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!
Katy wrote on March 18, 2010
I want to try a raw diet to improve my health but when I have experimented with it in the past it was just too expensive for me to keep up. Winning a dehydrator would really help me get started!
I have a medical condition that precludes me from eating any acidic fruit (for example citrus fruit, apples, pineapples) and my naturopath advised against bananas and melons. Living in Minnesota also makes it difficult or expensive to obtain out of season fruit. My question would be: can I maintain a healthy raw diet with so little fruit included?
Thanks! I really want to try it, but get frustrated with by all the smoothie advocates!
Janice Hughes wrote on March 18, 2010
So often people who focus on going completely raw end up eating, or overeating, fruit because of the ease of this. Can you suggest a typical day balance of how to plan out the day so that there is much less emphasis on fruit, particularly in the morning. As a practitioner I’ve worked with so many people that end up being sugar addicts, even though natural sugars, but this impacts their physiological balance. This happened to me after doing 30 days of raw, and i’ve had a challenge with this every since. Suggest for me an entire day with veggies on the menu! What would that look like?
Debbie G. wrote on March 18, 2010
I have been experimenting with preparing raw food recipes. I just love your website. I have tried several things. I have a cheap dehydrator that I have used. My question is, at what temperature can you dehydrate food for it to still be considered raw? I assume there is a certain maximum temp before the heat starts to break down the nutrients and actual “cooking” occurs. Please let me know and thanks for offering this great give away !!!
Leslie wrote on March 18, 2010
I have a general question about chia. I have been gelling it and using in my smoothies, but I wonder if you can eat too much? With raw foods and healthy items that aren’t so mainstream, its hard to find good answers on “serving size” or recommended amounts.
Thanks!
Elina wrote on March 18, 2010
I was wondering is it possible to grow your own maca and make powder of it and how is this done? Im thinking about growing some maca in my garden this summer!
brooke lyssy wrote on March 18, 2010
what are some of the staples of a raw food diet that a college student can easily prepare each week? it would be helpful to know about foods that I could prepare *without* a dehydrator… unless I win this one.
kelli wrote on March 18, 2010
what are some ways i can use my leftover almond milk pulp? thanks!
Michelle wrote on March 18, 2010
I would love to win this dehydrator. I have been lusting after one for a while!!! My question is as a newbie with raw foods, can I enjoy a raw diet and still be able to comfortably deal with gallbladder disease? I know nuts can be an irritant to it, and that there are other options besides nuts to eat, but are there othere concerns a person with gallbladder disease should have with a raw diet??
Katie wrote on March 18, 2010
Do you think it’s better to juice or to blend? Or to do a combination of both?