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  • raw tropical rice pancakes with mango habanero sauce
    Dehydrator recipes,  Raw food recipes,  Raw Vegan Breakfast,  Raw Vegan Breakfast,  Raw Vegan Lunch,  Raw Vegan Recipes

    Tropical Rice Pancakes with Mango Habanero Sauce

    January 10, 2021 /

    I had a dream… And like most of my dreams it involved food. In this case, rice pancakes. As happens with a lot of our recipes, inspiration comes from the great beyond: the place where so much of our past went to rest. People, places, moments. It’s funny how so many of these memories have some specific food somehow attached to them so vividly. My Hungarian Tanti (that’s ‘Aunt’ to many of you) was somewhat of my guardian when I first moved to New York City at the onset of my twenties. She took ‘watching over me’ very seriously, I must tell you. Sometimes I wasn’t too happy about it…

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    Marie

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    Apple Pear Cardamom Tart

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    Very Vegetable Nut Loaf

    September 18, 2020
    Coconut Curry Vegetables with mango

    Coconut Curry Vegetables with Mango

    August 5, 2020
  • Chinese style green beans
    Dehydrator recipes,  Raw food recipes,  Raw Vegan Lunch,  Raw Vegan Recipes,  Raw Vegan Snacks

    Ginger Ume Dried String Beans

    January 5, 2021 /

    As a kid a friend of my family owned a Chinese restaurant. We would go at the end of the night after everyone had left and eat with the owners and staff. It was always a feast and one of my favorite things on the menu was the dried string beans. One of my Christmas presents from Marie and her family was my own dehydrator. I had absconded with hers when I moved to the farm and it parked itself in the kitchen and never left. I did dehydrate a little pineapple first, but this is the first recipe in the new dehydrator and I’m super happy with the results.…

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    Melissa

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    Coconut Curry Vegetables with Mango

    August 5, 2020
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    Spring Mix Strawberry Salad with Almond Pecan Brittle

    April 7, 2021
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    December 5, 2020
  • Raw Beet Ravioli with Pistachio Pesto and Citrus Sauce
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    Beet Ravioli with Pistachio Pesto and Citrus Sauce

    January 1, 2021 /

    This beet ravioli recipe has been playing a little tune in my head for awhile now. More than a month ago, I started fiddling with it but I was apparently lacking in the finesse required to get paper thin slices of beet without cutting the ends of my fingers off in the process. The combination of beet juice and my own blood created something that looked like a grisley crime scene and, at some point, I did think cordoning off the kitchen with yellow tape, might not be a bad idea. I certainly was afraid to go in there. As it was, I was standing there, my hand wrapped in…

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    Marie

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    September 27, 2020
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    Watermelon Sashimi & Forbidden Rice

    August 11, 2020
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    The Vagina and the Pineapple: A Fairytale

    July 22, 2020
  • Crispy Onion Rings
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    Crispy “Funion” Rings

    December 30, 2020 /

    Best laid plans. I attempted to make onion rings, which was a great idea, but in order to get the batter crispy, the onion got crispy with it. This is another case where the original idea failed and the delicious Funion Rings were created. Well over a month ago Marie ordered a mandolin. She had a specific recipe in mind (coming soon), but I decided to test it first. Where do I begin? This thing is fabulous! Totally worth waiting for. I am not ashamed to admit that I have zero knife skills and I hate cutting onions. The mandolin was exactly what I needed. In the time it took…

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    Melissa

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    Yellow Tomato Raw Ketchup

    Yellow Tomato Raw Ketchup

    September 5, 2020
    Pineapple Jerk Salad

    Pineapple Salad with Jerk Plantain Chips

    April 15, 2021
  • Hearty Thai Coconut Soup
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    Thai Coconut Soup

    December 16, 2020 /

    This is the soup I’ve been wanting to make. Ridiculously quick and easy, this soup will warm you up on a cold day. I made this Thai Coconut Soup in the dehydrator, but as Marie informed me, you can heat it on the stove as long as you check the temperature while heating to keep it raw. This is one of my favorite soups and I have to apologize for the photo, it sucks. But it shouldn’t be a reflection on the delicious flavor of this soup. I was hungry and too impatient to keep taking photos when all I wanted to do was eat. I warned Marie that I…

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    Melissa

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    It’s Okay to Drink Tea When You’re Raw

    February 28, 2021
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    In The Raw Kitchen: Gadgets and Knives

    March 12, 2020
    Raw Vegan Kelp and Coconut Noodle Ramen

    Coconut and Kelp Noodle Ramen

    February 2, 2021
  • Smokin' raw chili chill chaser
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    Smokin’ Raw Chili Chill Chaser

