Raw for a Day

Raw Courgette Pappardelle with Tomato, Pepper, Basil and Pine Nut Sauce

There's a lot of buzz around at the moment about eating a raw food diet. Eating raw invoves eating raw, unprocessed (preferably organic) vegan foods that have not been heated above 42C so that the live enzymes in the foods are retained.

Going raw is said to increase energy, improve the appearance of skin, aid digestion, assist weight loss and reduce the risk of heart disease.

Personally I'm not wanting to go raw full time right now but I am enjoying having at least one day a week where I am eating only raw foods. I've already found that by going raw for a day, I've upped the amount of these nutritious foods in my diet during the rest of the week too - out of habit and because I've discovered some new things that I don't want to wait until my raw day to enjoy.

As I'm only eating raw once a week, I have so far kept it very simple eating fruit, raw veg, seeds and nuts on their own or in the form of salads with the very occasional more inventive dish such as raw courgette pappardelle with a raw tomato, pepper and basil sauce topped with pine nuts. But over the next few weeks and months I'll be experimenting with some more adventurous raw meals..