The Raw 50: 10 Amazing Breakfasts, Lunches, Dinners, Snacks, and Drinks for Your Raw Food Lifestyle

This book is extremely creative, unlike most raw food recipe books that seem to be too basic and tasteless. She has a gourmet touch with enough interesting combinations of seasonings to take it out of the ordinary. This is a book that is a must for all young girls to see where true beauty comes from!

This book was so refreshing to read in a world where it seems 95% of raw foodist think the ONLY way is vegetarian or vegan!!! Yeah Carol! A organic, raw diet with raw dairy and raw beef is definitely the way to go!

Yes, this book includes a Raw Food Brownie recipe. The texture is variable, depending on your kitchen equipment, and the taste isn't precisely right, but its DARN good. To be truthful, i bought this book for the brownie recipe. This book contains basic information you will need to start your raw food life, including the basics of sprouting, soaking, making nut milks, and so on. It includes most of the information from her other book "Eating in the Raw" in a condensed form. It also has far more recipes, and fewer testimonials and "how i got here" stories. some of her recipes call for a food dehydrator, or serious prep time (a common problem with the higher end Raw food recipes) but there are many items in this book that can be made with no equipment of note, or a blender alone. The Juices and smoothies section is excellent, if basic for someone who is experienced in Raw Food living. The recipes are clear and do not assume a great deal of expert knowledge. Most of the main course type recipes are for items that replicate cooked foods, like mock lasagna, and this is true of her desert recipes as well. The book has an extraordinarily high number of deserts and mock "cooked" meals that are still within the capabilities of a typical raw food beginner, and may be especially helpful to someone trying to make dishes that won't scare off the more conventional eaters in a family.

The Raw 50 is an awesome book, I am new to the whole raw food cooking and this book has easy recipes with ingredients that are easy to find. The foods are delicious a must buy!!!!

Great book... it contains some of the best raw meals I've come across. Unlike many books out there that attempt to sway you to try to choke down awful food in the name of health, Carol has managed to merge the world of health and vitality with savory delights. You'll eat raw because it can taste better than eating cooked food...and is much better for you. You'll get the raw glow, will feel more energetic, and notice amazing results right away. As for the safety of eating raw food, do your homework. People have eaten raw for thousands of years. Do you think Eskimos cook(ed) their fish? Um...no. C'mon...if raw food presented such a "safety" issue, then why can you find hundreds of raw foods in natural food stores...all with the approval of the USDA. Raw foods like nut butters, raw cheeses, etc. are prolific. Again...all I can say is "do your homework". Thanks Carol...for introducing me to the amazingly delicious world of raw food!