20 - Tools For Preparation
You don’t need to make a huge investment in eating raw and living foods. In fact, you’ll probably be saving money by cutting back on highly processed convenience foods. All that high-fat, high-sodium microwaveable foods are pricey, too!
If you’re new to this, eating raw foods isn’t just about putting something different in you mouth. It’s an experience that goes beyond the act of eating. When you’re shopping for your food, make it an aesthetic experience as well. Fill your cart up with all the colors of these delicious live foods.
Invest in a good juicer. There are cooks’ catalogues that carry them. Shop online. Maybe you can find a good used juicer on an auction site. A juicer is NOT really a blender. It’s much more powerful because it needs to liquefy foods that can be highly fibrous.
You want some good knives too, for cutting up your fruits and vegetables. Invest in a few good ones. Turn the work of chopping up your food into something artistic.
If you don’t have a steamer, invest in one of those too, so you can lightly steam your vegetables if you want. Buy specific types of steamers. We’ve seen an asparagus steamer that’s especially designed to steam the woody bottoms more than the tender tips.
Get a few chopping tools that are also garnishing tools. It’s just as easy to cut up carrots with a ridged cutting knife to make them more attractive. There are special slicers that get your fruits and veggies really thin and therefore more fun to eat.
And do invest in a new cutting board. You don’t want to use the same cutting board for all your fresh new foods that you’ve used through the years to cut up chicken or other foods. No matter how much you scrub, your cutting board can absorb bacteria. Start fresh in all things - not just your food!
Other Articles:
1. What Is The Raw Food Diet?
10 - Sproutarian
11 - Juicearian
12 - Raw Nourishment
13 - Junk Food
14 - Cooked Foods On A Raw Diet
15 - Eat Raw Up Until Dinnertime
16 - Vegan And Raw Food Restaurants
17 - Organic Products And Raw Food Diet
18 - Why Organic
19 - Transform Your Fridge
#2 Why The Raw Food Diet
20 - Tools For Preparation
21 - Juice Vs. Blend
22 - Benefits Of Juice
23 - Types Of Juicers
24 - Dehydrate Fruits
25 - Food Dehydrators
3 - Raw Food And Skin Health
33. Why Go “raw”?
4 - Skin Tone Drinking Water, Coconut Milk, Etc.
5 - Raw Food, Less Water
6 - Why Not Processed Foods?
7 - Vegetarian Compared To Raw
8 - Raw Only?
9 - Fruitarian
49 Christmas Food
50. Eating Organic And Going Raw Can Get Expensive. Here Are Some Tips.
34. Final Note: Why This Is Not A Fad Diet? Humans Have Been Eating Fresh Fruit, Vegetables, And Nuts 10-50,000 Yrs Or More B4 We Discovered Fire, Tools And Implement To Kill Animals.
32. How Can You Be Sure Your Children Are Getting The Nutrition They Need?
New Raw Food Recipes
Raw Food Diet Isn’t Really A Diet
Eating “raw” Triggers Detoxification
Detoxification
Detoxification Hurdle To Pleasurable State
31. Can You Feed Your Children Raw Food?
35. Great Foods That Pass Through Body Quickly And Easily
36. Eating Foods That Are Hard To Digest
37. You Can Get Plenty Of Calcium From Green Leafy Vegetables; Cow’s Milk Isn’t The Best For Your Body..
38. Why Would You Consider Getting A Colonic As A Part Of Your Detoxify Program?
39. An Enema Will Also Keep The System Clean And Fresh, Detoxified.
40. Drinking A Daily Vitamin Packed Drink Of Your Choice That Includes Romaine Lettuce, Celery, Stalks Kale, Apples, Lemon, And Fresh Ginger (or Make Your Own Drink)
40. Why You Should Only Take Sips Of Water During Mealtime? Large Glasses Of Water Impedes The Digestive Process By Diluting The Gatric Juices.
42. Although It Is Difficult For Some Of You To Transform Your Diet Completely, You Do Not Have To Go 100% Raw. You Can Incorporate Natural Alternatives To The Foods You Were Eating (such As Organic Raw Peanut Butter And Not Regular Peter Pan). You Can Also Purchase All Organic, Stay Away From Cow Milk, Incorporate Plenty Of Fresh Fruits And Veggies And Only Drink Water And You Have Dramatically Changed Your Life Already!
43. Why You Should Not Drink Cow’s Milk?
44. Why You Should Reconsider Consuming Soy Milk Often? Soy Is The Most Mucous Forming Food On The Planet.
45. The Next Best Alternative To Ice Cream? Easy To Make Homemade Sorbet. (fresh Fruits)
46. Find Natural Alternatives For Flavor!
47. No More Cans! Fresh Is The Way To Go!
48. Ethnic Restaurants - What To Eat And What To Avoid Like The Plague