I love this book! I am so glad to be able to share it with you. Raw on $10 a Day (Or Less!) is much needed book in today’s economy. I get asked all the time how to live this lifestyle on a budget. I have a long list of ideas that I share and this book will be one of them! Lisa Viger is also an amazing artist- click on her name to check out her work. Be sure to bookmark her blog (click on the picture above) it is full of more amazing recipes for those on a budget.
Pt 1 My Raw Journey
Pt 2 Abundance on a Budget?
Pt 3 Top 5 Tips for Staying Raw on $10 a Day (or Less)
- Believe it’s possible
- Know the actual cost of food
- Get to know your produce managers
- Get the freshest produce possible
- Take advantage of local growers
Pt 4 Why Raw Vegan?
Pt 5 So Where Do You Get Your Protein?
Pt 6 How Raw is Raw?
My favorite quote from this chapter “Use raw foods as a tool to improve your health and your life, not as a standard to have to live up to.”
Pt 7 Organic vs Conventional
- The Dirty Dozen List: The most contaminated foods when conventionally grown
- Safer Conventional List: These foods are less contaminated of conventionally grown food.
Pt 8 Know Your Water
- Tap Water
- Bottled Water
- Well Water
- Spring Water
- Distilled Water
Pt 9 Gardening and Growing Your Own
- Organic Gardening
- Veganic Gardening
- Community Gardening
- Indoor Garden
- Permaculture
Pt 10 Growing Your Own Wheat Grass Indoors
This chapter has good pictures and step by step instructions on growing your own wheat grass. I have tried to grow wheat grass before and failed- thanks to this chapter I know what I did wrong and I can’t wait to try again.
Pt 11Wild Edibles
A basic guide to wild edibles with good pictures.
Pt 12 Preserving in the Raw
- Freezing
- Drying: Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Flavor Powders, and Green Powders (I can’t wait to try this)
Pt 13 Useful Kitchen Terms
Pt 14 Useful Items
Pt 15 Creating Your Own Recipes
- The 4 Tastes
- Complimentary Flavors
- Feel
- Smell
- Temperature
- Reinvent the Wheel?
- Writing it Down: Title or Name of Recipe, Servings-How Many?, Ingredients, Directions, Nutritional Information if Included
Pt 16 Measurement Equivalents
Pt 17 Photographing Food
- Natural Light
- A New Angle
- Off Center
- They Don’t Call it Food Porn For Nothing
- Keep It Clean
- Take Enough Photos To Get The One
- Manipulating Photos
- Experiment
Recipes: After each recipe Lisa gives you the cost per serving which I think is very cool!
Ch 1 Smoothies
- Tropical Breeze
- Very Verde
- Enzymes Galore
- Green Fuzzy Navel
- Purple Passion
- Banana Berry Smoothie
- Cherry Blossom
- Dandy Lion
- Wild Bunch
- Hard Core
- Swamp Smoothie
- Chocolate Shake
Ch 2 Breakfasts
- Caramel Apple Breakfast Bowl
- Banana Pancakes (or Banana Nut Bread) * these look so good!
- Fruit Wraps with Dipping Sauce * these also look amazing!
- Avocado “Eggs”
Ch 3 Soups
- Corn Chowder
- Tomato Corn Soup
- Tomato Mango Soup
- Mango and Cucumber Chutney SOup
- Cream of Tomato Soup
- Red Pepper Soup
- Lemon Tarragon Soup
- Spinach Avocado Soup
- Cream of Cucumber Soup
- Creamy Marinated Mushroom Soup w/Crackers
- Flax Buckwheat Crackers
Ch 4 Salads and Dressings
- Basic Vinaigrette
- Italian Dressing
- Ranch Dressing
- Thousand Island Dressing
- Creamy Cucumber Dressing
- Onion Dressing
- French Dressing
- Lemon Basil Dressing
- Lemon Tarragon Dressing
- Red Hot Dressing
- Tabbouleh
- Baby Greens w/Clementines and Mustard Dressing
- Pear Salad
- Apple Salad
Ch 5 Nut Milks, Butters and Cheezes
- Basic Nut Milk
- Basic Nut Butter
- “Nutella”
- Basic Nut Cheez
- Trail Mix
Ch 6 Entrees
- Spicy Noodles
- Spicy Noodles with Mushrooms
- Shishkebab
- “Salmon Patties”
- “Tuna”
- Marinated Broccoli and Mushrooms
- Zucchini Hummus w/Cucumbers
- Romaine Wrap Ups w/Mustard Dressing
Ch 7 Desserts
- Basic Ice Cream
- Sweet and Simple Cookies
- Raisin Walnut Cookies
- Chocolate Cookies
- Ice Cream Sandwiches
- Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake *this cake looks like chocolate heaven!
- Lemon Poppy Seed Cake
- Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies
- Klondike Bar
- Pie and Tart Crust
- Chocolate Cream Tarts
- Tropicalia