It’s easy to follow a raw diet in the summertime, when there’s an abundance of fresh fruits and veggies, and plenty of sun. It can be a different story, though, when the cold, dark days start gaining on us. Psychological as it may be, the draw towards warmer, comforting foods in the winter can be a powerful one. And so, in the past, we’ve found ourselves including a few alkaline cooked foods to our diet, such as quinoa and lightly steamed veggies.
After being mostly Raw since 2001, following a simple diet of fruit smoothies, raw soups and salads, we started experimenting with more complex, dehydrated recipes last fall. We had a hunch that these would greatly help us in staying Raw this winter; and we were right.
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