Raw Foods A Natural Way to Eat
At some point in our lives everyone has eaten some sort of raw food. It might be fruits, vegetables or even meat but we all have tried something at least once. Raw foods are a healthy way of eating and they are so simple to prepare. They can be incorporated into our daily diets without much fuss making them a real time saver. Raw foods are packed with minerals, vitamins and nutrients that our bodies need. Let’s take a look at some of the foods we all might in enjoy in their rawest forms.
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Raw Foods A Natural Way to Eat
Let’s start off by talking about some simple raw vegetables.
Lettuce can make salads or it can be added to a sandwich giving ordinary things healthy flavor
Broccoli, cauliflower and carrots can be used as a dipper with ranch dressing or just eat it plain
Onions can be used to add flavor to any types of dishes
Tomatoes can be added to salads, sandwiches or when it comes to these little gems they can be added to almost anything
How about those raw fruits?
Apples can be eaten just as they are, used for fresh toppings or with a caramel dip
Oranges make any breakfast a treat and can be placed in drinks or on cereal
Grapes add a little extra to chicken salad, fruit salads or as a healthy snack in the middle of the afternoon
Bananas make great toppings for cereal or add a special touch to peanut butter sandwiches
Strawberries well they just speak for themselves
Other berries such as blueberries, raspberries and blackberries are also a grand addition to raw foods
There are many more fruits and vegetables that can be added to these list. Any of these can be combined to make drinks, main courses and even dessert. The sky is the limit when cooking with raw foods.
All of these fruits and vegetables are healthy and very filling too. Blend them up and suddenly you have a delicious smoothie. Throw a couple strawberries on your pancakes in the morning and you have just spiced up your breakfast.
Something you should think about getting is a juicer. This will open a window into the world of raw liquids. What a name huh? Well it exactly explains its meaning. Take an apple or lemon and put it threw a juicer and BAM just like that you have the makings for a wonderful drink to go along with your meal. Using a juicer will lend an extra hand in helping your children eat healthier. Kids are pickier then adult, so any chance you get to make eating healthier easier, do it!
Raw foods are very easily preserved. All you have to do is put the fruit or veggies into a freezer tight bag and pop them in your freezer. You can find bags just about anywhere which makes dealing with raw foods that much easier.
There are ways to take foods that aren’t originally raw and turn them “raw”. It’s a process called dehydrating and it can take foods and give them different tastes and textures and give us more varieties of healthier foods.
Though raw foods are very healthy for you they are not easy to come by. Yes, you can cook them all day and all night in your home but trying to go out to a restaurant and get a raw food platter could be a little tougher than you might think. Most restaurants even though they tell you the food is raw has probably been soaked or cooked in some shape or form. Just always be careful and stick to the fresh fruits and vegetables. They are sure to satisfy!
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