Here is a great resource for anyone looking for easy alternatives to complex raw recipes that require lots of time and expensive equipment to prepare. Acclaimed raw chef Angela Elliott shows how to whip up mouth-watering lasagne, spaghetti marinara, stuffed mushrooms, broccoli in cheese sauce, apple pie, decadent whipped cream and strawberries, chocolate shake, and more--all in about five minutes, with easy-to-find ingredients and just a blender or food processor. She shares her personal wellness journey and her playful enthusiasm to make the book an enjoyable and inspiring guide to delicious living.
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Angela Elliott was raised by a world-renowned physicist/chemist stepfather and a gourmet French chef/writer mother whose occupations enabled frequent travel abroad. She is a practitioner in holistic endeavors, including Chinese medicine, nutrition, herbology, reflexology, culinary arts, living food, and intuitive healing. Angela also has extensive experience as a licensed paramedical aesthetician. She is the owner and operator of Celestial Raw Goddess Enterprises, which promotes raw food as a life-enhancing aspect of natural wellness. Angela currently resides in San Diego, California with her husband and teenage son, Ian, who has adopted the raw food lifestyle as well.
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477 of 492 people found the following review helpful
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I think the title of this book is quite misleading. I'm giving it two stars because I think the author is representing it as something it's not: "gourmet food".
While the recipes are not complicated, most of them are far TOO simple. Over and over, I kept asking myself, "for THIS I need a recipe book??" For example, "Cucumber Pizza", which sounds intriguing, is nothing more than chopped olives on slices of cucumber. "Scrambled Eggs", which sounds like something you wouldn't find in any ordinary raw food recipe book is -- are you ready for this? -- 3 ripe avocados mashed in a bowl, add salt and pepper! The "salad" recipes are the most basic of salads ... if you can chop some vegetables and lettuce into a bowl, add some lemon juice, olive oil and your favorite seasonings, you already know how to make most of the salads in this book.
There are several different nut milk recipes, each with a fancy, delicious-sounding name, but they're all the exact same recipe ... only the kind of nut you use is different.
Many of the recipes call for the pulp left over from making nut milk, and some of the soup recipes require nut milk. So unless you've taken the time to make nut milk, and have saved a supply of the pulp, you're out of luck.
One problem I have with many raw food recipe books is the inordinate amount of nuts, seeds and avocados called for. One recipe in this book calls for 5 avocados to make a dish that serves 3 people (just about all the recipes in the book make 3 servings). A taco recipe calls for 2 cups of soaked sunflower seeds in the pate', plus an avocado in the filling, and another cup of sunflower seeds to make the "sour cream" topping ... serves 3. I don't like gorging on fats, even if they are the healthy kind.
Some recipes call for coconuts, which is a no-go for me, because I don't want to have to deal with cracking coconuts and scraping out the flesh, etc. One recipe (that makes 3 servings) calls for 3 young coconuts.
I'm a big proponent of raw foods, and have a large collection of raw food recipe books. For "quick and simple" recipes, I especially like Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People, by Jennifer Cornbleet. Raw Foods for Busy People by Jordan Maerin is another favorite. But I cannot recommend Alive in 5, for all the reasons mentioned above. Perhaps if it were titled more honestly, something like "Dishes You Really Don't Need a Recipe Book For", I wouldn't have been so disappointed with it. I'm not saying there aren't some tasty combinations of foods in this book, but many of them are just TOO simple. To call it "Gourmet Meals" is misleading.
While the recipes are not complicated, most of them are far TOO simple. Over and over, I kept asking myself, "for THIS I need a recipe book??" For example, "Cucumber Pizza", which sounds intriguing, is nothing more than chopped olives on slices of cucumber. "Scrambled Eggs", which sounds like something you wouldn't find in any ordinary raw food recipe book is -- are you ready for this? -- 3 ripe avocados mashed in a bowl, add salt and pepper! The "salad" recipes are the most basic of salads ... if you can chop some vegetables and lettuce into a bowl, add some lemon juice, olive oil and your favorite seasonings, you already know how to make most of the salads in this book.
There are several different nut milk recipes, each with a fancy, delicious-sounding name, but they're all the exact same recipe ... only the kind of nut you use is different.
Many of the recipes call for the pulp left over from making nut milk, and some of the soup recipes require nut milk. So unless you've taken the time to make nut milk, and have saved a supply of the pulp, you're out of luck.
One problem I have with many raw food recipe books is the inordinate amount of nuts, seeds and avocados called for. One recipe in this book calls for 5 avocados to make a dish that serves 3 people (just about all the recipes in the book make 3 servings). A taco recipe calls for 2 cups of soaked sunflower seeds in the pate', plus an avocado in the filling, and another cup of sunflower seeds to make the "sour cream" topping ... serves 3. I don't like gorging on fats, even if they are the healthy kind.
Some recipes call for coconuts, which is a no-go for me, because I don't want to have to deal with cracking coconuts and scraping out the flesh, etc. One recipe (that makes 3 servings) calls for 3 young coconuts.
I'm a big proponent of raw foods, and have a large collection of raw food recipe books. For "quick and simple" recipes, I especially like Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People, by Jennifer Cornbleet. Raw Foods for Busy People by Jordan Maerin is another favorite. But I cannot recommend Alive in 5, for all the reasons mentioned above. Perhaps if it were titled more honestly, something like "Dishes You Really Don't Need a Recipe Book For", I wouldn't have been so disappointed with it. I'm not saying there aren't some tasty combinations of foods in this book, but many of them are just TOO simple. To call it "Gourmet Meals" is misleading.
