Introduction to Raw Food Breakfast Recipes

Series Summary

The raw food diet is one of the latest trends to sweep the globe. Because world health statistics indicate that we have a skyrocketing obesity problem, people are taking a closer look at what they eat and asking the question, “Why am I getting so fat?” While some would say that the problem stems from a hereditary predisposition to be overweight, others admit that a large part of the problem lies in the foods that they choose to eat regularly. And increasingly, we seem to be choosing meals high in fat and sodium content, lacking real nutritional value.

Raw foods are defined as items that have not been cooked above 118° F. The basic idea behind raw foodism is that most vitamins and enzymes get cooked out of our foods at higher temperatures, causing our bodies to work harder to digest.

If you are considering a switch to the raw food diet, take a few minutes and check out these free videos on how to make healthy breakfast recipes. Raw food chef Denise Bennett shows you some simple ways to create a flavorful, yet simple, breakfast for any day of the week. Recipes include a homemade breakfast cereal, raw yogurt, and sweet crackers. Enjoy!

Video Transcript

"DENISE BENNETT: Hello! My name is Denise Bennett and I'm here on behalf of Expert Village. We're going to make some breakfast today! It's going to not be your typical breakfast. We're looking for something a lot healthier. What we do is raw food. Looking for things that are good for the body and French toast, eggs, bacon, sausage and all those things. Coffee... Whew! Not good for you! It might be our typical breakfast from what we're used to, but look at all the diseases too that were used to. And so, if we change that and go back to a diet that make sense for us, we won't have to deal with heart disease and cancer and all the rest of that stuff that we're suffering from. So a lot of people are headed towards raw foods and I'm happy to be a part of that. Okay. So what we're going to do today is we're going to start out with a cereal. We're going to do that first and we're going to be using the dehydrator today. We're also going to make a type of yogurt. There are no animal products in anything we're making; no wheat; no soy. So everything is from vegetables and fruits and nuts and seeds. What else are we doing? Then we're going to have a little bit of fresh fruit as well. So it's going to be a nice little plate and we're going to start off right now with the cereal."