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The Raw 50: 10 Amazing Breakfasts, Lunches, Dinners, Snacks, and Drinks for Your Raw Food Lifestyle
Ever since supermodel and actress Carol Alt shared her secret with the world—that she’s become the healthiest, slimmest, and most energetic she’s ever been by converting to a raw food lifestyle—
she’s been getting enthusiastic feedback from people wanting to know more about this revolutionary movement.
In this highly anticipated follow-up to her breakout success, Eating in the Raw , Carol presents easy, everyday raw food recipes, more stories about people who have adopted a raw diet, and new information about the practical considerations of this healthy way of life. The Raw 50 contains all of Carol’s favorite raw recipes—
10 breakfasts, 10 lunches, 10 dinners, 10 snacks, and 10 drinks. There are dishes for every taste and every time of day, including Vanilla Avocado Milk, Red Leaf Salad with Arugula Pesto Dressing, Red Pepper Curry Soup, Romaine Avocado Burritos, and Red Beet Ravioli Stuffed with Tarragon “Goat” Cheese. There’s even a delicious Raw Pizza, as well as tempting desserts like Lemon Ginger Coconut Tart and Frozen Watermelon Cheesecake.
With complete menus for lunches and dinners, plenty of useful advice on choosing ingredients and essential equiptment, and easy-reference lists of staple foods for any raw kitchen, The Raw 50 is the ideal go-to guide for anyone ready to experience the life-changing benefits of eating in the raw.
she’s been getting enthusiastic feedback from people wanting to know more about this revolutionary movement.
In this highly anticipated follow-up to her breakout success, Eating in the Raw , Carol presents easy, everyday raw food recipes, more stories about people who have adopted a raw diet, and new information about the practical considerations of this healthy way of life. The Raw 50 contains all of Carol’s favorite raw recipes—
10 breakfasts, 10 lunches, 10 dinners, 10 snacks, and 10 drinks. There are dishes for every taste and every time of day, including Vanilla Avocado Milk, Red Leaf Salad with Arugula Pesto Dressing, Red Pepper Curry Soup, Romaine Avocado Burritos, and Red Beet Ravioli Stuffed with Tarragon “Goat” Cheese. There’s even a delicious Raw Pizza, as well as tempting desserts like Lemon Ginger Coconut Tart and Frozen Watermelon Cheesecake.
With complete menus for lunches and dinners, plenty of useful advice on choosing ingredients and essential equiptment, and easy-reference lists of staple foods for any raw kitchen, The Raw 50 is the ideal go-to guide for anyone ready to experience the life-changing benefits of eating in the raw.
192 pages, Paperback
First published July 3, 2007
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About the author
Carol Alt
9 books9 followersConstantly in search of new frontiers, Carol Alt is the ultimate chameleon. Since her days as the world’s most renowned Supermodel, Carol Alt has gone on to be author, actress and entrepreneur. Having had enormous success in all her endeavors such as being a USA Today Best-Selling Author for her books on Raw food; a multi- award winning actress; the face of her own line of cosmetics; having a number one hit in Europe in the music industry; providing voiceovers for such hits as “King of the Hill”; and as the host of various TV and radio morning shows and newscasts, including Fox’s “Good Day Live”.
Called “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World” by Playboy Magazine and “The Next Million Dollar Face” by Life Magazine, Carol has not disappointed. Gracing the covers of over 700 magazines, several posters, two workout videos and numerous calendars, she is a one-woman conglomerate! She has lost track of the number of advertising campaigns, commercials, interviews, hosting jobs and endorsement contracts that have created this enormously successful and lasting career.
Forever touted as “The model that started the Supermodel trend” by John Casablancas, the owner of Elite Models, Carol tosses off that title as the result of necessity being the mother of invention. The necessity of a fourth Elite division of models who worked every day - who were career professionals - made Carol the first ever “Super Elite Model in the Super Elite Division.” The press therefore dubbed her the first “Supermodel.”
