Nut milk is an important raw food ingredient that can be used in many ways, including on last week’s raw granola.  My demonstration video Raw Almond Milk and Other Advance Preparation for Raw Food Recipes Made Easy shows you how to create this useful non-dairy milk in advance so that it’s always ready to use in a recipe.

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Professional chefs take great pains to stock their kitchens with the best equipment for creating their culinary masterpieces.  You should, too!  And to help you, I’ve created a YouTube video demo that shares some of my best tips for setting up your kitchen for easy raw food meal preparation.  It’s just four minutes, but it’s information-packed.  

Do you think there are tons of gadgets and gizmos you need to buy to make your kitchen raw food ready?  Not at all!  As you’ll see in the demo, there are really only four key pieces of equipment required: a large chef’s knife, a wood or bamboo cutting board, a blender and a food processor.  That’s the beauty of raw food preparation:  you can take simple fresh ingredients, do a minimal amount of ‘puttering’ with them, and have a meal on the table in no time at all. 

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Easy Raw Food Recipes Are ‘Best of You Today’ Hot Topic

Posted on June 09 2011 | (0) Comments
Category: Getting Started Eating Raw Tags: kale

In the early days of telling people I teach raw food classes for a living, they often looked at me with a blank stare that clearly said...

“Raw food?  What the heck is that?”

Today, however, raw food is a hot topic in a nation that is slowly, but surely climbing aboard the good taste/good health bandwagon.  So I was especially pleased when the good folks at Best of You Today invited me to do an interview.

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In my book Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People, I go into some detail about the soaking process.  The tip I wanted to share with you today is that after you've finished soaking nuts or seeds and drained off the soaking liquid, it's important to let them air-dry in the colander or strainer for a few minutes prior to putting them in a storage container.

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While many raw food recipes require nothing more than a blender or food processor, some basic knife skills will go a long way towards making the dishes you create - especially desserts with ordinary fruits -- look extraordinary.

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