The SimplyRaw Kitchen: Plant-Powered, Gluten-Free, and Mostly Raw Recipes for Healthy Living

209 Pages·2013·3.822 MB·English

by  Kyssa, Natasha

“A refreshing book with great recipes and real food in its purest and most natural form.
The road to good health through proper diet and nutrition can lead to many
It’s not only a good idea, but a life-enhancing one.” —MARIEL HEMINGWAY
questions: should I go vegan? Follow a gluten-free regimen? Should I eat raw or
cooked foods? Natasha Kyssa (The SimplyRaw Living Foods Detox Manual) offers all
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this and more in this inspiring collection of mostly raw, whole-foods recipes that will
improve your health, no matter what your age. Natasha is a former international T SIMPLYRAW KITCHEN
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fashion model who transformed her unhealthy lifestyle by turning to raw foods almost
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twenty-five years ago; now a raw foods consultant and restaurateur, she promotes a
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an all-raw diet by including cooked foods. It’s a cookbook and lifestyle guide to be
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vegan versions of central European classics. The SimplyRaw Kitchen is simply delicious! W

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their lives by eating “real food for real life.” completely blossom and thrive. I feel like the H
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recipes opens your eyes and taste buds to and moving forward I know I can share with my

a whole (and fresh) new way of life. —Janet own family her recipes, stories, and knowledge.

Podleski, co-author of The Looneyspoons I am blessed to have Natasha as a friend and a

Collection mentor. —Bif Naked, musician

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healthful foods. Natasha Kyssa shows you all about raw veganism and shows you just how a
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you’ll ever need. You’ll love it! —Dr. Neal healthy eating can be. You’ll find yourself
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Barnard, founder/president of the Physicians wondering why you didn’t start eating raw
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Committee for Responsible Medicine years ago! —Rich Roll, author of Finding Ultra
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The
SIMPLYRAW KITCHEN

The
SIMPLYRAW KITCHEN
plant-powered, gluten-free, and mostly raw recipes for healthy living
Natasha Kyssa
with Ilse Kyssa
Arsenal Pulp Press Vancouver
THE SIMPLYRAW KITCHEN
Copyright © 2013 by Natasha Kyssa
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Note for our UK readers: measurements for non-liquids are for volume, not weight.
Design by Gerilee McBride
Cover and interior photographs by Trevor Lush
Editing by Susan Safyan
Sprouts and microgreens photographed for this book courtesy of Butterfly Sky Farms
Printed and bound in Canada
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Kyssa, Natasha, 1961-, author
The SimplyRaw kitchen : plant-powered, gluten-free, and mostly
raw recipes for healthy living / Natasha Kyssa.
Includes index.
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 978-1-55152-505-1 (pbk.).—ISBN 978-1-55152-506-8 (epub)

1. Raw foods. 2. Cooking (Natural foods). 3. Vegan cooking.
4. Gluten-free diet—Recipes. 5. Cookbooks. I. Title. C016245
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DEDICATION
To my dearest mother Ilse, who has had the most
extraordinary influence on my life. You are an
inspiration to me and to all who know you.
And to Ann Wigmore, whose vision sparked mine.

CONTENTS
Foreword by Richard Anderson 9
Introduction 11
A Mother’s Blessing by Ilse Kyssa 15
The Whole Foods Approach to Going Raw 17
Kitchen Essentials 23
The Ingredients 28
The Tools 33
The Techniques 36
Key to Symbols 47
Beverages 49
Breakfasts 71
Soups 81
Salads & Salad Dressings 105
Pâtés, Dips, Spreads & Cheezes 127
Mains 147
Desserts & Sweet Treats 177
Acknowledgments 201
Index 203
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FOREWORD
told me that he had first learned his unusual healing
techniques from other doctors who had reported suc-
cess, and then he set out to improve upon what they
Richard Anderson had done. I decided to do the same.
Each of these exceptional doctors broke away
In the fall of 1976, I attended a seminar presented from the status quo of modern medicine and studied
by a Seattle-based cancer organization which had alternative philosophies and treatments. Their theories
brought together from around the world doctors who and treatments were vastly different from what most
had an average success rate in treating cancer four medical doctors believed and did, even though many
times times greater than most oncologists; Dr Bernard of them were medical doctors themselves. First, they
Jensen’s and Dr John Christopher’s success rates, for all treated causes, not just symptoms. Second, not
example, were over seventy percent, while Dr William one of them believed in the germ theory that is taught
Kelly’s was ninety-three percent. These statistics were in allopathic medical schools. Third, with very few
verified by the Sloan Kettering Foundation. exceptions, they never used drugs, which they consid-
What I learned that day changed my life. ered to be toxic and thus interfered with true healing.
After the seminar, I decided to find out just how Fourth, all of them put their patients on some form of
effective these doctors really were—and if they were deep cleansing program. And last but most important,
really that good, then I wanted to know what they they all put their patients on healthy diets, that is, on
did to produce such incredible results. First, I discov- alkaline-forming vegetarian regimens.
ered that these physicians were not only specialists After many years of studying the philosophies and
in treating cancer, but were also able to heal other methods of treatments of Drs Jenson, Christopher,
health problems. As well, I also learned that most of Kelly, and others who had consistent and unusual
the patients came to them after they had tried con- success, I discovered that they all shared the same
ventional therapies and met with undesirable results; view as to the root of most health problems, exclud-
the patients were considered difficult cases—and still, ing physical injuries: toxins and acids, as well as
these doctors achieved unprecedented success. nutritional deficiencies. Further, negative thoughts and
Dr Jensen, for example, had the highest success emotions that had become stored in the subconscious
rate for treating leukemia in America— forty percent— were creating and sustaining harmful patterns, habits,
when most medical doctors were close to zero. Jensen and addictions.
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