Hello, friends!
I hope that raw Wednesday was great! And I’m so glad that the young coconut tutorial was helpful. I encourage you all to pick up your cleavers and try these out at home!
To end the second raw Wednesday in our series, Jenna and I would like to announce our first giveaway! The prize is one copy of Ani Phyo’s wonderful new dessert book, Ani’s Raw Food Desserts.
For those of you who don’t know Ani’s work, you can find a link to her first book in my Raw Foods 101 tab. Her first book, Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen, belongs in every aspiring raw chef’s library. It’s beautiful, informative, and stocked with absolutely delicious raw recipes. Best of all, it’s simple: what makes Ani so special is her easy approach to raw foods: all of her recipes demand minimal prep time, minimal kitchen appliances, and minimal stress.
Ani’s new book is a trim, adorable collection of her favorite desserts. Those of you who have experimented with raw desserts have probably noticed that most are fairly labor-intensive and extremely high fat. Ani’s are healthy, quick, and nourishing. I plan on doing a review of the cookbook soon, at which point I’ll have a chance to show you some of her recipes up close and personal, but in the meantime, it’s my and Jenna’s pleasure to offer one of you a copy! All you have to do is respond to this post with a comment telling us your favorite raw recipe thus far in the challenge. It can be a simple salad or one of your raw snacks: anything that has captured your imagination in these two weeks. Good luck!
In other news, Ms. Gina–aka The Fitnessista–is visiting new york with her friend Megan next week. We’re trying to put together a blog lunch!! If you’re interested in joining us, please shoot me an email, or visit Gina’s blog and leave a comment on this post! I would love to meet NYC bloggers and readers I haven’t met yet, and I’m very excited to meet Gina. Melissa of Fitness NYC will also be there. Let us know!
So you’ll notice that I’m not at the Animal Collective show. Unfortunately, I’m just not feeling up to it tonight. This breaks my heart, since Animal Collective is by far one of my top bands, but sometimes you need to listen to your body: I’m still tired and very queasy, and I’m flying out at the crack on dawn on Friday. Sigh. I’m sure it’ll be a night to remember.
On that note, I’m off to rest. Good night, guys!
xo
I'm a Certified Clinical Nutritionist, a former book editor, and a post-baccalaureate pre-med student at Georgetown University. I'm passionate about helping people to discover and enjoy plant based foods in a simple and healthy way. My name is pronounced like "Jenna." 
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my most dependable raw dish is a salad topped with raw sprouts and sprouted chickpeas.
Once more I will throw myself on the alter of the free giveaway … please, oh please, might I win just once?!
Just kidding.
I know it might sound a bit weird, but my fave raw dish is a simple celery “coleslaw”. I take three or four stalks of celery, cut them thinly and on the bias (aka at an angle), and then toss them with a really vinegar-y vinaigrette (sometimes just apple cider vinegar and 1/4 smashed avocado + S/P). Toss and serve. It’s simple but delish!
Raw Zucchini Alfredo with Basil and Cherry Tomatoes, but I use chopped roma tomatoes from my garden.
I love, love, LOVE stuffing romaine lettuce leaves with chopped veggies and peach and mango salsa. So simple, yet SOOOO YUMMY!!!! I really hope I win this one. I will keep entering until I win something! I’m scrappy that way.
Oh… quick raw “cheese” question. Is there any nut besides cashews that can be used? I’m allergic… BOO!
I have been adoring Go Raw’s new Gingersnap Power Cookies! Try them if you haven’t, but be ready for a serious addiction (a good one that is
Thanks for the opportunity Gena and Jenna!!
Oh exciting! My favorite recipe so far is a kale-spinach salad with lemon garlic dressing and pine nuts. Yum!
My favorite raw recipe is olive oil butter. It’s so simple, yet so versatile and delicious. Just extra-virgin olive oil and butter with sea salt, frozen and then stored in the fridge!
Ani’s recipe for Carob Pudding in her “old” book is ah-mazing!
Yay, hope I win! Thanks so much for doing this giveaway!
Mmm, this raw food challenge has been a delish challenge! One of my fave recipes is for pasta sauce – i add a tbsp of peanut butter to fresh crushed tomatoes and spices!
What a great giveaway! I loved the cashew hummus I made last week. YUM!
I haven’t had that much luck with a lot of my raw recipes yet, thats why I need a raw cookbook!! So far, my favorite has to be overnight oats, because really, who doesn’t love oatmeal?! I love it toped with raw almond butter and dried fruit!
