As the weather slowly cools down you might start to think that a nice big fat roast dinner is just what the doctor ordered – well think again – there are plenty of delicious raw meals you can make during winter that will warm you up. Using spices such as chili, cinnamon, ginger, galangal, curry etc will all add a bit of warmth to your meals. You might like to gently warm dishes in a slow cooker on the lowest setting (or your old rice cooker on the ‘keep warm’ setting only) this will keep the enzymes intact and all the power of the nutrients, vitamins and minerals will be available to you. Apples are at their best now, and you know what that means – Apple and Cinnamon tart – yum!
However, don’t be too prissy about Raw – if you feel like some steamed vegetables and fish – why not have it – it is more about what you ‘predominantly’ live on, what you do most of the time. So if you are new to Raw, a simple trick is to look at your meal and double check that ‘something’ on the plate is raw – it might be some sliced capsicum, some organic cos lettuce, some fruit. If every meal has something raw included you are doing really well.
We easily live on predominantly Raw during winter, but our meals are heated to 41 degrees, we live on curries with parsnip rice, spicy soups, Thai flax crackers with spicy dips, etc. We even heat our Apple, Almond and Cinnamon porridge during winter months, putting it in the slow cooker before a long walk and coming back to it nicely warmed through.
Why not come to one of our Raw Food Cuisine Classes during May or June and see first hand how to do it.
