

Although we advocate a mostly raw food diet, or "high raw" diet, we don't like the idea of being too strict and setting up unhealthy parameters.













So, on occasion, I might eat a bit of cooked grain, beans, steamed veggies, raw dairy or fish.

I try to follow my own guidance, not what "I think I should eat," but rather... "what does my body need?"

Sometimes, cravings for certain foods are an indication of these needs, and sometimes there not. Learning to understand the subtle differences is key.

We ALL feel the emotional fixations we have to food once in awhile, because of stress, society and how were we raised. So, it is nice to have some options on the back burner (so-to-speak) just in case you feel the urge.

You can always go for something like our chips and cracker recipes or any of our raw vegan recipes for that comfort food craving, but sometimes you just want plain cooked food!

These healthy cooking recipes are a healthy balance when you get that cooked food craving.

Try some of the recipes below!

Healthy Cooking Recipes

The Nature of Cooked Food:

When I eat cooked food I notice it tends to make me drowsy, foggy, and tired....it seems harder to get up in the morning.

That's why I decided to create ways to make some cooked foods healthier to avoid any unpleasant side effects.

6 Tips for Healthy Cooking:

1) Lightly steam veggies on low heat so that they still retain their vibrant color and drink the liquid broth.

2) Soak and rinse grains and beans before you cook them. This gets rid of any factors that inhibit digestion.

3) Add seaweeds to your cooking recipes to give them more nutrition via vitamins and minerals. Kelp or dulse are great ones to add to soups or sauces that camouflage them well if you don't like the flavor.

4) Eat only cooked food that has been freshly made and avoid eating left overs that create toxins in the body.

5) Blend in raw foods and wild edible plants. This helps with digestion and moves things through a lot smoother.

6) When cooking with oil, use only an organic coconut oil that can handle at high heat temps.

7) Use fermented foods like sauerkraut as condiments to your meals. They will help to provide enzymes and acids needed to break down protein rich foods.

Cooking Food Removes Water Content

Cooking food takes the water out of it and can cause dehydration in the body.

You can add the water back to cooked foods by including some kind of raw vegetables, sprouts, wild edible greens, or green leafy vegetables. Also, drinking any left over liquid broth, especially when steaming veggies, can give you back the minerals as well as the water content.

Like we mentioned, including raw fiber and enzyme rich foods also helps digest grains, beans and animal products for better colon health.


We hope you enjoy these healthy recipes and cooking tips. These recipes are some of our favorites that are fairly easy to prepare, once you are stocked up on a few fermented foods like miso, tempeh, and sauerkraut. They are all important condiments to cooked meals!



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