Here are our raw vegan recipes designed to give your body a break from traditional animal food favorites.
Sometimes it is good to, once in awhile, eat a raw vegan diet, free of the acidic nature of meat and dairy.
A raw food cookbook can be the way to get inspired for a raw vegan way of life. Juliano's RAW "Uncook" Book, is a classic and great one to start with for converting any "traditional" dish into it's Raw counterpart, with more flavor and WAY more living energy!
We have included a summary below of our typical raw food diet plan throughout the course of a day. Although, our raw vegan recipes change here and there, typically we adhere to some basic rules that seem to work well.
~~~~~~~~~~TO DRINK~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We believe in "liquid nutrition". It is important to begin the day with lots of liquids and blended foods that rehydrate the cells, provide immediate nutritive energy and get the bowels moving.
We often like to start our day off with juicing a nice glass of fresh juice. It is important to get greens and alkaline foods into your diet and this is an excellent way to do so. See our favorite juicing recipes to get your body off to the right start.
Next, mid morning, a nice raw shake recipe or superfood smoothie recipe, depending on the energy we are expending during the earlier part of the day.
Our raw drink recipes usually always include herbal tea recipes as the base to provide full on nutrition that is easily assimilated and blended within a yummy beverage. Though, not considered "raw vegan", herbal teas are an important source of liquid nutrients that are part of our superfood lifestyle. For those who strictly follow raw vegan recipes, you can make sun tea without stove heating or many people use herbs in raw powdered form.
The Chinese tonics and Ayurvedic herbs are an essential part of a healthy diet plan and we incorporate these longevity teas in whenever possible.
Our nut milk recipes are great to add a little creaminess to your tonic teas and there are so many nuts and seeds to choose from. Great for a "cow's milk" replacement or blended into a shake.
As we mentioned, we promote eating less, but making what you do eat count as far as optimal nutrition and calories needed.
We usually tend to eat 1 or 2 main meals a day, depending on season or energy expended.
I find that eating a big heavy meal in the middle of the day weighs me down and is not really necessary when I can make a blended drink or raw soup recipe that digests faster and gives me the vitality required to accomplish amazing things in a relaxed, harmonious way.
On a hot summer day, as a refreshing afternoon drink, a nice glass of goji berry lemonade might hit the spot or a cold, sweet chickweed orange julius.
An enzyme rich drink of my homemade coconut kefir recipe is also an excellent way to get friendly flora.
Ken also loves to drink kombucha for a mid day energy beverage or pour it into a wine glass for an alcohol substitute. See his kombucha recipe for basics on how to make.
~~~~~~~~~TO EAT~~~~~~~~~~~~
When I do crave an early to mid morning meal, I make a chia porridge recipe that sustains me after a long run or yoga workout....or I can make a superfood-protein packed protein bar recipe!
Later in the day, to start a main entree, I might decide to make a nice salad with some wild edible greens, like miners lettuce or salad burnet, whatever is conveniently located outside my door, in the garden or picked on a hike in the country.
OR maybe our raw kale salad recipe sounds delicious. It is great all by itself or aside heavier nut based raw foods. I love also adding home sprouted super sprouts that are fresh with lifeforce to my salad combo's.
We use nuts and seeds in pate's, burgers, taco's and our raw hummus recipe to add a little more fat and protein. Ken's raw sprouted buckwheat pizza crust recipe can provide a scrumptious, raw, power packed substitute when you crave pizza!
When I eat raw vegan recipes, I like to also eat them with some kind of fermented food, to increase digestion with even more enzymes.
Although we promote a raw food diet, we also on occasion eat some cooked foods, see our healthy cooking recipes. When we do eat cooked foods, we like to also eat a portion of raw or fermented foods with them to aid digestion.
~~~~~~~~~~TO SNACK ON~~~~~~~~~
I gave up eating bread along time ago, but sometimes I get cravings for it or something that is salty and crunchy.
I have also created one of the best raw granola recipe's that we also like to eat as a cereal for breakfast or a mid day snack, especially helpful for "comfort food" cravings!
~~~~~~~~~~~~TO SAVOR~~~~~~~~~
Our raw vegan recipes, of course, include occasion indulgences. Sometimes I will actually eat a "dessert" as a mid day meal.
Most of our healthy dessert recipes are superfood fuel for the body, so you can savor their richness, yet use their ingredients to power your day, the superhero way!
We love to use raw cacao beans in many recipes, but tend to blend them into drinks and cacao recipes that we eat during the earlier part of the day.
Depending on the person, cacao can be somewhat stimulating and, therefore, should be honored and respectfully blended into raw vegan recipes with certain herbs and cushioned with fats, like coconut oil or nuts and seeds!
We regard it as a superfood in many ways, for it is excellent at carrying the potent properties of medicinal mushrooms, tonic herbs and top superfoods into the tissues.
Enjoy these raw vegan recipes with your family and friends. Have a raw vegan week and experiment with how this food makes you FEEL!!
We usually tend to eat 1 or 2 main meals a day, depending on season or energy expended.
I gave up eating bread along time ago, but sometimes I get cravings for it or something that is salty and crunchy. 
