Raw Food Diet Using a Blender
The raw food diet has been on the minds of many people, especially with the attention it’s getting from celebrities. While it sounds a little extreme to some, others feel it’s the perfect way to regain their health by turning their diet back to its natural state. When your diet is as clean as the raw food diet, it’s thought you can increase your overall health – and eat some tasty foods as well.
Within the raw food diet, you will not be cooking foods over a certain temperature, helping to preserve the nutrient integrity of the foods. The ideal ‘cooking’ temperature of raw foods should be between 105 and 115 degrees Fahrenheit. In doing so, it’s thought the nutrients in these foods will be preserved, and made more accessible to your body.
However, this can seem a little limiting in terms of what you can do, especially if you’re not a cook or you don’t have a lot of time to spare. With the help of a Blendtec blender, you can begin to change the foods you already know into foods that are raw food diet ready.
- Puree – With a strong blender, you can combine foods to create sauces that are just as delicious as those with meat and cheese and heat in them. You can blend cashews, for example, to create a spread that is healthy and tasty.
- Blend – You can also use the blender to create soups that will be served cold and they will be delicious with other recipes you’ve made. Some blenders will even have so much power that they will slightly heat up the soup, within the prescribed temperature range.
- Smoothies – You can’t pass up the opportunity to make smoothies on your raw food diet. A blender makes this a simple process that you can do any time you’re hungry.
Your raw food shopping list can include everything that you’d find in the produce section of your local grocery store, as well as nuts and seeds. This is a vegan diet, which means you’ll avoid eating meats and dairy, but there are a number of alternatives that are just as filling.
For example, you can make a cashew cheese with your Blendtec. All you need to do is to blend pre-soaked cashews in water with lemon juice, perhaps some nutritional yeast, and salt or other spices. This creates a creamy topping for your meals, or even a dip for vegetables. You can also create cashew cheese that is a solid by mixing up this blend and straining it through cheesecloth overnight.
A good way to prepare for a raw food diet is to start by incorporating a few raw meals into each week. With the help of your Blendtec, you’ll find you can make sauces and soups easily, which will work perfectly for lunches and dinners. If you’re trying to make raw foods fit into your mornings, a green drink is ideal for getting you to lunchtime.
While you might feel hungry at first, the more you try to make raw food recipes, the more you will find your taste buds adapt to the new textures and flavors. Because you’re getting more nutrients in each bite, you’ll notice you are more satisfied. In addition, you’ll also find you feel healthier and that you are healthier.
” Increased energy levels
” Clearer skin
” Reduce mental fog
” Improved immune system function
” Weight loss, or stabilization of your healthy weight
The key is not to try to turn to a raw food diet in one day. Start by finding recipes that sound appealing and see what works for you. Try incorporating more raw foods into each meal, and you will find you are more likely to stick with this new way of eating.
In time, you’ll find it’s easy to use a Blendtec blender to create a raw food meal. And often, you’ll find it’s much quicker than you might have spent when you cooked a meal by standing over a hot stove. Take your time, start small, and you’ll be a raw food blending pro in no time.