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Praise for Ani Phyo
Anis food is...inspiring. This book... makes raw cuisine accessible for everyone to enjoy.
Juliano Brotman, author of Raw: The Uncookbook
Her array of delicious recipes will convince you that eating raw is not impossible and definitely not boring.
Curve
As an actress, athlete, and American Gladiator, I am always aware of what foods I eat to fuel my performance and keep my body healthy. Anis book gives the gft of wonderful desserts that are actually good for you, utilizing nutrients that we may not get elsewhere that promote longevity, beauty, healthy blood sugar levels and weight management!
Robin Hellga Coleman
Anis Raw Food Desserts is a lovely addition to any home and kitchen. By using the delicious, easy to make, recipes in this book you will learn how and why raw food is the coolest trend to emerge out of California since surfing.
David Wolfe, author of Naked Chocolate
Reading Anis Raw Food Kitchen is a must if you want to treat your body with first class nutrition and your mind with first class advice.
Howard F. Lyman, author of Mad Cowboy
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This book is dedicated to you, the reader, for choosing to strive for optimal health, radiance,
and beauty for yourself and our planet. Thanks for sharing in my vision for a green, healthy
planet filled with healthy, vibrant, happy, beautiful, kind, and loving people.
Beauty has no boundaries, its a gift we can share with everyone.
Introduction
SWEET INSPIRATIONS
THE MOUTH-WATERING desserts in this book provide healthy, whole food nutrition you can include in any diet as a meal, snack, or dessert. The treats are so tasty, you wont miss the wheat, gluten, sugar, and dairyor the guilt!
This way of eating isnt just another diet. Its a lifestyle shift toward better health. Eating more of my desserts will help you become healthier. Youll be forgoing a traditional slice of cake made of flour, sugar, eggs, butter, and trans fat for one made with delicious nuts and fruit. You cant go wrong.
But theres no need to be extreme, this isnt an all-or-nothing deal. Im simply offering options for you as you wind your way along your path toward greater health and vitality. Youll see benefits from adding any of my treats to your existing diet. Most of my recipes take less time to put together than traditional recipes and dont require heating or baking, which means less time in the kitchen... a bonus for us busy folks. Plus, my desserts will make you lean, strong, happy, healthy, and beautifulfrom the inside out.
The recipes in the Sun-Baked Treats chapter are fun for adding another texture: crunch. Dehydrating is the raw food way of baking at low temperatures. These recipes wont take much more prep or cleanup time, just more patience as it can be hours before you can enjoy them.
What Is Raw Food?
RAW LIVING FOODS are foods made using fresh, unheated raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. We eat this way to achieve ultimate health, vitality, and beauty; to maintain a healthy weight; to avoid food allergens like wheat, dairy, and gluten; and because its outright delicious!
Raw fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds are full of living enzymes and vital nutrients like vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and water. Eating food unheated and fresh, the way Mother Earth intended, makes it easier for our bodies to digest. This lessens overall stress on our bodies and leaves us with excess energy to fuel our peak physical and mental performance. Eating fresh and raw< also boosts our immune systems and keeps us healthy and strong. The healthier we are, the better we feel and look, and the slower we age. A strong, vibrantly healthy body on the inside shows up on the surface as the healthy glow of clear, radiant skin coupled with increased overall well-being.
Delicious sweet treats and desserts got me hooked on raw living foods. It was easy to choose healthy, cruelty-free, decadent desserts over those filled with allergens and refined sugar and laden with guilt. I used to run for an hour just to make myself feel better about having eaten a bad-for-me dessert. Now, I enjoy my delicious, nutritious, whole food desserts on their own as a healthy meal!
Ive also included a chapter on treats made with wine and champagne. Depending on where you sit on the continuum, you may feel a glass of wineor some fruit soaked in wineis good for you, providing antioxidants and supporting heart health. Or, you may choose to abstain from alcohol altogether. I choose moderation. Feel free to tailor the recipes to suit your needs.
Be Green, Lean, and Serene
Youll be doing your part in contributing to the future of our planet by making and enjoying my recipes. As you eat more whole fresh ingredients, youll notice your body becoming leaner and healthier, plus your lifestyle will shift closer to the sustainability and green living end of the continuum. Heres how this happens:
First, youll notice a decrease in garbage in your kitchen. Ill make treats for 50, and be left only with organic compost and recycling. Buy in bulk when possible and youll be surprised at how much waste processed food packaging creates. And remember, its always better to reuse than to recycle since recycling requires resources like shipping and manufacturing. Second, buying local and seasonal means your food travels less, is fresher, and is less vulnerable to food contamination along the way. Food travels between 1,400 and 2,500 miles from farm to table, so you can bet the huge amounts of fuel used to transport our food contributes to global warming. Shop as locally and as seasonally as possible by visiting your neighborhood farmers market. Fruits and vegetables taste the best and offer the highest nutrient values when in season.
Third, my food is cruelty-free and our animal friends are unharmed, leaving natural resources intact. Environmental Science and Technology reports that eating less red meat and dairy is an even more effective way of lowering the average U.S. households food-related climate footprint than buying local food. Yes, switching to a totally local diet saves about 1,000 miles of driving per year, but replacing red meat and dairy with vegetables just one day per week saves resources equal to 1,160 miles of driving per year. Switching to a completely vegan diet is the equivalent to driving 8,100 fewer miles per year.
Fourth, by choosing organic when possible, youre limiting the food toxins and chemicals in your body. Youre also helping eliminate synthetic pesticides, chemicals, and genetic modifications and their contamination to farmers, land, our food sources, and our drinking water. Organic food also eliminates the production of these chemicals, along with machinery and packaging, which decreases greenhouse gases in our atmosphere.