Hitting the highest echelons of the fashion industry did nothing but fuel Carol’s thirst for new projects and new venues, so, making good use of her fame, she self- produced her highly successful series of posters and calendars when Elite rejected the idea. These posters and calendars became the benchmark for any and every rising young supermodel. Carol thereby created a new business for all supermodels to come and in the process, became the object of fantasy for every young boy in America who had her poster plastered on his bedroom wall.
No other model can boast an uninterrupted 27 year career. Having twice graced the cover of the coveted Sports Illustrated Magazine’s Swimsuit Edition, Carol has gone on to star in over 50 movies, series, miniseries and episodic television in America and abroad.
Her highly acclaimed series “Amazon”, written by Peter Benchley, debuted as Variety’s “Number One New Dramatic Syndicated Series”, much to the delight of CBS and Alliance Atlantis, and paved the way for today’s hit “Lost”.
Carol has also had great success for her role in “Howard Sterns Private Parts”. She is the recipient of Three European Telegattos (Emmy awards), one European “Oscar” Moda, The Mont Blanc Award, The Best Award, The Golden Ticket Box-Office Award ( for the most box office sales for a film in one year), The Certificate del Arte from The European Film Commission and The Umbra Award.
Prince Albert still holds a slight grudge that Carol did not come to the Monaco Film Festival to pick up her award for the portrayal of the life story of Rosanna Benzi, a woman with genetic polio living in an iron lung, in the film “Vice for Life.”
Not content to “just act”, she re-wrote the medical aspects, co-produced, and directed the children in a series of 12 films about a female doctor with a practice in an African clinic called “Under the African Sun.”
Her independent films include “Hitters”, which won the Westchester Film Festival, “The Look” which was the talk of The Tribeca Film Festival and “Signs of the Cross” which won The Catskills Film Festival. Her sci-fi hit, “Snakehead Terror”, based on a true story, is still scaring people on the Sci-Fi Channel where it became not only a hit, but now a cult film.
Her recent films include: “Fatal Trust” for Lifetime, “Totally Awesome” for VH1,”Homo Erectus”, an Adam Rifkin comedy
Called “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World” by Playboy Magazine and “The Next Million Dollar Face” by Life Magazine, Carol has not disappointed. Gracing the covers of over 700 magazines, several posters, two workout videos and numerous calendars, she is a one-woman conglomerate! She has lost track of the number of advertising campaigns, commercials, interviews, hosting jobs and endorsement contracts that have created this enormously successful and lasting career.
Forever touted as “The model that started the Supermodel trend” by John Casablancas, the owner of Elite Models, Carol tosses off that title as the result of necessity being the mother of invention. The necessity of a fourth Elite division of models who worked every day - who were career professionals - made Carol the first ever “Super Elite Model in the Super Elite Division.” The press therefore dubbed her the first “Supermodel.”
Hitting the highest echelons of the fashion industry did nothing but fuel Carol’s thirst for new projects and new venues, so, making good use of her fame, she self- produced her highly successful series of posters and calendars when Elite rejected the idea. These posters and calendars became the benchmark for any and every rising young supermodel. Carol thereby created a new business for all supermodels to come and in the process, became the object of fantasy for every young boy in America who had her poster plastered on his bedroom wall.
No other model can boast an uninterrupted 27 year career. Having twice graced the cover of the coveted Sports Illustrated Magazine’s Swimsuit Edition, Carol has gone on to star in over 50 movies, series, miniseries and episodic television in America and abroad.
Her highly acclaimed series “Amazon”, written by Peter Benchley, debuted as Variety’s “Number One New Dramatic Syndicated Series”, much to the delight of CBS and Alliance Atlantis, and paved the way for today’s hit “Lost”.
Carol has also had great success for her role in “Howard Sterns Private Parts”. She is the recipient of Three European Telegattos (Emmy awards), one European “Oscar” Moda, The Mont Blanc Award, The Best Award, The Golden Ticket Box-Office Award ( for the most box office sales for a film in one year), The Certificate del Arte from The European Film Commission and The Umbra Award.
Prince Albert still holds a slight grudge that Carol did not come to the Monaco Film Festival to pick up her award for the portrayal of the life story of Rosanna Benzi, a woman with genetic polio living in an iron lung, in the film “Vice for Life.”
