tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19242043648995873242012-01-10T03:07:01.226-08:00A healthy recipe blog to help you easily get more raw foods into your life. Make raw food work for you! Whether you are a raw foodist, aspiring to be one, or just looking for some easy, healthy meal ideas, this site is for you! I'll provide easy to understand explanations of healthy eating and simple raw food recipes to help you cleanse your body, lose weight, and achieve your optimal health. We're here for people who hate rules but still want to be healthy. Be yourself, just healthier.Chris Fitkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01358950117157704298noreply@blogger.comBlogger471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1924204364899587324.post-50575983900402448842009-06-06T09:01:00.001-07:002009-06-06T09:04:34.937-07:00

Hello!  I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you, thank you, thank you to those of you who follow me here on Blogger!  I have moved over to wordpress to offer you an even better experience, with the same recipes and info you enjoy, plus much more!  I will no longer be posting on Blogger and this site will be shut down soon but the website is still rawfoodpunk.com!  No big changes to deal

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Hey Punks!  I just wanted to take a second to let you know why posts haven't been coming as much as I would like the past few days.  I am currently working on setting this site up to be bigger and better!  I am moving over to a new host so that I can have two running blogs on the site and add pages.  This will be awesome for everyone because it will allow me to provide more information in

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As much as all of us would like to hope we live in a health food paradise, we simply don't.  Yes, there are some places that are starting to get smart about serving healthy food, but the truth is most convenient places to eat are full of processed, pre-packaged crap.  As a raw food punk, I want to be able to eat raw while still maintaining my place in the standard American culture, fast food

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Many people believe that hummus is a super healthy choice.  Although hummus is way better than, say, a cheeseburger, it isn't exactly a super food, either.  Beans, such as the garbanzo beans in conventional hummus are legumes, which means they are a combination of protein and starch.  Just as in proper meal combining, it isn't quite ideal to be mixing protein in starch in one dish.  Beans should

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Thanks to Memorial Day, there were plenty of events to "cook" for this weekend!  My mother was looking for a recipe to make for one of her parties, and I, like the brat I am, intervened and made her choose something healthy.  What she picked wasn't quite ideal, but we switched it up a little to make a more suitable side dish.  Mom made Sesame Noodles from a Betty Crocker cookbook with whole grain

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Happy Sunday Punks!  Hope you're having a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend; summer is here!!  Today I am sharing a recipe with you that I came up with while trying to make raw chocolate Halvah.  Which, to be quite honest, is something I didn't even know existed until I recently found a recipe for a raw version.  I've been wanting to do more with tahini, sesame seed paste, since I learned that

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I have been doing quite a lot of messing around in the kitchen this week. I have been making an effort to make creations with what I've got in the fridge already instead of running out to the grocery store every couple days to stock up for a recipe I found.  It has been a lot of fun, and I highly recommend everyone try working with what they've got sometimes to exercise your creativity!My mother,

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When I previously stated that green smoothies may be my new addiction, I was definitely right.  I have made a green smoothie every single morning since, seriously, every morning.  I've picked a pretty awesome thing to get addicted to, and I'd like to share with you a little bit about why green smoothies rock:Green smoothies are incredibly nutrient dense; filling you up with good stuff, giving

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Hello punks!  I had an epiphany this morning about the development of this website and I'd like to present my ideas to you!  Having a raw food blog is great but what am I trying to achieve?  I realized, while reading Food Matters that my goal is to help every single person in America understand the detriments of the standard american diet and help them make smarter choices towards becoming a

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                   Pesto Cream Cheese Lettuce Rolls with Sun-dried TomatoesI found a recipe for cashew cream cheese a long time ago and was really looking forward to trying it.  Unfortunately, I couldn't find the exact one I had found again. Ugh!  Anyway, I looked around the raw online community, which is incredibly awesome by the way, and found a few that I combined and messed with and ended up

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Today I present you with a completely original recipe!  Woohoo!  This may have been done before, but regardless, I came up with the idea and recipe all on my own.  The best part?  It turned out sooooooooo good!  I'm bragging a little, but I'm excited about it, so deal with it.  : PI have heard that balsamic vinegar isn't the healthiest thing in the world because of the fermentation and the high