    December 10, 2020 /

    I just finished eating this raw chili for lunch for the second day in a row. The first day I ate it at room temperature and all the spices and chile peppers gave me all the heat I needed. But today, after coming in from a very snowy day, I heated it up for an hour in the dehydrator. After it had spent the night in the fridge it needed the chill taken off as much as I did! This is not verboten. That’s what the dehydrator is for: making sure those enzymes stay intact and you still get to have something warm when it strikes your fancy. In the…

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    Marie

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    January 30, 2020
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    January 28, 2021
    raw vegan vanilla apricot macaroons

    Mom’s Vanilla Apricot Macaroons

    February 17, 2021
  • raw indian poppadoms with mango and mint chutneys
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    Indian Poppadoms with Mango and Mint Chutneys

    December 4, 2020 /

    The idea at first was Indian nan but I didn’t make a big enough batch of this stuff to make more than one big circle of nan bread. Then Melissa suggested doing poppadoms instead… Now, I know you’re thinking: what the hell is a poppadom? Granted, it seems nan and dosas get all the publicity and the poor poppadoms are kind of hiding their light under a bushel basket. It’s not a exactly a ‘household name’. A poppadom (also called papadum, papad or papar) is a thin and crispy round Indian flatbread. It is kind of like a dosa but not quite as paper thin and crumbly. And it’s round and can…

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    Marie

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    Sunchoke Salad With Apples and Kumquats

    July 11, 2021

    Summer Squash Sesame Noodles

    August 22, 2020

    Chocolate-y Cherry Chip Cookies

    September 21, 2020
  • raw vegan tomato soup
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    Creamy Tomato Soup

    December 1, 2020 /

    It’s winter and let’s face it, the last thing someone would think of is a raw soup because that somehow puts ‘cold’ in your mind. Well, you can get around that by warming it in the dehydrator and while it won’t be piping hot, this is the next best thing for the raw purist. You can also use a thermometer and heat on low on the stovetop – just make sure you stop short of that magical 118 degree mark and you’re golden. Of course it helps that this creamy tomato soup recipe is pretty hardy; I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how much it will take the chill…

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    Melissa

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    Zucchini Hummus: Full Power

    March 12, 2020
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    Cool Mint Oreo Cookies

    December 28, 2020

    Chocolate-y Cherry Chip Cookies

    September 21, 2020
  • Broccoli Carrot Salad
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    Broccoli Salad with Creamy Dressing

    November 19, 2020 /

    A couple of months ago a friend brought a broccoli salad from Costco to a little get together. I remember having it a couple of years back and a similar one from Whole Foods. The problem…both contain bacon and the dressing is dairy. Well, once I perfected the coconut bacon, putting this delicious salad together was a breeze. I make enormous batches of coconut bacon and keep it handy. It enhances just about everything and I throw it into practically everything or just snack on it to satiate savory cravings. Throwing all the ingredients together is quick and easy and you can prepare the dressing in advance. This is a…

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    Melissa

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    Coconut and Kelp Noodle Ramen

    February 2, 2021
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    Nectarine Watercress Wraps with Almond Satay

    April 15, 2020
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    Washing Produce and the War on ‘Beasties’

    March 26, 2020
  • Butternut Fettuccini Alfredo
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    CREAMY MUSHROOM SAFFRON ALFREDO

    November 12, 2020 /

    So this idea was ass backwards. Originally I really wanted to make mushroom raviolis with a creamy Alfredo sauce, but the rice paper was too thin. Then I tried butternut squash, but I couldn’t get it thin enough in the shape I wanted. Every stupid contraption Marie and I purchased didn’t work so we broke down and used the spiralizer to make fettuccini. So even though I made this with the butternut squash, I preferred it with rice noodles. I liked it with the rice paper raviolis too, but the pics were hideous and looked really unappetizing even if it tasted the best. I’ve now had it 4 different ways…

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    Melissa

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    August 28, 2020
    raw tropical rice pancakes with mango habanero sauce

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    January 10, 2021
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Hello and Welcome! I’m Marie and I’ve been some version of Raw Vegan for the last 18 years… never mind the fact that I’ve managed to drag my entire family along on this ride with me! Truth be told: they barely even knew they were coming!

You – yes, you – can do this too!  But Let’s Get Practical! For most of us, it’s hard to eat Raw all day, every day. Especially if you live in a less than tropical climate. Or perhaps – like me- you’ve got a significant other… or maybe a tribe of ‘others’, who make 100% raw seem like sci-fi fantasy?

We all know that getting as much whole, living, raw vegan food into ourselves is a recipe for health and vibrancy! So why not make it easy and just eat raw for part of the day? Whether you use this as an avenue into an exclusively vegan diet or would never consider completely saying goodbye to meat, eating Raw till Four will guarantee that you’re ingesting fewer processed foods, less animal products and more of what’s actually good for you and your loved ones!

So come on and Get Raw…Practically.

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  • Sunchoke Salad With Apples and Kumquats

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