Raw Food Diet – Free recipes and tips by The Rawtarian

This is a handy, savory dressing that keeps in the fridge nicely for four or five days. It tastes best on the second day, because it’s a lot thicker and almost creamy.
Beware: garlicky!
When not in a garlicky mood, I love to use a simple apple cider vinegar and olive oil dressing. But when I’m [...]

One of my favourite foods right now are chia seeds.
What is their claim to fame (besides being known for sprouting those famous “chia pets”)?
1. They become gelatinous, like tapioca, which makes them fun to use!
2. They are very filling.
3. They have an interesting texture which is a nice addition to the raw food lifestyle.
4. Chia [...]

“Raw Family: A True Story of Awakening” was the first raw food book that I ever read.
Short and easy to read, it is the story of one family’s journey into the raw food lifestyle.
“Raw Family: A True Story of Awakening” is written by Victoria Boutenko, her husband Igor, and their two children Sergei and Valya. [...]

I’ve been reading and making the book Living in the Raw: Desserts by Rose Lee Calabro (2007).
It is a medium-sized glossy paperback 127-page book with a few large color photos.
It contains mostly simple, quick, basic recipes (as opposed to gourmet recipes), although most of the recipes do require the standard raw food equipment like dehydrators, [...]

I don’t make recipes with macadamia nuts very often because they are rather expensive, but this raw mayo is totally worth it.
It’s light, fluffy, and subtly tangy. It’s also very rich. Mmm!
My husband is a purist type, and he doesn’t even like this raw mayonnaise recipe because it tastes “too much like mayo.” But I [...]

When I first started learning how to make green smoothies I would follow recipes rigidly.

There are thousands of free green smoothie recipes online. Just google them or buy a book. (Victoria Boutenko’s Green Smoothie Revolution has everything you ever wanted to know about green smoothies.)
But now that I’m used to making green smoothies myself, I’ve [...]

After existing as a raw foodist without a dehydrator for quite some time now, I finally caved in and bought a dehydrator. I am eagerly awaiting its arrival in the mail!
In the mean time, here’s a list of a few of the best raw dehydrator recipes that I’m excited to try.
Starting with the one and [...]

In the morning, my raw food breakfast is almost always either fresh fruit, a green smoothie, or–my favourite–raw oatmeal.
This recipe does take a bit of preparation because it has to be soaked overnight, but, with only three ingredients, it’s so easy!
If you click on this photo you can see the high-resolution version, which shows you [...]

Raw chocolate truffles were the very first raw food that made me certain that I could become a raw vegan for an extended period of time.
This recipe just requires a food processor and a few ingredients.
You can make these in a blender, but it won’t blend properly and the truffles won’t be as smooth as [...]

This is the story of how I began my journey into raw veganism.
But it isn’t really my story; it all starts with my in-laws–my husband’s parents. In their early fifties, they were very normal, nice people.
But one day my husband and I got this telephone call. My husband was talking to his parents, and I [...]