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This weekend I had the pleasure of reading Rawvolution by Matt Amsden.  This is a wonderful addition to my raw library, and I recommend it for yours too!  I bought this book pretty impulsively, without checking out the price.  I think it was all the colorful, enticing photography that caused me to grab and go without considering cost.  Although a bit expensive, this book is well worth the price.I

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I am a firm believer in juicing my greens.  It makes so much sense to get the nutrients easily, without all the fiber and needing to go through extra digestion.  I will never, ever give up drinking Green Lemonade .  BUT, today I was hungrier than usual, craving a smoothie, and eager to get outside to enjoy the beautiful day.  Plus, I simply must get away from the computer and devote some time to

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Ever since my Pumpkin Pie in a Bowl adventure, I have been infatuated with sweet, cinnamony, sweet potato concoctions.  So please excuse me for posting another recipe of this nature BUT this is really tasty and really easy, and that's what it's all about, right?  (Go ahead, do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around).  This breakfast pudding has an oatmeal like consistency with a little bit of

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I have been trying to come up with ways to dress a salad that don't involve tons of oil and/or nuts lately.  It's tough!  Some of my favorite dressings are nut-based and it seems like everything else has at least 1/2 cup of oil in it!  Having lunch at Papaya the other day, however, I was served a salad with a very light and incredibly good miso ginger dressing.  I figured I could re-create it

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The other day my friend mentioned to me that he was going to try to make some sushi but he didn't even have nori!  I, on the other hand, had a whole package of nori that I had yet to use. So, with a slightly competitive spirit, I set out to make some sushi.  And since my sushi was going to be raw, I immediately decided for myself that mine would be way better than his.  Well, my sushi was a

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                                           (Sun dried tomato pine nut cheese on endive)I've got lots to share with you today.  I aim to share three new recipes every week, but how about three new recipes in one post!  Woohoo! I have been feeling oh so inspired lately to try new recipes.  I can't stop!  I'm not feeling so hot these days, fighting off a cold, but I can't help but want to get off my

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I am finally ready to post my first book review!   I want to do my best to help you guys find the best raw resources out there.  I'm going to be looking through all the raw-related books I can find, give you some info about them, and let you decide if they are worth picking up for yourself!The first book that I wanted to let you know about is Rawsome by Brigette Mars.  Brigette has a

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I'd like to think that, although sloppy, my lunch yesterday looks like art!  Stacking food always makes it look cool, doesn't it?  I made this little tomato stacker super fast yesterday and it made a wonderful lunch/dinner before I had to go in to work.  I found a recipe online for "cheese" to use up my pine nuts, layered it with slices of fresh tomato and basil leaves, and topped it all off with

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(If you don't care about my self-analysis scroll down for the Peach Raspberry Smoothie recipe, I won't be offended.)  : )I have been struggling with dieting and obsessing about food for about three years now.  I used to be a skinny little thing without thinking twice about what I ate, then I developed hypothyroidism from an auto-immune thyroid disorder, gained about thirty pounds and started

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This recipe is such a treat.  Mom and I are sitting on the couch enjoying two very rich chocolate banana milkshakes.  I wanted to try to make raw pudding with almond milk, bananas, cocoa powder, and agave nectar but I ended up with liquid.  I added some almond butter but that didn't help much.  Finally, I gave up, added ice and ended up with a ridiculously good milkshake.  Thank goodness for

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This is raw butterscotch pudding. Not gorgeous, but certainly better than that artificial color you get from the unnatural pudding mixes.  My roommate and I used to make sugar-free non-fat butterscotch Jell-O pudding on really hot days in summer, slather it with whipped cream and just take two spoons to the big bowl.  With summer approaching, I was excited to try to re-create that while

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Hello all!  I've got a couple things to talk about today including my new favorite version of Green Lemonade, a new recipe, and a non raw-foodie friend who I got excited about eating raw!!  Let's do things chronologically: This morning I made my Green Lemonade with a whole bunch of collard greens I had leftover from the Thai Spring Rolls.  I probably put in about 8 leaves along with 3/4 head of

