Raw Food Recipes:
equipment

All these items are not necessary to eat and enjoy raw foods(a knife will do in most cases) but they make creating raw dishes more fun.

Blender or high-speed blender (Vita-Mix)
Dehydrator (Excalibur)
Extra Teflex sheets for dehydrator
Food processor
Juicer
Hand blenders
Coffee grinder
Spiralizer
Mandoline
Measuring cups
Measuring spoons
Mason Jars (pint and quart sizes)
Gallon Jar
Sprouting Jar with Wire Mesh top
Funnels
Rolling Pin
Wooden Cutting Boards
Various Kitchen Knives
Butcher Knife (great for opening coconuts)
Knife Sharpener
Cheesecloth
Nut Bags
Wooden Spoons
Spatulas (various sizes, including an offset spatula)
Whisks (various sizes)
Garlic Press
Potato Masher
Strainers (various sizes)
Grater
Cookie Cutters
Cake Molds
Pizza cutter (great for scoring flax crackers)
Citrus Juicer
Spring form pans
Tart Pans
Mixing bowls
Storage containers
Lettuce Spinner
Ice cream maker

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Creamy tomato basil soup

6 tomatoes, seeded and diced
2 cups loosely packed basil leaves, plus extra for garnish
2 cups cashews, soaked
1 cup water
1 shallot, finely chopped
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon black pepper

Place cashews and water in a blender and blend until creamy. Add basil, tomatoes and shallot. Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with basil.

Basil Pesto

2 cups fresh basil leaves, packed
1/4 cup olive oil
1/3 cup pine nuts
1 garlic clove, minced
sea salt, to taste
black pepper, to taste

1 Place basil leaves in small batches in food processor and process until well chopped.

2 Add the nuts and garlic, process again until if forms a thick smooth paste. Slowly stream in olive oil. Stopping the food processor to scrape down sides of container.

3 Process until fully incorporated and smooth. Season with salt and pepper

4 Serve pesto over zucchini pasta.

A saladacco (aka Spiralizer) transforms yams, sweet potatoes, daikon and other root vegetables into angel hair pasta noodles.

Food Prep Tip: The noodles will be wet after you spiralize. Place them in a strainer with a pan underneath. Sit on the counter overnight to let it "dry out" a bit. Or you can put it in the dehydrator for an hour at 100 degrees.