The Complete Book of Raw Food edited by Julie Rodwell

The Complete Book of Raw Food is an amazing book. I have so many recipes that I want to try. My version of the book has over 400 recipes from the world’s top raw food chefs. This book is published by Hatherleigh Press and is edited by Julie Rodwell. There is so much great info in this book. This may be the one book I recommend to everyone just starting out in raw foods.
This is going to be a long review but bear with me. There are so many great recipes and information in this book.

Pt 1 The Raw Kitchen
Ch1 The Right Ingredients

Chef’s Tips
In the Pantry
Herbs and Spices
In the Fridge
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Stocking Up: Farmer’s Markets, Health Food Stores, Asian Markets, Supermarkets, Farms, Farm Stores, Buying Clubs, Food Co-ops, CSA Programs, On-Line Ordering
Rejuvelac
Sweeteners
Organic Defined
Food Storage

Ch 2 Essential Tools

Chef Tip
Basic Tools
Not-So-Common Tools

Ch 3 Juicer’s and Juicing

Choosing a Juicer: Centrifugal Juicers, Centrifugal Ejection Juicers, Masticating Juicers, Manual Press, Single Auger, Twin-Gear Press
Using Your Juicer
Chef Tip

Ch 4 Sprouting and Greening

Getting Started
Chef Tip
Choosing a Method
Seed Preparation
Choosing a Sprouting Location
Rinsing and Draining
Soaking/Sprouting Chart
Harvesting
Storage
Sprouter Care
Greening
Choosing a Medium
Grasses

Ch 5 Dehydrating

Using an Electric Dehydrate
Using Your Dehydrator
Dehydrating Dos and Don’ts

Ch 6 Advice from the Pros

The Balance of Five Tastes
Inventing New Recipes
Tips on Presentation
Tips on Ingredients
Tips on Soaking
Tips on Flavoring Dishes
Using and Caring for your Tools
Tips on Techniques
Chef’s Tips
Tips on General Food Preparation
Food Cravings

Pt 2 The Recipes
Ch 7 Salads and Dressings
Salads

Applenut Salad
Arugula-Orange Salad with Cranberry Vinaigrette Dressing
Asparagus Avocado Salad
Broccoli and Carrot Noodle Salad
Cabbage Salad
Caesar Salad
Chakra Salad
Citrus, Avocado and Mango Salad
Cocochina Salad
Cucumber Crunch
Dulse Sprout Salad
Fast Avocado Salad
Kale Medicine Salad
Kale Mixed Green Salad
Karyn’s Tomato and Pea Salad
Lentil Salad
Marinated Baby Bok Choy Salad
Marinated Collard Ribbons
Nature’s First Slaw
“No” Egg Salad Spread
Orange Spinach Salad
Quinoa Tabouli
Rainbow Veggie Slaw
Summer Salad
Sunflower Salad
Superfood Taboouli
Thai Salad
Trio of Shaved Cabbages with Sweet Sesame Vinaigrette
Wakame Escarole Salad
Weird Salad
Wild Rice Salad
Winter Salad
Yammy Sea Salad
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Waldorf Salad

Dressings

Almond Dressing
Asian Dressing
Creamy Cumin Salad Dressing
Creamy Italian Dressing
Creamy Mac Ranch Dressing
Dragon’s Dressing
Green Onion Dressing
High Vibe Dressing
Hiziki Salad Dressing
Honey Mustard Dressing with Poppy Seeds
Indian Mango Curry Dressing
Oil-Free Dressing
Pineapple Anise Dressing
Premier French Dressing
Robert’s Hemp Lemon Caesar Dressing
Sweet Basil Oil Salad Dressing
Tahini Dressing
Wild Live Undressing

Ch 8 Soups

Abeba and Anna’s It’s Really Soup
African Spicy Sesame Soup
Avo Soup
Blended Salad
Borscht
Broccoli Soup
Butternut Squash Soup
Carrot/Orange/Pumpkin Soup
Shelly and Ray’s Cauliflower Soup
Celery Chowder
Cold Nectarine Dessert Soup
Corn Bell Pepper Soup
Creamy Bell Pepper Soup
Cream of Shiitake Soup
Delhi Express Soup (five star)
Rose and Neal’s “Dilliflower” Soup
Fresh Corner Gazpacho
Full Monty Raw Soup
Gazpacho
Mango Soup
Mushroom Soup or Gravy
Raspberry Cream Soup
Graham and Doris’ Rawsome Tomato Soup
Raw Thai Lemon Coconut Soup
Seaweed Chowder
Aletha and Bonnie’s Spicy Rainbow Garlic Soup
Squash and Kumquat Soup
Sweet China Soup
Sweet Potato Soup
Thai Cococut Curry Soup
Thai Soup
Tomato Wild Rice Soup
Udon Noodle Soup with Green Onion
Vern’s Gazpacho
Vitality Soup
Watercress Pear Soup

