Sweetly Raw Desserts

"Sweetly Raw Desserts will show you everything you need to know about making the most delicious and nutritious raw food desserts. Techniques such as soaking nuts, using a mandoline, juicing fruits, and making nut milk are included to help you become as familiar as possible with the ingredients and equipment you will be using."--

welcome to my sweetly raw kitchen I’ve had a sweet tooth my entire life. I come by it honestly, as the whole Pace family has a love for sugar. My earliest kitchen memories are of standing beside my mom while she baked chocolate chip cookies just so that I could lick the beaters. My childhood was filled with blueberry pancakes drenched in pure maple syrup that my mom made after going blueberry picking in the forest, frosty vanilla milkshakes from the lakefront restaurant in my town that is only open during the summertime, and hot chocolate with a doughnut after swimming lessons in the lake. I no longer eat those kind of treats, but I still have a mega sweet tooth and I indulge in dessert every day. The difference is that now I eat raw vegan desserts that are made with real food, packed with nutrition, and void of most common allergens. I’m fortunate enough to have started eating this way purely by choice. At the age of fourteen, I was introduced to the idea of eating whole, fresh foods instead of packaged, pasteurized, and animal-based foods. The idea resonated with me so much that I naturally made the transition to a vegan diet and started cooking for myself. Many people are drawn to raw food due to weight problems, allergy, or illness and have great success in healing with this diet. Regardless of your reason for wanting to make raw desserts, I’m here to show you how easy and delicious they can be. The recipes in this book are free of gluten, dairy, eggs, grains, refined sugar, soy, and corn. It’s time to throw away the notion that dessert is “bad.” This style of eating is both healthy and delicious. You’ll notice that your body responds differently to raw desserts than it does to regular cooked ones. You’ll feel light and energetic after eating them instead of tired and heavy. Enjoy a fresh fruit pudding or parfait for breakfast, eat a superfood bar for an afternoon snack, indulge in a piece of cheesecake for dessert—and you’ll probably lose a few pounds along the way. Just remember that even these desserts are a treat. Eat your veggies, too! If you’re new to the world of raw desserts, you’ll be amazed at how delicious a few simple ingredients can be and you may quickly come to appreciate the taste and satisfaction of fruit and nuts as an alternative to sugary snacks. If you’ve been into raw food for a while, you already know what a treat you’re in for with raw desserts. Regardless of your kitchen experience and your palate, I can assure you that there are recipes in this book for you. You’ll find everything from one-step desserts to more elaborate preparations that require several steps, and even some special-occasion-worthy desserts that take a few days to make. My wish for you is to play with these recipes using them as a launching pad to create versions that will suit your taste and accommodate ingredients you have on hand. Substitute an ingredient, find a new way to present a dessert, and most of all, be fearless in the kitchen. Take a risk. You never know what delicious treat you might come up with. In my experience, raw desserts are the best introduction to raw food for most people. Share your dessert creations with friends and family, and watch their faces light up as they take a bite. When they ask what’s in it, you have the perfect opportunity to tell them about raw food!

