April in the Raw
Welcome to April in the Raw a month long event filled with raw inspired recipes from a group of incredibly talented bloggers! Each day of the month a different blogger will share a recipe on their site. To follow along check out the schedule below.
Why Raw?
Cooking largely depletes nutrients and creates free radicals. Free radicals cause diseases. Eating a healthy diet of raw foods and juices can reverse or stop the onslaught of chronic diseases like heart problems and cancer. Eating raw will fight against that common cough, cold and flu that you might suffer from when the seasons change. You may also see a remarkable improvement if you suffer from heartburn, gas, indigestion or constipation.
Raw foods are said to affect the the mind (memory and power of concentration) will be clear. Allowing you to be more alert, think sharper and more logically.
In a nut shell Raw Foods can Increase Energy, Give you Clearer Skin, Result in Weight Loss and Reduce Risk of Disease.
With the rate of cancer and other diseases including obesity at an all time high – I feel it is SO important that we all make a conscious effort to include more REAL living food into our diets.
Living on a 100% Raw Diet is not for me- However I believe that upping an intake of Fresh – Real- Living Foods is beneficial. Doing this can take a little creativity. Many of us run out of smoothie Idea’s or can think of only so many ways to prepare a salad. Most of us know very little about how incredible Raw Desserts are- or how easy they can be to make.
This April in the Raw Event was created to offer you inspiration and idea’s- to improve your diet. To show you that adding some raw elements into your diet can be fun and taste wonderful too.
I would also like to encourage and invite each of you to share your own recipes. A linky tool will be open – Link Up as many Recipes as you would like (Old and New) And PLEASE provide a link on your Website Mentioning April in the Raw. Additionally if you do not write a blog- Please feel free to share recipe(s) and or links to your favorite Raw Recipes in the comment box instead!
Here is lineup of April in the Raw Recipes that were shared!
Friday, April 1st; I shared a Decadent 16 Layer Cacao and Peanut Butter Raw Cake
Saturday, April 2nd; Robyn @ Rawesome Recipes will be sharing a Guest Post here at Real Sustenance. for RAWsome Garden Burgers with ALL the fixings
Sunday, April 3rd; Bitt of Raw shared a A Berry Green Smoothie
Monday, April 4th; Christine @ Without Adornment shared a Tropical Carrot Cake with Coconut Cheesecake “Icing”
Tuesday, April 5th; Debi @ Hunter’s Lyonesse shared a Raw Peppermint Mocha Truffle Cake
Wednesday, April 6th; Silvana @ Silvana’s Kitchen shared Gluten Free Black Forest Raw Brownie Bites
Thursday, April 7th; Lisa @ Vegan Culinary Crusade shared Spring Pasta and a Blueberry Lavender Tart
Friday, April 8th; Lexie @ Lexie’s Kitchen shared Raw Nacho Cheese Sauce
Saturday, April 9th; Valerie @ City|Life|Eats shared Almond Mocha Chia Pudding
Sunday April 10th; Deanna @ The Mommy Bowl shared Super Seed Crackers with Spready Cheese
Monday, April 11th; Kim @ Affairs of Living shared a Layered Rainbow Salad
Tuesday, April 12th; Heather @ Gluten Free Cat shared a TRAWPICAL Oat Breakfast
Wednesday, April 13th; Sea @ Book of Yum shared Honey Lavender & Kiwi Strawberry Un-cheesecakes
Thursday, April 14th; Nicola @ G-Free Mom shared How to make Gravadlax
Friday, April 15th; Shirley @ Gluten Free Easily shared Frozen Orange Kisses.
Saturday, April 16th; Maggie @ She Let Them Eat Cake shared Chocolate FRAWstie (or Fudgesickles)
Sunday, April 17th; Gigi @ Gluten Free Gigi shared Raw Nut Free Fudge
Monday, April 18th; Heidi @ Adventures of a Gluten Free Mom shared Raw Sweet Potato Chips
Tuesday, April 19th; Kim @ Cook it Allergy Free shared Ten Raw Foods for Digestive and Brain health
with Raw Mini Banana Berry Pies!
Wednesday, April 20th; Tia @ Glugle Gluten Free shared 2 Super Easy, Delicious, Raw Cookie Recipes
Thursday, April 21st; Aubrey @ Living Free shared Sweet Potato Cashew Cream Soup
Friday, April 22nd; Cheryl @ Gluten Free Goodness shared Cocoa Raspberry Yummies
Saturday, April 23rd; Lisa @ The Nourishing Homemaker shared Raw Tortilla Chips
Sunday, April 24th; Iris @ The Daily Dietribe shared an Italian Artichoke Salad
Monday, April 25th; Margaret @ Eat Naked Now shared an Easy Raw Cucumber Mint Soup
Tuesday, April 26th; Ricki @ Diet, Desserts and Dogs shared Shaved Asparagus Salad and Raw Lemon Poppyseed Bars
Wednesday, April 27th; Nancy @ The Sensitive Pantry shared Raw Nutter Butter Bars (Gluten free, Vegan)
Thursday, April 28th; Elizabeth @ Saffron Lane shared Raw Golden Beet Ravioli with English Pea Puree
Friday, April 29th; Lauren @ Celiac Teen shared Milkshake Ice Cream
Saturday, April 30th; The event closed here at Real Sustenance with a Guest Post from
Nicole from a Dash of Compassion. Nicole shared a recipe for Raw Ice Cream Sandwich Cookies.
A Special Thank You goes out to Lexie from Lexie’s Kitchen for Designing this Fun Imagine. I would also like to encourage all of you to check the 30 Smoothie, Juice and Soup Recipes from the wonderful Detox January event hosted by Nicola the G-Free Mom.
Hope you all Enjoyed this Event and continue to find Endless Inspiration!
xo,
Brittany
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So excited to be a part of this event! Better get in the kitchen and start un-cooking now!
This is amazing synchronicity. My partner just went to a workshop with Brenda Cobb of the living food institute and brought her book home. The complete transition to raw seems daunting but incorporating more raw food into our daily diet is exciting to me. I am already gluten and dairy and most things white free and this blurb i just read on Living Free site has know introduced me to yours!!!!This is a great idea. Thank you!
Christianne- Its funny how life works like that sometimes Hope you enjoy this event as much as I am! There are bound to be some amazing recipes that come out of it!!
Hi Brittany,
I would love to be a part of this event. Please email me at . (I couldn't find contact info on your blog.) Thanks!
What a fantastic idea and event! So looking forward to everyone’s posts and thrilled that I found your blog! Many thanks!
So Happy you found the event Nina! Hope you enjoy it as much as I am -Brittany-
looks fantastic! my name (cheryl) is spelled wrong for the 23rd. If you would mind fixing it, that would be awesome! and thanks for doing such an amazing job pulling this together.
I posted my recipe for Raw Pineapple Custard Pie. Thank you for hosting Brittany! I am loving all these amazing raw recipes!
Thanks Tressa for sharing!! It looks fantastic
Great event. I post two recipes. I also made some from your featured guests. So much fun to have an event like this.
WOW this looks AWESOMELY DELICIOUS!! I happen to stumble upon this blogpost on the 1st of April 2012.. isn’t that beyond coincidence Thanks for inspiring us to eat more raw foods and sharing so many great links in one single post It’s lovely! XO Leanne