50 of 52 people found the following review helpful
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I recently purchased three raw cookbooks, this is the first I have tried.
I have tried all but two recipes of the first three days menu plan, plus two extras, sometimes they took a little longer than 5 minutes but I have enjoyed every recipes.
This is my fourth try going raw and I may make it this time because the foods in the book are readily available (except maybe one or two).
There is not a lot planning days ahead to soak, sprout, grind, dehydrate for three days so maybe it will be ready and hopefully you will still want it and remember what you were trying to make in the first place! With this book you see it, you check the frig and find the ingrediants, you make it, you love it!
I have tried all but two recipes of the first three days menu plan, plus two extras, sometimes they took a little longer than 5 minutes but I have enjoyed every recipes.
This is my fourth try going raw and I may make it this time because the foods in the book are readily available (except maybe one or two).
There is not a lot planning days ahead to soak, sprout, grind, dehydrate for three days so maybe it will be ready and hopefully you will still want it and remember what you were trying to make in the first place! With this book you see it, you check the frig and find the ingrediants, you make it, you love it!
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking into or transitioning to raw food and anyone who is a busy person. It is simple, easy and the recipes really are ready fairly quickly. The food itself is very tasty and as long as you plan ahead you can be eating within 10 minutes of walking in the door. The "high fat" content alluded to in another review is much lower than a typical mainstream meal and it is my belief that when you transition to raw foods you need to have as much of the heavier foods around as possible, so that you feel satisfied as your body is getting used to the change. Worry about the fat later, when you are an experienced raw foodist. Chances are your body will tell you by then anyway! Enjoy this delightful little book and enjoy all the time you have not cooking!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Heads above other raw cookbooks
I bought 4 raw cookbooks when I decided to start eating more raw food. This one is by far my favorite. Every recipe I've tried is good. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Jamie L. Oneil
ALIVE IN FIVE:RAW GOURMET MEALS IN FIVE MINUTES
EATING RAW IS A WONDERFUL LIFESTYLE. IT IS HEALTHY AND LIFE-PRESERVING. IT IS ALSO A BIT TIME CONSUMING. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Sheena B.
good place to start
this was my first introduction to preparing raw foods. I highly recommend it. It is easy, has good tips throughout and even leaves room for short cuts and adding one's own flair. Read more
Published 8 months ago by josie
A Must-Have
This is one of my first books on raw foods, and it's a staple. It's easy and tasty, as opposed to a lot of raw recipe books that were using ingredients I had never heard of and... Read more
Published 11 months ago by E. Albanese
Make This Your Second Raw Foods Recipe Book
Alive In 5 offers a fresh voice and simple, creative approach to raw foods that is very welcome amid the plethora of fussy raw foods books on the market. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Yanna Loam, L.M.T., C.Ht.
Alive in 5 is a must in any kitchen
An awesome addition to any raw foods kitchen. All the recipes are easy to make and taste fantastic. I highly recommend it.
Published 22 months ago by Candace Alvarez
Alive in Five: Raw Gourmet Meals
What a treasure for someone just starting to eat raw foods. Two of the soups will be
forever on my menus and the raw apple pie was a real success at a recent gathering. Read more
forever on my menus and the raw apple pie was a real success at a recent gathering. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Elaine Townley
So-So
I am looking forward to eventually making some of the meals in here. However, the author has a list of appliances she recommends owning to prepare most of the food (including a... Read more
Published on March 23, 2010 by Petra Deason
Ehh...
I found about every third recipe was good. I've tried many of them and many were disasters--just didn't taste good, the amounts of certain ingredients looked off to me, and I... Read more
Published on January 9, 2010 by Barbara Y. Campbell
For serious raw foodists looking for simple recipes ONLY
This is a book for serious raw foodists. Most recipes require pre-somethinged something, soaked raw nuts and they're byproducts are most often called for. Read more
Published on September 22, 2009 by L. Bennett
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nama shoyu, almond milk, cup raw agave nectar, teaspoon raw agave nectar, tablespoons raw agave nectar, walnut pulp, cup young coconut water, nutritional yeast powder, toss until evenly distributed, tablespoons raw tahini, almond pulp, probiotic powder, cacao nibs, raw olives, cup filtered water, goji berries, hempseed oil, raw walnuts, photo facing page, vanilla flavor Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Delightful Entrées, Luscious Walnut Milk, Scrumptious Desserts, Pecan Milk, Heavenly Salads, Nut Yogurt, Hempseed Milk, Velvety Dessert Milk, Happy Porridge, Cinnamon Apple Cereal, Fresh Berries, Celestial Fettuccine Alfredo, Presto Pesto, Whipped Orange Shake, Dreamy Sour Cream, Going Nuts Pâté Rolls, Spiral Slicer Browse Sample Pages:
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nama shoyu, almond milk, cup raw agave nectar, teaspoon raw agave nectar, tablespoons raw agave nectar, walnut pulp, cup young coconut water, nutritional yeast powder, toss until evenly distributed, tablespoons raw tahini, almond pulp, probiotic powder, cacao nibs, raw olives, cup filtered water, goji berries, hempseed oil, raw walnuts, photo facing page, vanilla flavor Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Delightful Entrées, Luscious Walnut Milk, Scrumptious Desserts, Pecan Milk, Heavenly Salads, Nut Yogurt, Hempseed Milk, Velvety Dessert Milk, Happy Porridge, Cinnamon Apple Cereal, Fresh Berries, Celestial Fettuccine Alfredo, Presto Pesto, Whipped Orange Shake, Dreamy Sour Cream, Going Nuts Pâté Rolls, Spiral Slicer Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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