Haha, all of my raw recipes are desserts.
I love the raw vegan macaroons and I make a raw brownie that is super good.
I’m dying to try the raw pesto dishes with squash. YUM.
thank you for the wonderful giveaway!
I LOVE ANIYPHYO! i actually met her in LA at Leaf Cuisine. it was awesome!
I actually own her ani’s raw food kitchen book. I absolutely adore that book with all my heart<3
Oh gosh, this would be amazing to win!!!
My favorite recipe so far is your recipe for Pizza Cheese! It is absolutely amazing.
overnight oats! i guess i’m not so adventurous
I love raw “pasta”. It is so so yummy.
i hope i win this one! I would love to try raw desserts
I’m not sure it’s my fave but it’s up there… I made tabouleh for my raw lunch today: parsley, tomato, scallions, mint, lemon. I think it would be good with pine nuts in it but I was out. It’s also excellent if you use romaine leaves as scoops. Sooo good!
Ani’s book sounds amazing! Great giveaway!
that books sure looks interesting. great blog and giveaway
ANYthing with avocado!!!!!!!!! or just plain old avocado with salt!!
i hope i can come to the blogger meet up! i work on tues and wed next week.
love this giveaway! I would love to try raw desserts and prove my family wrong that raw desserts can be good as any regular desserts.
thank you for the awesome giveaway. i’ve seen couple videos of ani’s demo on youtube and her recipes look great!
take a avacado, cut it in half and spoon it out, place a dollop of raw hummus on each half, with sprouted quinoa and shredded beets to top it off.
I loved my raw tacos last week! They were really yummy and a recipe I will definitely make again.
Great giveaway!
i really loved the cashew cream i made for zucchini pasta about three weeks ago. so creamy and rich!
my favorite raw recipe so far has been an avocado smoothie (avo, spinach, banana, and apple!)
Ooooo my favourite raw recipe thus far is Ani’s marinara! I love it and in fact I think if you were to food process it (instead of blend it) any non rawie would love it in the dead of summer!
Oh and I tried it before Raw Wednesdays so it doesn’t count but Ani’s Raw Doghnut Holes are awesome! The best running fuel ever!!!!
PS: Today I have Ani’s Raw pancakes and for dinner I made the rawsagna! I just about died when the sunflower seeds actually turned cheese-like!
Count me in on the giveaway, how exciting! I wish I had a real recipe to share, but I don’t.
I blended up a thick fruit soup today using plenty of fruit and some water and it kept me full for a surprisingly long time!
It sounds simple, but I had a salad last Raw Wednesday that really knocked my socks off: spinach base with chopped carrots, celery, fresh cilantro, avocado, cucumber, and dried cranberries, all drizzled with a dressing of combined olive oil and lemon juice. So delicious, and it left me way more satisfied than I had thought it would! Thanks for the giveaway!
it might not be fancy or require much expertise, but I just bought and cut up a fresh pineapple, and I have to say that has to be my favorite raw snack. Dates with raw almond butter aren’t too shabby either
As a semi-vegetarian I decided to do some research and found a tasty, easy, and satisfying raw recipe to try. I found the below website and really LOVED the “Traditional Raw Carrot Soup”. It sounds somewhat simple (it was vverrryy easy to make), but it really made me appreciate the simpleness and deliciousness of carrots with avocados! I also added shallots, sprouts, and both cumin and ginger. Thanks for the challenge, my eyes are definitely more open to the raw lifestyle.
Enjoy!
http://www.rawsacramento.net/recipes.htm
I’m simple-any recipe with raw almond butter and I’m there!
I love Earth balls (cup nuts, cup majool dates, and yummy add in’s- goji, flax, hemp seeds…) YUM YUM YUM
Animal Collective is playing at Celebrate Brooklyn this summer at Prospect Park. So you have another chance to see them! =)
I have to say although not very creative, I’ve found some excellent raw cookies and raw bars on the shelves of local healthfood store/Whole Foods. I also love making raw lettuce wraps. I want to get Amy’s book so I can try out some of those great recipes I keep seeing around!
Although I have a ton more raw recipes to try (can’t wait) my favorites are the homemade Larabars from Oh She Glows. They’re incredible!
Sorry you missed the concert tonight but perhaps you can make it out to Brooklyn with Olga
My fav raw recipe so far is Ani’s Cranberry Coconut Almond Cookies. They are sooooo good and the whole family likes them. Ani’s books are great.
