Dehydrator Giveaway!
The time has come to do our first giveaway and is it ever a good one! Many raw food recipes require a dehydrator and if you don’t have one, it can be challenging. One of the most common questions I get is how to prepare the raw food recipes without a dehydrator.
I hope to fix that problem for one of you!
The great folks over at TSM Dehydrators have donated a 300.00, 5 shelf, stainless Dehydrator, the D5! I couldn’t be happier to be able to offer this! I have one of these dehydrators. It is my favorite. It is quiet, sturdy, very easy to pull apart and clean and does a great job at temperature control. I have checked. Continue for the rules!
Here are the rules:
Enter by simply asking a question you have about raw food in the comment area.
Only one entry allowed per person.
Entries will close at 6pm on Thursday, March 18th, 2010.
Winner will be randomly selected and announced following the contest.
I will be answering your questions in upcoming blog posts!
Flame wrote on March 15, 2010
Hi Susan. Firstly, I love your website – thank you! My question is: how does this dehyrator compare with the Excalibur??? I have neither, so either would be wonderful! But I’ve not heard of this brand and wondered if you had used both. Many thanks.
kim wrote on March 15, 2010
What is your favorite raw dinner, for a 2yr old?! 🙂
Rebecca Pryor wrote on March 15, 2010
Thank you for sharing your experience and inspirations!
Can you please share tips on sprouting foods? Sometimes when I prepare to make a recipe that calls for soaked nuts, etc, and I get busy, I don’t have time to follow through with the recipe. I simply change the water until I can get to the recipe. A few times (drat!) I have had to compost the soaked nuts because I left them too long. That is wasteful and expensive. Same with sprouting beans or greens. I guess it’s simply a time management issue, but I could sure use some advice on what works from someone more experienced. Thank you!
Crystal wrote on March 15, 2010
Hi Susan,
This is probably on your site, and I just haven’t found it! How can one attend your classes without leaving Oklahoma??
kchealy wrote on March 15, 2010
How do you recommend that people transition from a standard diet to a raw food diet?
Diane wrote on March 15, 2010
Well, that stainless sausagemaker dehydrator has been on my wish list since I first found this blog, so you can imagine my delight at this contest, particularly since I didn’t win the HGTV dream home – lol!
I have 2 questions…. do you know of a way to prepare raw foods that makes them more balancing for a “vata” imbalanced type, according to Ayurvedic principles? It’s something I’m exploring recently. Like in macrobiotics, they recommend “pressed salads,” which I guess breaks them down a bit first. For vata constitutions, they stress warm, oily, hearty, cooked foods – sort of the opposite of raw, but I still want the enzyme activity of raw.
Also – in case I do finally get my dream dehydrator, do you have a recipe or prep recommendation for making softer breads? All the raw breads I’ve tried (made by others) so far have been pretty chewy and leathery, but I had one experience at a raw food cafe where it tasted almost exactly like a real, soft wheat, very fresh traditional bread, albeit a little crumbly. I couldn’t believe it. I asked about it, and she said it was almost a fluke, the way it came out. I think it was made with sprouted grains and seeds.
Thanks, Susan! 🙂
Sherry Vanstone wrote on March 15, 2010
Is it still beneficial for my health if I do a 50-60% raw diet? Or do I need to fully commit to feel/ see a difference? I’m afraid of changing to a raw diet- it seems very high in calories.
Thanks so much!
Kyra wrote on March 15, 2010
How do you find the time to go raw? I have tried to several times, but I can’t seem to find the balance between work/family/school/raw.
Mark Montalbano wrote on March 15, 2010
So, I imagine that raw foods satisfy your needs more, due to the nutrition value in them, as opposed to processed foods. So, it seems like you might actually eat less. Even though eating a raw foods diet appears to be expensive, do you have figures that show that it actually isn’t as expensive as it seems?