VIVA LA MEXICO and VIVA ITALIA! Yes, ladies and gentleman we have both Mexico and Italy to thank for the culinary superstar known as Caesar salad. Caesar salad was invented by Italian American Caesar Cardini while he was operating his restaurant in Tijuana Mexico. Cardini was a restaurateur who had restaurants in both San Diego and Tijuana. He was reportedly in Mexico to avoid Prohibition Era laws.

The allium family of foods includes garlic, onions, leeks and chives, and they all contain flavonoids that stimulate the production of glutathione, the liver’s most potent antioxidant! Definitely include as much of the allium family in your diet as you can, each and every week. GARLIC: Lowers total cholesterol, raises HDL “good” cholesterol, lowers your risk of atherosclerosis (hardening of arteries), lowers blood pressure, reduces the risk of blood clots.

Looking for a quick and easy raw soup that will help your body reduce inflammation? Try this amazingly quick cucumber soup. Cucumbers contain an anti-inflammatory flavonol called fisetin that in addition to lowering inflammation, has been shown to improve your memory and protect your nerves from damage. Cucumbers also pack powerful anti-cancer nutrients including polyphenols called lignans (pinoresinol, lariciresinol, and secoisolariciresinol), which may help to lower your risk of breast, uterine, ovarian, and prostate cancers.

This creamy warm soup is packed with cancer-protective nutrients and will probably end up on your list of soup night stapes! Do you have a soup night? We eat lots of vegetable soups, both raw and cooked, and mostly whenever we feel like it. But during the week, to make meal planning easier, we tend to do soup nights, salad nights, rawganic taco nights etc.. of course we deviate from the plan whenever we want, but for the most part, it provides a good structure for us.

There are so many varieties of veggie burgers, the options are truly endless. This particular recipe is one of my favorite creations because it has a smooth and smoky hotness that comes across with each bite, and it’s an easy recipe. A lot of veggie burgers fall apart, and this one doesn’t -thanks to the coconut oil.

Real Wellness begins with what we put in our bodies. It’s hard to have a healthy mindset, feel motivated, and feel positive when our bodies are full of toxins, chemicals, processed dairy, and heavy fats. We are holistic humans, and to be fully well, we have to start from the ground up and feed our bodies fuel that energizes our lives.

High Raw, Low Fat, Plant Based. That’s the ticket to true and lasting health. With fat, you need to look at your overall percentage – in other words, how much of your caloric intake is coming from fat? So in a 2000 calorie day, which should be your bare minimum (anything below 2000 is considered by the World Health Organization to constitute starvation for an adult woman), anywhere between 200 and 300 of your calories should come from fat.

This tabbouleh is fabulous right out of the food processor, before you even add the dressing! No need to dehydrate or warm but it is extra delicious when warm. I made a ton of this for testing purposes when I was creating my www.rawfoodmealplans.com, and I ended up forming it into loaves and dehydrating it to see what would happen. It turned into a DELICIOUS RAW BREAD that was crispy on the outside and warm and soft on the inside.

Raw vegan sushi rolls are one of our favorite go-to raw meals. They can contain virtually any veggie, or even fruit slices, and by adding different sauces can be incredibly versatile. My preferred “rice” is to just process up some raw cauliflower in the food processor – easy, cheap and fast. You can also use quinoa, wild rice, or buckwheat, but those all take a lot longer!

Looking for a quick, easy, and super-flavorful raw dinner? I think you've found it. This Mexican-flavored raw taco salad is so ridicuously easy that it can be prepared in a matter of minutes. No huge long laundry list of ingredients, and no soaking/sprouting/growing/waiting! My kids make this often for their own lunch. The flavor combo is perfect and can always be adjusted to what you need and like.