The Raw Food Diet - Easy Raw Food Snack Recipe for Energy
My husband and I are embracing the raw food diet - not all the way, mind you. We still like our barbecue and
steamed veggies. However, we’ve started drinking Green Smoothies - the ultimate raw food - and I’m making more raw food snacks and large salads.
The raw food diet is just that. You don’t eat anything cooked as it destroys valuable digestive enzymes and nutrients. I have a raw food cookbook and the only cooking you do involves a dehydrator set to no higher than 115 degrees. If you’re in your baby boomer years, your body isn’t assimilating nutrients like it once did so you need all the digestive enzymes you can get. You’ll feel healthier and many of your health issues will disappear.
Green Smoothies are easy to incorporate into your diet. You simply make a tasty smoothie in the morning and drink 1-2 quarts of it during each day. Add any fresh, raw veggies you have and some fruit.
I’ve also discovered raw food recipes for snacks. These are super easy snack recipes because you mix up ingredients but don’t have to cook them. Here is one raw food snack recipe I created yesterday. Compare them to any expensive energy bar and I think you’ll like these much better.
These raw food power balls are full of energy creating superfoods so they are great to eat between meals or after a workout:
Raw Food Power Ball Snack Recipe
Ingredients
3/4 cup sliced raw almonds (you can substitute any other raw nuts if you prefer)
1/8 cup flax seeds
1/2 cup rolled oats
1/4cup coconut shredded
1 cup mixed dried fruit (I found a great antioxidant mix at Costco with dried cherries, cranberries and blueberries)
1/2 cup raw honey
1 cup raw peanut butter (you can also use other raw nut butters)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Directions
Using a food processor or Vitamix, blend the first 4 dry ingredients to a meal stage. Don’t make a fine powder out of it, just chop for about 20 seconds.
Put dry ingredients into a mixing bowl and add dried fruit, cinnamon, peanut or other raw nut butter, and honey. Mix thoroughly.
Once your raw food ingredients are mixed, form into balls of about 1 1/2 inches and put into a glass container with a tight fitting lid. I put tin foil between my rows so they don’t stick together.
Refrigerate for 24 hours and enjoy.
These raw food powerballs will keep in the frig for 2 weeks - if they last that long! I send them to work with my husband for his lunch and snack on them after my yoga class.
This recipe makes about 30 raw food power balls.
The great thing about this recipe is you can change up ingredients to suit yourself. They are a quick and easy snack that requires no baby sitting a hot oven for several hours.
If you’re interested in healthy aging, you should be eating more raw food recipes. Eating raw foods can help ward off eye diseases like cataracts and macular degeneration, cancer, heart disease, arthritis and more.
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More information on the raw food diet at Best of Raw Food.com