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Thank heavens for leftovers!  I made a really yummy salad out of the leftover filling for my Raw Thai Spring Rolls really quick to have before I run off to teach tonight.  Just tear up some romaine lettuce, throw in some chopped tomatoes, red onion, and top with leftover filling from your Thai Spring Rolls and enjoy!  Quick dinner, quick post!  Later punks. : )Music Fix: You Enjoy Myself-PhishEat

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I hesitated to make and post this recipe because, although it is raw, it is not technically a properly combined meal.  Although avocados can mix as a starch and with dry fruit, they are not supposed to be combined with nuts or nut butters.  The recipe sounded so good though, I just had to try it anyway.  I started off following a recipe from a book called Rawsome for Green Spring Rolls with Sweet

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On my last trip to the grocery store,to my horror, they were out of kale and spinach!  I bought some escarole to use in my Green Lemonade.  I don't use tons of escarole in my diet, and am not really in love with it.  Today, with the escarole, my green lemonade was a little less sweet and citrusy as usual.  I actually ended up adding the juice from half of another lemon so that I could still enjoy

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Yes, this is a raw recipe, I swear!  I love, love, love eating nut butter with bananas.  Sometimes I will do just that as a super quick, easy meal.  Right now I have a stash of my raw caramel http://www.rawfoodpunk.com/1/post/2009/03/raw-baker-extraordinaire.html  so I mixed some in with my raw almond butter and banana and it was potentially one of the yummiest things I've ever tasted.  Its

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I don't have a recipe for you today, but that's because I went out for dinner at my new favorite restaurant and had an awesomely raw dinner.  I live in Buffalo, New York, a place known more for its wings, pizza, and roast beef than having any healthy tendencies.  The exciting news is that our little city is in the midst of a dining make-over!  I don't believe that we should completely give up our

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I am at a raw until dinner level with my diet right now, so I made a dinner last night that included some cooked vegetables.  We started with a nice raw salad with my delicious version of Sesame Ginger dressing then had some curried cauliflower, a recipe I found online and detoxified a bit.  This meal, though partially cooked, is still super healthy and completely detox worthy. So, unless you are

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If you are a raw foodist, an aspiring raw foodist, or just someone who wants to be healthy, you should be consuming green juice!!!In my quest for optimal health, I have discovered the importance of consuming “green juice” on a regular basis. I really didn’t believe that I could stick to juicing because I am pretty lazy, BUT I actually found that juicing is kinda fun to do, and the cleaning

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Gazpacho is one of my all time favorite summer pleasures, and eating raw is a good excuse to have it all year long!  Here is my quick and easy recipe for gazpacho with a little bit of sweetness and a big kick.Gazpacho5 large tomatoes, quartered1/2 cucumber, peeled and chopped1/2 red bell pepper, chopped2 cloves garlic1 tablespoon celtic sea salt1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper1/2 cup olive oilBlend

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One of my favorite dishes in the whole wide world used to be Pad Thai, a Thai dish with rice noodles, veggies, fried tofu, peanut sauce, and in many versions, shrimp and fish sauce.  With my new raw tendencies, pad thai is not really an option, it is an ill-combined dish with legumes, so thats a double whammy against the digestive system.  Plus anything fried isn't really a winner and soy

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One of my favorite dishes in the whole wide world used to be Pad Thai, a Thai dish with rice noodles, veggies, fried tofu, peanut sauce, and in many versions, shrimp and fish sauce.  With my new raw tendencies, pad thai is not really an option, it is an ill-combined dish with legumes, so thats a double whammy against the digestive system.  Plus anything fried isn't really a winner and soy

Chris Fitkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01358950117157704298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1924204364899587324.post-6124253246518012872009-04-28T15:52:00.000-07:002009-04-28T18:52:07.136-07:00

A few days ago I was craving Mexican. I wanted fajitas badly, but I also wanted to stick with an all raw, salad-y dinner.  I decided that marinating fajita veggies in some sort of cumin dressing would do the trick for me so after perusing the internet for some fajita salad recipes I mixed a few and came up with this:Raw Fajita Salad:1 zucchini, thinly sliced3 Bell peppers (any mixture of red,

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What's up punks?  My father just posted a topic in the discussion forum that is certainly worth reading, go take a look. What this discussion made me think about is how we really need to challenge everything.  That's part of what being a "raw food punk" means to me.  There is a lot of information out there.  A lot of it is biased, one-sided and to be quite honest, blatantly wrong.  For this