Ch 9 Snacks and Sides
Snacks

Ants in a Canoe
Ants on a Log
Chili Pistachios
Chunky Monkey
Layered Portobello with thick Pine Nut and Sesame Cream
Mustard-Ginger Pumpkin Seed Crunchies
Naked Nuts
Olive Buckwheat Snacks
Portobello Mushrooms- Marinated and Stuffed
Spicy Almonds
Spicy Party Mix
Spicy Seed Mix
Spicy Sunflower Seed Snacks
Tasty Sea Snacks
Watermelon Mountains

Side Dishes

Cheese Pierogi
Crispy Spring Rolls
Crunch Fries with Kethcup
Dolmades
Eddie’s Spring Rolls
Fresh Spring Rolls in Romaine Leaves
“Fried” Mushrooms
Marinated Veggies
Mesquite Melts
Onion Bhajis
Pepper-Corn Boats
Pesto Mushrooms
Roasted Bell Pepper Cheese and Mushroom Risotto
Romaine Roll Ups
Sauerkraut
Savory Neat Balls
Scrumptious Samosas
Spring Rolls
Spring Roll Wraps
Thai Cannelloni Bites with Pine Nut-Herb Pate
Tomato Cocorella Appetizer
Vern’s Specials
Zucchini Cashew Sour Cream Treats

Ch 10 Smoothies, Shakes, and Juices

Banana Tahini Drink
A Berry Delicious Drink
Better than V8 Juice
Blueberry Smoothie
Broccoli, Kale and Celery Juice
Brutus is Scared
Cabbage and Carrot Juice
Captain’s Powerhouse
Cardamom Cooler
Chocolate Drink with Xocai
Chocolate Smoothie
Chockie Milkshake
Citrus Explosion
Coconut Drink
Cranberry “Wine”
Cucumber Number
Energized Smoothie
Fractal Fortnight
Frozen Choc-Shake
Fun (Fast, Unusual, Natural) CEO Meal
Ginger Ale
“Give Me Greens!” Sweet Milkshake
Grape-Celery Cooler
Green Lemonade
Heavenly Chai
Hopping Wild
Malted Vegetable Juice
Molotov Cocktail
Morning Glory
Pink Elephant
Pucker Up Passion Juice
Persimmon Nog
Red Desire
Seaside Smoothie
Spicy Pear
Strawberry Patch
Sunrise
Sun Tea
The Candy Floss Tart
Vanilla and Sesame Shake
Wake Up, Ginger
Wandering Monotrome
Warm Apple Punch

Ch 11 Breads, Crackers, and Chips
Breads

Almond Cinnamon Bread
Apple Cinnamon Bread
Corn Bread
Corn Chips
Garlic Rosemary Sourdough Bread
Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto Nut Loaf
Zucchini Bread

Crackers

Almond Flax Crackers
Buckflax Savory Crackers
Corn Off the Cob Crackers
Jameth and Kim’s Original Flax Crackers
Corn Tortillas
Flax and Corn Crackers
“Pizza” Crackers
Raw Tortillas
Really Veggie Crackers
Rosemary Croutons
Rye Bread Sticks with Avocado Sauce
Sweet Golden Crackers

Chips

Abeba’s Corn Chips
Barbecue Chips
Curly Crisps
Joe’s Chip Shop Chips
Hemp Corn Chips
Nut Chips

Ch 12 Raw Milk and Cheese Substitutes
Milk

Almond Milk
Almond Milk 2
Almond Cheese or Yogurt
Almond, Hazel, or Sunflower Milk
Brazil Nut Mylk Magic
Cashew Yogurt
Green Hemp Milk
Quickest Tahini Milk

