Favorite Raw Recipes

This homemade salsa cruda recipe leaves store bought varieties in the dust. This is so quick and easy you may never buy bottled again. This salsa is exceptionally versatile and can be served with tortilla chips, in wraps, with crudite,  grilled fish or meats, seared tofu, alongside rice and beans, or on top of eggs. If time is a factor, see the food processor method below.

Light, crisp, and refreshing, this recipe for green coleslaw is quick, easy, and a wonderful accompaniment to dishes like rice and beans that need some enzymes served on the side. Green Slaw is also a great alternative to regular coleslaw, as the dressing is very light, and it is made with either Napa or Savoy cabbage, both of which are curly and juicier than regular green cabbage.

The delicate young pea shoot is a sweet and welcome sign of spring. We love then tossed with baby greens, carrots and shredded daikon radish for a cleansing and nutrient rich salad. This combination provides ample amounts of vitamins C, A, K, potassium, folate, and folic acid. The salad is an excellent cleansing dish, as it supports liver and gallbladder purification, and rids the body of mucus. Carrots and daikon are also excellent lung foods. A simple gingery vinaigrette adds zest to this simple salad.

This lively Moroccan carrot salad recipe can be made with cooked or raw carrots, depending on your mood. Either way, carrots are excellent for the liver, lungs, and digestion, and are enriched by parsley’s abundant chlorophyll.

This exotic Middle Eastern carrot salad recipe is particularly good with bitter greens. Carrots are beneficial for the lungs, liver, indigestion, and acidic blood. Raisins are rich in iron, and cinnamon and mint are excellent for digestion.

This light, bright, cleansing salad of baby greens is chock full of liver cleansing and boosting ingredients. Lemon juice is not strictly macrobiotic, but is another booster for the liver and for its alkaline properties. This salad helps alkalize our systems and is full of live enzymes. Make sure that all of your veggies are organic.

This easy, whole foods raw recipe for fresh figs with almond cream is a healthy alternative to the classic Italian dessert of figs stuffed with mascarpone. Just remember that the almonds need to soak overnight (or a minimum of 8-10 hours) before using. The lime juice adds a lively, fresh burst to the sweetness of the figs.