Unlocking Nutritional Potential: The Benefits of Soaking Nuts and Seeds

Soaking makes nuts easier to digest but also elevates the taste and texture of your favourite nut and seed dishes. This practice champions both gastronomy and nutrition, offering a small shift in preparation that can make a significant difference in how your body receives and benefits from nuts and seeds.

Chef notes, Essentials, TechniquesDeborah Durrant3 January 2024activation, nuts, seeds, soaking, improved digestion, enzyme inhibitorsComment

How to Make Date Paste

Date paste is a delicious healthy alternative sweetener and can be used in all kinds of raw food recipes.

Chef notesDeborah Durrant11 May 2023Date Bars, Medjool dates, Dates, Raw food sweetener, raw food sugar, date pasteComment

Buckwheatsicles

Buckwheatsicles is sprouted and dehydrated buckwheat. It makes a delicious breakfast cereal alternative or can be ground into buckwheat flour.

Breakfasts & brunches, Chef notes, Dried, TechniquesDeborah Durrant15 November 2022buckwheat, sprouting, sprouted buckwheat, buckheatsicles, dehydratedComment

8 tips to avoid wasting money on salad leaves

Stop the endless cycle of buying fresh to throwing slimy greens in the trash with these simple ideas.

5 surprising ingredients that add sweetness without the sugar

Learn some ingredients that can provide sweetness without sugar.

Chef notes, TechniquesDeborah Durrant30 January 2021quit sugar, raw food low sugar, raw chef, vanilla, carrots, coconut, reducing sugarComment

Zero waste dehydrated pasta

This isn’t really a recipe but more of an idea. It certainly isn’t raw, but it does use up potential food waste and ticks a lot of other boxes. Plus you can enjoy it with raw dishes too.

Make your own pumpkin pie spice

Pumpkin pie spice can be used in cookies, pies, smoothies, cheesecakes, energy balls - and you can even use it to give raw brownies an Autumnal twist. It works in any recipe where you would like a little bit of a warm cosy feeling.

The secret of making a fluffy raw cauliflower rice

There has been something of a fashion recently for raw cauliflower rice. Learn the secret of making a fluffy raw cauliflower rice.

10 Quick Tips for Making Plant Milks

10 quick tips for making plant milks. Plant milks are growing in popularity – from almond to macadamia to cashew milk - there is bound to be a plant-based milk to suit your taste.

How to make Chai spice

Chai spice is easy to make yourself. Simply make up your blend, adjusting the spices to your liking. Combine well and store in an airtight jar until required. For a fresher tasting spice blend, you can grind your own spices. You can use a coffee grinder or a traditional pestle and mortar to grind them separately before measuring the ground spices and blending together.

How to make elderflower vinegar

Easy elderflower vinegar for your salad dressings

Elderflower vinegar has a slightly liquorice-like flavour which will add an extra dimension to your salad dressings.

Gathering and Using Wild Garlic

Wild garlic sometimes goes by the name of ramsons, ramps, bears garlic, buckrams, bear leek, broad leafed garlic or wood garlic. Whatever the name you know it as, it certainly is a delicious herb.

7 steps to keeping your fridge cold so your food lasts longer

7 STEPS TO KEEPING YOUR FRIDGE COLD SO YOUR FOOD LASTS LONGER. The ideal temperature for a fridge is between 3 degrees C (37 degrees F) and 5 degrees C (40 degrees F) to stop harmful bacteria from growing. Too cold and your lettuce will be frozen and too warm, your food will spoil.

Chef notes, Kitchen PlanningDeborah Durrant19 March 2015Cold Fridge, Kitchen, Kitchen Equipment, Kitchen PlanningComment

Delicously Raw Recipes

from Deborah Durrant

Easy elderflower vinegar for your salad dressings

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