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Help...I Need a Meal Plan!!!

Okay, so I am trying to go raw and I keep falling off the wagon. The biggest problem is I don’t know what to eat. I have been reading books and doing research, but I can’t find a simple meal plan. I am a teacher, so I need the equivalent to lesson plans with my food. What should I eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks? I usually plan my meals out every Sunday for the week. But the only thing that I have mastered is a smoothie for breakfast (and I’m not even sure if I’m doing that right). I take a salad for lunch, but I get bored with that. Please help me.

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  • Maybe you could pick a few key ingredients you have or would like to try & type them in the ‘recipe’ section & see what comes up. There are so many smoothie ideas, different types of salads (maybe try a slaw), veggie wraps, sun burgers, soups, etc.

  • Thanks raw_mama. After I posted, I started looking at the smoothie recipes and they are great. So I am going to try them. I didn’t think about switching up my salad. I will look that up too.

  • Also try adding fruits to your salads. Think raisins, pineapple, apples, oranges, anything to give the veggies a little zip! It’s delicious! The more colors you have in your salads, the more appatizing they will be! (and more nutrients!) I know that sometimes there isn’t alot of time to chop up fruits and veggies, but there are some great “slicers” out there! You could even pick up a cheap one from wal mart.

  • You should check out Carol Alt’s (she’s not vegan, but she is a raw) secnond book “The Raw 50” out. She’s got 10 fantastic breakfasts, dinners, lunches, snacks, and drinks in there. It’s easy to plan that way.

     

  • pianissimapianissima Raw Newbie

    this is/was absolutely my worst problem… there are so many different theories after a while, you’re like:
    “what can i eat???” the other thing is that your body will go through so many changes that you’ll want different things, need different things, so it’s a little disorienting. (but no complaints cuz it’s world of a lot better than the alternative!)

    here’s what works for me…

    MORNING:
    —16 oz fresh veggie juice (fuels your cells with LOADS of cleansing enzymes… make your fave, it doesn’t matter). wait a half hour before eating, if hungry
    —fruit, or fruit smoothie *as much fruit as i need till lunch… but only in good combos, like all sub-acid, or all sweet, etc… or wait a few hours and switch between

    LUNCH:
    —either a big salad with EVOO and lemon, or a blend of spinach, sesame seeds, your fave spice and chili flakes… (rich and delicious)

    SNACK: (optional)
    —fruit
    —pre-dinner yummy juice or green smoothie (as cocktail)

    DINNER options (always with a green salad):
    —huge salad. presentation is EVERYTHING. don’t be stingy with veggies!
    —OR a fancier meal (such as patties, rawvioli, etc..)
    —OR a huge veggie or root veggie platter (beets, carrots, zucchini, bell peppers, etc… sliced on the mandoline) with some avocado slices OR grated/julienned/spiralized & tossed with EVOO, sea salt and pepper.

  • pianissimapianissima Raw Newbie

    another option is to take some of the meal-plan prep stress off by having a cooked dinner (preceding a green salad) during your transitional phase.

    wholesome options: steamed veggies, cooked whole grains (quinoa, spelt, kamut, amaranth) with BRAGGS, etc…

    it’s not that these are easier to make than a salad, but part of eating raw is getting into the HABIT of uncooking… sometimes it’s a little too much to re-learn EVERY single meal!

  • newbienewbie Raw Newbie

    I really like the Mock Tuna recipe on this site – it’s so variable: http://goneraw.com/recipes/230-Mock-Tuna-Salad You can eat it as a dip, spread on wraps, mix in so many different combinations of veggies, or if you eat nori, make ‘mock tuna salad’ nori rolls! It’s also convenient to take on the go.

  • I truly appreciate all of the knowledge and advice that you all are giving me!

    Rawrider, I going to walmart today and look for a slicer. Sky Princess, great resource, I’ll check it out. Pianissima :-) you are wonderful, thank you for the breakdown. newbie, I’m still working on trying new recipes….I still haven’t figured out what “nori” is.

    Again, thank you all, I really needed some suport and I am implementing all of your ideas.

  • Culinarydiva: I find Karen Knowler’s site, http://www.therawfoodcoach.com/ very useful, she has lots of “new to raw foods” resources. In this document – http://www.therawfoodcoach.com/pdfs/So_You_Want… – you can find a menu planning document on page 16 – http://karenknowler.typepad.com/living_in_the_r…
    I think it’s exactly what you’re looking for!

  • Midnight sun, you are a superstar!!! Thank you, I went to the link and yes, it is very useful, It actually has a menu. I love it!!!

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