How to Eat Raw at Restaurants

The buzz about raw cuisine is making its way across the nation. Its benefits are appealing: faster weight loss, improved energy, fat used more quickly by the body, clearer skin, a better functioning digestive system and less dishes to wash. Raw is a structured regime, easy to do from home and keeps all the appropriate foods within reach. But a true convert must also learn how to eat raw at restaurants.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Know what is and what isn't a raw food diet before heading out to an eatery that specializes in raw. It means no meat, fish, fowl, eggs, milk or cheese. Food should be unprocessed and not heated above 115 degrees.

2. Add lots of vegetables and fresh fruits to your order out or your grocery list at home when following a raw regime. When food shopping, know that raw foods are frequently sprayed with pesticides, so try to buy organic as often as possible.

3. Browse raw menus, some which will be semi-vegetarian since not all raw "foodists" are total vegans. You'll see layered lasagna, veggie burgers, ice cream and chocolate mousse worthy of being served at the restaurants of the jet setters.

4. Experience a "raw foods bar" that offers creative fare such as mashed potatoes made totally with ground cauliflower and macadamia nuts.

5. Visit a raw restaurant that serves it up via enjoyable dishes like lasagna with soaked pine nut "ricotta cheese." Or perhaps tortillas made of a mix of corn, flaxseeds and spices. And for the truly adventurous, there's "raw ice cream," a popular dairy substitute made of soaked cashews and coconut butter. No matter where you dine, you can ask for lemon juice and/or extra virgin olive oil on the side for your entrees or salads.

Tips & Warnings

• When eating raw in a restaurant, make a list of vegetables you want in your salad before leaving home and ask the wait staff to give it to the cook. This bit of preparation will help prevent a scene where you're unhappy with the salad and the staff has no idea how to please you.
• Check with your doctor before starting any kind of raw food eating regime.

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