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RE: RAW VEGAN DIET in a Nutshell - What, Why and How?
You are truly blessed that you can eat like this Sweetie. It will take me a long time if ever, before I get there, but I am going to try. So my first step is to get the dehydrator, because I have to do it gradually. Your article is very helpful and I enjoyed reading it very much 🍒 🍌🍑🌿🍍🍓🍇
Anais, I agree with Lena. You are blessed to eat this way. I loved how I felt (and thought) while I was still 100% raw. Of course having all the kitchen tools really makes a difference. Lena once you have the dehydrator the sky is really the limit. The ONLY draw back with eating this way is it limits your meals with others. It's fine that friends and family know you are vegan but when you start saying you don't eat cooked....weeeeeeell that is like telling them you are from the moon!
I am not concerned about friends and family too much, lol. I am only waiting to move to a bigger place with a bigger kitchen, where I can have all the equipment. Right now my space is too small for that. And I am not going to be jumping into raw completely at once. I have to take baby steps, lol.
One day I'll do a post of my raw restaurant. Then you can feel inspired with your limited space! I had a teeny kitchen. Everything was open plan and customers could watch the creating! Which I and they seemed to enjoy. But you have to keep things tidy! The dehydrator pretty much ran constantly. The smells were amazing. And we had a teeny garden outside which stocked a good deal of our meals. It was really special. I can see you doing something like that Lena. You have the passion for food and kindness to people. But for now....baby steps is good ;)
I would love to see your raw restaurant Sweetie I bet it was amazing.You should definitely write a post. However, my tiny kitchen is more of a kitchenette, lol. There is really no room for anything besides what I have there now. I don't even have a stove, just a hot plate and toaster oven, which is taking away my counter space with the dish rack and food processor. Now I am planning to buy also Vitamix beside the dehydrator and there is absolutely no room for that.
That is tiny! But you need a bigger kitchen for a Vitamix and dehydrator. They're essentials, even though I'm no longer strictly raw I use both regularly. My little boy loves the Vitamix. If I'm late making smoothies then he takes me to the Vitamix and makes very clear that I am slacking!
That would be so exciting, @buckaroo, to see and hear about your raw restaurant! And it is really impressive that you managed to run it out of such a tiny space - I bet your place had a lot of atmosphere and character ☺️
I do feel this way, too @buckaroo - so grateful to discovered this lifestyle for me and that I had the courage to step up my game without fearing the judgement of others. And in fact, I have very rarely received any negative reactions to my way of eating. Of course, going out with friends is much more difficult since salads are often not even raw when you visit ordinary restaurants.
Whenever I met my friends or family for brunch, cake or dinner I brought some colorful fruit salad, smoothies, nice cream, raw vegan cakes or big and beautiful salads - this way everybody can try raw food for themselves and they were mostly surprised by the great taste!
But you are so right, it takes some courage to make this step and you quickly learn how to deal with the fact that you seem like a different species to many people. 🙃
Thank you, Lena! A slow transition is for most people the best choice anyway, in my experience this is a much more sustainable change and it also goes gentle on your body 😉
But just to give you an idea how easy it can be - I don't have a dehydrator and only sometimes do I manage to carry a little travel blender in my backpack. Apart from that I survive very happily as a raw vegan with just a fork, spoon and a kitchen knife. Unfortunately no dehydrator fits in my home - a 7kg carry-on backpack 😁
Nevertheless, I am already excited what beautiful recipes you will create once you've moved up to the dehydrator - the possibilities are just endless. ✨
Always a pleasure Sweetie and as I said, you are blessed and admire you. Nevertheless, I have big plans with a raw cuisine; it is just a matter of time. Few things have to come together before I can move, but next year for sure 🍒 🍌🍑🌿🍍🍓🍇
Well, as long as you want to make it happen, you will definitely succeed 😉 Looking forward to all those new recipes you will share with us 💚