welcome to my sweetly raw kitchen I’ve had a sweet tooth my entire life. I come by it honestly, as the whole Pace family has a love for sugar. My earliest kitchen memories are of standing beside my mom while she baked chocolate chip cookies just so that I could lick the beaters. My childhood was filled with blueberry pancakes drenched in pure maple syrup that my mom made after going blueberry picking in the forest, frosty vanilla milkshakes from the lakefront restaurant in my town that is only open during the summertime, and hot chocolate with a doughnut after swimming lessons in the lake. I no longer eat those kind of treats, but I still have a mega sweet tooth and I indulge in dessert every day. The difference is that now I eat raw vegan desserts that are made with real food, packed with nutrition, and void of most common allergens. I’m fortunate enough to have started eating this way purely by choice. At the age of fourteen, I was introduced to the idea of eating whole, fresh foods instead of packaged, pasteurized, and animal-based foods. The idea resonated with me so much that I naturally made the transition to a vegan diet and started cooking for myself. Many people are drawn to raw food due to weight problems, allergy, or illness and have great success in healing with this diet. Regardless of your reason for wanting to make raw desserts, I’m here to show you how easy and delicious they can be. The recipes in this book are free of gluten, dairy, eggs, grains, refined sugar, soy, and corn. It’s time to throw away the notion that dessert is “bad.” This style of eating is both healthy and delicious. You’ll notice that your body responds differently to raw desserts than it does to regular cooked ones. You’ll feel light and energetic after eating them instead of tired and heavy. Enjoy a fresh fruit pudding or parfait for breakfast, eat a superfood bar for an afternoon snack, indulge in a piece of cheesecake for dessert—and you’ll probably lose a few pounds along the way. Just remember that even these desserts are a treat. Eat your veggies, too! If you’re new to the world of raw desserts, you’ll be amazed at how delicious a few simple ingredients can be and you may quickly come to appreciate the taste and satisfaction of fruit and nuts as an alternative to sugary snacks. If you’ve been into raw food for a while, you already know what a treat you’re in for with raw desserts. Regardless of your kitchen experience and your palate, I can assure you that there are recipes in this book for you. You’ll find everything from one-step desserts to more elaborate preparations that require several steps, and even some special-occasion-worthy desserts that take a few days to make. My wish for you is to play with these recipes using them as a launching pad to create versions that will suit your taste and accommodate ingredients you have on hand. Substitute an ingredient, find a new way to present a dessert, and most of all, be fearless in the kitchen. Take a risk. You never know what delicious treat you might come up with. In my experience, raw desserts are the best introduction to raw food for most people. Share your dessert creations with friends and family, and watch their faces light up as they take a bite. When they ask what’s in it, you have the perfect opportunity to tell them about raw food!

Sweet Gratitude is a cookbook with a message: raw desserts aren’t only healthier for both people and the planet, they can also be every bit as tasty–indeed, sinfully so–as their mainstream counterparts. Tiziana Tamborra and Matthew Rogers, both master dessert chefs at the pioneering San Francisco-based Café Gratitude, present a tantalizing table of after-dinner or any-occasion delights. Illustrated with gorgeous color photographs, the recipes range from simple and quick to advanced and detailed, showing how versatile commonly used fruits and nuts are for whipping up innovative and beautiful desserts. Providing authoritative information on techniques and specialty ingredients, and emphasizing the seasonal and the regional, Sweet Gratitude contains fresh takes on old favorites like pumpkin pie and tiramisu, as well as ingenious new creations like Pomegranate Fig Tart, Brazil Nut Chocolate Ganache, and Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies with Goji Berry Jam. Ideal for anyone looking for healthier dessert choices as well as a valuable resource for people with special dietary needs including those who cannot consume dairy, gluten, or refined sugar, Sweet Gratitude shows readers how to craft what may be the most elusive item in the culinary canon: the guilt-free dessert!

Covering a wide variety of cakes, pies, cupcakes, mousses, and French pastries, this book is for anyone who likes to indulge in guilt-free goodness. The desserts are moist, rich, flavoursome, and cholesterol-free.

Holistic nutritionist and highly-regarded blogger Sarah Britton presents a refreshing, straight-forward approach to balancing mind, body, and spirit through a diet made up of whole foods. Sarah Britton's approach to plant-based cuisine is about satisfaction--foods that satiate on a physical, emotional, and spiritual level. Based on her knowledge of nutrition and her love of cooking, Sarah Britton crafts recipes made from organic vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, lentils, nuts, and seeds. She explains how a diet based on whole foods allows the body to regulate itself, eliminating the need to count calories. My New Roots draws on the enormous appeal of Sarah Britton's blog, which strikes the perfect balance between healthy and delicious food. She is a "whole food lover," a cook who makes simple accessible plant-based meals that are a pleasure to eat and a joy to make. This book takes its cues from the rhythms of the earth, showcasing 100 seasonal recipes. Sarah simmers thinly sliced celery root until it mimics pasta for Butternut Squash Lasagna, and whips up easy raw chocolate to make homemade chocolate-nut butter candy cups. Her recipes are not about sacrifice, deprivation, or labels--they are about enjoying delicious food that's also good for you.

“Sweet Encounter with Raw Desserts” is more than just a recipe book. It’s a mother and daughter coming together and creating a raw dessert book that will challenge you in every area of your life – body, soul and spirit. With every turn of a page you will discover... - more than 90 tantalizing guilt-free raw desserts - 3 generations of prize winning dessert recipes (not raw!) - over 50 motivating tips that will encourage and educate - how Kelly stocks her pantry and her favorite kitchen gadgets - Johnna’s creative, inspiring and mouth-watering photography