I don't remember how I got acquainted with the Green Smoothie Girl website and book. I believe a friend may have introduced me to it. All I know is that I love Robyn's site and the work she is doing to help people get healthy. I used her book and how-to info when I first was increasing my raw food intake. I never looked back after I began making green smoothies. Robyn Openshaw also has a great program to help those interested in transitioning to a plant based diet- 12 Steps to Whole Food Eating. She has recipes and guidelines for a gradual transition over the course of a year. Her programs includes 550 recipes to help someone achieve a mostly raw diet(60-80%raw). She does allow for a small percentage of animal based foods, I believe it consists of less than five percent of the eating plan. Again, she has testimonials of people who have been written off by their doctors.
Since I have mentioned green smoothies I feel like I should also mention the Boutenko family. They also have books on green smoothies with how-to videos on youtube and great sources for getting well.
I want to share an excellent cook book I use to prepare food for my family. Although my husband and children are eating much more raw food today than when I first started this journey, they still aren't as “raw”as I am. This book is Ten Talents by Frank and Rosalie Hurd. I love this book! It is chock full of useful nutritional information, instructions on proper food combining, recipes for baby foods, smoothies, non-dairy milk, whole grain bread, healthful entrees, salads and desserts...shall I continue? They also include some raw food recipes and sprouting (one of my favorite topics). Ten Talents was originally published in the 60's and has had a long successful run. The Hurds had every intention of hanging up their hats and retiring but requests kept coming in for a new edition to their book, so by popular demand they have published again. Vegetarian times and North American Vegetarian society both endorse this book The Library of Congress has requested it to be transcribed into braille. Not bad for what seemingly was a mom and pop endeavor! They have produced a fine collection of delicious recipes and have helped many achieve excellent health.
Lastly, I would like to mention Markus Rothkranz and his site. He also has a lot of information for those wanting to go completely raw. His trailer is very inspirational but has parts that are...um, let's just say that they are really corny! Shh! Don't tell him I said so! View trailer here.
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Enjoy the journey!
