The Complete Book of Raw Food: Quick & Easy, Over 100 Healthy Recipes [Paperback]

Mary Rydman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 25, 2009

Quick Meals Shouldn't Compromise on Taste or Your Health

The phrase "fast food" has come to mean tasteless fried meals from a drive-thru, but the truth is that food can be made quickly and still be both nourishing and delicious.

Raw Food Quick & Easy shortens the task of raw-food dining with straightforward, filling, and tasty recipes. Pairing creativity with simple ingredients, author and chef Mary Rydman cuts down on preparation time without sacrificing flavor and satisfaction. Rydman explains, “I do not like to spend hours and hours in the kitchen,” thus Raw Food Quick & Easy.

Raw Food Quick & Easy includes over 100 new raw food recipes that are accessible to novices and still interesting to experts, such as smoothies and other breakfast foods, seasonal salads, dressings, pates, soups, hearty creations, snacks, and desserts. Also included are easy ways to boost your nutrition intake; soaking, sprouting, and storing tips; helpful dehydrating ideas; raw kitchen tools suggestions; and a discussion of the common misconceptions of raw food.

These straighforward, delicious, and wholesome recipes are perfect for anyone who wants to eat better and fresher. Reinvent fast food, and make your own “happy meal” with Raw Food Quick & Easy.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Raw Food Quick & Easy is a welcome and highly recommended addition to vegetarian, family, and community library cookbook collections."
--Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Mary Rydman works as a nutrition and health consultant. A raw food enthusiast for over 20 years, Mary uses her personal experience from helping others find healthier ways of eating to compile her delicious raw food recipes. She lives in Southern Oregon.

To learn more about Mary and her work see www.originalradiance.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Hatherleigh Press (August 25, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578263069
• ISBN-13: 978-1578263066
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 0.4 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #889,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love It, October 31, 2009

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KHarm (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Book of Raw Food: Quick & Easy, Over 100 Healthy Recipes (Paperback)

I disagree with this other review. Vegans can choose not have to used raw eggs or goat cheese--these are simply an option offered by the author as a way to get vitamin B12 content in a "useable form that is hard to get from other sources." She certainly doesn't push it on people, as the egg yolk is optional the few recipes that list it as an ingredient.

You need to weigh rare risks against the health benefits that a raw food can provide. If you know the conditions that your produce and even eggs come from, you'll have a slim chance at risking a bacterial infection, especially compared to mass produced foods from a big distributor.

I found the recipes I've made in the book so far to be great. The book is about healthy recipes that are quick and easy to make--it's not about the fanciest recipe you can make from raw food. I definitely recommend this book to people who don't want to spend hours in the kitchen and who still want to eat raw and healthy

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A welcome and highly recommended addition to vegetarian, family, and community library cookbook collections, November 15, 2009

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Book of Raw Food: Quick & Easy, Over 100 Healthy Recipes (Paperback)

Every dietician notes that the typical modern American fast-food, microwave frozen food oriented diet is woefully insufficient when it comes to the consumption of fruits and vegetables. That's why nutrition and health consultant Mary Rydman draws upon her more than twenty years of professional and personal experience and expertise to compile and publish "Raw Food Quick & Easy: Over 100 Healthy Recipes Including Smoothies, Seasonal Salads, Dressings, Pates, Soups, Hearty Creations, Snacks, and Desserts". Each recipe is specifically designed for time-pressured kitchen cooks who, while not being able to spend extended time in the preparation of their family meals, nonetheless want to serve family and friends with healthy, palate pleasing, appetite satisfying fare. More than just a collection of recipes showcasing the culinary accomplishments to be gleaned from fruits and veggies, "Raw Foods Quick & Easy" also provides practical and useful information on soaking, sprouting, dehydrating, and storing raw foods, key tools and ingredients when dealing with raw foods in the kitchen, and even 'user friendly' advice on increasing vital nutrients through what we eat. Of special note is the chapter devoted to 'Food and Emotions'. Featuring recipes ranging from Cauliflower Cream Curry; Vegetable Crackers; and Sesame Fudge Cookies; to Angel Pudding; Tomato Olive Soup; and Buckwheat Crunchies, "Raw Foods Quick & Easy" is a welcome and highly recommended addition to vegetarian, family, and community library cookbook collections.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars MLM products? Religious Cult?, June 21, 2010

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aave (chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Book of Raw Food: Quick & Easy, Over 100 Healthy Recipes (Paperback)

Seems this chick jumped on the RawFood bandwagon only to advertise the multi level marketing scam KrystalSalt and KlamathLake bluegreen algae along with a plug for her pal Daniel Barron leader of the cult EBE
Can anybody with more experience in rawfood recomend a starter book for me? I live by myself in an efficiency apartment and have extremely limited resources. So I'm looking for super simple without the need for elaborate gadgets.