Not content to “just act”, she re-wrote the medical aspects, co-produced, and directed the children in a series of 12 films about a female doctor with a practice in an African clinic called “Under the African Sun.”
Her independent films include “Hitters”, which won the Westchester Film Festival, “The Look” which was the talk of The Tribeca Film Festival and “Signs of the Cross” which won The Catskills Film Festival. Her sci-fi hit, “Snakehead Terror”, based on a true story, is still scaring people on the Sci-Fi Channel where it became not only a hit, but now a cult film.
Her recent films include: “Fatal Trust” for Lifetime, “Totally Awesome” for VH1,”Homo Erectus”, an Adam Rifkin comedy
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September 30, 2008
Great recipe book for those interested in improving their nutrition with raw food. What I like about Carol is that she's not a raw food zealot. She just wants people to improve their diets and gives you some super yummy suggestions on how that can be accomplished.
June 15, 2009
I like really Carol Alt's reasonable approach to the raw food diet. I have no interest in being entirely vegan, which this book is not, and let's face it - if I choose to embark on this diet on a permanent basis, I am going to cheat from time to time. So why not just go with that? Plan your cheating accordingly and choose wisely. Don't overwhelm yourself trying to eat 100% raw and aim for 75% instead. Raw and seared fish and raw dairy are okay and you can still be "raw" without going vegan. I like this plan, because I don't feel like I have to deny myself any of the things I love.
I borrowed a copy of this from the library as a trial run, but I've already gone ahead and ordered a copy for my kitchen collection. I've read her first book as well, which is a primer on the basics of the raw food lifestyle, and it's worth a read through. But, if you are going to pick one to purchase, The Raw 50 is the one to go with. It contains a lot of the instructional information that the first book has, plus tons of great recipes. It's also less of a testimonial than the first book. I think those types of books are great for a read-through, but I don't really need to ever come back to that for reference.
Now, a word about the non-vegan approach to this book: I'd say only about 10 to 15 percent of the recipes contain raw fish, eggs and dairy items, and some are easily substituted with raw vegan options. I wouldn't let the fact that this isn't an entirely vegan book scare you away. There are some really great recipes in here. Of course, this lifestyle does require some time and planning, but I didn't find this book to be overly-complicated, which has been a problem for me with other recipe books in the past.
I borrowed a copy of this from the library as a trial run, but I've already gone ahead and ordered a copy for my kitchen collection. I've read her first book as well, which is a primer on the basics of the raw food lifestyle, and it's worth a read through. But, if you are going to pick one to purchase, The Raw 50 is the one to go with. It contains a lot of the instructional information that the first book has, plus tons of great recipes. It's also less of a testimonial than the first book. I think those types of books are great for a read-through, but I don't really need to ever come back to that for reference.
Now, a word about the non-vegan approach to this book: I'd say only about 10 to 15 percent of the recipes contain raw fish, eggs and dairy items, and some are easily substituted with raw vegan options. I wouldn't let the fact that this isn't an entirely vegan book scare you away. There are some really great recipes in here. Of course, this lifestyle does require some time and planning, but I didn't find this book to be overly-complicated, which has been a problem for me with other recipe books in the past.
August 7, 2013
I flirt with Raw Food -- in the summer when I get veggies from the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) it is easy to have lots of wonderful salads or cut veggies. In the winter it is not so thrilling when all I really want is a great crock pot soup.
I have acquaintances who are really into raw food and their enthusiasm and exuberance about the life style switch is just a little frightening, but also a little appealing.
If you are going completely raw or (like me) just adding more raw food to the general diet ... she has some amazing recipes in this book. Some combinations that are a little surprising and yet wonderfully tasty.
The concept behind why raw is so good for you is that the enzymes in food are what helps the food nourish us and if we cook them above a certain temperature, we are killing the enzymes and thereby neutralizing the benefit of eating that food.
Do we want a live and vibrant body fed well or do we want to just continue moving on in the same old way. I love this book as a look into more options for my family and I -- though as I said I am far from 100% raw.
