Anyone have any experience with raw?

I'm not going whole-hog raw-foodist, but some of the things that two
of my friends (who are totally dedicated raw-vegans) make, have
sounded totally mouth-watering.

I've been looking for an alternative to eating meat every single meal
of every single day, and am thinking of having maybe one raw meal a
day (for lunch for example)... some of the stuff looks low enough carb
if I'm careful.

wilson wrote:
I'm not going whole-hog raw-foodist, but some of the things that two
of my friends (who are totally dedicated raw-vegans) make, have
sounded totally mouth-watering.

I've been looking for an alternative to eating meat every single meal
of every single day, and am thinking of having maybe one raw meal a
day (for lunch for example)... some of the stuff looks low enough carb
if I'm careful.

Yes! I have been trying to fit in more seafood lately, for lower
cholesterol, and though I made some really tasty recipes, I could see
that we were all going to get really tired of fish, really soon. So
yesterday, I bought some sashimi grade swordfish, sliced it thin and
served it with soy sauce, wasabi, sliced avocado, and a bit of pickled
ginger (skip that to be purely low-carb). Everybody really liked it!

Hmmm, but maybe this wasn't the kind of "raw" you had in mind. LOL.


Anyway, if you are tired of meat for every meal, try my favorite
alternative breakfast:

Mix together:
1 Tbsp protein powder
1 Tbsp flax seed meal
1 Tbsp wheat bran
1 Tbsp oat bran
2 Tbsp almond meal
2 Tbsp Soy Nutlettes (use Grapenuts if you can't find the Nutlettes, or
skip it entirely)

use whatever kind of milk you allow yourself, and sprinkle with whatever
fruit you allow. I use frozen blueberries most of the time, but when I
am allowing more carbs, I love adding some mango.

What kinds of recipes have your friends been telling you about? Now I'm
curious.

Rebecca

Be careful. Many carby foods are poisonous eaten raw. Things like rice, or
flour....

Raw meat from your owns kills is good, but our food supply is contaminated.
Meat from stores must be cooked.

"wilson" wrote in message
om...
I'm not going whole-hog raw-foodist, but some of the things that two
of my friends (who are totally dedicated raw-vegans) make, have
sounded totally mouth-watering.

I've been looking for an alternative to eating meat every single meal
of every single day, and am thinking of having maybe one raw meal a
day (for lunch for example)... some of the stuff looks low enough carb
if I'm careful.

I've been looking for an alternative to eating meat every single meal
of every single day, and am thinking of having maybe one raw meal a

Why are you eating meat every single meal every single day in the first
place?!

Mirek

Rebecca wrote:
Yes! I have been trying to fit in more seafood lately, for lower
cholesterol, snipped

Not all seafood are low in cholesterol. I was told that crabs and
prawns are pretty high in cholesterol. Look at the "labels" (internet
resources) if possible.

Cheers,
Ada

Ada Ma wrote:
Rebecca wrote:

Yes! I have been trying to fit in more seafood lately, for lower
cholesterol, snipped


Not all seafood are low in cholesterol. I was told that crabs and
prawns are pretty high in cholesterol. Look at the "labels" (internet
resources) if possible.

Cheers,
Ada

Good point, although I'm not as concerned about dietary cholesterol, but
blood lipid measurements. The fish I am told that are best to eat for
that purpose are the deep sea fish with the high omega 3 content.
Someone I know just improved all his numbers dramatically by going to an
all fish, low-ish carb, low "bad fat" (good fats are ok) diet. I'm
trying to play around with moving a bit in that direction, though maybe
not that extreme.

Rebecca

"Mirek Fidler" wrote in message ...
I've been looking for an alternative to eating meat every single meal
of every single day, and am thinking of having maybe one raw meal a

Why are you eating meat every single meal every single day in the first
place?!

Mirek

Good question! I have another good question too: Why are you eating
meal every single meal every single day in the first place?

Denis

Ada Ma wrote:
| Rebecca wrote:
|| Yes! I have been trying to fit in more seafood lately, for lower
|| cholesterol, snipped
|
| Not all seafood are low in cholesterol. I was told that crabs and
| prawns are pretty high in cholesterol. Look at the "labels" (internet
| resources) if possible.
|
| Cheers,
| Ada


Not all seafood is low in carbs, either (e.g., scallops)
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Peter
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"Mirek Fidler" wrote in message ...
Why are you eating meat every single meal every single day in the first
place?!


Well, not *every* meal - but usually two meals a day. I generally eat
a serving of high protein low carb something or other plus a serving
of something or other green, at every meal. Sometimes that means a can
of tuna and a salad.

But yeah. It gets monotonous and my colon is probably going to jump
through my throat and throttle me in twenty years.

I attended a raw vegan potluck today (was invited at the spur of the
moment by a newly made friend) and was amazed at how tasty and
low-carb some of the food actually was, and also it's delicious in the
hot weather; what I'm thinking is that I'll start adding the raw vegan
dishes for variety. Almost all of them except the heavy fruit ones are
lower carb, though some (like cauliflower/cashew puree) are lower carb
than others (like sprouted lentils).
I couldn't do it as a total lifestyle change, though.

wilson wrote:
"Mirek Fidler" wrote in message ...

Why are you eating meat every single meal every single day in the first
place?!



Well, not *every* meal - but usually two meals a day. I generally eat
a serving of high protein low carb something or other plus a serving
of something or other green, at every meal. Sometimes that means a can
of tuna and a salad.

But yeah. It gets monotonous and my colon is probably going to jump
through my throat and throttle me in twenty years.

I attended a raw vegan potluck today (was invited at the spur of the
moment by a newly made friend) and was amazed at how tasty and
low-carb some of the food actually was, and also it's delicious in the
hot weather; what I'm thinking is that I'll start adding the raw vegan
dishes for variety. Almost all of them except the heavy fruit ones are
lower carb, though some (like cauliflower/cashew puree) are lower carb
than others (like sprouted lentils).
I couldn't do it as a total lifestyle change, though.


But, please share some of those menu/recipe ideas here. I used to eat
vegetarian, and still really like the dishes, but haven't explored
through the cookbooks because I've been focusing on low-carb in recent
years. I'd love to find some interesting lower-carb vegetarian dishes.

I'm pretty much on maintenance now, so don't need to stay at induction
levels of carbs, so this seems like a possibility to me.

Rebecca