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Book Review

There’s no question about it, embracing a raw food lifestyle comes with its fair amount of changes. Weight loss, excess energy, the “Glow”, the increased knowledge of nutrition, the “condescending” smirk one might bestow upon cooked friends, the list goes on and on. When you first go raw, the excitement overwhelms you so much, it can be hard not to let it consume your life.

That would be fine if you didn’t have a life that is shared with a loved one.

When I first went raw I had the luxury to share the journey with Man on the Raw. We went “crazy” raw together, only annoying (and alienating) our friends and family with our new found life.

There might have been bumps in the road during our marriage. If one or both of us fell off the "raw" wagon, hostility, resentment, jealousy would ensue, manifesting itself in petty arguments over who used the last of the lettuce or even worse an avocado. Why would you eat those ‘since you aren‘t even raw anymore?’

Through it all, the basic principle (the adhesive that keep us raw and together) why we wanted to maintain a raw lifestyle, stuck with us. Raw foods make us feel alive good and it could be the golden ticket to both of us growing old gracefully, together.

Honestly, I don’t know what I would have done if Man on the Raw agree to go on this raw journey with me. Back in the day, there wasn’t a book in existence that discussed the raw-cooked relationship. Until now, that is.

The e-bookMe Raw-You Cooked” by Emma and Rod MacDougall is really, really good. It touches on the raw food lifestyle a tad but the essence of the book focuses on how to maintain your raw-cooked relationship without driving each other away.

The book is written in three sections. The first being a modern-day love story of a Raw Girl and her cooked fiancé, struggling to survive in their relationship. Emma writes about her passage into a raw lifestyle as Rod shares his thoughts on various situations in their relationship. Reading this section, I was literally rooting for this young couple to work things out and live happily ever after, despite the enormous wedge raw foods had created between them.

Section two is geared toward both the raw foodie and the cooked partner, giving a balanced perspective of what the other might be feeling regarding the raw way of life. Keeping the lines of communication open is emphasized as an important tool to get through the rough spots of the raw-cooked relationship. A must read is the segment called “Recipes for Disaster,” which offers practical tips for common raw-cooked pitfalls.
The final section of the book delivers tasty recipes for raw and cooked partners. “Lisa’s Split Personality Salad” is a good example of the balance between the two worlds. It features a raw zucchini noodle salad for the raw foodie and a Prawn and (rice) noodle salad for the cooked partner.
Me Raw-You Cooked” does a good job at balancing the two sides to the raw-cooked relationship coin and proves that both sides are of equal value.

Jane’s Kaleiscious Chips
3 big bunches of curly kale
1 red pepper
1 tablespoon raw tahini
1 tablespoon tamari
2 tablespoon nutritional yeast flakes
½ cup ground sunflower seeds (or pumpkin or sesame)

Remove the stalks from the kale and tear up leaves in to bite-sized chunks. Blend the pepper, tahini, tamari, yeast flakes and seeds and pour on to kale leaves. Massage the mixture until all the kale is thoroughly coated. Dehydrate over night at 105 degrees until nice and crisp!

These dish is a great substitute for popcorn.

Would you like a copy of the e-book “Me Raw-You Cooked?” I want to offer one (1) lucky winner a copy.

Here is how to enter -

Following Susan’s lead at Rawmazing, all you have to do is to ask a question you have about raw food, raw food cuisine, juicing, etc. in this post’s comment area and I will answer the question in a future posting. It’s win-win.

Please feel free to enter as many times as you want, just add another comment with a new question. No limited of the questions you ask.

The contest will end Friday night, March 26 at 11:59 p.m. (EST) IS CLOSED. I'll enter the numbers in the handy-dandy True Random Number Generator and announce the winner on the Daily Raw Café, Monday, March 29th.

Since this is an e-book this contest is open to anyone in the entire universe and beyond, as long as you have access to an email (your email will not be posted, I just need it to send you the ebook).

Good luck and have a fabulous weekend!

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