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It is well worth finding these new foods and exciting ways to prepare them. It is amazing how much better you can feel with them. It may take some patience to find the best recipe for you personally, but so worth it.
If you hit any snags, please do ask any and all questions, and we would be very happy to help.I forget what swg means.Please tell me.
Jane Vjmf@Aol.comWhere is the best place to find swg breads and cereals? I live in Georgia and i havent found it yet. Are there any substitutions that would be acceptable?
SWG products are available at Whole Foods and Trader Joes stores, and breads are often sold in regular supermarkets.
What is SWG??????? Never heard that abbreviation before. Suppose it has something to do with gluten?
I’m having trouble finding almond flour for the brownie recipe in the cookbook. I’m told Trader Joes carries it but they never have it. I looked in Whole Foods and didn’t see it there but I didn’t ask if they carry it. Has anyone seen it and/or is there a substitute flour I can use in the recipe?
If you have a food processor or even a mini-chopper, just get some almonds (the same amount as the flour needed) and grind them to flour yourself – blanched, skinless almonds yield the smoothest results, but that isn’t critical.
The advantage there is that if you want, you can toast the almonds before grinding them to a flour, and that brings the classic brownie flavor to a whole new level.Uhm! That’s exactly what I’ll do. I don’t know why I didn’t think of that. I love to toast raw nuts for salads, veggies, etc. Thanks.
I did an ALL raw diet several months ago, I wanted to try this becuase it seems it went hand in hand with the raw BUT I can have cooked food, which is why RAW did not work for me. I need MEAT!! In the 14 day meal plan there is A LOT of stuff I DO NOT eat. Can I tweak that with other meat choice( lean beef or lean turkey) how about dressings for salad? And one more question, I gave up cold cereals, but it appears I can have this on this plan. What is the best choices for cold cereals?? thank you
In the Trim Down Club, as you noticed, there are a few elements of the raw diet, with cooked food. We hope to strike a balance by recommending unprocessed food, which means that a lot of the original nutritional value is preserved, much as in the raw diet.
You can switch foods around as you see fit, just as long as you make sure all the food groups are well-represented so you meet all your nutritional needs, and that at some point, your overall portion sizes come down.
For cold cereals, we recommend sprouted whole grain cereals, shredded wheat, kashi, plain puffed rice or wheat, and muesli especially; if you can find or make raw granola, that is good, too. It is best to use a cold cereal as an opportunity for milk.
Recommended dressings for salads include lemon, vinegars, and/or good oils such as olive (the olive-lemon combination is particularly good for bringing out the antioxidant value of fresh vegetable salads), canola, flaxseed, chiaseed, almond, hazelnut, or macadamia nut. Organic dressings are generally fine, too. No matter how good the dressing, though, portion control is still key.
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