Mounting evidence has shown that heat destroys many of the nutrients found in raw, living food, rendering it harder to digest and nutritionally diminished. Raw food is catching on! From Hollywood stars with personal chefs, to a host of chic new Manhattan restaurants, the Raw Food movement is sweeping the country as people learn about the dramatic health benefits derived by eating a vegan diet in which food is never heated above 118 degrees Fahrenheit. Getting all of the nutrition and anti-oxidants your body needs for maximum health is SUPER EASY once you start eating Raw plant-based foods every day, and one of the easiest ways to do this consistently is to DRINK THEM! These recipes are among the EASIEST Raw recipes you will find... just blend 'em up and chug 'em down. You'll start feeling the powerful effects immediately, and this book gives you so many recipes that you'll never run out of variety. This book is perfect for beginners and fun for dabblers, but an ABSOLUTE MUST for anybody seriously considering a full or high-Raw lifestyle. This Raw food vegan recipe book includes: Recommendations on Which Juicer to Buy Recommendations on Which Blender to Buy Tips & Tricks 92 recipes, including: 38 Raw Smoothies 12 Raw Nut/Seed Milks & Shakes 17 Raw Juices ("Plant Blood") 15 Raw Elixirs 4 Raw Wine Drinks A "Raw Basics" introduction to Raw food (with 6 basic "must have" recipes) for people who are new to the subject. Also includes links to food photographs at Kristen Suzanne's Web site, KristensRaw.com.
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Kristen Suzanne is an accomplished Raw food chef with a passion for helping people live life to the fullest with the healthiest cuisine in the world. Through radio, television, books, and her popular blog and email newsletter, Chef Kristen Suzanne helps individuals live and love the Raw lifestyle. For more information about Chef Kristen Suzanne, please visit KristensRaw.com.
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Hi, I'm Kristen Suzanne, a Raw vegan chef, author and teacher with a passion for helping people succeed with the Raw vegan diet. I have been studying nutrition, fitness, and food preparation for 15 years. My passions for animals, food, health, and the environment are the driving factors behind my business' mission. I live in Arizona with my husband, daughter, and rescued dog, where we love and enjoy the constant sunshine, mountains, and palm trees.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Wow, another great book by Kristen. I would have to say this is one of my favorite books. Since moving towards a high raw all vegan lifestyle smoothies and juices have become a daily part of my menu. I love that you can throw everything into your trusty little blender and whip up a very nutritious and great tasting drink (or meal). It's one of my favorite ways to consume green powder (I get all the benefits, but not the taste). They're great to travel with too. I love the Spicy Sunrise and Spumoni Dessert Smoothie's and the Rockin' Maca Chocolate Shake and the Caramel Chocolate Shake. For anyone who misses their daily latte/coffee than you have to try the My Mocha Latte Fix. It's just blissful.
She also includes plant bloods (juices), elixirs and wine drinks. There are so many to choose from and each is filled with different ingredients that offer a wide range of health benefits. I've always made the standard green juice until I received this book. I was always a little unsure as to what combinations would taste good. Now I have so many to choose from; like the Super Disco Green Juice, Italian Stallion (sorry ladies, it's only a drink), Citrus Zing Elixir, Romantic Clove Elixir and I can't forget the Sassy Strawberry Aperitif (wine drink).
This would make a great gift to anyone who is trying to get their friends or family to add some healthier foods into their diets. I've even got my sister making smoothies and adding in green powder for her and her family. She couldn't believe that my niece and nephew drank the entire smoothie and asked for more.
This book really offers so many great tasting milks, smoothies, juices, elixirs and drinks. It's like having your own juice bar right at home.
Cheers and Bottoms Up!
She also includes plant bloods (juices), elixirs and wine drinks. There are so many to choose from and each is filled with different ingredients that offer a wide range of health benefits. I've always made the standard green juice until I received this book. I was always a little unsure as to what combinations would taste good. Now I have so many to choose from; like the Super Disco Green Juice, Italian Stallion (sorry ladies, it's only a drink), Citrus Zing Elixir, Romantic Clove Elixir and I can't forget the Sassy Strawberry Aperitif (wine drink).
This would make a great gift to anyone who is trying to get their friends or family to add some healthier foods into their diets. I've even got my sister making smoothies and adding in green powder for her and her family. She couldn't believe that my niece and nephew drank the entire smoothie and asked for more.
This book really offers so many great tasting milks, smoothies, juices, elixirs and drinks. It's like having your own juice bar right at home.
Cheers and Bottoms Up!
29 of 35 people found the following review helpful
By Veronica
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
These smoothies are decent but this book is not what I was hoping for. After reading reviews on these smoothies, I thought the smoothies would be more nutritionally sound. These recipes are not energy boosting for people who have intense workouts and need energy/electrolytes as well as a good recovery drink. If this is what you're looking for, then I suggest getting the book Thrive: The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports and Life. I have this book and it's awesome but I just wanted more smoothies and recovery drink recipes. Easy Raw Smoothies does not provide such recipes.
One more note, I'm not a big fan of celery and almost every recipe in this book calls for celery or bananas. I was also surprised to see that the energy workout smoothie just called for water as opposed to young coconut water which actually does give you energy and helps to replace electrolytes.
