Tag Archive for: raw foods diet

Raw Zucchini Fettuccine Recipe

in , , , , , ,

Raw Foods Pasta Recipe – The Healthy Pasta Alternative

I recently prepared a raw foods pasta dish in the form of fettuccine. I know, pasta must be cooked you say, well this isn’t traditional pasta. This is zucchini squash sliced into ribbons that we are calling raw foods pasta.

I love my pasta and it is not something that I am completely giving up. One of the things that I like about this raw foods pasta recipe however, is the feel and the look of it, long noodles and creamy sauce. This raw food dish gives me that look and feel. No, it’s not warm, it’s more like a salad but this recipe is delicious.

I got this recipe from the raw chef Russell James.

We had to go buy a new kitchen appliance for this one as we are not hard core raw foodies yet. The piece of equipment that we bought was a spiral slicer. The first one was not good, you get what you pay for is most often the case, but the trade up works great!

This is the spiral slicer that we purchased. See our review here!

spiral raw foods slicer

What You Need

Here are the few items that you need to make this simple raw foods pasta recipe.

 

Raw Fettuccine Recipe

Print Recipe
Course Main Course
Cuisine American

Ingredients

  • 2 medium zucchini
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • ¼ small red onion or shallot
  • ½ cup cashews soak for 20 minutes
  • ¼ cup water
  • 2 tbs olive oil
  • 2 green onions
  • 2 tsp fresh tarragon
  • 1 tbs lemon juice
  • ½ tsp salt

Instructions

  • Create the raw noodles - First slice the zucchini into strips with a mandoline slicer with a large julienne attachment or do spiral slices like we did. You can also make into ribbons with a good quality peeler. Cut the red pepper and red onion into thin strips. Place the zucchini onion and pepper into a bowl and set aside
  • Make the cream sauce - Blend the cashews, water, olive oil, green onions, tarragon, lemon juice and salt in a blender until smooth.
  • Mix it up - Add half of the cream sauce to the noodle mixture and mix it through the noodles. You can use the other half as a salad dressing or dip. Stores in the fridge for up to 3 days.

 

Notes:

We used half a red pepper as the whole pepper was too much for our taste.

This is a simple raw foods pasta recipe that we will make again for our personal raw food diet. We would love to hear your comments and suggestions about this recipe or anything else that contributes to your happy healthy living.

 

Raw Foods Diet – Your Personal Raw Law

in

Eating a raw foods diet means consuming plant based foods uncooked.

Eating a raw foods diet that include fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts and greens insures that the all the enzymes are intact. Heating these plant based foods above 118 degrees Fahrenheit or 48 degrees Celsius destroys all the enzymes, 50% proteins and some vitamins and minerals.

Choosing the raw law is something very personal. It is a personal law you gently impose on your own self, no one else.

We have an abundance of information out there now that can help to govern your raw law. I recently had the privilege to go to a lecture by Dr. David Jubb in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was in January and we were in the middle of a cold snap. Eating raw when it’s cold and finding fresh fruits and vegetables that cut into your budget deeply for me had been a huge struggle. I was very inspired by that lecture.

Check out your community for these types of events. Fortunately we have the internet to mine for wonderful people that have gone ahead of us and put the information out there. Dr. David Jubb, Dr Robert Cassar, and Russell James the Raw Chef are all part of my governing body I elect now.

Check out your local library too! Old fashion books like The Green Smoothie Bible by Kristine Miles is a wonderful resource with yummy recipes galore.

One of the biggest things I took away from the lecture was easy and gentle. This raw law doesn’t have to be iron clad with a throw away key rule.  Although eating a traditional western diet can be a death sentence for sure! So gently and easily I am moving towards more raw foods and the benefits are out weighing the consequences my traditional eating law by far. Some of the benefits and value this law can bring you are:

  • Weight loss
  • Staying at a healthy weight
  • Clear healthy skin
  • Depression free
  • Control diabetes & prevent it
  • Mental clarity & focus
  • Endless energy
  • You can eat as much as you want!
  • Regularity
  • Connection with the earth
  • Less for the landfill, cuts way back on packaging

A raw foods diet has been an eye opener on my moods, energy and overall well being. I have just begun writing my raw law, getting the lingo down. I agree its a great endeavor to achieve 100% raw foods diet, I am probably at 80% now.

Read this post to see how to get started with a raw foods diet.

Thanks for reading and I would love to read your comments.