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Raw-Vegan Potluck Guidelines
The following recommendations are made in consideration of
general raw food, vegan, and vegetarian dietary guidelines.
What to bring:
- A raw-vegan dish to generously serve 6 or more people,
salt free, preferably organic. If there are two of you, bring
enough to serve 12 or two different dishes.
Raw food includes: fresh fruit, vegetables, nuts & seeds,
raw nut butters, "live" sauerkraut, sprouted grains,
or other seeds.
Please do not bring food processed by heat or chemicals, containing
dairy, honey, animal products. As a guide, use nothing from
a box, can, or bottle. See potluck guidelines for more detailed
information if this is your first potluck or you'd like to
refresh your memory.
Please also bring:
- Serving utensil(s) for your dish
- Plate(s), napkin(s), and utensils for yourself
- A mat or blanket to sit on
- Water and cup for yourself if desired
- An ingredients label. Also label what is organic.
- Please use organic ingredients to the fullest extent
practicable.
- A raw-vegan dish contains no animal products and
no cooked ingredients.
- Vegan means no animal products such as dairy, eggs, honey,
and fish.
- Please refrain from bringing any food that has been genetically
modified.
- When serving yourself at the potluck, your serving
size should be in proportion to the number of people
present. Please ensure everyone has had some of the dish
before taking the last piece/spoonful.
- Please provide a quick list of ingredients and
indicate what is (and isn't) organic. In addition to helping
all of us make informed food choices, such a list is a great
tool to stimulate conversation about wonderful food.
- Please be sure that all fruits and vegetables have
been properly washed and are ready to be enjoyed as
is.
- Should an item contain nuts and/or seeds, please label
whether or not it was soaked.
- Please ensure that any cut or prepared food is properly
refrigerated prior to the potluck. Once a fruit or vegetable
is cut, enzymes begin to break the item down and bacteria
starts to grow. The results vary from mild toxicity (which
may not be noticed but affects the health of the body) to
extreme food poisoning.
- If you are bringing fruit, we especially welcome
seasonal, locally grown & organic or at least pesticide-free
fruit that have been picked when ripe. Sometimes such fruit
can be found at Farmer's markets.
- We do not advocate the abundant use of spices. And
please, add no salt.
- Citrus can provide a great alternative to vinegar.
- Raw ingredients have not been cooked at all; specifically
they have not been subjected to the heat of cooking, which
is generally considered to be above 115 degrees Fahrenheit.
Food and beverages that have been pasteurized are not raw.
- Even many nuts and grains are not raw due to heat during
processing, although any seed that can sprout is raw.
Almost all packaged foods are not raw, including frozen
vegetables. Rarely raw are oil, vinegar, spices, and other
seasonings. Neither pasteurized nor canned foods are raw.
Most bottled items have been heat pasteurized when bottled.
Tofu, and for that matter virtually all soy-derived products,
have been cooked and highly processed. Please be sure to
not use such ingredients for the potluck. Remember that
maple syrup is usually boiled.
- If you use oils, cold-pressed oils, extra-virgin olive
oil and flax oil, are preferred. Remember, most commercial
oils are heated.
- Nama Shoyu and Bragg Liquid Aminos are not raw.
Raw and Living Food Articles and Links to Articles:
On Site Articles:
Raw Health
Fruits, Roots, Stems, Greens, Flowers, and Nuts
Growing Food
Lifestyle
Off Site Articles:
Raw Health
Fasting and Cleanses
Growing Food
Misc.
Free Books Online:
- Soil and
Health Library - This is a specialist library about holistic agriculture,
holistic health and self-sufficient homestead living. Most of the titles in
this library are out of print. Many are quite hard to find. Here are a few
by Shelton:
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