Raw Food mmm mm good !

Louise had the big idea to find a Raw Food restaurant in Seattle. So of course we found a place nearby and had a delightful lunch. Here is a very brief description that i copied from Wikipedia. Go there yourself for much more info.

Raw foodism (or rawism) is a lifestyle promoting the consumption of un-cooked, un-processed, and often organic foods as a large percentage of the diet.Many foods in raw food diets are simple to prepare, such as fruits, salads, meat, and dairy. Other foods can require considerable advanced planning to prepare for eating. Rice and some other grains, for example, require sprouting or overnight soaking to become digestible. Many raw foodists believe it is best to soak nuts before eating them, in order to activate their enzymes, and deactivate enzyme inhibitors. Preparation of gourmet raw food recipes usually call for a blender, food processor, juicer, and dehydrator.[28] Depending on the recipe, some food (such as crackers, breads and cookies) may need to be dehydrated. These processes, which produce foods with the taste and texture of cooked food, are lengthy. Some raw foodists dispense with these foods, feeling that there is no need to emulate the other non-raw diets.

And here are a few photos of our "pizza, nachos, and noodle bowl". You'll have to do more reading to figure out how they make the crust for pizza and chips for nachos without actually doing any cooking. It all went over my head. And into my tummy. It was very delish and VERY FILLING. I could only eat 1/4 of my bowl and was stuffed for the rest of the day. Which of course did not stop me from eating a huge meatball and pasta dinner later that evening.


gina's nachos (traci, these would not be the nachos you have for breakfast)


Louise's pizza, and Pria holding a "very green drink", which was purple. I won't even post the photo of the red lentil soup.... cuz it was cooked.... and NOT RED. These Rawists need a color consultant.

my zucchini noodles ( they were all out of raw kelp noodles, darn) and no, they are not noodles, just sliced up zuch's... with carrots and pumpkin seeds with a delightful tahine dressing.