One more note, I'm not a big fan of celery and almost every recipe in this book calls for celery or bananas. I was also surprised to see that the energy workout smoothie just called for water as opposed to young coconut water which actually does give you energy and helps to replace electrolytes.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By J. Davis
Format:Paperback
Kristen's Easy Raw Vegan Smoothies, Juices, Elixirs and Drinks gets 2 thumbs up. Oh my goddess...I found so many wonderful fruit AND veggie smoothie recipes. I am really trying to find more smoothie/soup type recipes. You can NEVER have too many veggies in your system. Period. With recipes like Beauty and the Beast, Love Nest Maca Smoothie, and island Oasis Girl. you will honestly get get bored with these recipes and there are SO many other ways to mix and match em!! And another thing I love about Kristen's books are that she always starts off with her Raw Basics chapter. She includes answers about why you should go raw and the top tips for storing and keeping produce. This book is loaded with information and tips all throughout it! I really want to try the Cinnamon Pecan Milk with some dried figs next week for dessert! yummmmmmmm Trust me, if you wanna shake things up this summer and are looking for very ORIGNIAL tasty smoothie recipes that you can make in a cinch, grab a copy of this book. You will NOT be sorry that you did!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Lisa Riley
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book is an introduction to those new to raw food eating. I took a quick count of the recipes which number 91 or so which provide an interesting offering of easy, fun new recipes for the reader to explore. The author's intent of the writing is to keep it simple, affordable and easy for the user to create raw smoothies, juices, elixirs and drinks. Tips for equipment to make the creations,some brief definitions of commonly encountered terms when entering the raw food realm such as yacon syrup, rapadura,agave nectar, food preparation steps and a brief guidance at the beginning of each chapter help the reader gain a comfort in approaching raw food diet and begin taking comfortable steps away from a more traditional diet. Her chapters, Raw Basics, Smoothies, Nut/Seed Milks and Shakes, Plant Blood, Elixirs and Wine Drinks all are easily followed by the newcomer and the tastes created from the recipes will delight and surprise.
Recipes that include: Liquid Salsa,Strawberry-Banana Jump Start, Luscious Pear,Vanilla Kiwi, Sweet Tart Herb, Pineapple Mango Colada,Chocolate Nut Milk, Cinnamon Pecan Milk, Caramel Chocolate Shake,Itallion Stallion,Super Disco Green Juice,Straight Up Carrot Celery Combo juice,Power Energy Elixir,Sweet Mint Relaxer Elixir are but a few of the recipe choices available.
This book is not written to be the "end all" resource but a gentle beginning and support to anyone looking to create a more lively, vibrant life with the support of a nutritious, energy boosting dietary regimen.
Great recipe ideas to consider and enjoy for raw food veterans as well!
Recipes that include: Liquid Salsa,Strawberry-Banana Jump Start, Luscious Pear,Vanilla Kiwi, Sweet Tart Herb, Pineapple Mango Colada,Chocolate Nut Milk, Cinnamon Pecan Milk, Caramel Chocolate Shake,Itallion Stallion,Super Disco Green Juice,Straight Up Carrot Celery Combo juice,Power Energy Elixir,Sweet Mint Relaxer Elixir are but a few of the recipe choices available.
This book is not written to be the "end all" resource but a gentle beginning and support to anyone looking to create a more lively, vibrant life with the support of a nutritious, energy boosting dietary regimen.
Great recipe ideas to consider and enjoy for raw food veterans as well!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Easy Raw Smoothies
Kristen makes the job of making a smoothie
very easy unless you have no hands or brain.
The recipes are easy and taste good and are
made with healthful ingredients.
very easy unless you have no hands or brain.
The recipes are easy and taste good and are
made with healthful ingredients.
Published 17 months ago by Gerald W. Mattos
5.0 out of 5 stars
Smoothies are an EASY way to go RAW
Whether you are all RAW or just looking to add more RAW food in your diet, smoothies are the easy way to go (my other two favorites are soups and salads! Read more
Published on May 7, 2011 by CortneyJ
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic Smoothies
This is a great resource for people who are looking for a ton of healthy drink recipes. We drink a lot of smoothies and green drinks, but I tend to make the same combinations over... Read more
Published on November 30, 2010 by KnitterMama
5.0 out of 5 stars
YUMMY!
What's not to love in this recipe book!!! Yum!!! The only problem with this book is - which one do I make first! Read more
Published on November 8, 2010 by Happily Raw
2.0 out of 5 stars
A waste of paper and money
When I first opened this book, there was a good 20 or so pages that were blank or had random pages with irrelevant typing on them. Read more
Published on August 25, 2010 by adorable.kittenz
5.0 out of 5 stars
one can never have too many smoothie books
add this to your smoothie collection and get rid of the ones that tell you to use milk and yogurt... this is far more nutritional... also see the green smoothie books... Read more
Published on January 21, 2010 by Dorinda Rumbold
5.0 out of 5 stars
Easy and Delicious!
Thank goodness for Kristen's blog. ([...]) Upon stumbling across her website I discovered her wonder recipes and books. Read more
Published on January 21, 2010 by Amanda Lippi
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another Great Book By Kristen Suzanne!
Another great book from Kristen Suzanne.. Easy Raw Vegan Smoothies, Juices, Elixers and Drinks. I have already tried the 1 minute nut milk recipe and loved it. Read more
Published on October 30, 2009 by Debra
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed
Hello,
This book was not very impressive. The smoothie recipes weren't as tasty as some others I've used from other raw foodies. Read more
This book was not very impressive. The smoothie recipes weren't as tasty as some others I've used from other raw foodies. Read more
Published on October 17, 2009 by Dolores Zapata
5.0 out of 5 stars
Easy Raw Vegan Smoothies
Kristen's books are truly easy. I love her style, her writing. The recipes are yummy!
Published on May 20, 2009 by Jessica Torok
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