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I have been way too busy for my own good these days.  Working too many hours on an irregular schedule and trying to have a social life, dance, and take care of myself, yikes!!  For this reason, I have been eating out a lot lately, which does not give me much in terms of brilliant recipes to share but it has certainly challenged me to find super healthy options on the go.  My favorite discovery is

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In my transition in to raw food living I had a favorite sandwich that I would eat probably at least 3 times a week: sprouted grain bread, avocado, alafalfa sprouts, red onion, tomato and dijon mustard.  Now, for those of you transitioning and still eating sprouted grain products, go for it, make that sandwich (toast the bread!) and enjoy.  BUT for those of us who are leaning more towards all raw

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I made a pretty elaborate raw entree the other night and am very excited to report that it was a very successful endeavor.  I do not soak, sprout, or dehydrate at this point, but I still pulled off a really wonderful Raw Lasagna, based on a recipe from "Rawsome" by  Brigitte Mars.  The tomato sauce is sweet and perfectly basil-y and the pine nut cheese, although not necessarily cheesey has a

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This dressing literally makes me want to eat salad at every meal.  I would chow down on a huge bowl of just lettuce if this dressing was on it.  I made it tonight and threw it on some lettuce, cabbage, yellow bell peppers, and grape tomatoes.  So. damn. good."Raw 'Ranch' Dressing"1 cup raw macadamia nuts1/2 cup lemon juice1 tablespoon sage1 tablespoon chives1 tablespoon oregano1 tablespoon

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We are seriously lacking in groceries at my house today.  In a rush for breakfast, and with no juice ingredients or fruit for me to eat I grabbed an avocado. For a moment, I wondered what the hell I was going to do to make an avocado into an easy, tasty breakfast on the go...I suppose having such a challenge is what breeds creativity because I am pretty sure I came up with raw yogurt off the top

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I totally had to do a punk move last night and point and laugh at my mom.  She has intentions of going at least semi-raw with me but is taking baby steps and changing her diet slowly, but surely.  No, that is not a reason to point at laugh at her, I know that!  But, since her process is gradual she still orders take-out mexican sometimes and orders things such as DELUXE BURRITO...sounds scary,

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I tried a recipe today that I got from purelydelicious.net and I am so excited about it that I had to write about it before I even washed my plate. : )I switched the recipe up a little based on what I had available at my house so here is my version of cashew "chicken" salad1 cup raw cashews1 cup raw pecans1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds1 cucumber, peeled, seeded, and chopped1 celery stick chopped1

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 just to have to brag about my big achievement yesterday: I worked a 7.5 hour shift at Starbucks and did not have a latte, or any sort of drink with processed soy milk!!!  I feel like the first couple days are the toughest so making it past day one is a big deal!  The truth is, I could feel a difference in my body...just from leaving out the one processed thing I still had in my diet.  I usually

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I consider myself an aspiring chef.  I love to cook, but I'm not quite at the level where I feel confident messing around with recipes and/or creating my own.  Today, however, I took a bounding step to being a creative chef in my own right!  I am aware that eating raw food is way healthy for me (and you!), Im also aware that dessert is really great and not something many people want to give up.  

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Okay, so I have admitted that I don't always eat 100% raw, but lately I've been feeling pretty tempted to go 100%.  Today I grabbed a vegan peanut butter rice krispy treat from my local co-op, just for fun.  I ate a few bites and immediately felt gross. Its really true, there is energy in raw food, and when you eat food that is cooked/processed you don't get any of that energy cause its already

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 I am currently sitting across the table watching my step-father, who i mentioned really likes chicken wings and steak, eat raw cheesey tacos, a recipe I made tonight from Natalia Rose's book Life Force Energy.  He actually said "these are good!" without being asked...good news!In other news, I am currently doing lots of research on raw food preparation and am seeking out tons of new recipes to

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Hey there!  Welcome to Rawfoodpunk.com and my first blog entry!  I’m super excited to start sharing stuff with you like recipes, advice, ideas, websites, random details about life in general…First of all, I wanted to let you know about my recent raw food epiphany.  I just moved back home to Buffalo New York from sunny, health conscious Orange County California. Truth be told, it has been very,

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