Cheeses

Chedda Cheese
Cheddary Cheez Spread
Herbed Cream Cheese
Macadamia Cream
Macadamia Nut Cream Cheese
Mild Almchedder Cheese Crumbs

Ch 13 Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Entrees
Early Bird Specials

Banana Bites
Granola
Grawnola
Maple Hemp Nut Bars
Marvelous Muesli
Oatmeal
Pink Porridge
Spiced Strawberry Granola Crunch
Viktoras’ Secret Raw Horamola
Vanilla Bean Porridge

Italian Style Favorites

Double Stuffed Tomatoes
Eggplant Pizzas
Italian Rawsage
Italian-Style Zucchini Pasta Pesto
Karie’s Lasagna
Living Pizza
Mock Spaghetti
Pickled Zucchini, Eggplant
Raw-Violi
Walnut Stuffed Peppers
Youktoras Have a Heart Pizza

Platos de Mexico y Espana

Avocado Burrito
Calabasa Relleno with Pico de Gallo
Chili Rellenos
Fajita Vegetables with Chili Pistachios
Haiku Burritos
Mexican Stuffed Peppers
Soft Tacos
Vegetable Paella
Wild Mushroom Fajitas

Asian Delights

Beggin’ For Bangkok Brocolli Bombast Bonanza
Chinese Wile Rice with Tender Vegetables
Curried Kofta Balls in Cashew Tomato Curry Sauce
Easy Pad Thai
Easy Sushi
Herby Stir Fry
Roast Tofu with Satay Sauce
Thai Wild Rice with Spring Vegetables

Other Classic Entrees

Assorted Vegetables with Almond Chili Sauce and Bean Sprouts
‘Bello Burger
Broccoli with Chedda Sauce
Broccoli with Red Pepper Dressing
Buttery Peas and Corn (Fast Food Raw Food)
Coconut Rice
Endive Cups with Ragout of Wild Mushrooms and Chili Tamarind Sauce
Erie Ojibwa Rice
Falafels
Fennel ‘Shroom Disco
Fig Stew
Live Gardenburgers
Lotus Manitok
Miss Lill’s Down Home Marinated Greens
Neat Balls
NutMeat
Nutmeat Stroganoff
Oh My Chili
Pecan Almond Stuffed Mushrooms
Purple Lotus Wraps with Almond Fig Sauce
Raw Ratatouille
Seeded Noodles
Shiitake Croquettes with Puree of Yellow and Red Peppers
Snappy Unfried Peas
Spinach and Potato Latkes
Sun-Dried Tomato Bliss Pate
Sun Garden Burgers
Super Asparagus Wraps
Super Broccoli Quiche
Thai Crane’s Nest in Coconut Curry
Toona
Walnut Burgers
What’s for Dinner Loaf

Ch 14 Spreads, Sauces, and Dips
Spreads

Awesome Pistachio Pate
Best Ever Almond Nut Pate
Carracado Mash
Carrot and Tomato Spread
Heart Warmin’ Fruit Spread
Honey Butter
Horseradish
It’s Not Really Mayonnaise
Mediterranean Black Olive Walnut Tapenade
Pico de Gallo
Pine Nut Dressing/Sauce
Pumpkin Stuffing
Spicy Cilantro Chutney
Sunny Dill Spread
Sunny Pate
Sweet Mango Chutney
Walnut Pate

Sauces

Already-Alive Atomic Really All Right Astounding Alfredo Sauce
Better-Than-Fish Sauce
Bon Apricot Sauce
Date Syrup
Eastern Kung-Foo Cashew Sauce
Golden Applesauce
Jali’s Tomato Sauce
Mushroom Gravy
Plum Sauce
Pad Thai and Thai Wild Rice Sauce
Spicy Ginger Marinara
Spinach Pesto
Sweet Apricot Sauce
Sweet Miso-Ginger Sauce
Sweet and Spicy Chili Sauce
Tomato Sauce
Tomato Sauce 2
White Sauce/Salad Dressing

Dips

Carrot and Cilantro Dip
Carrot-Corn Salsa
Creamy Herb Dip
Dahl
Guacamole
Loveliest Live Almond Hummus
Papaya Macadamia Nut Salsa
Pine Nut Sour Cream
Ranch Dip or Dressing
Raw Hummus
Salsa Fresca
Tahitian Almond Dipping Sauce
Tomatillo Salsa
Xocolat Covered Berries
Xocai Fondue Fruit Dip
Xocai Topping

