RAW Recipes with Proper Food Combining

[fiona o]

Hi,
Does anyone know of any Raw Food Recipe sites where they have recipes which follow proper food combining? Or recommended sites, books, etc. I know that there are charts and info out there on basic food combining, but it would be nice to actually have some recipes at hand to help out! And free off the internet if possible!
There seem to be a lot of recipes and books out there but they mix everything up with disasterous combinations, just to make something elaborate and tasty and like a cooked version of the food! I just want simple and healthy recipes that combine correct food groups!
Also, I've noticed that most people tend to eat fruit and nut snacks, fruit and nut muesli and recipes using nut milk and fruit shakes, pies mixing nuts and dried fruit, fats etc. and yet in the food chart it says not to mix these two things. Or is that an exception? What about fats and sugars - avocado puddings are a yummy treat (especially avo and banana and cocoa/carob or date puddings! mmm!), but that is not correct food combining, either - or is it?!
I know many don't believe it's that important to combine correctly when eating RAW, but it makes sense to me, so a little help would be much appreciated! Recipes, lists of food groups etc. are welcomed!
PS My family like cereal for breakfast so I make them a fruit and nut muesli/granola for brekkie but have read that it is best to just have fruit in the morning and not combine fruit with fats/proteins. Contradicting this, I've read that nuts or oil with sweet fruits helps to avoid a sudden sugar spike and is beneficial for blood sugar levels or something because it helps with slow release energy...
Anyone else out there eat muesli for brekkie? Or do you think too much nuts is bad/too fatty?

[greenbunny]

Hey Fiona,

I'm really into food combining - was before I was even into raw and that I started over 20 years ago. Food combining IS really important in raw foods for me. The exception is when doing smoothies with nut butters and in juices (I mix some kinds of vegetable with fruit when juiced). I believe this is because the fibers are already broken down. It's just been my experience. Overall, it is easier to mix improperly when doing raw, but it still has an effect.

I make up my own recipes usually. I have not found a recipe book that uses raw food combining but would love it if there was one - but then again - I don't look much at books any more. If you find one would you please post it???

Avocadoes are a strange fruit. They are a fruit you know. But then, they have more in common with most vegetables. A similar fruit is tomato. Strange little fruit that just doesn't want to be put in a box. I guess that's why I love avocadoes and tomatoes so much -- the fruits that just wouldn't behave like fruits.

Here's another consideration. When I'm 100% raw my tolerances change. When something is just even a little bit off or not really right/good for me my body makes more a fuss. When I'm not 100% I guess my body is having a hard enough of a time dealing with the toxic cooked things to care as much or perhaps isn't as strong to protest.

Too bad, too fatty aren't in my vocabulary when it comes to raw foods. If it's raw, and you are eating raw, your body will tell you if it's not good for you at the present. We've had a lot of discussions about how each of us is different, each body different and what percentages we each seem to be feeling best from at the moment.

As annoying as this sounds, the best thing to do is to experiment with yourself and see how you feel. Change something, combine something right, and then wrong, and see how you feel. It's a bother, but it's really the only way to know.

Greenbunny

[I_need_this]

Hey GreenBunny
I have to agree as well. It answers why some days two foods together tastes amazing and other days even the smell of the two foods together turns me off. Its really all about hearing and listening to your body, which I have found are two fvery different things.
I have also found that I LOVE anything with avacado in it around my bleed, but other times of the month I will eat it , but I dont feel like I need it or crave it.
cheers
pheen