Raw food diet is the latest fad among health-conscious Americans and with celebrities like Amanda Seyfried endorsing such a diet openly, it is only natural the people become more curious about it. That is why, we bring you the choicest healthy raw food diet recipes, which will not only help you stay fit, but will also improve your looks.

We all have heard about the raw food diet, but how many of us know where to start? Not many! Therefore we bring you some of the raw food diet recipe ideas to begin with.

1. Easy Raw Pad Thai Salad: This recipe is also referred to as raw food potluck because in this, the ingredients come together to make a Thai-inspired dish, which is wholesome and easy to make. All you need is zucchinis, bean sprouts, chopped nuts, yellow bell pepper, onions, cilantro, lime and olive oil. You only have to mix all ingredients together until they are covered in lime, olive oil and salt and voila! Your easy raw pad thai salad is ready.

2. Vegetable wraps: You can also choose to make vegetable wraps out of raw vegetables. Once again, it is something that takes no time at all to make and can be enjoyed easily too. Take a variety of raw vegetables, like celery, spring onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, carrots, radishes, sprouted seeds, nuts and shredded greens. Now chop the vegetables and fill up tortilla wraps along with some vinaigrette dressing. If you want to be inventive, you can also use really strong and large cabbage leaves in place of tortillas, making it all that more raw and healthy.

3. Zucchini Pasta al Pesto:  This raw food recipe comes armed with Vitamins A and C, folate, lutein, manganese and potassium, which comes from the zucchini and the pasta in the name is not pasta actually. It is zucchini transformed into pasta shapes like long, thin angel hair pasta or thick ribbons. You can do this using a spiralizer. After the zucchini is ready, make a simple pesto with basil, lemon juice, garlic and olive oil. You can also use cashews and pour some chopped olives on the top for extra flavor and your zucchini pasta al pesto is ready. Zucchini’s anti-inflammatory properties as well as its antioxidants are good for body’s metabolic rate.

4. Carob Nut Cookies: These raw vegan cookies are a treat to make and to eat as well. You only need three ingredients to make it and it turns out to be delicious. Carob nut cookies are a good choice if you are looking for a healthy cookie snack. This recipe is so easy, you would want to make it over and over again.

5. Homemade Raw Cashew Milk: Even though the name may seem to be a bit daunting at first, but this recipe is really easy to make and can be used to make milk out of nuts other than cashews, like almonds, etc. The raw nuts need to be soaked for a few hours, grinded and then strained for milk. You can drink this milk plain or spike it with some cinnamon or sweetener.

6. Creamy Raw Mushroom Soup: Just now you learned how to make cashew milk, now we tell how to use it and where. You can use cashew milk as a creamy base for a mushroom soup, made the raw way by just adding the mushrooms and spices to the cashew milk and drinking it.

7. Raw food diet drinks and smoothies: We know this is going to be your favorite part because it is ours too. We bring you some tips on the beverages that you can have while on a raw food diet:

Water and Juices: These are the most popular choices for those on a raw food diet. However, always make your own freshly squeezed juice or order a fresh juice when you are dining out. Also don’t go for those bottled varieties of juice because, more often than not, these come with preservatives.

Coffee and Tea: Both these beverages are out of the purview of the raw food diet. But if you want, you can make yourself some sun tea with water and dried herbs by putting it up in a jug and placing it out in the sun. The tea should be made with the natural heat.

Alcohol: Avoid alcohol completely but you can taste organic wine.

Smoothies: Avoid packaged purees, which contain sugar and color as well as preservatives. Instead, pop some whole fruit like bananas, blueberries, raspberries, nectarines, mangoes or kiwis into the blender and make yourself a fresh glass of smoothie, all raw and healthy.

In case you want more, go here to learn more about a raw food diet and also to learn some more raw food diet recipes.

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