Raw Food Made Easy
by Larry Cook
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Actor: Jenny CornbleetDirector: Larry Cook
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Dolby, NTSC
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-03-15
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: The Natural Guide
Movie Reviews of Raw Food Made Easy
Movie Review: sweet and gentle
Summary: 5 Stars
Jennifer Cornbleet is a sweet and gentle soul and it comes through in her teaching. The video has a home made feel to it, but is not dull, even when she is not talking because you see the actions and feel the effort if any. She approaches various parts of meals but there is only one recipe for each meal, unless you bunch them together for one meal, like she does for lunch with a soup and dip. Having tried some of the recipes at home, I must admit that my taste must be rather different to hers - for instance I don't really like the 'not tuna pate' because it feels too grainy with all those seeds and nuts and the first time I made the mistake of using white onions which were too strong for the dish. The soup, though is good and can be adapted.
For those who are not entirely convinced about raw food, she is quite gentle and clearly thinks you can approach it little by little - so she does even suggest you could use normal chocolate in the desert. Unfortunately for me, I think it could be the normal chocolate that makes my migraines worse, but for those who are not bothered with migraines that might be a good idea.
One of the ways in which these recipes fall down is that she uses a juicer which is extremely expensive although it can squeeze juice out of green leaves as well. If you happen, like me, to have a normal centrifugal juicer, you cannot get the juice out of kale etc. without the rest of the leaf (that is you have to use a blender).
For older people:
I also think that these raw food protagonists should know or warn people that raw food can be indigestible by older people. I lost so much weight from not absorbing raw food that I got very tired and lethargic to the point when I lost interest in food altogether and had to go back to cooked. Jennifer does mention that when she is making a kale salad, but in such a mild way that it sounds like a minor inconvenience rather than a major obstacle. Also you can get very cold, and Jennifer says you can heat things like the soup gently, but she might add that you need to dress warmly and have a hot water bottle handy to stay warm. Exercise probably helps too, but we can't all be exercising all the time, especially with little energy.
Generally:
In my opinion, raw food is a useful addition to any meal and the new techniques and combinations they come up with are interesting and exciting, for the most part. Jennifer's video is well made and gentle and could only have been improved by adding more of her recipes. I also like the tips she gives which are not in her book, like the way she scrunches the kale for the salad.
I enjoyed it and watched it several times.
Summary of Raw Food Made Easy
This is the companion DVD to Jennifer's best-seller, Raw Food Made Easy for 1 or 2 People. This informative and entertaining video presentation expands on the recipes and tips found in the book and shows how to:- Set up your kitchen with basic equipment and staple ingredients.
- Use a knife, blender, food processor, juicer, and other kitchen tools.
- Make breakfast juices, smoothies, and cereals.
- Master delicious dishes for the rest of the day--soups, patés, dressings, elegant entrées, and scrumptious desserts.
- Stick to a healthy diet while traveling.
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