Daneen
raw “spring rolls” has been my absolute fav so far! Ani’s raw donut holes come super close though…
i’ve totally fallen for ani’s raw cashew coconut pudding. it is completely and totally divine. i have mine with some fresh mango and banana slices. sooooo tropical, it’s island worthy.
My favorite raw recipe has been my big huge salads with all raw protein and fat sources that I used to be scared off, like avacado is now my favorite!
Avocado with salt!
favorite raw meal = lasagna from pure food & wine. one of the best things i’ve ever tasted!
i definately need to expand my raw food endeavors!!!!i’m big on ab stuffed dates right now:)
I made raw pasta today with my spiralizer. It was incredible! I topped it with a diced tomato and fresh basil.
Ani’s raw marinara on kelp noodles is bomb. The slight crunch of the noods with the sweet flavorful sauce is delicious.
My favorite thing right now is Kristens chia coconut puddin! Never would have found that without jenna’s blog!
Those raw donut holes I’ve been seeing EVERYWHERE in the blogosphere look, and I am sure taste, like heaven!
Definitely the raw oatmeal raisin cookies I made to day. They’re Ani’s recipe but I don’t have the book!
My favorite raw recipe is kale salad. I would love to try new raw recipes from Ani’s book!
Raw almond butter!
I’m new to the raw food diet, but my staple is a veggie smoothie in the morning or fresh homemade juice!
I’m just starting to venture into the raw world so my favorite dish so far is a very simple pasta I’ve been making with zucchini, throwing in some pieces of kale, halved grape tomatoes, olive oil with smashed garlic, cayenne pepper, red pepper flakes. Delicious!
definitely raw nut butters of all types! I am anxious to try out some of the “raw” pasta dishes.
I like Ani’s baja tacos in her first book. My friend and I try to cook a new raw recipe every Sunday night…she suggested this one (which I never would have picked) and it was amazing!
I have oodles to learn yet about raw recipes, but one simple prep for raw cucumbers or celery that has amazed me is a dressing of apple cider vinegar and a sprinkle of salt and italian spices. This tenderizes the veggies a bit after a couple hours and makes them oh so tasty!
I made raw carrot cake for our Mother’s Day dinner. My mom and grandmother loved it! And were very confused that it wasn’t cooked, but loved it!!
In honor of Raw Wednesday, I tried raw oat meal for breakfast. It was different, but held me until lunchtime. Gena, I love your blog. I don’t know if I could go raw, but it’s fascinating! Keep up the good work!
My absolute favorite raw snack has become dried raw dates sprinkled with raw coconut shavings. After letting them sit in the fridge for an hour to cool, they have the most decadent and delicious taste! [:
Happy Raw Wednesday and thank you for inspiring me to continue on this lovely path of Veganism!
Oh! Pick me! As far as a raw recipe, I’m loving spiralized zucchini!
I am loving the banana-pineapple-strawberry flaxseed smoothie that I made this morning!
Light, refreshing and pretty too!
I love making massaged kale salad with lemon and avocado. Sooo good. And it’s actually kind of theraputic massaging the kale.
Let’s see… I’m gonna have to go with a fruit platter with a ginger-mango sauce.
I made the Almond and Black Sesame Seed spread! It was really good. My dad enjoyed it too. I’m gonna have to give some to my mom to try tomorrow.
My favorite raw recipe is actually from this book that I saw on a website, the raw donut holes. They are sooo good and the perfect dessert before bed
I like to keep it simple. I love eating a mixtures of fruits! I also love a banana with raw almond buttter!
i love the raw cinnamon rolls i made the other day! SO GOOD!!!
My fave is a lunch I made today – SQUASH “PASTA”…I sliced 1/2 a yellow squash into strings and added that to a mixture of cherry tomatoes and black olives. All topped with olive oil – simple but delish!
I’ve been playing around with different smoothie recipes and love the addition of uncooked oatmeal to my mix of berries, greek yogurt, flaxseed and a little orange juice.
oooo I NEED THAT BOOK!!!! I love the Raw cucumber rolls!!
My fave so far are those Raw Donut Holes. AMAZING!!!
I can’t experiment too much with raw foods at the moment, but overnight oats have ben working really well for me!
Raw almond butter with fruit!
I am becoming obsessed with kale salads!
i have tried Ani’s raw donut holes and love them. I would love to try some more recipes!
I’m very, very new to raw foods. I’m slowly switching out my favorites and I have come to love raw hummus more than the original!
My favorite new raw recipe is raw kale salad. I have been making mine with shredded daikon & carrot and pumpkin oil.
