The Raw 50: 10 Amazing Breakfasts, Lunches, Dinners, Snacks, and Drinks for Your Raw Food Lifestyle
The Raw 50: 10 Amazing Breakfasts, Lunches, Dinners, Snacks, and Drinks for Your Raw Food Lifestyle
Ever since supermodel and actress Carol Alt shared her secret with the world—that she’s become the healthiest, slimmest, and most energetic she’s ever been by converting to a raw food lifestyle—
she’s been getting enthusiastic feedback from people wanting to know more about this revolutionary movement.
In this highly anticipated follow-up to her breakout success, Eating in the Raw, Carol presents easy, everyday raw food recipes, more stories about people who have adopted a raw diet, and new information about the practical considerations of this healthy way of life. The Raw 50 contains all of Carol’s favorite raw recipes—
10 breakfasts, 10 lunches, 10 dinners, 10 snacks, and 10 drinks. There are dishes for every taste and every time of day, including Vanilla Avocado Milk, Red Leaf Salad with Arugula Pesto Dressing, Red Pepper Curry Soup, Romaine Avocado Burritos, and Red Beet Ravioli Stuffed with Tarragon “Goat” Cheese. There’s even a delicious Raw Pizza, as well as tempting desserts like Lemon Ginger Coconut Tart and Frozen Watermelon Cheesecake.
With complete menus for lunches and dinners, plenty of useful advice on choosing ingredients and essential equiptment, and easy-reference lists of staple foods for any raw kitchen, The Raw 50 is the ideal go-to guide for anyone ready to experience the life-changing benefits of eating in the raw.
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars Some good recipes, I find myself altering recipes because they are lacking in flavor.
Carol Alt’s book is okay, she is not totally raw, and she includes dairy in this book. A big no no for some of us and a huge turn off! Carol seem unaware of essence bread, which is raw, and can be made or bought in the freezer section of your local health foods store. This book does not address the importance of food combining groups and how this affects our health. She seems more focused on how she looks versus how she feels.
It is not a good book if you are starting out. Do some research before you buy this book. Please check out: The Raw Food Detox Book or Raw: The Uncook Book, and Living Cuisine.
Good luck!
3 Stars Well Organized Ok Book — NOT VEGETARIAN OR VEGAN (yay!)
What I liked best about this book was that it was organized in meals and menus. Very very nice. I wish more were written this way. I also really liked Carol Alt’s food philosophy as she is not vegan and includes raw foods of all kinds including dairy and seafoods. Very my style.
That said, there are better books out there if you are going to buy just one book. I highly recommend Living Cuisine: The Art and Spirit of Raw Foods (Avery Health Guides) above all others as the ONE book to buy.
If you are buying several and have money to burn, this is an ok book I suppose.
1 Stars Much BETTER books out there on Raw Food.
I have about 8 raw food books so far and have looked at her books and actually read the first one but never would buy one. I would not recommend these books. The first one seemed to be all about Carol Alt not raw food. She should stick to Modeling. Look for the books that are about the raw food life style and philosophy. Where the food is the focus not the name of the author.
2 Stars RAW, Yes. Vegetarian or Vegan, No.
Not a bad book, not really a good one for vegetarians or vegan raw foodists though. The use of eggs, fish (sashimi grade tuna, salmon), and dairy products in some of the recipes takes it out of the vegetarian and vegan arenas.
A lot of the recipes have quite a few ingredients and will take some time to make, especially since you have to germinate (sprout) for 6-12 hours (2 - 2-1/2 hours for raw cashews) and then dehydrate some items for quite a few hours more. Some recipes require ingredients that you have to have made from other recipes So your prepping meals for tomorrow or the day after and not today in many cases.
The serving sizes is a bit off-putting as there’s few 1-2 serving recipes (other than drinks), so making meals for one or two limits your selections or tests your math skills.
With exception of the front and back cover there’s only 8 pictures in the book.
I’d recommend having a look at “Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People” by Jennifer Cornbleet instead.
4 Stars The essential bible for the raw food lifestyle!
Carol Alt’s second installment of raw food recipes is a fitting tribute to her first book. The recipes are simple to follow, creative, and amazingly delicious. Many of the recipes are contributions from family members and friends, which offers range to the book. She includes the nutritional “why?” behind some of the chosen ingredients, and I thought that really demonstrated her knowledge, experience, and passion about the raw food lifestyle. The only drawback for me was there are few photos of the recipes… but, overall, I really love this book!
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