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.

If you are looking for an easy, healthy, raw dish to serve as an appetizer for a special Valentine’s dinner, look no further! This creamy beet orange soup is one of my go-to soups when I need to whip up a meal with little time on my hands. This is really a great year-round soup and is definitely not just for Valentine’s Day, but since it’s red, and it’s delicious, and it will give you a super boost of oxygen from the beets I highly recommend it!

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.

I truly love this dip. I mean, who doesn’t love a flavorful delicious dip for their crudite? This is actually one of my favorite dishes to bring to a party because everyone will love it, whether raw, raw vegan or omnivore. It’s delicious, healing, packed with flavor and it goes well with any cut up vegetables like peppers, carrots, cucumbers or zucchini.

I hear from so many clients that they want to eat high raw and plant based, but that it is challenging to know how to prepare delicious meals that are healthy at the same time. Many people are frustrated with raw cookbooks which are typically fat-laden with recipes that include cupfuls of oil, combined with lots of nuts and seeds.

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.

This lasagna is one of my favorite personal creations. When I set out to create lasagna recipes (I have several!), I really wanted to create high raw low fat version. The raw versions I’ve seen and tasted in restaurants almost always have nut-based fillings in the middle, and the “noodles” are almost always soaking in unhealthy oils. On the other hand, a lot of the cooked versions of vegan lasagna rely heavily on fake vegan ricotta, other fake cheeses and again, are over-fat.

One of the staples in the RawganicVegan household is always a variety of raw wraps, both sweet and savory. We often have fruit based wraps for weekend breakfast “crepes”, and have the savory wraps for quick lunches and dinners. The possibilities for fillings are endless, and I often experiment with many different spices and vegetables.

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.

Holidays are a wonderful time when we can spend them with the people we love. Often, when we are trying to eat in a way that is healthy and compassionate, we can feel a bit of anxiety as the holidays approach. For many people, holidays are associated with foods that are unhealthy, toxic, inflammatory and indigestion-inducing. But sharing delicious, satisfying, comforting meals that are made from whole, healthy, plant based ingredients can be a gift you give to everyone.

I am so happy to be adding one of my favorite nourishing dinner recipes to the RV page! My enchilada casserole with chocomole sauce has been a huge hit in my own family, at lots of parties and events, and with fans of my Meal Plans. It’s a little bit more time-consuming than the vast majority of my recipes, especially if you cook the black beans from scratch which I often do.

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.

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!

Raw chili can have so many amazing variations and the taste combinations are endless. I like things easy and quick, especially in the summer when we are fairly busy with activities. This raw vegan chili is incredibly easy and you can swap out any of the ingredients for something you have in your house already. Although walnuts are my personal favorite for this chili, if you don’t have walnuts you can use almonds, pecans, or macadamia nuts.

Carrot salads are incredibly easy to make, and filled with crunch, sweetness and nutrients! You can't beat that. I vary the way I make my carrot noodles. Sometimes I use my hand held spiralizer, other times a cheese grater, and sometimes I prefer the wider "noodles" you get from a regular vegetable peeler. It's all about the add-ins and the dressing that give carrot salad life!

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.