I have acquaintances who are really into raw food and their enthusiasm and exuberance about the life style switch is just a little frightening, but also a little appealing.
If you are going completely raw or (like me) just adding more raw food to the general diet ... she has some amazing recipes in this book. Some combinations that are a little surprising and yet wonderfully tasty.
The concept behind why raw is so good for you is that the enzymes in food are what helps the food nourish us and if we cook them above a certain temperature, we are killing the enzymes and thereby neutralizing the benefit of eating that food.
Do we want a live and vibrant body fed well or do we want to just continue moving on in the same old way. I love this book as a look into more options for my family and I -- though as I said I am far from 100% raw.
October 14, 2008
this book's OK, but like lots of raw food cookbooks, the recipes involve lots and lots of work and ingredients that aren't readily available. so I only actually made one thing from it. a weird aspect to the book is that Carol Alt is not a vegan (which the vast majority of raw foods people are). so some of the ingredients she says you are supposed to stock up on include things like "fertile eggs." Yuck.
The food looks like its probably delicious, but I really don't have the time to make the stuff.
The food looks like its probably delicious, but I really don't have the time to make the stuff.
October 15, 2019
First time I had heard being raw and not vegan was in this book.
May 25, 2017
I like the idea of eating raw, and wanted to learn more. The data presented at the start of the book was useful, but it seriously lacks usable recipes for the beginner. There are so many ingredients that I have never heard of (coral calcium? colostrum powder? tocotrienols?) And who needs smoothie recipes? Really? The organization of the book by meal makes it hard to find specific types of recipes. How many cracker recipes that need a gazillion hours in the dehydrator, that I do NOT have, do you need in one book??? And why are there no photos? Okay, there were 6 photos in the center of the book -- that is not inspiring. Unimpressed with this book -- don't bother. Maybe it is just way over my head ...
December 6, 2010
The Raw 50 had a few interesting bits and pieces that I could see integrating into my diet, but for the most part is just too extreme for the average reader (although, I'm told, for the average "raw foodist" the outlook is really quite lenient, allowing either a vegan or non-vegan alternative). Most recipes require either a dehydrator, juicer, and/or blender and many seem to be a bit costly, all things considered. Also, the author (a former model) just seemed excessively smug.
June 16, 2009
I found quite a few good recipes in the book. The biggest problem I had with it was how the recipes are laid out: they are grouped as meal plans (appetizer, meal, dessert, drink) which makes it harder to find a dessert if you're looking for one.
November 8, 2011
i thought i could use this book for fresh new recipes with a healthy twist.. but i was surprised.. most of the recipes required owning a dehydrator, and the dehydration process taking up to 30 hours!
i respect your lifestyle but i don't think i can do it.. i don't think i should
i respect your lifestyle but i don't think i can do it.. i don't think i should
July 16, 2013
Well organized - I particularily appreciated the staples chapther - especially Outfitting the Raw Kitchen, Shopping List and Sprouting and Germinating.
December 7, 2007
With all of the expensive ingredients and necessary kitchen supplies, I found the recipes to be too impractical for my needs. I did not end up attempting any recipe from the bok.
May 27, 2009
I like Carol's book becauase it seems more "real" than others I have been reading. It emphasizes raw milk, raw cheese, raw eggs...unlike most of the other raw foodiest who are vegan.
April 3, 2010
love all of the ideas...still want a juicer for my birthday so i can make all of these funky recipes. :(
December 14, 2010
The Cucumber Avocado Soup (http://kahakaikitchen.blogspot.com/20...) is delicious and the flax crackers are tasty.
December 27, 2017
Is it sad that the main thing I remember about this book is her fantastic dress? (The smoothies aren't bad, either).
June 5, 2013
Great recipes easy go to recipes.
July 10, 2013
I was excited about this book but didn't get more than a few pages in before she started espousing dairy and eggs. Might be good for others, but it's not what I expected from the title.
July 7, 2014
So simple, just do it!
October 27, 2016
Carol is just a great reference for any healthy living subject. Her raw food books are especially interesting the good hints and recipes.
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