Day 22 of My Top 30 for 30:
Do you like stronger or more delicate flavors? Do you like simpler foods, or more complex recipes? How much time do you want to spend with preparation? Do you like salads or do you prefer other types of vegetable-based dishes like stews, etc? Do you like fruit-based smoothies or do you like to eat fruit whole? Or some combination of the two? The reason I ask these questions is because they are significant considerations when it comes to success with raw food.
When I used to teach nutrition classes in person, some students would express frustration about what they thought a raw food diet should look like based on what the prevailing trend was at the time. Since I started on the raw food path in 1990, many food-preparation trends have come and gone in the raw food world and from time to time they even reemerge. With all of these trends, the basic underlying principles that help people succeed are what really count, like focusing on raw whole natural plant foods and eating enough of them.
If you are not sure what you like, you can do some experimenting. Given all the recipe resources available these days, with books, social media, and food preparation educational programs, you have great opportunity to explore how to make it work for you.
For me, one game-changing food prep technique that I employed early on was fruit and green vegetable-containing smoothies (I called them shakes 30 years ago). Making a large shake in the morning and bringing it with me to school in mason jars and a cooler kept me going all day with plenty of energy and without hunger. Bringing whole fruit didn’t work as well with a full course load, so my shakes made implementing this lifestyle easier back then.
Are there any food prep techniques that have been game-changing for you?