Education Before Medication

Living a Plant Based Lifestyle

Just like anything that deals with food, it is all in the preparation and presentation.  In order to do that you have to have the tools and equipment required to do it.  Most kitchens have the basics, oven, refrigerator, sink, storage and counter top.  With a more macrobiotic/vegetarian/vegan/raw-food diet, you just don't cook that much, but you DO prepare more.

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Plant Based Nutrition is Delicious as well as Beautiful!

In addition to the basic mixer and food processor you probably have, you should also have a good quality juicer.  There are so many on the market, but most are for casual use.  We shopped around and tried some.  Now we have upgraded to a Breville Juicer.  We don't sell them or make anything if you click the link!  It is just a wonderful juicer; all stainless, wide mouth and powerful as heck!  I think it would get juice from a rock!

There are many others to choose from, but since this is part of your lifestyle change, invest in a good quality one!  Figure on spending close to $300 on a really good one.  Decent ones if you want to try this out, can be had for under $100, but may burn out if you really get into this!

The other thing you need is a very high quality 'blender'.  Not just any old blender, but one that will grind rocks; you will be using it a LOT for smoothies and other preparations.  We have a Vita Mix, but the Montel Williams (as seen on TV) looks great too (we bought one for our daughter!). 

This 'diet' calls for lots of raw food preparations.  It encourages you to eat vegetables, fruits, nuts, beans etc.  It all depends on the 'style' you choose.  Some 'raw foodists' avoid anything cooked; like rice and beans.  We are a bit more flexible; I love rice and beans!

To get the optimum out of a more raw food diet, you just can't eat that many carrots, stalks of celery, beats, apples, pears and everything else.  Making smoothies is just great.  It gives you all the fiber and core nutrients you can't get by eating an apple or a fruit with seeds.  The blender will grind up the whole thing; seeds and all and provide you with an unbelievable mix of nutrients you just can't get when you just eat an apple.

Juicing allows you to concentrate the 'good stuff'.  I mean, there is NO WAY I could eat 40 pounds of carrots in a week!  BUT, I can drink the juice from them in a week; and feel fantastic!  Add an apple or three and maybe a pear or whatever in the juicer when you juice your carrots and shift the flavor around.  It tastes SO much better than store bought 'fresh juice'! 

The following pages present displays of recipes/preparations Nancy has done for our own meals, pot luck dinners and Raw Food Demonstrations.