Even though I love kale in any capacity, in all honesty you could put pumpkin oil on anything and I would eat it.
True confession: I licked my hand clean after massaging my salad the other day. No shame AT ALL.
xoxoxo
I’m lucky enough to be spending a week, including one of my raw Wednesdays, in Spain, so I have some new and interesting (and amazing-tasting) raw foods right at my fingertips! Yesterday I had a raw coconut and banana juice from a street market, and I think that had to be my favorite — it was delicious!
I made a salad last week which I LOVED.
It had loads of veggies, avocado and fruit (strawberries & kiwi!!).
I have this book and love it. It has so many easy, healthy and tasty recipes.
I’m so new to this but I love 2 avocados blended with cacao and agave- instant choc mousse. Yum
My favorite raw recipie so far has been just a simple salad with chopped avacado, I ‘ve had it everyday for lunch this week and I never realized how much I love avacado! That one simple addition has been amazing!
My favourite raw recipes will HAVE to be raw sushi – YUMMMO to the max!! I love how it doesn’t leave you with that bloated feeling after eating it
My favourite raw recipe is something I stole off of Gone Raw – a cauliflower curry with sweet sauce (it’s adapted from the fabulous raw food real world)
and i LOVE ani phyo!!!
My favorite raw food is kale salad! Love it!!!!
Fruit with almond butter or veggied with hummus on a pita w/ a little curry powder, YUM!
I made my own key lime pie Larabars: dates, almonds, cashews, coconut, lime juice & zest. So easy in the food processor! I may never buy the packaged ones again!
I hope I win the book, because if I don’t, I’ll have to rush out and order it! My favorite raw dish has to be the pizza that I just made. After that, I’ve been loving the different raw hummus’s that I’ve tried. I never thought to do that before, thinking that the beans HAD to be cooked. You can really use any bean, so it’s great. My next hummus venture is to try zucchini hummus. Hey, how bad can it be? Tasty ingredients makes for tasty food!
Aw, I hope you start feeling 100% soon. The great thing about living in NYC is that amazing bands come through all the time, so there are other opportunities, for sure.
I’ve been drooling over this book ever since I heard about it, and now that it’s out I am so interested – but sadly, my bank account is not. So let’s just hope that luck is on my side, huh? The best thing I’ve made is actually what I had for lunch yesterday but haven’t blogged about: zucchini pasta with spinach pesto. It was creamy, light and refreshing and probably one of the best raw meals I’ve made myself. Your massaged kale salad comes in second!
My favorite is pretty simple – raw soaked oats with mashed banana for breakfast
I really like zucchini “pasta”! Great giveaway
My favorite raw foods are always fresh fruits or nice big salads.
I recently got a juicer (thank you Mommy) and I’m loving raw, fresh, living food juices! I like ginger, granny smith apple, celery, & cucumber quite a bit–but there’s so many good living juices out there to try.
Peace
yay- I would LOVE some more recipes to try out
My fav. thus far has definintely been the raw chia pudding and the raw tacos- great!!
My favorite recipe so far has been the Massaged Kale Salad. I can eat that stuff by the pound now….ooh, but I also love the Holiday Chia Pudding. That comes in a close second place
My copy of Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen came in the mail yesterday. I tried the breakfast cakes this morning. I’d never had flax before but it was great. I found lots of recipes I want to try starting with the Donut Holes which Jenna said were fabulous. I would love to have a copy of Ani’s desserts book.
My favorite raw snack is apples with any type of raw nut butter. Meals would have to go with huge salads made of fruits and veggies. I NEED TO EXPERIMENT MORE THOUGH!!!
OH!! My favorite raw recipe thus far has been the raw chocolate pudding!!!!
1 avocado (just the flesh- discard pit and skin of course!)
7 dates, pitted
2 T carob powder (or 4 T cocoa)
Squeeze of Agave
Blend all together in a blender, and you have some YUMMY pudding!!
Anything involving raw almond butter… sometimes some celery dipped in it… sometimes raaaaarw crackers… ANYTHING + TJ’s Raw Almond Butter = Fantastic!
I just found out about the challenge but I eat a lot of raw foods anyway. My current favorite is making Ani’s buckwheat crispies in the dehydrator and eating with chopped up fresh fruit!
I have been enjoying your kale salad and Sarma’s cashew hummus. But I think my favorite so far is a hummus and avocado sandwich. Yumm.
I would love this book!!! I can’t stop thinking about all those little raw donut holes circulating through the blogs these day! YUM!
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