Ch 15 Cookies and Other Sweets

Apple Raisin Cookies
Blueberry Snow Cookies
Bountiful Berry Medley
Carob-Cherry Thumbprint Cookies
Chewy Apricot Cookies
Chocolate Chia Cookie
Fruity-Mint Patties
Gooey Mint Cookies
Haystacks
Meltaway Peppermint Patties
Pecan Fudge
Pecan Sandies
Sunflower Raisin Cookies
Valya’s Almond Orange Cookies

Other Sweets

Carob Fudge Brownies
Carob Nut Brownies
Carob Walnut Fudge
Cashew Date Frosting
Christmas Balls
Divine Truffles
Peanut Butter Cups with Xocai Nuggets
Pistachio Halvah
Raw Candy
Sergei’s Amazing Truffles
Sesame Honey Crunch Bars
Sweet (blue-green) Balls
Vanilla Creme
Xocai Confection
Xocolat Coconut Confection
Xocolat Cookies

Ch 16 Pies and Tarts

Raw Apple Pie
Carob Mint Pie
Coconut Cream Pie
Coconut Lime Tarts
Creamed Strawberry Pie
Decadent Vanilla Carob Halva Pie
De Lime Pie
Fresh Strawberry Pie
Mango Tart with Pecan Fig Crust and Rambutan Coulis
Mud Pie
Papaya Pie

Cakes

Carrot Cake
Carrot Pineapple Shortcake with Mesquite Flour and Sweet Cashew Cream Cheese
Celebrate the Good Times Cake
Five-Minute Raw-Berry Shortcake
Holiday Fruitcake
Kumquat and Nutmeg Cheesecake
Party Carrot Cake
Wedding Cake
Yummy Cake

Ch 7 Ice Cream and Puddings

Banana Ice Cream with Chocolate or Carob Syrup
Cashew Gelato
Choconilla Ice Cream
Coconut Banana Split
Mangos Marinated in Golden Ginger Syrup with Lychee Ice Cream
Pistachio Raspberry Ice Cream Pie
Rainbow Sherbet
Smooth Coconut Ice Cream
Tutti Frutti Ice Cream
Whip the Mister

Puddings

Aloe Super Mousse
Cacao Creme
Carob Pudding
Coconut Flan with Orange Glaze
Dreamy Rice Pudding
Fruit Parfait
Fruity Flaxseed Pudding
Purple Brosia
Raspberry and Physalis Dream
Semolina Pudding with Figgy Jam
Toffee and Raspberry Fool

Pt 3 Resources and Appendix

Raw Food Glossary (a very extensive glossary)
Suggested Reading: A listing of the contributors’ books (so you can then go buy the books of your favorite chefs), then books by topic by other authors
Meet Our Chefs: I love this section. You get a bio of the chef and website url if they have one, email addresses too!

Michal Adi
Maya Adjani
Matt Amsden
Stephen Arlin
Jackie Ayala and David Steinberg
Elizabeth Baker
The Boutenko Family
Lillian Butler
Karyn Calabrese
Rose Lee Calabro
Karie Clingo
Vern Curtis
Ellen W. Cutler
Sharon Elam
John Fielder
Jackie and Gideon Graff
Julian Huerta
Juliano
Peggy Kenney
David Klein
Karen Knowler
Viktoras Kulvinskas
John Larsen
Jalissa Letendre
Elaina Love
Rhonda J. Malkmus
Elysa Markowitz
Paul Nison
Philip McCluskey
Karen Parker
Rhio
Eddie Robinson
Julie F Rodwell
Rita Romano
Mary Rydman
Jeremy Safron
Matt Samuelson
Chad Sarno
Shannon Isley Schnibbe
Nomi Shannon
Shazzie
Dr Jameth Sheridan
Kim Sheridan, N.D.
Cherie Soria
Robert Yarosh and Lisa Sota
Jinjee and Storm Talifero and Family
Jonathan Weber
David Wolfe
Abeba Wright
Amy Yockel

Services and Supplies
Resources

Overall, this is an amazing book. The recipes all look amazing. I had read through 150 of them before my girls realized I was reading from a raw food book! This book has inspired me to get back into the kitchen! This is the perfect book for any raw foodist’s library but especially for those who are new to the raw food diet.