A little Q & A

Hello everyone! I really can not thank you enough for the comments, encouragement and your interest in raw food, myself and veganism! I am so happy to know that my words are not only doing things for myself, but they're reaching people. So excited!

I have gotten a few question - great, keep them coming - on learning more in depth the topic of veganism and raw foods. And although I have quite a bit of knowledge on nutrition and health, I'm going to refer you all to some fantastic authors who have a better grasp of the topic than myself. But do feel free to ask me any question you do have. As I've mention before, I do specialize in nutrition and wellness (even though sometimes I don't take my own advice, do as I say not as I do syndrome, but I can assure you all, I am so much better at listening to my advice).

After trying to force asking the Train to go to the bookstore with me for a little bit of research, I decided he was right, it was too darned cold to get out of the house today. And why go to the stores when the stores are at my fingertips! I warned him though, I can do some damage to the ol' bank account internet shopping for cookbooks - and lululemon while I was at it. All for a good cause though, I couldn't let you all down.

Perusing the many isles (?) of vegan, raw vegan, and raw food cookbooks - and reading all their reviews -, I decided on these as recommendations (I also asked my fellow raw and vegan blog writers their opinions on books). They all present easy delicious recipes, great advice for easy transition into veganism and/or raw foods, and a vast array of information on the benefits of veganism and raw food.

*Crazy Sexy Diet - Kris Carr
*Kristen Suzanne's Easy Raw Vegan Transition Recipes - Kristen Suzanne
*Ani's Raw Food Essentials - Ani Phyo
*Raw Food/ Real World: 100 recipes to get that glow - Matthew Kenney & Sarma Melngialis
*Raw: The Uncook Book: New Vegetarian Food For Life - Juliano Brotman & Erika Lenkert
*Everyday Raw - Matthew Kenney

The list could go on and on, but these are some great ones just to name a few. The only reason I haven't purchased any of these yet myself is because, well frankly, I have far too many cookbooks that I don't use collecting dust somewhere - however, 95% of them aren't vegan so that is why they're dust bunnies now. This doesn't stop me from hours on end at the bookstores soy chai tea latte in hand reading each one and getting inspiration for my own recipes from them. A basic raw vegan cookbook is a great investment though to make because they offer insight and many basic recipes for you to try and add your own spin on once you become comfortable with the process. I highly recommend finding one you like to have at your beckon call.

I know I promised a tutorial on tofu, but the grim weather would not let me outdoors to get what I needed - or more like I wasn't about to let myself outdoors in the grim weather. So instead I promise two amazingly raw vegan recipes for you tomorrow, a raw wrap and raw carob mousse. You won't be disappointed.