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ALSO BY VICTORIA BOUTENKO Raw Family (with the Boutenko family) Green for Life 12 Steps to Raw Foods Raw Family Signature Dishes Green Smoothie Revolution Copyright © 2012 by Victoria Boutenko, Elaina Love, and Chad Sarno. All rights reserved. No portion of this book, except for brief review, may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the written permission of the publisher. For information contact North Atlantic Books. Published by North Atlantic Books P.O. Box 12327 Berkeley, California 94712 Cover photo © istockphoto.com/vm and istockphoto.com/Vitalina Rybakova Cover design by Claudia Smelser Raw and Beyond is sponsored by the Society for the Study of Native Arts and Sciences, a nonprofit educational corporation whose goals are to develop an educational and cross-cultural perspective linking various scientific, social, and artistic fields; to nurture a holistic view of arts, sciences, humanities, and healing; and to publish and distribute literature on the relationship of mind, body, and nature. North Atlantic Books’ publications are available through most bookstores. For further information, visit our website at www.northatlanticbooks.com or call 800-733-3000. MEDICAL DISCLAIMER: The following information is intended for general information purposes only. Individuals should always see their health care provider before administering any suggestions made in this book. Any application of the material set forth in the following pages is at the reader’s discretion and is his or her sole responsibility. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Boutenko, Victoria. Raw and beyond : how omega-3 nutrition is transforming the raw food paradigm / Victoria Boutenko, Elaina Love, and Chad Sarno. p. cm. eISBN: 978-1-58394375-5 1. Raw food diet. 2. Vegetarian cooking. 3. High-omega-3 fatty acid diet—Recipes. I. Love, Elaina. II. Sarno, Chad. III. Title. RM237.5.B6925 2011 613.263—dc23 2011036659 v3.1 We dedicate this book to Cherie Soria, master chef and inspiration to us all. CONTENTS Cover Also by Victoria Boutenko Title Page Copyright Dedication A Note from the Authors PART ONE Three Stories of Raw Transformation Victoria Boutenko Elaina Love Chad Sarno PART TWO Recipes Appetizers, Antipasti, and Finger Foods Salads Dressings Soups Breads, Crackers, and Chips Entrées Desserts Drinks Acknowledgments About the Authors A NOTE FROM THE AUTHORS In this book we present our revised approach to raw food. All three of us discovered the benefits of eating raw at about the same time, some sixteen years ago. Throughout this period, we often participated in the same events, either serving raw food or teaching others how to prepare it. In 2010, our paths crossed again at a Living Light Culinary Arts Institute in California. We were intrigued that we had all independently come to similar conclusions about our diets and had begun practicing “beyond raw” cuisine. As we discussed this coincidence, we decided it was important to share our adjusted raw food diet with our followers. PART ONE Three Stories of Raw Transformation VICTORIA BOUTENKO TWO MAJOR MISTAKES I MADE IN MY RAW FOOD DIET A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. —GEORGE BERNARD SHAW For the last nineteen years I have been a raw food pioneer, and as a pioneer I recognize the mistakes I’ve made as well as the successes I’ve had on this path. I became interested in the raw food diet in 1993. As there were very few books about raw food at that time, I was able to read most of them within a couple of months. I became especially inspired after reading Raw Eating by A. T. Hovannessian and Enzyme Nutrition by Edward Howell. The latter book I read aloud to my family. I became convinced that the raw food diet was the most natural diet for all creatures in the world, including humans. In his book, Dr. Howell advised readers to consume a diet as high in raw food as possible. I was so motivated by Howell’s research, and my family was so in need of healing beyond what the medical establishment could offer us, that in January 1994 I put my whole family on a 100 percent raw food diet. Today, eighteen years later, I still wholeheartedly appreciate that decision. I believe that it saved my life and healed such serious illnesses in my family as arrhythmia, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and asthma. I won’t repeat my family story here as it can be found in all of my books and on the internet. Rather, I would like to discuss the mistakes I made in my raw food journey and how I corrected them. I view my family’s eighteen years of eating raw as an opportunity to present the raw food diet to others in a more practical way. For many years the theory of the raw food diet seemed so flawless to me
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