Thursday night Nicole and I took a class, “Easy Raw Food” at the Whole Foods Culinary Center. The class was taught by Erika Martin who is a Certified Living & Live Raw Food Instructor. If you’re not familiar with the ideology of Raw Foodism the basic concept is you eat food that hasn’t been heated above 115 F. Most Raw Foodists are vegans and they eat mostly fruits, vegetables, and nuts.
The menu for the class was:
- Green Smoothies
- Homestyle Minestrone Soup
- Spicy Fajitas with Guacamole
- Super Easy Chocolate Pie with Cashew Cream and Chocolate Sauce
I pretty much liked everything. Nicole on the other hand only liked the Chocolate Pie. The “Green Smoothie” consisted of Parsley, Mango and Banana all blended together and although it was green it basically tasted like Banana. The Minestrone Soup was my least favorite it was like eating cold chunky pasta sauce (which is basically what it was). Of course I am not a huge fan of tomatoes anyway. The Fajitas besides being cold/room temp. could almost pass for normal Fajitas and were my favorite dish of the night. The Chocolate pie was also very good and could easily be passed off as a regular old dessert. Get this the filling is made from Raw Cocoa powder and Avocados. Yes I said Avocados, but you’d never know it.
We had a great time. While I doubt we’d ever go 100% Raw I think the real goal is mainly to introduce more healthy foods in to our diet.
– Jeremy
So the fajitas were vegan? If so, what were they made of?
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Hey Jeremiah, that’s so cool! i would love to have the fajita and pie recipe if you have those and give them a try myself!
great post!
My GF and I went on a raw diet (well, she did, I did a 50/50). It was tough, but there is a lot of good food out there. I do recommend avoiding dishes that pretend to be foods that normally include meat. I’d have avoided the fajitas. Raw bread is nasty.