Blooming Lava Salad
Recipe Author: Beautiful on Raw
Visually appealing meals bring us more satisfaction and may even prevent us from overeating. Even the most humble ingredients will shine in a layered dish, such as this Blooming Lava Salad.
Creamy Kale Dip
Recipe Author: Beautiful on Raw
This simple but satisfying dip can also be served as a spread on raw bread or crackers, as a dip for vegetables, or as a dressing for your favorite salad.
Sour Cabbage Soup
Recipe Author: Beautiful on Raw
In my blog article, Cultured Foods, I discussed the many benefits of fermented foods. Here is a recipe to start incorporating fermented veggies into your diet. This very satisfying soup is chock full of probiotics, is quite easy to prepare, and keeps well to boot!
Cool Vegetable and Kvass Soup
Recipe Author: Beautiful on Raw
This unique take on the traditional Russian fermented drink – Kvass – will not only introduce you to a new flavor, but will also give you the benefits of fermented veggies: consuming them helps prevent the overgrowth of pathogenic bacteria in your colon while replenishing the friendly kind.
Tomato Basil Borsch
Recipe Author: Beautiful on Raw
This tomato borsch, full of raw goodness, has no rivals among cooked soups. If you're tired of raw salads, this soup offers a creative way to enjoy your health promoting vegetable juices, your greens and your veggies as never before.
Cucumber Rolls with Garlicky Beets Filling
Recipe Author: Beautiful on Raw
An eye-catching appetizer for a potluck or just for snacking. Easy way to eat beets, which are especially good for cleansing at this time of the year.
Dill Pickles
Recipe Author: Beautiful on Raw
If you have been on raw foods for a while, and the emotional attachment to food that you had while transitioning is over, then you might not be having images of pickles floating in your mind’s eye. But if you are a newcomer to raw, then the best way to deal with pickle cravings is with … pickles in the raw, and here’s the recipe.
Veggie Wraps with Plum Ginger Sauce
Recipe Author: Beautiful on Raw
Fresh plums make a great base for sauce or salad dressing. Their sweet and lightly sour taste complements any neutral-flavor fruits and veggies.
Tzatziki
Recipe Author: Beautiful on Raw
Inspired by my recent travels, the traditional Greek appetizer offered here has been adapted for the raw food diet. It is not only delicious, but versatile as well: eat as a meal, spread on crackers, or use as a veggie dip.
Summer Corn Salad with Cucumber Cumin Dressing
Recipe Author: Beautiful on Raw
Local farmer’s markets are abundant with fresh fruits and vegetables at this time of the year. Make visits to the market a family activity for fun, education and to gather the ingredients for your next meal, which can be this refreshing, flavorful salad. If you are not used to bitter taste in your meals, replace radicchio with lettuce or other leafy greens.